UP Law congratulates Prof Dire Tladi on his election to the International Court of Justice at the Hague

Posted on November 15, 2023

UP Law congratulates Prof Dire Tladi on his election to the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

Researchers from UP play central role in new UN guidelines on investigation of unlawful deaths

Posted on May 26, 2017

The Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva announced the release of the Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), on 24 May 2017. The University of Pretoria played an important role in drafting the new Protocol.

Commencement of MPhil in Medical Law and Ethics

Posted on February 16, 2016

Class of 2015 for MPhil in Medical Law and Ethics welcomed back for next semester.

The case speaks for itself - after 90 years

Posted on December 09, 2014

The UP Centre for Law and Medicine's efforts were rewarded when the SCA recently ruled that the onus to completely prove negligence by medical practitioners no longer rests with the patients who sue them.

Faculty of Law introduces an MPhil degree in Medical Law and Ethics as from January 2015

Posted on October 28, 2014

The Centre for Medicine and Law in the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is proud to announce the introduction of an MPhil degree in Medical Law and Ethics. The course will be available as from 2015, and will consist of three new postgraduate modules, namely Theory...