Posted on March 23, 2016
Ms Melanie Murcott, Senior Lecturer in Department of Public Law, visits USA law school
Posted on March 23, 2016
Melanie Murcott awarded scholarship of the Foundation Study Fund for South African Students (SSF)
Posted on March 22, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) is delighted to note that the Botswana Supreme Court of Appeal ruled against the Attorney General of that country, and chose to uphold the decision of a lower court instructing the relevant government department to register the organisation Lesbians, Gays...
Posted on March 22, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and the School of Law, University of Ghana cordially invite you to the Annual Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture.
Posted on March 22, 2016
In this video, students on the LLM/MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria speak out against racism and calls for an end to racist prejudice . #SayNoToRacism #HumanRightsDay
Posted on March 22, 2016
On 11 March 2016, the Centre of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, held a panel discussion on the legal and political consequences of Rwanda’s withdrawal of its declaration under article 34(6) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on...
Posted on March 22, 2016
The week of 14 March to 21 March 2016 is Anti-Racism Week and 21 March 2016 is Human Rights Day in South Africa. This is the day in 1960, on which the police shot 69 people while they were peacefully protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, Johannesburg.
Posted on March 22, 2016
On Sunday afternoon the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) offices in Parktown, Johannesburg were the target of a military-style raid. Those conducting the raid clearly knew what they were looking for: computers and other documentation relating to the programmatic work of the HSF were taken. The...
Posted on March 18, 2016
All students of the University of Pretoria are cordially invited to a discourse on the freedom of speech and social media to be held on Friday, 18 March 2016 from 13:30 to 15:30 at IT 2-23. Please refer to the enclosed invitation for more information.
Posted on March 18, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR), Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the clarity provided in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in the case of The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v The Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Others, on the matter...
Posted on March 17, 2016
Health experts recently submitted an open letter to the UK government, calling for tackling in schools rugby to be outlawed. UP's Prof Steve Cornelius has entered this controversial debate with a recently published article.
Posted on March 14, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that TuksLaw again walked away with the national laurels at the 57th Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, that was recently hosted by the Faculty.
Posted on March 10, 2016
On Friday, 4 March 2016, the Centre for Human Rights held its annual welcoming ceremony for the students taking part in the master’s degree (LLM/MPhil) programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA).
Posted on March 10, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a panel discussion on the topic: Considering the implications of Rwanda’s withdrawal of the right of individual access to the African Human Rights Court.
Posted on March 08, 2016
According to Prof Charles Ngwena from UP's Centre for Human Rights, the news report titled 'Bail hearing for deaf pupils postponed', which appeared in Dispatch Live on 7 January 2016, tells us about much more than the tragic death of the deputy principal of the Efata School for the Blind and Deaf...
Posted on March 07, 2016
Two students from the University of Pretoria (UP) recently received recognition and praise from UP and the British High Commission for their bravery, compassion and exemplary conduct during the #FeesMustFall student march through the streets of Pretoria to the Union Buildings on 23 October 2015.
Posted on March 02, 2016
Five Mandela Rhodes Scholars have decided to pursue their postgraduate studies at the University of Pretoria this year.
Posted on March 02, 2016
As a state party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the Charter on the Rights of Women (Maputo Protocol), South Africa has submitted its state report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This report sets out the progress South...
Posted on March 01, 2016
On 18 February 2016 the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria honoured 111 of its first to pre-final year LLB students for their consistent academic achievement during the 2015 academic year.
Posted on February 25, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights and the International Development Law Unit (IDLU) at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a lecture on 'The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A landmark in the progressive integration of human rights and the environment'
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