Posted on November 04, 2019
On 30 October 2019, Dr Martha M Bradley, a lecturer in the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria and former doctoral student affiliated to the SARChI Professorship in International Law (her doctoral thesis was supervised by Prof Dr Erika De Wet and Prof Jann...
Posted on October 30, 2019
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) expresses its heartfelt appreciation and well wishes to Professor André Boraine, whose second term as Dean is ending at the end of October 2019.
Posted on October 29, 2019
In this episode, Dr Linda Blokland explores mental health and addresses the causes of stigma around mental health issues. She explains what mental health really means and advocates for access to adequate mental healthcare.
Posted on October 28, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights presented its statement on aspects of the human rights situation in Africa, at the 65th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, taking place in Banjul, the Gambia. It drew attention to the situation in Cameroon; raised concerns...
Posted on October 28, 2019
A number of Univeristy of Pretoria researchers have been arguing that the United Nations human rights system will be more effecitive - with more visibility and greater global ownership - if the bodies monitoring human rights compliance by states meet not only in Geneva, but also in other parts of...
Posted on October 25, 2019
In total, 26 UP students made it onto GradStar’s Top 100 list, with UP Faculty of Law third-year law student Hee-Rak Lee ultimately being included in the top 10. UP and the Faculty of Law extend congratulations to all these students, and students from other universities who this honour has...
Posted on October 25, 2019
The Advanced Human Rights Course on African Human Rights Systems in Comparative Perspectives was held at the University of Pretoria (UP). The course was presented by the Centre for Human Rights from 21 to 25 October 2019.
Posted on October 24, 2019
Prof Christof Heyns, former Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Professor of human rights law at the University of Pretoria, is one of the 18 independent experts that make up the Committee.
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