UP Centre for Human Rights alumnus elected Chairperson of African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights

Posted on October 23, 2019

The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights is delighted that one of its alumni has been elected as the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its 65th Ordinary Session in Banjul, The Gambia.

Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit participates in Francophone consultation on freedom of expression and access to information

Posted on October 22, 2019

On 18 and 19 October 2019, the Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights (DTDR) Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, participated in the regional consultation meeting for Francophone West Africa and North Africa on freedom of expression and access to information.

Koos Malan, professor of Public Law, University of Pretoria, publishes critique of the generally accepted doctrine of statist-individualist constitutionalism

Posted on October 22, 2019

In his new book ‘There is no Supreme Constitution – A critique of Statist-individualistic Constitutionalism’ published by African Sun Media, Professor Koos Malan in the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) challenges the plausibility...

African Moot Court 2020 launched in Dakar with signing of MOU

Posted on October 21, 2019

Preparations for the 2020 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition were launched formally when the Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Rectors of the Virtual University of Senegal and the University Cheikh Anta Diop, on 18 October 2019 signed the Memorandum...

Centre for Human Rights hosts third PAP CSO Forum on the 2019 African Union theme that focuses on refugees and internally displaced persons

Posted on October 18, 2019

On 12 October 2019 the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Forum on the side-lines of the Third Ordinary Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). The CSO Forum was attended by members of civil society and academics...

Centre presents annual workshop to assist activists in Africa to promote and protect LGBTI+ rights

Posted on October 17, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP), with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hosted a week-long capacity building workshop on strategic litigation and advocacy for LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Africa. The workshop is an annual event organised by...

Women’s Rights Unit and Moremi Initiative host capacity-building workshop on state reporting on the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in Ghana

Posted on October 17, 2019

The Women’s Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa, a non-profit organisation in Africa, conducted a state reporting workshop on the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights...

UP launches United Nations guidelines on less lethal weapons

Posted on October 17, 2019

Researchers in the Faculty of Law at UP led the process to draft the first UN international standards on the use of less lethal weapons. They developed the UN Human Rights Guidance on Less Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement in collaboration with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law...