Africa Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2019 Opening Ceremony

Posted on July 01, 2019

The 28th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition was officially opened by, Honorable Dr Unity Dow the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation on the 1 July 2019.

Centre and OSISA host seminar and photo exhibition to celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day

Posted on June 21, 2019

On 13 June 2019 the Disability Rights Unit and the Advocacy Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), celebrated International Albinism Awareness Day.

Women’s Rights Unit hosts a capacity-building workshop on state reporting on the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in Liberia

Posted on June 21, 2019

From 3 to 5 June 2019, the Women’s Rights Unit at the Centre of Human Rights, University of Pretoria hosted a three-day capacity building workshop on state reporting on the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human...

Faculty of Law says goodbye to Dr Tshepo Madlingozi congratulating him on an impressive past and a promising future

Posted on June 20, 2019

With heavy hearts staff and students from the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) bid farewell to Dr Tshepo Madlingozi, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence, at the end of May 2019. This follows on Dr Madlingozi’s resignation after 16 years at UP to take up the...

Women’s Rights Unit coordinates African Charter and Maputo Protocol report drafting workshop in Eswatini

Posted on June 20, 2019

The Women's Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, coordinated a 4-day state reporting workshop from 26 to 30 May 2019 in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The aim of the workshop was to draft the State Party Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights. The...

Centre co-hosts advocacy meeting on the ratification of the Older Persons Protocol in Liberia

Posted on June 20, 2019

On 6 June 2019, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held an advocacy meeting on the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa in Liberia.

World Refugee Day 2019: Documentary ‘Why We Are Here’ sheds light on the experiences of refugees and migrants in South Africa

Posted on June 20, 2019

The United Nations General Assembly decided that 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day in Resolution 55/76. The significance of this day is to highlight the situation refugees across the world are facing and urge the global community to stand in solidarity with them. To mark this day,...

IN MY OPINION: Botswana court ruling is a ray of hope for LGBT people across Africa

Posted on June 13, 2019

Botswana’s High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in African countries that still have similar laws in place.