Pretoria University Law Press marks 200th publication with monograph by Prof Charles Ngwena

Posted on September 12, 2018

The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) on 11 September 2018 marked its 200th publication with the launch of a monograph by Charles Ngwena, titled What is Africanness: Contesting nativism in culture, race and sexualities. This book has already been lauded as a significant contribution to ongoing...

Sixth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2018)

Posted on September 10, 2018

The Sixth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA) 2018, jointly organised by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) of the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in partnership with...

Casual Day: Celebrating everyday heroes with disabilities

Posted on September 07, 2018

For the last 22 years, on the first Friday of every September, South Africans from all works of life have celebrated Casual Day. Casual Day is a leading fundraising and awareness campaign for persons with disabilities and a flagship project of the National Council of and for Persons with...

Centre for Child Law requests Supreme Court of Appeal to protect the identities of child victims, witnesses and offenders

Posted on September 06, 2018

In a media release dated 6 September 2018, the Centre for Child Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria asks the Supreme Court of Appeal to protect the identities of child victims, witnesses and offenders.

Centre for Human Rights welcomes African Commission visit as opportunity to clarify South African government’s position on interference with Commission’s independence

Posted on September 05, 2018

The Centre welcomes the promotional visit by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Right (African Commission) to South Africa.

Dr Allan Boesak delivers 9th annual Johan Heyns Memorial Lecture at UP

Posted on August 29, 2018

The Faculties of Humanities and Theology and Religion hosted the Johan Heyns Memorial lecture, presented by Dr Allan Boesak, renowned public intellectual, who spoke on , ‘Rebels at the lectern and on the pulpit: Hegemony, harmony, and the critical dimensions of theological integrity’.

The Centre for Human Rights Hosts an Inter-Generational Dialogue on the Rights of Women

Posted on August 28, 2018

Centre for Human Rights, HelpAge, South African Older Person's Forum (SAOPF) & the of Student Affairs

UP Law Professor Corlia van Heerden appointed as South African Research Chair of the IVZW Tidjschrift voor Privaatrecht at Gent University

Posted on August 23, 2018

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Professor Corlia van Heerden has been appointed as the South African Research Chair of the IVZW Tidjschrift voor Privaatrecht for the period 2018/19 at Gent University.