Invitation: African Moot Preliminary Rounds Announcement Ceremony

Posted on October 22, 2020

The 29th edition of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition adopted, for the first time, a hybrid format following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Africa Human Rights Day Statement - 21 October 2020

Posted on October 21, 2020

Statement by the Coalition for the Independence of the African Commission (CIAC): Today we mark African Human Rights Day, at a time when many Africans are struggling to come to terms with the devastating effects that Covid-19 has had on their lives.

EXPERT ANALYSIS: Addressing the human rights issues that COVID-19 exposed: An imperative for Africa’s success in building back better

Posted on October 21, 2020

Expert Analysis by Solomon A. Dersso, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Centre for Human Rights pays tribute to human rights lawyer Devikarani Priscilla Jana

Posted on October 20, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is saddened by the passing of Devikarani Priscilla Jana, anti-apartheid activist and giant of South African human rights law, on 10 October 2020.

Invitation: 8th Annual Disability Conference ‘Realising the right to health of persons with disabilities in Africa’

Posted on October 20, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to its 8th Annual Disability Rights Conference on 17 and 18 November 2020,  which will take place virtually via a Zoom. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Realising the right to health of persons with...

Centre hosts a validation meeting of the Shadow Reporting Guidelines to the African Commission

Posted on October 19, 2020

Women’s Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University for Pretoria, in partnership with International Commission of Jurists (Kenya) and Equality Now, conducted a webinar to garner the views of civil society organisations on the draft Shadow Reporting Guidelines they...

Centre for Human Rights calls for complete police reform and justice for victims of police brutality in Nigeria

Posted on October 19, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is concerned about ongoing police brutality and human rights violations in Nigeria. These violations are in response to demonstrations by Nigerians expressing concerns about gross human rights violations by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF),...

UP Law hosts Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke for a discussion on his latest book, ‘All Rise – A Judicial Memoir’

Posted on October 16, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) was honoured to host Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Dikgang Moseneke for a discussion on his latest book, All Rise – A Judicial Memoir.