UP Law appoints Dr Sanele Sibanda in the Department of Jurisprudence

Posted on October 14, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends a warm welcome to Dr Sanele Sibanda who joined the Department of Jurisprudence as a senior lecturer on 1 October 2020.

Centre congratulates Dianah Msipa on her recent appointment onto a team of experts working on the AU Convention on Violence against Women and Children

Posted on October 14, 2020

Dianah Msipa is an expert in the field of disability rights and her specific research interests are in access to justice, legal capacity, sexual and reproductive rights and the right to employment for persons with disabilities. She teaches the African Disability Rights Protection module, which is...

Karabo Ozah, Director of the UP Centre for Child Law, is playing a vital role in urging the South African Government to drastically increase the implementation of social safety net interventions

Posted on October 14, 2020

Karabo Ozah, Director of the Centre for Child Law (CCL) in the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP), is playing a vital role in urging the South African government to drastically increase their social safety net interventions.

Centre presents a virtual edition of annual capacity building workshop on strategic litigation and advocacy for LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Africa

Posted on October 14, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), hosted a three-day workshop on strategic litigation and advocacy for LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Africa

Call for Researchers: State compliance with the Guidelines on Access to Information and Elections in Africa in Tanzania’s 2020 elections

Posted on October 14, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (the Centre) is assessing state compliance with the Guidelines on Access to Information and Elections in Africa (the Guidelines) that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) adopted during its 61st...

African Human Rights Law Journal celebrates 20 year milestone

Posted on October 13, 2020

The African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ) in 2020 celebrates 20 years since it first appeared. This milestone was marked with a webinar on 7 October 2020, hosted by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), based at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. The AHRLJ...

Former UP Law alumnus and lecturer, Judge Albert Hoffmann, now President of the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas

Posted on October 08, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to former alumnus and colleague, Judge Albert Hoffmann, who was elected as the President of the United Nations (UN) International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 2 October 2020 for the term...

UP law professor Willem Jacobs helps resolves US$190 billion tax dispute in Tanzania

Posted on October 08, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Prof Willem Jacobs, Extraordinary Professor in its Department of Public Law and Chief Operating Officer of Barrick Gold, was instrumental in resolving a recent US$190 billion tax dispute in Tanzania.