Preliminary rounds of 29th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition to be held online

Posted on September 20, 2020

The English preliminary rounds for the 29th edition for the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held online from 21 September to 21 October 2020. The #AfricanMoot2020 is presented by the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the...

UP's Vice-Chancellor's signature marks the official launch of the 30th #AfricanMoot

Posted on September 18, 2020

Preparations for the 30th edition of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, scheduled to take place in July 2021, are now formally underway. Following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by Stellenbosch University, the host for the 30th edition of the Competition, on 7...

UP Law alumni Keketso Kgomosotho and Stanley Malematja in M&G Top 200 Young South Africans

Posted on September 18, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) proudly announces and congratulates its alumni, Keketso Gift Kgomosotho and Stanley Malematja, who were recognised by the Mail & Guardian (M&G) 200 Young South Africans.

Op-ed: UP Law Professor Dire Tladi: 'The Role of the Public in the Search for a Progressive International Law'

Posted on September 18, 2020

Can international law address the most pressing concerns of society? On Thursday 10 September I was honoured to present the 25th University of Pretoria Expert Lecture, which explored whether international law can address the most pressing concerns of society? The pressing concerns of our society...

FACES 2020: African Student Cellphone Film Competition

Posted on September 18, 2020

Students from all countries in Africa are invited to participate in the 2020 edition of FACES: African Student Cellphone Film Competition. The competition, which is now in its fourth year, has since 2017 awarded winners with incredible prizes.

Preliminary oral rounds of 12th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition to be held online

Posted on September 18, 2020

The preliminary oral rounds of the 12th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Competition will be held online from 19 to 23 September 2020.

UP Law post-doctoral research fellow Dr Rimdolmsom J Kabre wins University of Lausanne prize for best doctoral dissertation

Posted on September 17, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) proudly announces and congratulates Dr Rimdolmsom Jonathan Kabre, a post-doctoral research fellow at its International Development Law Unit (IDLU), on receiving the 2020 Law Faculty Prize at the University of Lausanne for the best...

Africa Rights Talk: Season 2 Episode 14 - Prof Ann Skelton

Posted on September 16, 2020

The positive implications of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to host the first ever United Nations treaty body session outside of Geneva