'Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa': Book on poverty discussed at Pretoria University Law Press' first virtual launch

Posted on August 12, 2020

On 6 August 2020, the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) based at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, held its first-ever virtual book launch. The edited volume of essays titled Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa is edited by Ebenezer...

Op-ed: Women’s Day 2020: An ode to the past, and a reflection on the future

Posted on August 09, 2020

Women’s Day commemorates the march by about 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 9 August 1956, to protest the introduction of regulations on movement, also known as pass laws by the government of South Africa at the time. The march to the Union Buildings was accompanied by...

National Women's Day: Ode to UP Law Professor Trynie Boezaart (Davel): A woman of substance and professor of law for more than forty years and still going strong

Posted on August 08, 2020

On 9 August South Africans celebrate National Women’s Day. It is the day that our country celebrates phenomenal women and their impact on their communities and their country - women who have made a mark in their various communities on a national and often on an international level. This...

Press Statement: Centre for Human Rights calls on the government of South Africa to take clear stand against human rights violations and lack of accountability in Zimbabwe

Posted on August 07, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the appointment by President Ramaphosa of two special envoys to engage with the deteriorating conditions in Zimbabwe. However, we regret the characterisation of a situation of serious human rights violations as...

Invitation: Online seminar on assessing the implications of COVID-19 regulations on human rights and the rule of law in Eastern and Southern Africa

Posted on August 07, 2020

The Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to an Online Seminar under the theme “Assessing the Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic regulations on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Eastern...

Second Mandela Talk contemplates what it would take to turn the tide towards women’s full equality

Posted on August 07, 2020

In answer to the question “What would it take to turn the tide of the negation of women’s rights”, a webinar commemorating Women’s Month identified two main responses: the need for mobilisation at grass root street level, and the need for building closer partnerships...

African Human Rights Law Journal marks twenty years

Posted on August 06, 2020

The first issue of the 2020 volume of the African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ) is published today (6 August 2020). The publication of this volume of the AHRLJ marks twenty years since the Journal has first appeared. The African Human Rights Law Journal, which is the only scholarly journal...

COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor calls for an end to police violence and abuse against persons with disabilities and their family members

Posted on August 04, 2020

The COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor Coordinating Group express their alarm about increasing police violence against persons with disabilities in the context of the pandemic, and are calling on governments around the world to take urgent steps to prevent acts of brutality.