Africa Rights Talk: Season 2 Episode 11 - Professor Cyndy Baskin

Posted on August 04, 2020

The episode lays a foundation to understand who indigenous peoples are and the challenges they face from a global perspective. Professor Cyndy Baskin explains the similarities and differences of the plight of indigenous peoples from developing and developed nations.

Global Campus Human Rights Journal with special focus on children’s rights issues published

Posted on August 03, 2020

The most recent volume of the Global Campus Human Rights Journal was published on 31 July 2020. It comprises a special focus feature, foregrounding selected developments in the area of children’s rights’. The special focus results from a cooperation agreement between the Global Campus...

IDLU collaborates on report on expanding renewable energy for access and development and the role of development finance institutions in Southern Africa

Posted on August 03, 2020

The International Development Law Unit (IDLU) at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Boston University, Global Development Policy Center, the SADC Development Finance Resource Centre (SADC-DFRC), the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and...

UP Law Professor Dire Tladi interviewed by Legal Pages, Issue 5, July 2020

Posted on August 02, 2020

Professor Dire Tladi in the Department of Public Law and a Fellow at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria appears in Issue 5 of the Legal Pages, July 2020, on ‘The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on International...

Professor Charles Maimela's historical appointment as Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law

Posted on July 31, 2020

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria extends hearty congratulations to Professor Charles Maimela on his appointment as the Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning of the Faculty of Law for the period 1 August 2020 to 30 April 2024. He is the youngest (32 years) and first black Deputy Dean...

ICLA Director leads process to adopt new UN standards on peaceful assemblies

Posted on July 30, 2020

The United Nations Human Rights Committee last week adopted comprehensive standards on the way in which States should deal with peaceful assemblies. These guidelines are authoritative for the 173 States in the world that have ratified the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

UP professor leads process to adopt new UN standards on peaceful assemblies

Posted on July 29, 2020

The United Nations Human Rights Committee last week adopted comprehensive standards on the way in which States should deal with peaceful assemblies. These guidelines are authoritative for the 173 States in the world that have ratified the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Op-Ed: The IMF’s $4bn loan for South Africa: the pros, cons and potential pitfalls

Posted on July 29, 2020

(By Professor Daniel Bradlow) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the country manage the immediate consequences of the fallout from COVID-19. The Conversation Africa’s editor, Caroline Southey, asked Danny...