Posted on July 17, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (the Centre), is implementing a two-year project on Children’s Privacy in the Digital Sphere. The overall goal of the project is to promote enhanced protection for children’s right to privacy in the digital sphere in Africa.
Posted on July 16, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, commends the Commission for acting with energy and thoughtfulness in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures adopted by the Commission include statements and urgent appeals. The Commission correctly focuses on the...
Posted on July 14, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights welcomes the passing of the Civil Union Amendment Bill by South Africa’s second legislative body, the National Council of Provinces (NCP). The Amendment Bill repeals section 6 of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 (CUA), which had provided that a marriage officer...
Posted on July 13, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights has previously published research on the impact of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The research was in the form of two editions of a...
Posted on July 09, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that in its judgment of Hlumisa Investment Holdings (RF) Ltd v Kirkinis (Case no 1423/2018) [2020] ZASCA 83 (03 July 2020), the Supreme Court of Appeal has referred a number of times to and quoted substantially from...
Posted on July 08, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, takes pleasure in inviting you to our COVID-19 Discussion Fora. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa. This Discussion Forum is part of a series of events at which...
Posted on July 08, 2020
The United Nations in Geneva has released global standards on the use of force by the police worldwide. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet welcomed the new United Nations Human Rights Guidance on the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement and urged all states to follow...
Posted on July 07, 2020
Institutional racism and how it manifests in the African context - in conversation with Dr Joel Modiri
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