Posted on July 07, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a team from its UP Moot Society won the 2020 African Regional Rounds of the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition. The UP Law team, consisting of Komela Letsoalo and Nicholas du Toit (both LLB III)...
Posted on July 06, 2020
On 2 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges faced by hyper-androgenic women in competitive sports, with a focus on Caster Semenya.
Posted on July 03, 2020
One University of Pretoria (UP) student and two UP graduates are among the 15 women in the running towards becoming Miss South Africa 2020. Fourth-year Law student Matsepo Sithole (21), UP Social Sciences graduate Shudufhadzo Musida (23), and UP MBChB graduate Dr Karishma Ramdev (25) have all...
Posted on July 03, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights welcomes the news that the legislature of the Gabonese Republic (‘Gabon’) has voted to pass a landmark bill to decriminalise homosexuality in the country.
Posted on July 03, 2020
The excessive use of force by U.S. police forces in responding to the wave of demonstrations that have taken place throughout the country in the wake of the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Rayshard Brooks has rightly been widely condemned.
Posted on July 02, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights is inviting experts and practitioners in the area of privacy and data protection to submit abstracts for a conference and book project. Contributions can be in the context of national, regional and international human rights on legal, regulatory, academic and...
Posted on June 30, 2020
On 23 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights facilitated a discussion on data protection and privacy issues in Africa. Data protection authorities explored the status of privacy and data protection on the continent. They highlighted the milestones and challenges faced in the adoption and...
Posted on June 30, 2020
...the immediate dangers we are facing right now are not legal dangers. The immediate dangers we are facing right now are health dangers...” - Prof Dire Tladi
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