Centre co-host Helen Kanzira Annual Memorial Lecture with University of Lagos

Posted on June 30, 2020

The 2020 Helen Kanzira Lecture co-hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa and the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Lagos-Nigeria had the theme: Gender Inequalities, Social Inequities and Maternal Deaths.

UP Law staff’s Covid-19 related activities from March to June 2020

Posted on June 30, 2020

A number of UP Law staff members have also been directly involved in Covid-19 related activities, contributing to making the world a better place. Their respective involvement from March to June 2020 is depicted in the interactive infographic herewith.

Invitation to tender: Evaluation of Grant Agreement between the Norwegian Government and The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria

Posted on June 23, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, invites tenders for an Evaluation of a Grant titled RAF-16/0027, CAPACITY-BUIDING TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA (CAHRDA), and funded by the Norwegian Government to the Centre for Human Rights. In this process,...

COVID-19 Discussion Fora: Centre's 9th discussion forum gauges the impact of international human rights organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Posted on June 23, 2020

On 19 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held the ninth in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa.The discussion was held in Zoom.

COVID-19 Discussion Fora: Centre's 8th discussion forum investigates the impact of UN agencies on the protection of human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Posted on June 22, 2020

On 11 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held the eighth in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa.The discussion was held in Zoom.

Centre hosts webinar to commemorate the Day of the African Child #DAC2020

Posted on June 22, 2020

On 16 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held a webinar organised by the Children’s Rights Unit on the occasion of the Day of the African Child 2020.

Op-Ed: Celebrating Youth Day should focus attention on overcoming COVID-19 challenges to education of youth, specifically young women

Posted on June 17, 2020

As we at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, remember the past, we also draw attention to the challenges that the present COVID-19 crisis presents to the youth particularly within educational settings. 

Centre for Human Rights partners with other organisations to launch an interactive map to track government responses to disinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on June 17, 2020

Today, Global Partners Digital, ARTICLE 19, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa , PROTEGE QV and the Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, jointly launched an interactive map to track and analyze disinformation laws, policies, and patterns of...