Centre for Human Rights calls for judicial dialogue with African Union Court and citizen inclusion in electoral reforms following Constitutional Court judgment

Posted on June 16, 2020

The South African Constitutional Court’s recent judgment requiring Parliament to amend the Electoral Act is remarkable for two reasons. In this judgment, the Court for the first time ever placed reliance on a judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. This hopefully marks...

Centre and UNOHCHR co-host webinar on the right of peaceful assembly in Southern Africa in the context of COVID-19

Posted on June 12, 2020

On 9 June 2020, The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Regional Office for Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP), convened a webinar on the right of peaceful assembly in Southern Africa in the context of...

Press Statement: Centre for Human Rights expresses grave concern about high level and racialised nature of excessive force during lockdown

Posted on June 11, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, notes with grave concern the instances of death and other human rights violations due to excessive force during law enforcement in South Africa. We note that these are not isolated instances, but are linked to inequalities based...

UP Law's Professor Ann Skelton, the UNESCO Chair of Education Law in Africa, has been appointed as a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Inspiring Children's Futures at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

Posted on June 09, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride that Professor Ann Skelton, the UNESCO Chair of Education Law in Africa, has been appointed as a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Inspiring Children's Futures at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,...

Commemoration of International Albinism Awareness Day #MadeToShine

Posted on June 09, 2020

In commemoration of International Albinism Awareness Day on 13 June 2020, these are some of the voices from women with Albinism in Africa telling us how they are #MadeToShine. 

UP Law alumnus Wesley Timm is Master of Many

Posted on June 08, 2020

After spending approximately four years at Webber Wentzel specialising in public interest and general commercial litigation, as well as a year as a researcher at the Parliament of South Africa, Alumnus Wesley Jonathan Timm pursued his master's studies abroad.

UP Law student Nicholas Herd recipient of the 2019 UP Yunus Mahomed Public Interest Award

Posted on June 08, 2020

The Faculty of Law congratulates Nicholas Herd, a final year LLB student at the University of Pretoria (UP), on being the recipient of the 2019 University of Pretoria Yunus Mahomed Public Interest Award (YMPIA) for his publication ‘Should the flag fit, or must we acquit?’ This...

Call for Papers: Assessing the implications of COVID-19 pandemic regulations on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Eastern and Southern Africa

Posted on June 03, 2020

This call for papers wants authors to critically examine some of the issues that have arisen because of the measures that have been adopted by different countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to deal with the risks posed by the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.