Call for policy papers: Durable solutions to displacement in Africa

Posted on June 12, 2022

The Centre for Human Rights, is calling for papers on durable solutions to displacement in Africa.

Call for Papers: International Human Rights Conference on Human Trafficking, Social Media and AI Regulation and Climate Justice 

Posted on June 12, 2022

As part of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which takes place from 25 to 30 July 2022, at the Faculty of Law, the British University in Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt, a one-day International Human Rights Conference will also be held on 28 July 2022. 

Invitation: The Colonial Legacies of Anti-LGBTIQ+ Rights in African States

Posted on June 08, 2022

The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the Philipps-University Marburg cordially invite you the...

Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations continues with a discussion on ‘Threats to Human Rights for LGBTIQ+ Communities: Hate Crimes and Conversion Therapy’

Posted on June 07, 2022

Following the success of the first edition of the series, the 2022 Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations continues with a discussion on ‘Threats to Human Rights for LGBTIQ+ Communities: Hate Crimes and Conversion Therapy’.

Regional Study on Child Participation in the Implementation of Global and Regional Development Frameworks in Africa

Posted on May 30, 2022

On the 26 and 27 May 2022, the Children’s Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria hosted a meeting to validate its draft regional study report on child participation in the implementation of the Global and Regional Development with a focus on the Sustainable...

Virtual book launch: COVID-19 and Sovereign Debt: The case of SADC

Posted on May 04, 2022

The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) in partnership with African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) and Afronomicslaw invites you to the virtual book launch of COVID-19 and Sovereign Debt, edited by Daniel D. Bradlow and Magalie L. Masamba (2022)

Centre for Human Rights hosts discussion on decisions of African human rights bodies

Posted on April 14, 2022

As part of its efforts in increasing awareness and understanding among relevant stakeholders about the jurisprudence of African human rights bodies, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, on 7 April 2022 launched a quarterly webinar series on decisions of African...

Looking through the prism: Narratives of queer dignity in South Africa – Volume 2

Posted on April 12, 2022

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, has released volume 2 of the photobook series titled Looking through the prism: Narratives of queer dignity in South Africa.