Call for Papers | Evidence Matters Before Regional Human Rights Courts: The African Court in Critical and Comparative Perspective

Posted on July 21, 2025

A Conference in honour of the 20th Anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, co-hosted by DISSECT: Evidence in International Human Rights Adjudication (ERC, Ghent University) and the Centre for Human Rights and NRF Chair in International Constitutional Law, University...

Invitation: Christof Heyns Memorial Lecture

Posted on July 11, 2025

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and the Bonavero Institute, Mansfield College, Oxford University invite you to the Third Christof Heyns Memorial Lecture. This lecture will be held at the Auditorium, Bonavero Institute, Mansfield College, Oxford University.

Press Statement: The Centre for Human Rights calls for renewed legal commitment to refugee protection in Africa on World Refugee Day

Posted on June 20, 2025

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at the end of 2024 an estimated 123,2 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide. This sobering figure reflects the devastating impacts of conflict, persecution, environmental disasters, and widespread human rights...

African-Caribbean Dialogue on Justice through Reparations held at University of Pretoria as part of AU Year on Reparations

Posted on June 10, 2025

A conference on the African-Caribbean Dialogue on Justice through Reparations was held on 2 and 3 June 2025 at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus. The event was organised and hosted as a collaboration between University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights and South...

RE.SEARCH 11: Digital Worlds

Posted on April 17, 2025

The latest issue of the University of Pretoria’s award-winning RE.SEARCH magazine is available now and reflects a shift towards both a fresher design and outlook. This edition is curated under the theme ‘Digital’, and offers a glimpse into some of the fascinating research...