Posted on July 13, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights has previously published research on the impact of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The research was in the form of two editions of a...
Posted on July 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest disaster to hit the insurance history, by far exceeding any natural catastrophe risks to date. The Unit for Insurance Law and Governance in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, of which Professor Birgit Kuschke is one of the Directors, is...
Posted on July 09, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that in its judgment of Hlumisa Investment Holdings (RF) Ltd v Kirkinis (Case no 1423/2018) [2020] ZASCA 83 (03 July 2020), the Supreme Court of Appeal has referred a number of times to and quoted substantially from...
Posted on July 08, 2020
The United Nations in Geneva has released global standards on the use of force by the police worldwide. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet welcomed the new United Nations Human Rights Guidance on the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement and urged all states to follow...
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 07, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Reghard Brits in its Department of Mercantile Law was appointed on 5 July 2020 as the 2020/21 holder of the Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht Wisselleerstoel (Journal for Private Law Exchange Chair) at Radboud...
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 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...
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