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Prof Christof Heyns to head drafting of UN guidelines on management of demonstrations

Posted by: Faculty of Law

27 November 2018

Christof Heyns, professor in the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, of which he is a member, to lead a two-year process to draft guidelines on the proper management of demonstrations. This will be the leading UN text setting out the international legal and other standards determining how States must approach mass protest and other forms of assembly.

The CHR calls on the ACERWC to devote time to discuss genital normalisation surgeries

Posted by: Faculty of Law

26 November 2018

The Centre participated in the CSO forum of the ACERWC which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 9 to 12 November 2018 under the theme, ‘leave no child behind for Africa’s development: Setting the CSO agenda’. The Centre also participated in the 32nd session of the ACERWC which was held from 12 to 20 November 2018 in Addis Ababa.

UP Law student Ruvimbo Samanga reaches for the stars and beyond

Posted by: Faculty of Law

21 November 2018

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that one of its students, Ruvimbo Samanga, recently presented a paper at the 'African Leadership Congress in Space and Technology' in Abuja, Nigeria, where she became a member of the 'Space Generation Advisory Council for the United Nations' and that of the 'Women in Aerospace in Africa' Committee, promoting an African Space Agency.

South Africa’s reporting to AU body is an opportunity to advance children’s rights: Statement on South Africa’s second report submitted under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Posted by: Faculty of Law

19 November 2018

South Africa ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the Children’s Charter) in 2000. Its main obligation under this African Union treaty is to ensure that the rights of children in the country are fulfilled. As a State Party to the Charter, South Africa is also required to periodically report on the progress that is has made towards implementing the Charter. In terms of article 43(1) of the African Children’s Charter, which regulates the reporting procedure, an initial report to the African Committee of Expert on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the Committee) is required within two years of ratifying the Charter, and thereafter every three years.