Vacancy: Student Project Associate – LGBTI Rights in Africa

Posted on June 12, 2019

The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, is recruiting for the position of Student Project Associate for a six month contract beginning on 1 July 2019 and ending on 31 December 2019, renewable...

Invitation: Brown Bag Seminar and Photo Exhibition to celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day

Posted on June 11, 2019

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, invite you to a Brown Bag Seminar and Photo Exhibition on International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June). The theme for International Albinism Awareness Day 2019 is...

UP Law doctoral student awarded prestigious SARChI Scholar International Internship

Posted on June 05, 2019

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Gertrude Quan, a doctoral candidate affiliated with the Department of Private Law and the SARChI Professorship in International Constitutional Law, has been awarded an internship at Child Rights Connect.

Centre hosts annual course on effective and accountable policing in Africa

Posted on June 05, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), hosted the annual advanced human rights short course on Effective and Accountable Policing in Africa from 27 to 31 May 2019.

Africa Day Celebration: Protecting the rights of African migrants in the context of xenophobia

Posted on May 29, 2019

The Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit of the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre), University of Pretoria, hosted an African Day Celebration on 23 May 2019. The aim of the event was to celebrate the diversity of Africa and what it means to be African.

Seven UP Law staff members recognised for their academic achievements

Posted on May 29, 2019

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that seven of its academic staff members received recognition at UP’s Annual Academic Achievers’ Awards Function.

Centre for Human Rights hosts seminar highlighting human rights violations in Tibet

Posted on May 28, 2019

On Monday 27 May 2019, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with Living Stories & Memories hosted a seminar on Tibet: Culture nationalism, human rights, and self-immolation.

Invitation: Conférence annuelle en l’honneur de Julius Osega

Posted on May 28, 2019

Le Centre for Human Rights, Faculté de Droit, Université de Pretoria et l’Université