A kiki* with Panti (#IDAHOT event)

Posted on May 11, 2017

A kiki* with Panti (*A gathering of people for a casual chat, laughter, and at times serious discussions. May involve locked doors, tea and gossip.)

Invitation: Presentation of a proposed Draft Model Law on Intersex Persons Rights in Africa | Fact sheet on intersex persons

Posted on May 05, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights cordially invites all interested stakeholders attending the NGO Forum preceding the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Niamey, Niger, to its presentation of a proposed Draft Model Law on Intersex Persons Rights in...

Invitation: Brown Bag Lunch Lecture on 'Decolonising the university curriculum' by Professor Makau Mutua

Posted on May 05, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a brown bag lunch lecture on decolonising the university curriculum by distinguished critical legal scholar, Professor Makau Mutua.

Centre for Human Rights hosts first consultative meeting to discuss Draft Model Law on the rights of intersex persons in Africa

Posted on April 26, 2017

On 24 April 2017, the Centre for Human Rights hosted its first consultative meeting on the Model Law on the rights of intersex persons in Africa. The meeting gathered together intersex rights activists in South Africa, coming from the following organisations: Iranti, AIDS Rights Alliance of...

Freedom Day 2017: After 23 years, working together is still needed to secure the rights of all South Africans

Posted on April 26, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights joins the rest of South Africa to celebrate Freedom Day 2017. On 27 April 1994, there was a major shift in South Africa’s trajectory with the first non-racial post-apartheid election being held in the country.

Centre for Human Rights celebrates the ratification by Parliament of the nomination of Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson Esq. to the position of Ombudsman of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Posted on April 12, 2017

Since graduating from the Centre in 1998 with his LLM degree, Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson has been an outstanding ambassador of the Centre's values of excellence and ubuntu, through his work as a human rights defender in Sierra Leone and abroad.

Gender Unit Hosts a Regional State Reporting Workshop Under The Maputo Protocol

Posted on April 11, 2017

“The [Maputo] Protocol stands as a comprehensive instrument that demonstrates the good will of African States to end all forms of violence against women... Notwithstanding that, our role as women has been fraught with challenges and circumstances of vulnerability”.

Op-Ed: What is colonialism (to us)? Western Cape Premier reveals a truth by Prof Charles Ngwena

Posted on April 04, 2017

Whatever her intentions, the recent public utterance posted on Twitter by Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, reminding the nation of the enormous debt owed to colonialism, has generated public debate. In not so many words, in a nation still healing from a racially bruised past, Zille has been...