FACES 2017: African Student Cellphone Film Competition

Posted on March 08, 2017

Students from all countries in Africa are invited to participate in the FACES 2017: African student cellphone film competition. The Competition is part of the 26th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, due to be held in Mauritius from 18 - 23 September 2017. The winning entries will be...

Centre for Human Rights expresses serious concern over human rights situation in Cameroon

Posted on March 08, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon (English-speaking Cameroon), including reported arbitrary arrests, abductions, extra-judicial killings,...

Disability Rights Law Schools Project: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

Posted on March 07, 2017

The Eduardo Mondlane University is one of several leading African Universities that partner with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in the execution of the Disability Rights Law Schools Project sponsored by the Open Society Foundation.

Centre for Human Rights calls on African Union human rights body to take action against grave violations of freedom of expression in Cameroon

Posted on March 03, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is gravely concerned about the on-going human rights violations, particularly of the right to freedom of expression in the North West and South West regions of the Republic of Cameroon (English-speaking Cameroon).

Centre for Human Rights hosts panel discussion on the obstruction of self-determination of the Sahrawi people (Western Sahara), whose post-colonial future remains undecided

Posted on March 03, 2017

With Morocco’s re-entry into the African Union (AU) earlier in 2017, important questions around the self-determination of the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) have taken centre stage again. To answer some of these questions, the Centre for Human Rights, University of...

Centre for Human Rights calls for extension of due date for submissions on ICC withdrawal

Posted on March 03, 2017

Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria calls for extension of due date for submissions on ICC withdrawal.

Deputy Public Protector welcomes students from all over Africa to the Centre for Human Rights

Posted on February 06, 2017

One world; one people’. This is how Advocate Kevin Malunga, South Africa’s Deputy Public Protector, described those who inhabit Africa, as he welcomed Master’s students from all over the continent to the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria on Friday 3 February...

Invitation - Discussion Forum: Self-determination delayed: The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Posted on February 06, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, together with the Embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, cordially invites you to a brown bag lunch-hour panel discussion on the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people.