Call for Papers: The Africa We Want: Sexual and Gender Minority rights in Africa, Climate Change and Corruption

Posted on April 04, 2023

As part of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which takes place from 3 - 9 September 2023, at the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, a one-day International Human Rights Conference will also be held on 4 September 2023...

Press Statement: Centre for Human Rights commemorates Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March 2023

Posted on March 31, 2023

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (Centre), is proud to commemorate Trans Day of Visibility, which falls every year and is celebrated internationally on 31 March.

Webinar Invitation - Case Discussion on African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights judgement on the case against Morocco’s occupation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Posted on March 30, 2023

Case Discussion on African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights judgement on the case against Morocco’s occupation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

UP and Ghent University explore new academic partnerships

Posted on March 29, 2023

UP representatives meet with Ghent University delegation to discuss strengthening collaborations through transdisciplinary research, staff and student exchange, and forging new partnerships.

SOGIESC Unit celebrates LGBTIQ+ rights at the Cape Town Pride Festival

Posted on March 28, 2023

On 4 March 2023, the Centre for Human Rights SOGIESC Unit team was in Cape Town to commemorate the final event on the World Pride calendar. The Pride Festival, hosted by Cape Town Pride and Outreach Africa, was supported by various organisations involved in the realisation of rights and freedoms...

Empowering LGBTI+ Communities to claim their rights: SOGIESC Unit Training Equips LGBTI+ Communities to Access Equality Courts in the Free State, South Africa

Posted on March 27, 2023

The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit, in collaboration with Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Office (GEADO) at the Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of Free State recently hosted a one day training...

Pretoria University Law Press Releases Landmark Publications of African Union Human Rights Bodies

Posted on March 24, 2023

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is proud to announce the open-access publication of volume six (2022) of the African Human Rights Yearbook and volume four of the African Court Law Report (covering case decided in 2020) both published under the Pretoria University Law Press...

Civil Society Breakfast Discussion on the State of Human Rights in South Africa

Posted on March 23, 2023

On 22 March 2023, the Centre for Human Rights Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit convened a Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) dialogue in partnership with the European Union that interrogated the state of human rights in South Africa.