Charles Fombad appointed as founding member of the Transnational Advisory Group to the Association of American Law Schools

Posted on October 20, 2015

On 2 October 2015 Professor Charles Fombad was invited to be a founding member of the Transnational Advisory Group to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), a non-profit association of 180 law schools. AALS members enrol most of the United States' law students and produce the...

A major crisis looms in sport

Posted on October 19, 2015

Prof Steve Cornelius has conducted extensive research on the high rate of injury in professional sports and says that sport could be facing a major crisis because of this.

Invitation: Conference on the rights of children and youth with disabilities in Africa

Posted on October 16, 2015

The Centre for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a conference on the effective implementation of the rights of children and youth with disabilities in Africa.

ICLA hosts workshop on the right to life in Africa

Posted on October 12, 2015

Professor Christof Heyns and his research team in the Unlawful Killings Unit of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) are leading a research project examining the right to life in Africa, particularly the role of commissions of inquiry.

TuksLaw celebrates new SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law

Posted on September 28, 2015

The Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria recently celebrated the appointment of Prof Erika de Wet, Co-director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), as the incumbent of the SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law.

TuksLaw discusses research on 'Executive directors in business rescue: employees or something else?'

Posted on September 21, 2015

On 9 September Faculty of Law lecturer Mrs Tronel Joubert from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Mercantile Law, presented a research discussion on 'Executive directors in business rescue: employees or something else?'

Centre for Human Rights post-doctoral fellow publishes book on asylum-seeker and refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on September 18, 2015

The Centre for Human Rights congratulates Dr Cristiano d'Orsi, post-doctoral fellow based at the Centre, on the publication of his book on asylum seeker and refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book forms part of Routledge's Research Series on Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law.

Four new SARChI research chairs awarded to UP

Posted on September 03, 2015

The University of Pretoria (UP) has been awarded four new research chairs under the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI).