Call for Papers: International Human Rights Conference on Human Trafficking, Social Media and AI Regulation and Climate Justice 

Posted on June 12, 2022

As part of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which takes place from 25 to 30 July 2022, at the Faculty of Law, the British University in Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt, a one-day International Human Rights Conference will also be held on 28 July 2022. 

Invitation: The Colonial Legacies of Anti-LGBTIQ+ Rights in African States

Posted on June 08, 2022

The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the Philipps-University Marburg cordially invite you the...

Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations continues with a discussion on ‘Threats to Human Rights for LGBTIQ+ Communities: Hate Crimes and Conversion Therapy’

Posted on June 07, 2022

Following the success of the first edition of the series, the 2022 Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations continues with a discussion on ‘Threats to Human Rights for LGBTIQ+ Communities: Hate Crimes and Conversion Therapy’.

Invitation: Webinar - Launch of reports for the New Development Bank Transparency and Accountability Series

Posted on June 06, 2022

The International Development Law Unit, Centre for Human Rights together in collaboration with Oxfam cordially invite you to a hybrid webinar to launch the reports for the New Development Bank Transparency and Accountability Series.

Regional Study on Child Participation in the Implementation of Global and Regional Development Frameworks in Africa

Posted on May 30, 2022

On the 26 and 27 May 2022, the Children’s Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria hosted a meeting to validate its draft regional study report on child participation in the implementation of the Global and Regional Development with a focus on the Sustainable...

UP Law's Associate Professor Martha M Bradley teaches at 45th Advanced Course on International Humanitarian Law

Posted on May 24, 2022

The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Associate Professor Martha M Bradley in its Department of Public Law has been part of the teaching staff complement at the 45th Advanced Course on International Humanitarian Law in Sanremo, Italy, from 16 to 20 May 2022. The course was a...

UP Law successfully hosts second specialised short programme on 'Promotion and Protection of Investment in Africa'

Posted on May 20, 2022

During May 2022, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Public Law commenced with the delivery of the first module of a specialised short programme on ‘Promotion and Protection of Investment in Africa’ under the auspices of the Extractive Industry Law in Africa Unit...

New book by UP academics offers policy recommendations to counter SADC debt distress

Posted on May 13, 2022

The book, edited by UP’s Prof Daniel Bradlow and Dr Magalie Masamba, focuses on the issue of African sovereign debt management and renegotiation/ restructuring, with a particular concentration on SADC countries.