Posted on October 22, 2021
To celebrate Africa Human Rights Day, 21 October, the South African Human Rights Commission, HURISA and the Centre for Human Rights, organised a joint webinar to take stock of achievements and challenged that have arisen during the 40 years since the Charter's adoption in 1981.
Posted on October 22, 2021
To celebrate African Human Rights Day, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, on 21 October launched the French and Portuguese versions of its Guide to the African human rights system.
Posted on October 21, 2021
Lloyd Kuveya took up the position of Assistant Director (Operations) of the Centre for Human Rights on 1 October 2021. He joins the Director and Assistant Director (Programmes) in the Centre’s management team. In response to its continuous growth, the Centre some years ago changed its...
Posted on October 15, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, has launched a new photobook series titled Looking through the prism: Narratives of queer dignity in South Africa featuring photographs and narratives of the lives of LGBTIQ+ persons living in South Africa. Volume 1 of the...
Posted on October 13, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is exulted to announce that the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 by subject: law’ institution has ranked UP Law 60th in the world for law. Not only is this ranking a radical improvement from the 2021...
Posted on October 13, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, extends its heartfelt congratulations to its Director Professor Frans Viljoen on his recent appointment to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee. The appointment was announced on 11 October 2021 at the 48th session of the...
Posted on October 11, 2021
UP’s Prof Ann Skelton is a member of the UN Child Rights Committee which has ruled that a State can be found responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on children's rights.
Posted on October 09, 2021
In what has been hailed as a groundbreaking judgment for children born out of wedlock and their fathers, the Constitutional Court in Centre for Child Law v Director-General: Department of Home Affairs [2021] ZACC 31 (22 September 2021) has confirmed the unconstitutionality of section 10 of the...
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