Africa Rights Talk: Season 3 Episode 4

Posted on June 29, 2021

Tech4Rights: The use of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities In conversation with Mr Silver Francis Oonyu and Mr Wilson Macharia

Invitation: Peer-to-peer learning webinar on #Faith4Rights

Posted on June 29, 2021

Are you curious to learn more about the 18 commitments on #Faith4Rights, which are mentioned in the 2021 hypothetical case of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition? Join online the #Faith4Rights webinar, which will take place immediately after the virtual opening ceremony...

Invitation - Opening Ceremony 13th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition

Posted on June 28, 2021

You are cordially invited to the Opening Ceremony of the 13th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which will be held online on Thursday 1 July 2021.

Invitation: Conference - 40 years of the African Charter: Honouring the memory of Christof Heyns

Posted on June 25, 2021

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Charter, and in honour of Professor Heyns’ legacy, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with its partners for the event, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, invites...

Invitation: Virtual Book Launch - National Commissions of Inquiry in Africa: Vehicles to pursue accountability for violations of the right to life?

Posted on June 25, 2021

The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) invites you to the virtual book launch of National Commissions of Inquiry in Africa: Vehicles to pursue accountability for violations of the right to life?, edited by Thomas Probert and Christof Heyns (2020). Presentations will be followed by a Q&A...

Press Statement: Experts call for increased inclusion of refugees in health, education and sports in Africa

Posted on June 23, 2021

At a webinar organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in commemoration of the #WorldRefugeeDay, renowned experts drawn from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), civil society (Lawyers for Human...

Invitation: Continental Workshop on Internal Displacement in Africa: Developing and Sustaining Solutions for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

Posted on June 23, 2021

The Migration Unit at the Centre for Human Rights cordially invites you to the Continental Workshop on Internal Displacement in Africa on 25 June 2021.

Invitation: Celebrating forty years of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: South Africa’s contribution

Posted on June 21, 2021

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (CHR), the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA) and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) cordially invite you to a celebratory event to reflect on the contributions of South Africa and South Africans to the African...