Invitation: Launch of Report on Conversion Therapy

Posted on May 13, 2021

The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to the virtual launch of a new report titled 'Report on Current Practices in Conversion Therapy, Emerging...

Call for Papers - Memory Studies Association Africa Regional Chapter Annual Conference 2021 

Posted on May 10, 2021

On the occasion of the Annual Conference of the MSA Africa Chapter, the conveners (of the conference invite submission for papers that discuss African memory discourses, context and practices that highlight African perspectives on memory studies as a scholarly field. 

Global Campus International Conference 2021: Climate Change and Children - Impact, Rights and Participation

Posted on May 07, 2021

Climate change has been identified by United Nations’ agencies and experts as one of the biggest threats to children’s health. Globally, children are being detrimentally affected by climate shocks (e.g. droughts, floods, cyclones) and related diseases, polluted air, soil and water,...

Press Statement: World Press Freedom Day: Information as a public good

Posted on May 03, 2021

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria wishes to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day today, 3 May 2021.

UP Law Moot Society wins regional international rounds of Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition

Posted on May 01, 2021

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Moot Society team recently emerged as regional winners of the 2020/2021 Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition.

UP Law's Professor Dire Tladi appointed as First Vice-Chair of International Law Commission

Posted on April 30, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and extends its congratulations to Professor Dire Tladi on his election as the First Vice-Chair of the International Law Commission (ILC) for the 72nd Session on Monday, 26 April 2021.

UP Law's Professor Corlia van Heerden cited by Supreme Court of Appeal

Posted on April 29, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Corlia van Heerden, its Absa Chair in Banking Law in the Department of Mercantile Law, has been cited by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 13 April 2021 in a long-anticipated decision on the...

Call for Applications: LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Defenders in Africa Capacity Building Workshop

Posted on April 29, 2021

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cordially invites you to apply for its hybrid model (in person and on zoom) Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Litigation and Advocacy for human rights...