Toolkit on civil society advocacy in the Pan-African Parliament

Posted on October 23, 2020

The Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, recently developed a Toolkit for civil society advocacy in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). Despite its potentially crucial role in PAP’s activities, civil society organisations (CSOs) still...

Invitation: African Moot Preliminary Rounds Announcement Ceremony

Posted on October 22, 2020

The 29th edition of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition adopted, for the first time, a hybrid format following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

EXPERT ANALYSIS: Addressing the human rights issues that COVID-19 exposed: An imperative for Africa’s success in building back better

Posted on October 21, 2020

Expert Analysis by Solomon A. Dersso, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Invitation: 8th Annual Disability Conference ‘Realising the right to health of persons with disabilities in Africa’

Posted on October 20, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to its 8th Annual Disability Rights Conference on 17 and 18 November 2020,  which will take place virtually via a Zoom. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Realising the right to health of persons with...

Centre for Human Rights calls for complete police reform and justice for victims of police brutality in Nigeria

Posted on October 19, 2020

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is concerned about ongoing police brutality and human rights violations in Nigeria. These violations are in response to demonstrations by Nigerians expressing concerns about gross human rights violations by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF),...

UP Law hosts Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke for a discussion on his latest book, ‘All Rise – A Judicial Memoir’

Posted on October 16, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) was honoured to host Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Dikgang Moseneke for a discussion on his latest book, All Rise – A Judicial Memoir.

Centre congratulates Dianah Msipa on her recent appointment onto a team of experts working on the AU Convention on Violence against Women and Children

Posted on October 14, 2020

Dianah Msipa is an expert in the field of disability rights and her specific research interests are in access to justice, legal capacity, sexual and reproductive rights and the right to employment for persons with disabilities. She teaches the African Disability Rights Protection module, which is...

Karabo Ozah, Director of the UP Centre for Child Law, is playing a vital role in urging the South African Government to drastically increase the implementation of social safety net interventions

Posted on October 14, 2020

Karabo Ozah, Director of the Centre for Child Law (CCL) in the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP), is playing a vital role in urging the South African government to drastically increase their social safety net interventions.