UP Law Professor Elected as Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Posted on May 08, 2023

Professor Ann Skelton has been elected as Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. She is a Professor in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Private Law.

Justice Van der Westhuizen says that continued non-compliance with constitutional obligation by SA Human Rights Commission and government endangers our democracy

Posted on May 05, 2023

Justice Johann van der Westhuizen, retired judge of the South African Constitutional Court, delivering a public lecture at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, underlined the importance of progressively realising the socio-economic rights guaranteed under the South...

Africa Rights Talk: Season 4 Episode 10 - In conversation with Viola Ochola

Posted on May 04, 2023

Every year, students at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria on the LLM/MPhil programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) are assigned to human rights clinics which contribute to the work of the Centre’s research units and give the students...

World Press Freedom Day - “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all other human rights”

Posted on May 03, 2023

The 2023 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) day is commemorated under the theme: ‘Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all Other Human Rights.’ On this occasion, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria recalls the 2019 Declaration of Principles on...

Africa Rights Talk: Season 4 Episode 9 - In conversation with Professor Joel Modiri

Posted on April 27, 2023

Freedom Day is the commemoration of the first democratic elections held in South Africa on 27 April 1994. These were the first post-apartheid national elections to be held in South Africa, where anyone could vote regardless of race. This day reminds South Africans of the incalculable sacrifices...

Curriculum Transformation Drive: A New LLB in 2024 and into the Future

Posted on April 26, 2023

On 12 April 2023, the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Law (UP Law) hosted a hybrid workshop for alumni, law firms, and the Legal Practice Council as part of the Curriculum Transformation Drive. Curriculum transformation is defined as "a paradigm shift in which the university moves away from...

Africa Rights Talk - S4:E8 -The dynamics of the African Union Reform process

Posted on April 25, 2023

In this episode Professor Babatunde Fagbayibo walks us through the dynamics of the African Union reform process and its implications for achieving supra nationalism in Africa.

Webinar Invitation: Assessing Implementation of Access to Information Legislation - The Perspectives of Access to Information Stakeholders in Malawi

Posted on April 24, 2023

The Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria and Youth and Society (YAS), invites you to a webinar on the state of Access to Information (ATI) in Malawi.