Capacity Building for members of the Pan African Parliament on Digital Rights, Democracy and Governance in Africa

Posted on August 08, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights held a capacity building workshop for members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on 5 August 2017. The workshop, which was held at the seat of PAP in Midrand, South Africa, was themed ‘Digital Rights, Democracy and Governance in Africa: The Role of National and...

Press Statement: Centre for Human Rights demands that government put words into action and take a definitive stand on violence against women

Posted on August 07, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, takes note of media reports and images circulating on social media, suggesting that the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana, has been involved in a case of assaulting a woman in a public place (restaurant) over...

Invitation: Women's Day advocacy event at the University of Pretoria

Posted on August 03, 2017

The Women's Rights Unit, the SOGIE Unit and the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights is organising an advocacy event in commemoration of the National Women's day in South Africa.

Press Statement: Centre for Human Rights calls for the unconditional release of the 42 persons arrested with homosexual charges by the Nigerian government

Posted on August 03, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights calls for the immediate release of the 42 persons who were unjustly arrested by law enforcement agents at the HIV awareness training for sexual and gender minorities which was held at the Vincent Hotel, Weigh Bridge in Owode Onirin, Lagos State, Nigeria on Saturday 29...

Call for applications: UN JPO Programme

Posted on August 02, 2017

The following 4 positions are open in the context of the JPO scheme sponsored by the Government of The Netherlands and are addressed exclusively to candidates with citizenship of one the following countries:

Launch of Queer Africa 2: New stories and the fight for the protection and promotion of the human rights of non-confirming sexual and gender minorities

Posted on August 01, 2017

On Thursday 27 July 2017, Queer Africa 2: New stories made its grand entry into the University of Pretoria(UP) community at its well-attended book launch organised by the Queer Space Collective (QSC) at the Library Auditorium, University of Pretoria, Hatfield Campus. This was preceding earlier...

Centre for Human Rights presents third Advanced Human Rights Short Course on Children’s Rights in Africa

Posted on August 01, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is currently hosting its third Advanced Human Rights Short Course on Children’s Rights in Africa. It started on Monday 31 July 2017 and runs to Friday 4 August 2017.

Short Course on Business and Human Rights, 10 - 14 July 2017, Pretoria, South Africa

Posted on July 31, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted its second short course on business and human rights at the University of Pretoria from 10 - 14 July 2017.