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  • A Call to Action to end rights abuses against persons with albinism in Africa

    Posted on November 30, 2016

    Violence and discrimination against persons with albinism as well as trafficking and cross-boarder sale of their body parts continues to be a worrying trend on the continent. The Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Persons with Albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero in her report to the...

  • Dr Gustav Muller recipient of Faculty’s 2016 teaching award

    Posted on November 30, 2016

    A proud Dr Gustav Muller in the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria recently received the Faculty’s teaching award for the 2016 academic year. The award is a R10 000 contribution to Gustav's research fund, courtesy of the Department of Higher...

  • Deans host hearty sendoff for the 2016 LLB class

    Posted on November 30, 2016

    On Wednesday, 23 November 2016, Deans André Boraine and Anton Kok hosted a hearty sendoff for the 2016 LLB class of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.

  • Opinion piece: Ending the Rape Culture

    Posted on November 28, 2016

    Gender inequalities are at the heart of rape culture in South Africa and without conscious sustained and deliberate effort to dismantle them, the problem will prevail. Gender

  • TuksLaw sole South African university to be represented on the African Mining Legislation Atlas' PIC

    Posted on November 28, 2016

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that, following a competitive round, the University of Pretoria (in particular the Faculty of Law) has been selected as the sole South African university to be represented on the African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA) Project...

  • Participants at high-level meeting call for urgent action to protect the rights of persons living with albinism in Africa

    Posted on November 24, 2016

    The Centre for Human Rights, in partnership with Open Society Foundations and the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, held a high-level meeting on 8 November 2016. This meeting formed part of a number of events that focused on advancing the...

  • TuksLaw lecturer authors book on 'Real Security Law'

    Posted on November 24, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law, Dr Reghard Brits, has recently published a scholarly monograph in the field of property and credit law, titled “Real Security Law” as part of Juta’s...

  • Fourth African Disability Rights Moot Court Competition

    Posted on November 24, 2016

    From 7 to 10 November 2016 the Centre for Human Rights, with the support of Open Society Foundations, hosted the Fourth African Disability Rights Moot Court Competition. Participants from the Network of Law Schools Disability Rights Programme participated in the fourth edition of this competition.

  • Youngest ever TuksLaw doctorate awarded

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is pleased to announce that alumnus Emile Zitzke successfully defended his doctoral thesis earlier in November, setting the record for the youngest person to obtain a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in the Faculty.

  • Promotions in academic rank

    Posted on November 16, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that three of its staff members have been promoted to the rank of associate professors as from 1 January 2017.

  • Press Statement: Call to join week of mourning for the demise of the SADC Tribunal

    Posted on November 15, 2016

    On 18 November 2005, the Southern African Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) was inaugurated. It was established to hear disputes of not only Southern African states but also of their citizens. This was a momentous occasion given that a regional court with the power to hear human...

  • Op-Ed: Trump's victory is bad - for Africa and for global stability

    Posted on November 14, 2016

    Prof Danny Bradlow, SARChI Professor of International Development Law at the University of Pretoria, writes about the recent Trump victory in the United States and what this could mean for Africa in an article published on The Conversation.

  • Prof Birgit Kuschke a member of Principles Drafting Committee of Transnational Insurance Law

    Posted on November 11, 2016

    Prof Birgit Kuschke, from the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, was invited to serve as one of only 15 principle members of the International Drafting Committee of the universal Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law, under the auspices of the...

  • Centre co-publishes litigation and advocacy tool on harmful practices with a focus on female genital mutilation and child marriages

    Posted on November 11, 2016

    The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and Equality Now, in collaboration with the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition developed a tool on harmful practices: Litigation and Advocacy Tool: Litigating cases of harmful practices with a focus on female genital...

  • News Release: Top UN Official on Persons with Albinism Calls for Pan-African Action Plan

    Posted on November 08, 2016

    (Pretoria, South Africa) An action plan to combat attacks and discrimination against people with albinism in Africa is a critical priority for governments and civil society on the continent, declared the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism,...

  • Professor AJ (André) van der Walt (1956 – 2016)

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria has learnt with great sadness of the passing of one of its Extraordinary Professors, André (AJ) van der Walt, one of the greatest legal minds in South Africa and internationally. The Faculty’s staff and students extend their deepest...

  • Impressive NRF ratings for law lecturers

    Posted on November 04, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce the 2017 National Research Foundation (NRF) ratings of its lecturers.

  • Professor of International Law Dire Tladi re-elected as UN Special Rapporteur on Jus Cogens

    Posted on November 04, 2016

    The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Professor Dire Tladi in the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria has been re-elected by 153 votes on Thursday, 3 November 2016, as Special Rapporteur of the United Nations...

  • Prof Dire Tladi re-elected to UN International Law Commission

    Posted on November 04, 2016

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Professor Dire Tladi, from the Faculty's Department of Public Law, was re-elected by 153 votes to the United Nations International Law Commission by the United Nations General Assembly.

  • Eritrea: UN Commission has urged referral to the International Criminal Court

    Posted on November 01, 2016

    GENEVA (28 October 2016) – States must heed the pleas of countless victims of crimes against humanity for justice and accountability, Sheila Keetharuth of the former UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea urged the UN General Assembly. The Commission has recommended that the...

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