Posted on October 07, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a 5-day intensive virtual course on the protection of forcibly displaced persons in Africa from 21 to 25 November 2022.
Posted on October 07, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will host a hybrid format...
Posted on October 05, 2022
On 23rd to 24th September 2022 the Centre for Child Law hosted its 11th Annual Child Law Moot Court competition, and the theme for this year was children's environmental rights in the context of sustainable development and climate change.
Posted on October 03, 2022
UP Law congratulates Professor Jacolien Barnard from the Department of Mercantile Law on her appointment to the editorial board of the South African Law Journal (SALJ), one of our leading South African law journals.
Posted on October 03, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on engagement with the African human rights system for South African civil society organisations (CSOs).
Posted on October 03, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a webinar series organised by the Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit on “Unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa: Emerging issues and lessons from the continent”. The webinar...
Posted on September 26, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates the UP Moot Society on its ground-breaking performances both in the 2022 Christoph Heyns African Human Rights Moot competition where they placed 8th overall and at the semifinals of the 2021/2022...
Posted on September 21, 2022
On Thursday the 15th of September, the Jurisprudence 420 (Advanced Jurisprudence) elective final-year students headed to the Voortrekker Monument to attend a walking lecture hosted by the Department of Jurisprudence and presented by Prof Ramose, extraordinary professor at the Department. The...
Posted on September 19, 2022
Professor Van Zyl, who is Professor of Tax Law in the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law, was recently appointed to serve on the African Tax Research Network (ATRN) Advisory Board for the term 2022 to 2024 at the ATRN Annual Congress that was held in Ghana on 5-7 September 2022.
Posted on September 19, 2022
Over 66 UP Law students had their academic achievements acknowledged at the Spring graduation on 8 September 2022. Emeritus Constitutional Justice Sisi Khampepe, Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, said in her speech: "A graduation date is a rite of passage; a milestone that landmarks the...
Posted on September 12, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, invites you to a webinar discussion of a case on the rights of indigenous people recently decided by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This event is the second in a series of discussions of decisions by...
Posted on September 09, 2022
The Faculty of Law is proud to share that Adv Leon Gerber, Director of the Extractive Industry Law in Africa Unit, was recently invited to participate as part of the teaching complement of the Oxford Policy Fellowship Programme: Designing a renewable energy course for African public sector...
Posted on August 31, 2022
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Law hosted a special welcome function for its international exchange students, who are registered students at the University for the duration of the second semester.
Posted on August 26, 2022
Advanced Human Rights Course creates a platform to interrogate critical issues around the right to development and design initiatives for strategic engagements.
Posted on August 23, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL) hosted the annual advanced human rights course on “Civil Society Law in Africa” at the University of Pretoria. This year’s course was held in a hybrid format, about twenty...
Posted on August 22, 2022
The Centre is implementing a research project on the impact of race and colour on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with albinism in South Africa.
Posted on August 22, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights is calling for papers that will form part of a book that contributes to critical communication surveillance and human rights studies in Africa.
Posted on August 19, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the University of Antwerp, cordially invites you to a webinar dialogue on clarifying the nature, content and importance of the right to development in Africa
Posted on August 18, 2022
The Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape together with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to the Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture
Posted on August 16, 2022
The Disability Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, conducted a research study to map out the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing the criminal justice systems in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia. Botswana, South Africa and Zambia have ratified the...
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