Posted on March 31, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (Centre), is proud to commemorate Trans Day of Visibility, which falls every year and is celebrated internationally on 31 March.
Posted on March 30, 2023
Case Discussion on African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights judgement on the case against Morocco’s occupation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Posted on March 28, 2023
On 4 March 2023, the Centre for Human Rights SOGIESC Unit team was in Cape Town to commemorate the final event on the World Pride calendar. The Pride Festival, hosted by Cape Town Pride and Outreach Africa, was supported by various organisations involved in the realisation of rights and freedoms...
Posted on March 27, 2023
The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit, in collaboration with Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Office (GEADO) at the Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of Free State recently hosted a one day training...
Posted on March 24, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is proud to announce the open-access publication of volume six (2022) of the African Human Rights Yearbook and volume four of the African Court Law Report (covering case decided in 2020) both published under the Pretoria University Law Press...
Posted on March 23, 2023
On 22 March 2023, the Centre for Human Rights Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit convened a Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) dialogue in partnership with the European Union that interrogated the state of human rights in South Africa.
Posted on March 21, 2023
South Africa's Human Rights Day is a national day historically linked to the Sharpeville events of 21 March 1960. It is commemorated each year in order to remind South Africans of the sacrifices that came with achieving democracy. As a result of the commemoration, the country has an opportunity...
Posted on March 17, 2023
The Department of Mercantile Law is extremely proud to share that the High Court of KwaZuluNatal in the recent decision of S v Zuma and Another (CCD 30/2018P) [2023] ZAKZPHC 10 (30 January 2023) cited an article published by Dr Chuks Okpaluba, and Prof Maloka titled, “Recusal of a...
Posted on March 14, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in partnership with the University of Antwerp with support of the Flemish government cordially invite you to Roundtable Dialogue on Litigation of the Right to Development in Domestic Courts in Africa
Posted on March 13, 2023
The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition together with the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition invites mooters from across the world to join in a workshop for memorial writing skills.
Posted on March 09, 2023
Centre for Human Rights, doctoral candidate Brian Kibirango is the latest recipient of the Christof Heyns memorial scholarship.
Posted on March 09, 2023
The Department of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) held its first research seminar of the year on the 27th of February 2023. The two-hour long seminar facilitated by Dr le Roux featured research papers by, Odwa Mashwabane and Thabang Manamela both postgraduate students in the...
Posted on March 08, 2023
To celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) this year, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, seeks to accredit the potential for women to benefit socially and economically from the digital revolution. Yet, there is also a chance that it will reinforce current patterns of gender...
Posted on March 08, 2023
On February 18th 2023 faculty houses took part in INSYNC, a first-year concert competition consisting of singing, dancing and band performances. Law House collaborated with EBIT (Engineering, Built Environment and IT) faculty house to create a larger group for the competition as well as to...
Posted on March 08, 2023
The Office of the Dean hosted a lunch for the top six achieving matriculants joining the Faculty of Law (UP Law) for the 2023 academic year. Deputy Dean Professor Charles Maimela represented the Dean, Professor Elsabe Schoeman, who was unavailable to attend the event due to other obligations. In...
Posted on March 07, 2023
The Advanced Human Rights Courses and the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria recently hosted the 2023 edition of the annual short course on Sexual Minority Rights in Africa. The course was...
Posted on March 06, 2023
Centre for Human Rights commends Kenya on the Supreme Court decision recognising the right of the LGBTIQ+ community to register organisations
Posted on March 02, 2023
In pursuit of the ideals of excellence and diversity, the University of Pretoria wishes to invite applications for the Senior Lecture vacancy.
Posted on February 28, 2023
In pursuit of the ideals of excellence and diversity, the University of Pretoria wishes to invite applications for the Associate Professor/Professor vacancy. The University of Pretoria's commitment to quality makes us one of the top research Universities in the country and gives us a competitive...
Posted on February 28, 2023
The Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR) is now accepting original research articles, and the traditional reviews published in the past, for the 2023 (Volume 19) edition on any topic in law and its related disciplines.
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