Posted on October 07, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cordially invites you to apply for the Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation targeted at the promotion and protection of the human...
Posted on August 21, 2019
The Advanced Human Rights Course on The Right to Development in Africa, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the University of Antwerp is currently being held at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on August 20, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the School of Law, University of Kigali invite you to a lecture on Contemporary challenges to the African Union human rights system delivered by Prof Frans Viljoen.
Posted on August 20, 2019
The Faculty of Law is currently in the unique position where a number of its professors serve as part-time expert members of United Nations bodies involved in the development of international law.
Posted on August 19, 2019
Excitement was the order of the day as about 14 000 prospective students (grade 12 learners), their families and friends from across the country attended the University of Pretoria’s #ChooseUP Day on Saturday, 17 August.
Posted on August 19, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, briefed members of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the Committee on Gender, Family, Youths and Persons with Disabilities...
Posted on August 19, 2019
It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria has been informed of the passing of our colleague and friend, Professor Chris Nagel, on Sunday, 18 August 2019.
Posted on August 13, 2019
The conference is about developing responses for realising the human right of persons with disabilities to live in the community in the African region. The focus is two-fold: 1) critically appraising laws, policies, practices, programmes, polities and ideologies that serve to impede the human...
Posted on August 11, 2019
On 6 August, 2019, the Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Open Society Foundations - Africa Regional Office (OSF-AFRO) attended a seating at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Committee on Justice and...
Posted on August 11, 2019
On 30 and 31 July, the Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit and the Disability Rights Unit attended a workshop organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) on advancing the inclusion and participation of persons with disability in Mozambique.
Posted on August 06, 2019
The Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, participated in the first regional consultation of the revision of the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa.
Posted on August 02, 2019
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria expresses hearty congratulations to Mx Busisiwe Deyi in its Department of Jurisprudence who has been appointed officially by President Cyril Ramaphosa to serve on the Commission for Gender Equality in a part-time position until 2024. President...
Posted on August 02, 2019
Gertrude Quan is a doctoral student affiliated with the SARChI Professorship in International Constitutional Law and has been awarded a six months scholarship by the prestigious Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.
Posted on July 29, 2019
In June 2017, Mauritius ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). In accordance with Article 26 (1) of the Maputo Protocol, the country has to submit its initial report at the 65th Session of the African...
Posted on July 26, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is pleased to announce that Prof Michelo Hansungule has been re-elected as Commissioner under the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). This will be the third term Prof Hansungule will serve as a ICJ Commissioner. Election is done by...
Posted on July 26, 2019
The Disability Rights Unit (DRU) at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Zambia’s Ministry of Justice, hosted a two-day training workshop for criminal justice officials.
Posted on July 26, 2019
The Third Law Students’ Conference on the Decolonisation and Africanisation of Legal Education took place on Monday, 15 July 2019, at the University of Venda in the Limpopo Province. The University of Pretoria was represented by law students Ms Caroline Letsoalo and Ms Zenia Pero, who...
Posted on July 25, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a colloquium on safe abortion and realising women's human rights from 16 to 17 January 2020. We invite abstracts on overcoming barriers to safe abortion in the African region.
Posted on July 25, 2019
#HRDA20Years: The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, from 7 to 10 December 2019, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa programme (HRDA).
Posted on July 24, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), aims to foster closer collaboration between and among civil society organisations (CSOs) on PAP with a view to advancing and promoting the mandate of the continental Parliament. This...
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