Posted on October 12, 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria congratulates Dr Joel Modiri, a lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence, on winning the JUTA prize for the best legal education paper at the Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference held during mid July 2018 in Cape Town. The...
Posted on October 12, 2018
On 2 October 2018, the UP Law team representing the University of Pretoria left for Bloemfontein to take part in the 14th Annual Kovsie Moot Competition. The team, comprised of Lauren Webber and Kyle Cloete, both first year BA Law students, was accompanied by coach Devan Falconer, fourth year LLB.
Posted on October 12, 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that two of its law students were selected by GradStar as part of the Top 10 university students in the country. They are Michelle Oelofse and Kirsten Dempsey. The Top 10 in the country were selected from the Top 100 GradStars,...
Posted on October 09, 2018
For the first time in its 26-year history, an African team – made up of students from the University of Pretoria – has won the International Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. The team, consisting of students Simon Motsweni and Simon Botha, under the guidance of coaches...
Posted on October 08, 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria announces with pride that a doctorate degree was bestowed upon Tronel Joubert, which degree will be formally awarded on 31 October 2018.
Posted on October 08, 2018
Drs Gustav Muller and Reghard Brits in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria are the editors of the recently released authority on 'Transformative Property Law - Fetschrift in honour of AJ van der Walt' (Juta 2018). Dr Brits also contributed a chapter on 'Section 21 of the Insolvency...
Posted on October 05, 2018
On 28 September 2018, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in a case dealing with the protection of the identities of child victims, witnesses and offenders. The case was initiated by the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law (CCL), with the aim to ensure that child...
Posted on October 05, 2018
The Special Rapporteur delivered a public lecture at Law Faculty,University of Abuja as well as a consultative workshop with non-state actors. On both occasions, the Special Rapporteur focused on article 9 of the African Charter, the FOIA, and other relevant issues falling within the mandate of...
Posted on October 05, 2018
Hearty congratulations to Professors Charles Ngwenya, Danny Bradlow and Erika de Wet in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria on their prestigious election as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Posted on October 05, 2018
On Friday, 28 September 2018, the annual Law Dinner for staff and students were hosted by the 2017/18 Law House Executive Committee of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on October 04, 2018
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) will be implementing a project on “Influencing Policy for Social, Political, and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Mozambique” over the next two years and has partnered with the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for...
Posted on October 02, 2018
The Disability Rights Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria participated in the roundtable on the development of an integrated plan to protect, promote and uphold the rights of persons with albinism.
Posted on October 01, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights, joins others in commemorating the International Day of Older Persons. The International Day of Older Persons is representative of a global push to prioritise, promote and protect the rights of ageing populations across regions. Current global trend shows an increase...
Posted on September 28, 2018
Amina Ali, a Faculty of Law student at the University of Pretoria, describes herself as a ‘humanitarian, philantropist and progressive.’ Amina attended the ENU International Model United Nations (MUN) Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan from 21 to 24 June 2018. ‘My nature has...
Posted on September 25, 2018
President of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal on 19 September 2018 delivered the annual Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture on maternal health at the School of Law at the University of Venda (UNIVEN). This event is co-hosted annually by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria,...
Posted on September 21, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria partnered with the Network of Scholars on Gender, Sexuality and the Law (ALAS), the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of...
Posted on September 20, 2018
In 2017 a number of students in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria in the course “Law and Community” (CLW), taught by Dr Tshepo Madlingozi and Dr Isolde de Villiers in the Department of Jurisprudence, worked with inmates in Kgosi Mamphuru 2 Correctional Centre. This had...
Posted on September 20, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights, in partnership with African Men for Sexual and Health Rights (AMSHeR) and African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), ran a week-long capacity-building course on Policing and Vulnerability: Exploring Issues of Vulnerability, Policing and Oversight. It took...
Posted on September 18, 2018
The Faculty of Law recently hosted the latest in a series of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) lectures at the University of Pretoria. For this lecture, talks were dedicated to SDG 16.
Posted on September 13, 2018
On 11 September 2018, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the elaboration of a binding international treaty to prohibit lethal autonomous weapons systems. One of the main sources cited by the resolution is research done by Prof Christof Heyns, Faculty of Law, University of...
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