Posted on July 24, 2019
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Children’s Rights in Africa, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the Centre for Child Law, and the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), was held from 22 to 26 July 2019 at the University of Pretoria (UP).
This year’s course was attended by 37 participants from all over the world, representing 13 African countries. Participants were mainly practitioners working in the area of children's rights. Six delegates from the South African Human Rights Commission also attended the course.
Presenters on the course included:
A key highlight of the course was the presentations from group work exercises given to the participants during the week. The participants were tasked to identify an issue in their jurisdictions which they feel is eminent and due to come before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and the Welfare of the Child.
The course was presented due to the generous support of the Norwegian Embassy.
The next Advanced Human Rights Course to be presented is the Right to Development in Africa course to be held from 19 to 23 August 2019.
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