Posted on October 26, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, calls for applications for full-time doctoral scholarships in the field of sexual and/or reproductive rights and their intersection with culture or criminalisation in the African region.
Posted on October 25, 2017
Centre for Human Rights calls for expediting of sexual harassment cases at the University of Pretoria
Posted on October 25, 2017
The Disability Rights Scholarship Programme provides awards for master’s degree study to disability rights advocates, lawyers, and educators to develop new legislation, jurisprudence, policy, research, and scholarship to harness the innovations and opportunities offered by the United...
Posted on October 25, 2017
On Wednesday 18 October 2017, the Women's Rights Unit of the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) organised a one-day meeting with Government and civil society organizations on Malawi’s compliance with the concluding observations issued by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’...
Posted on October 24, 2017
Call for Abstracts: Colloquium on 'Reading the LGBTI category at the locale - Indigenising stigmatised non-heteronormative African sexualities and genders'
Posted on October 24, 2017
The first African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AfriDoors) was held at the University of Pretoria from 9 to 13 October. AfriDoors brought together close to 50 doctoral students, post-docs and faculty from the member institutions of Strengthening Human Rights Research and Education...
Posted on October 23, 2017
TuksLaw is proud to announce that their team consisting of Nicholas Herd and Motloung Sebola, and coached by Devan Falconer, walked away as overall winners of the 8th Annual Child Law Moot Court Competition.
Posted on October 20, 2017
The 2017 exam period begins on Monday, 6 November. If you or someone you know is struggling to cope during this time, we urge you to make use of the following support services.
Posted on October 19, 2017
On 17 October 2017, the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to advance the agenda of good governance in Africa.
Posted on October 19, 2017
The Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Unit of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria (UP), in collaboration with the Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria, is currently hosting the 2018 Training Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation for...
Posted on October 17, 2017
The first African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AfriDoors) was held at the University of Pretoria from 9 to 13 October. AfriDoors brought together close to 50 doctoral students, post-docs and faculty from the member institutions of Strengthening Human Rights Research and Education...
Posted on October 13, 2017
On 12 October 2017 students and other interested parties from the University of Pretoria attended a panel discussion on: 'Working as a UN expert'. The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is currently in the unique position where three of its professors serve as expert members of United...
Posted on October 12, 2017
Talented first year law student Bismillah Suliman from the University of Pretoria will launch his debut album, ‘Guidance’, on 16 October 2017.
Posted on October 09, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that one of its lecturers, Dr Willem Gravett from the Department of Procedural Law, has been selected to participate as one of 17 fellows in an Intercontinental Academia on Laws: Rigidity and Dynamics.
Posted on October 09, 2017
On 26 September a Faculty of Law mooting team from the University of Pretoria competed in the world finals of the 2017 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition held in Adelaide, Australia. The team qualified to represent Africa after winning the African regional rounds on 9 June 2017.
Posted on October 06, 2017
Centre for Human Rights acknowledges and thanks staff, students, graduates, partners, donors and supporters for contributing to make University of Pretoria the top Law Faculty in Africa
Posted on October 06, 2017
SUMMARY: In 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), based in Banjul, The Gambia, and the AU body supervising state compliance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, granted observer status to the NGO Coalition of African Lesbians...
Posted on October 03, 2017
Leon Gerber recently participated in a high-level trade seminar hosted by the Trade Commission of Chile to South Africa.
Posted on October 03, 2017
A two-days Conference on the theme ‘Regional Perspectives on the Right to Development’ was jointly organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa. The Conference took place on 28 and 29...
Posted on October 03, 2017
‘The Constitution as a whole should guide governance in Ethiopia, not selected parts chosen for particular purposes.’ Dr Solomon Dersso, a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, expressed this view when he delivered the 2017 Julius Osega Memorial Lecture...
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