Posted on September 08, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a conference on advancing the right to access to justice and legal capacity for persons with disabilities in Africa which will be presented from 7 to 8 November 2017.
Posted on September 07, 2017
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 Training Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation targeted at the promotion and protection of the human rights of...
Posted on September 07, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights on 6 September had the pleasure to host a delegation from the Sri Lanka Right to Information Commission (the Commission) on Wednesday 6 September. The delegation which comprised three Commissioners, the Director General as well as the Legal and Research Officer of the...
Posted on September 06, 2017
On 29 and 30 August 2017, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Commissioner Pansy Tlakula, organised a...
Posted on September 06, 2017
The University will confer 1 807 degrees, diplomas and certificates during this year's Spring Graduation Ceremony. These include 142 doctorates, 427 master's degrees and 746 honours degrees, which will be awarded over three days.
Posted on September 06, 2017
On 5 September 2017, Professor Manfred Weiss from the Goethe University, Frankfurt, presented a lecture for the Centre for Insolvency, Labour and Company Law (CILC) and the Department of Mercantile Law on the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria. The title of the lecture was...
Posted on September 04, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Isolde de Villiers in the Department of Jurisprudence has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 'Law, spatiality and the Tshwane urban space', with main supervisor Prof Karin van Marle (UP).
Posted on September 01, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (UP), hosted its Advanced Human Rights Short Course on The Right to Development in Africa from 21-25 August, 2017.
Posted on August 31, 2017
The Nelson Mandela University held its ninth conference on Private Law and Social Justice from 21 to 22 August 2017 in Port Elizabeth. The Conference, which focused on the latest research and practical challenges in various areas of law in line with the constitutional agenda of transformation...
Posted on August 31, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that the Constitutional Court recently referred to the published work of Dr Reghard Brits, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law at UP.
Posted on August 29, 2017
This week is the Anti-Discrimination week at University of Pretoria. The Queer Space Collective(QSC), through this video contributes to the conversation on what discrimination means to the queer community at the University of Pretoria
Posted on August 28, 2017
David Ikpo writes about the creation of queer spaces at the University as part of the #SpeakOutUP campaign, which aims to encourage a non-sexist, non-discriminatory, working, living and study environment for UP staff and students.
Posted on August 28, 2017
On 24 August 2017 the Centre for Human Rights hosted yet another cohort of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Southern Africa scholars for an afternoon of discussions on violence against women and the rights of sexual and gender minorities.
Posted on August 28, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that two of our staff members in the Department of Mercantile Law, Drs Carias Chokuda and Carika Fritz, have obtained their doctorate degrees.
Posted on August 24, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that former Constitutional Court Justice Johann van der Westhuizen has been appointed as Head of the Department of Jurisprudence.
Posted on August 23, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is among four other universities across the world working with Amnesty International on its cutting-edge volunteer project Digital Verification Corps (DVC).
Posted on August 22, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, through its Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Unit, applauds the judgment earlier this month by the High Court of South Africa Gauteng Local Division in Johannesburg in the matter of the South African Human Rights...
Posted on August 22, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, presented its Advanced Human Rights Course on the Right to Development in Africa, from 21 to 25 August 2017. As part of the short course, the Centre hosted the Flemish Delegation to Southern Africa.
Posted on August 21, 2017
Participating and contributing to the fourth Bergen Exchanges, in Bergen, Norway, staff and graduates of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, further strengthened the Centre’s focus on and international collaboration in respect of sexual and reproductive rights (SRR).
Posted on August 18, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria coordinated a state report drafting workshop in collaboration with Ministry of Law and Constitutional Affairs, Lesotho from 31 July to 4 August 2017. The workshop brought together officials from different Government departments and civil society...
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