Posted on August 16, 2017
Three law professors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, Christof Heyns, Dire Tladi and Ann Skelton, serve as international experts on key UN bodies in Geneva, responsible for the development and application of international law.
Posted on August 16, 2017
Following their performance at the national rounds in March, the TuksLaw Moot Society’s Jessup team, consisting of oralists Ashley Makgatho (LLB II) and Mary-Ann Gettliffe (LLM), coach Gift Kgomosotho (LLM and Researcher at ICLA) and assistant coach Tino Kakora (LLB IV), was invited to...
Posted on August 15, 2017
The ongoing process of strengthening the UN Treaty Body system provides a welcome opportunity to reflect on some of our hidden assumptions. The Treaty Bodies have over time gravitated towards Geneva, and it now appears to be the assumption that this is simply the way things should be done.
Posted on August 14, 2017
This year's UP representatives to the South Africa – Washington International Programme (SAWIP) recently returned to South Africa after spending six weeks of the seven-month leadership development programme in Washington DC to gain professional and cultural work exposure.
Posted on August 14, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights made a presentation before members of the Pan African Parliament Permanent Committte on Justice and Human Rights on the continued plight of persons with albinism on the continent and the need for regional action on 9 August 2017.
Posted on August 14, 2017
Every year on 9 August, South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day in recognition of the role that women played in the liberation of the country from Apartheid. On 9 August 1956, over 20,000 women marched onto the Union Buildings in Pretoria protesting the Pass-Laws that restricted the...
Posted on August 08, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights held a capacity building workshop for members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on 5 August 2017. The workshop, which was held at the seat of PAP in Midrand, South Africa, was themed ‘Digital Rights, Democracy and Governance in Africa: The Role of National and...
Posted on August 08, 2017
Prof Charles Ngwena from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about what Women's Day means to him by drawing on the past in remembrance of Saartjie Baartman and the place of memory.
Posted on August 07, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, takes note of media reports and images circulating on social media, suggesting that the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana, has been involved in a case of assaulting a woman in a public place (restaurant) over...
Posted on August 03, 2017
The Women's Rights Unit, the SOGIE Unit and the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights is organising an advocacy event in commemoration of the National Women's day in South Africa.
Posted on August 03, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria recently signed a technical cooperation agreement with African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR), establishing a framework for concrete collaboration on a number of activities.
Posted on August 03, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights calls for the immediate release of the 42 persons who were unjustly arrested by law enforcement agents at the HIV awareness training for sexual and gender minorities which was held at the Vincent Hotel, Weigh Bridge in Owode Onirin, Lagos State, Nigeria on Saturday 29...
Posted on August 02, 2017
The following 4 positions are open in the context of the JPO scheme sponsored by the Government of The Netherlands and are addressed exclusively to candidates with citizenship of one the following countries:
Posted on August 01, 2017
On Thursday 27 July 2017, Queer Africa 2: New stories made its grand entry into the University of Pretoria(UP) community at its well-attended book launch organised by the Queer Space Collective (QSC) at the Library Auditorium, University of Pretoria, Hatfield Campus. This was preceding earlier...
Posted on August 01, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is currently hosting its third Advanced Human Rights Short Course on Children’s Rights in Africa. It started on Monday 31 July 2017 and runs to Friday 4 August 2017.
Posted on July 31, 2017
The 9th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 18 to 21 July 2017.
Posted on July 31, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted its second short course on business and human rights at the University of Pretoria from 10 - 14 July 2017.
Posted on July 28, 2017
The SA Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH) hosted the I Decide=I Am travelling art exhibition from the 17th to the 27th of July 2017 at its Randburg offices in Gauteng. The globally acclaimed exhibition by Bulgarian illustrator Nadezhda Georgieva and human rights activist Yana Buhrer tells the...
Posted on July 26, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that it counts among its number an international powerlifting champion.
Posted on July 07, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretotria, together with the University of Johannesburg and the Heinrich Boell Stiftung, would like to invite you to a public dialogue titled: 'Highway to development? Reflections on the outcomes of the G20 summit in Germany' - a panel discussion...
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