Posted on July 14, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted its first short course on business and human rights at the University of Pretoria from 4 - 8 July 2016. The course brought together 50 people from across Africa, mainly representing civil society, national human rights institutions, and...
Posted on July 13, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria congratulates TuksLaw alumna Lechani Wotho, a Botswana citizen, on her selection as a member of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Posted on July 12, 2016
On 13 December 2016 it will be the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention which came into force in 2008 has to date been ratified by 43 African countries including Kenya. The Disability Rights Project at the University...
Posted on July 12, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), University of Bergen calls for applications for a full-time doctoral candidate with a focus on political and legal mobilisation around sexual and reproductive rights in Africa. The...
Posted on July 12, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at the University of Pretoria is seeking an experienced Projects Manager to manage the activities of its flagship Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa and the Human Rights Clinics attached to this programme. The appointment will...
Posted on July 08, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, expresses its deepest condolences to the families of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri who were killed in Kenya on or around 23 June 2016. On 23 June 2016, Willie Kimani, a Kenyan human rights lawyer working for International...
Posted on July 06, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is hosting its first Short Course on Business and Human Rights in Pretoria from 4 - 8 July 2016. This Course was made possible through support received from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office for Southern...
Posted on July 06, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, notes with regret that the South African government did not support the recent establishment of a United Nations watchdog to monitor and report on violence and discrimination world-wide against persons based on their sexual orientation and...
Posted on July 01, 2016
Professor Ann Skelton, Director of the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria, has been elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Posted on June 29, 2016
As the spotlight falls on the adoption of South Africa’s landmark Constitution, 20 years ago this year, one of its striking features- the inclusion of the first-ever constitutional guarantee of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation - is also under global scrutiny.
Posted on June 29, 2016
A two day conference on the “Implementing Modern African Constitutions: Challenges and Prospects,” took place at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa on 23 and 24 June 2016.
Posted on June 28, 2016
In a statement released on 12 May 2016, the Centre for Human Rights explained why we agreed, after extensive consultations with our partners, to co-host the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Banjul, The Gambia, despite issues we had raised in an earlier statement on 20 April 2016,...
Posted on June 28, 2016
In view of assisting and strengthening the mechanism of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (SRRWA), on the 8 and 9 June 2016, the Gender Unit of the Centre for Human Rights organised and convened a workshop in Cote d'Ivoire on state reporting under the Protocol to the African...
Posted on June 24, 2016
Prof Christof Heyns, former Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria (UP), was nominated by the South African Government as its candidate to the prestigious 18-member United Nations Human Rights Committee in March 2016, and was...
Posted on June 22, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is reaching out to our TuksLaw alumni to request financial support for our students in need. In spite of significant contributions by the University, many students are still in dire need of financial support. It is reality for a large number of...
Posted on June 20, 2016
Celebrating Youth Day, introduced in the post-apartheid era, always has a historical dimension, but this is even pronounced this year, which marks a landmark 40 years since those fateful events of 16 June 1976.
Posted on June 20, 2016
On 17 May 2016 the Seychelles parliament passed a landmark bill to amend the country’s Penal Code to decriminalise sodomy. This was fittingly done on the day of the commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Bi-phobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT or IDAHOBiT).
Posted on June 17, 2016
Across the country and the globe TuksLaw alumni are going from strength to strength - one of them is TuksLaw alumnus Michael Dafel who is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. His research focuses on the extent to which private individuals and...
Posted on June 16, 2016
Message from Dean André Boraine to the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria on Youth Day: "Today we as South Africans commemorate the tragedy of 16 June 1976. It, perhaps, became the single most important event serving as a catalyst for the birth of a new democratic South Africa. In...
Posted on June 15, 2016
Students and staff from the Faculty of Law are being spoilt twice-weekly during the month of June with a choice of hot drinks during exam time by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. As Gauteng was hit by a cold front and rain resulting in freezing temperaturses one of TuksLaw’s students...
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