Posted on November 23, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) is ranked among the top 40 universities in the BRICS region, according to the QS BRICS University Rankings published last night. UP has improved its overall position in South Africa by moving from fourth place last year to third this year.
Posted on November 22, 2017
The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.
Posted on November 22, 2017
The Global Campus Human Rights Week will be held during the week from 4 to 9 December 2017 in Pretoria, South Africa. The events will feature a film screening and discussion on African cinema and human rights, meetings of institutional and governance structures of the Global Campus, a visual /...
Posted on November 22, 2017
On 18 November 2005, the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) was inaugurated as a judicial body established to resolve disputes between Southern African states and between states and their citizens. At that time, there were many celebrations around the inauguration of...
Posted on November 21, 2017
Prof Monray Marsellus Botha, Head of the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, was a guest speaker at a recent University of Western Cape Law Faculty Workshop on Transformation and Decolonisation.
Posted on November 15, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that the Council for Higher Education confirmed the accreditation of the UP Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Programme on 14 November 2017.
Posted on November 15, 2017
It has been confirmed! The 2018 African Human Rights Moot Competition will take place in Ghana, and will be co-organised by the School of Law, University of Ghana and the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 14, 2017
On 9 November 2017, twenty three (23) alumni of the Disability Rights Scholarship Programme met at Saint George Hotel in Pretoria following the culmination of the 5th Annual African Disability Rights Conference.
Posted on November 14, 2017
The importance of inclusive education has been recognised globally as critically important for the advancement of the right to education. The retention and successful throughput of students with disabilities in higher education institutions is at a critical juncture.
Posted on November 10, 2017
TuksLaw Jurisprudence lecturer and critical race scholar, Mr Joel Modiri, has been selected as a member of the first group of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, a programme that seeks to overcome racism and white supremacy in the United States and South Africa.
Posted on November 08, 2017
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that five staff members in the Department of Mercantile Law have received new NRF ratings as established researchers.
Posted on November 08, 2017
The University of the Free State hosted The Fourth Annual Mercantile Law Conference from 1 to 3 November 2017 in Bloemfontein. The conference workshop on the first day focussed on the transformation and decolonisation of Mercantile Law subjects and conference papers on the subsequent days...
Posted on November 07, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with UNESCO, developed a massive open online course (MOOC) on the international and African legal framework on freedom of expression, access to information and the safety of journalists.
Posted on November 07, 2017
On Saturday 4 November 2017, the Centre for Human Rights (Centre) in partnership with Iranti-org and SIPD -Uganda convened a panel discussion on intersex human rights in Banjul, The Gambia.
Posted on November 06, 2017
Dear students, We are almost at the end of the year and for most of you, the year-end exam period started on Saturday, 4 November. All the best for the next few weeks, and enjoy the summer vacation period that follows.
Posted on November 03, 2017
Only a few days to go! Files are packed, presentations rolled out and stakeholders from all across Africa are getting ready to attend the 5th Annual African Disability Rights Conference that will be held from 7 to 8 November 2017 at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in South...
Posted on November 01, 2017
By ratifying the Maputo Protocol in 2004, South Africa made a commitment to improve the status and protect the rights of women and girls in the country.
Posted on October 30, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) held a three-day judicial training for judges from across Africa. The training which focused on freedom of expression, access to information and the safety of journalists...
Posted on October 27, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR), Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is looking for a research consultant to prepare a baseline report on the impacts of the extractive industries on human rights and the environment in Africa. This work forms part of a project in which the CHR offers support...
Posted on October 27, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights works for the improvement of the human rights of minorities - including sexual minorities - and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent.
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