Posted on August 15, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights is looking for an experienced consultant with research expertise to conduct a study on the role of the media in fomenting and countering xenophobia in South Africa.
Posted on August 15, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the NorwegianCentre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, cordially invite you to a thematic and country-level discussion of the influence of the United Nations treaty system on the promotion and protection of human rights at the national...
Posted on August 15, 2022
The Pretoria Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross together with the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria will be presenting the nineteenth All Africa Course on International...
Posted on August 12, 2022
On 4 August 2022, The Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit of the Centre for Human Rights(the Centre), University of Pretoria(UP), in collaboration with the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) hosted a cocktail reception in honour of Dr. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, the new Chief Executive Officer of...
Posted on August 12, 2022
In this episode, Dr Ayodele Sogunro who has completed his doctoral studies at the Centre for Human Rights walks us through the academic journey of attaining his PhD. His research focuses on a critical legal studies perspective of LGBTIQ+ issues in Nigeria, around political homophobia,...
Posted on August 12, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) Moot Society celebrates their team’s debut performance in the Nuremberg Moot Court Competition.
Posted on August 12, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) Moot Society team in the faculty of law recently participated in the advanced rounds of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition and performed excellently.
Posted on July 29, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to join the launch of The Digital Rights Landscape in Southern Africa report based on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and other international and regional human rights instruments that are relevant...
Posted on July 22, 2022
The Pretoria Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross together with the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria will be presenting the nineteenth All Africa Course on International...
Posted on July 19, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, in partnership with the UNHCR Regional Office for Southern Africa, cordially invites you to the webinar on k‘Protecting persons displaced in the context of climate change and disasters in Africa’.
Posted on July 18, 2022
Tiara Joseph is one of 18 students from 20 South African universities to win this prestigious bursary, part of the legacy of Abe Bailey (1864-1940), who was a Rand mining magnate and a provincial cricketer.
Posted on July 18, 2022
Professor Philip Stevens of the Department of Public Law recently delivered his inaugural lecture, presenting the topic ‘Criminal Law in the Wake of Science – Can Neuroscience Inform the Criminal Law? Medico-Legal Perspectives from South Africa’.
Posted on July 18, 2022
Fifth International Conference on the Right to Development under the theme ‘Realising the Right to Development: Between coups d’état and the syndrome of a life presidency in Africa’.
Posted on June 27, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights cordially invites stakeholders including States parties, right-holders under the Convention, principally persons with disabilities through their representative organizations, other civil society organizations, independent monitoring mechanisms, national human rights...
Posted on June 27, 2022
In November 2020, a report by the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE); Center for Human Rights (CHR); the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) and others found the SADC region could potentially attain full energy access and 53 percent...
Posted on June 27, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, condemns the disbarring of lawyer Muzi Simelane by Eswatini Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala. The Chief Justice disbarred Mr Simelane by way of notice in April 2018 on the basis of alleged contempt. Since he was banned from...
Posted on June 20, 2022
We are pleased to invite you to participate in a hybrid conference on children’s rights organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The conference is scheduled, to take place from 28 - 29 June 2022, in Pretoria, South Africa.
Posted on June 16, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) in collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) are hosting a hybrid workshop with five PALOPs on using the state reporting process to monitor the implementation of the rights contained in the African...
Posted on June 14, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) is looking for experienced local researchers to conduct a review of discriminatory laws related to violence against women (VAW) in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Gabonese Republic, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Mali and Cape...
Posted on June 13, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria invites you to a webinar discussion on Climate Justice Litigation in Africa. The webinar discussion is part of the efforts of the Centre in improving climate justice in Africa. The discussion aims to raise awareness around the legal framework on...
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