Posted on April 12, 2022
A report recently released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) shows a year-on-year improvement in overall 2020 research publications output units accrued by the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 11, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, condemns the xenophobic attacks against non-citizens in South Africa and in particular the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean national residing in the Johannesburg township of Diepsloot.
Posted on April 11, 2022
As South Africa get set for the 4th cycle of its review by the UPR in November 2022, the Social Policy Initiative (SPI) and the Centre for Human Rights (Centre) have requested the UPR Working group to encourage South Africa to adopt a new composite index in accordance with the recommendations of...
Posted on April 08, 2022
In today’s episode Dr Rosella De Falco and Ms Ashina Mtsumi from The Global Initiative For Economic, Social And Cultural Rights(GI-ESCR) explore the issue of reversing commercialisation of public services and advocating for quality public services for all with a particular focus on the...
Posted on April 04, 2022
A recent University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) webinar, hosted by Prof Norman Duncan, UP Vice-Principal: Academic, focused on how community engagement changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hybrid approach that’s been created.
Posted on March 31, 2022
International Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated globally on the 31st of March every year. International Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates the existence and achievements of transgender persons and seeks to raise awareness of the discrimination experienced by the trans community....
Posted on March 31, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is convening a conference to bring together activists and scholars working on the protection and promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights in Africa for dialogue and exchange of ideas on the goal of decriminalising sexual rights offences and eradicating...
Posted on March 29, 2022
The LGBTIQ+ Human Rights Defenders in Africa Capacity Building Workshop is an annual event aimed at empowering selected LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders in Africa on designing and conducting strategic litigation and advocacy. The seventh edition of the workshop will be held from 22 to 26 August...
Posted on March 26, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria announces with pride and congratulates the UP Moot Society's Monroe E. Price Media Moot Court Competition team for their exceptional performance during the Africa Regional rounds of the Competition.
Posted on March 25, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria announces with pride and congratulates the Head of the Department of Private Law, Prof Steve Cornelius, on his appointment to the Council on Anti-illegal Betting and Related Financial Crime of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF). The ARF is...
Posted on March 23, 2022
The aim of the bursary is to continue the legacy of the retired Deputy Chief Justice Moseneke by supporting the studies of a new generation of African law students to advance the vision of a liberated, non-racist and non-sexist South Africa and Africa.
Posted on March 23, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) congratulates Professor Anton Kok in the Department of Jurisprudence on his inaugural address, titled ‘The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (South Africa): Equality, Transformation and...
Posted on March 22, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Department of Public Law at the University of Pretoria, held a panel discussion to reflect on South Africa's foreign policy, against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The panel discussion was presented in a hybrid format on 17...
Posted on March 22, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates Nicole Daubern (LLB II) on being crowned as the winner of the annual Teen Universe South Africa 2022. The pageant was held on 27 February at Carnival City, where 40 finalists from across the...
Posted on March 21, 2022
Two Mondays, 22 years apart On Monday 21 March 1960, South Africans protesting a race-based and discriminatory pass-law system converged at a police station in Sharpeville. Their peaceful protest was met with state violence, leading to the death of an estimated 69 people. Today, on this Monday...
Posted on March 10, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights cordially invites you to the Opening Ceremony of Human Rights Master’s Programmes. On this occasion, students on the Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, Multidisciplinary Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Rights programmes in Africa will be...
Posted on March 10, 2022
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child are pleased to announce the call for papers for the sixth volume of the African Human Rights Yearbook (AHRY).
Posted on March 08, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the recently improved pace of ratification of the 2018 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (African Disability Protocol).
Posted on March 08, 2022
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is calling for submissions for a book publication on the experiences of African LGBTIQ+ persons in South Africa, to be released in 2022.
Posted on March 08, 2022
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates Elisa Rinaldi for obtaining a master of laws degree with distinction at the end of 2021.
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