Posted on December 13, 2021
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its Global Report on Corruption in Sport on 9 December 2021. In the section on organized crime, the report cites the article by Prof Steve Cornelius “South African measures to combat match fixing and corruption in sport”...
Posted on December 13, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (UP), on 10 December 2021 celebrated the achievements of its graduating students during a private event at the Future Africa Campus of the University of Pretoria The annual graduation on 10 December, International Human Rights...
Posted on December 10, 2021
UP Faculty of Law's Department of Mercantile Law staff recently went on a wellness and team-building retreat in Magalisberg
Posted on December 10, 2021
The Director of the University of Pretoria (UP) Law Clinic, Eddie Hanekom, re-elected President of the South African University Law Clinics Association (SAULCA).
Posted on December 10, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, selected Zimbabwean human rights champion Roselyn Hanzi to receive the 2021 Vera Chirwa Award. Ms Hanzi is the Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), a non-governmental organisation that has for long...
Posted on December 09, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Law has made great strides since 2016 when, after extensive consultation and engagement with the UP community, UP crafted a policy document on curriculum transformation.
Posted on December 09, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) faculties of education, humanities and theology and religion recently shared their initiatives, goals and objectives in terms of curriculum transformation in an online lecture, five years after the Curriculum Transformation Policy Document was adopted by...
Posted on December 09, 2021
It was recently the turn of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Student Representative Council (SRC) to host a webinar as part of a series focusing on the initiatives, goals and objectives of the University’s faculties for curriculum transformation.
Posted on December 02, 2021
Two University of Pretoria (UP) scholars from the Faculty of Law – Professor Ann Skelton, UNESCO chair: Education Law in Africa and Member: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Zita Hansungule, Senior Project Coordinator: Research,...
Posted on December 02, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (CHR/Centre) on 9 December 2021 will host a virtual CHR@35 Forum to take stock of successes and failures and to reflect on the future. The Centre invites its staff, students, graduates, partners, friends, donors and other...
Posted on December 01, 2021
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria wishes to convey its appreciation to the 2021 Editorial Board of the Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR) and its contributors for their dedication to the journal and its publication.
Posted on December 01, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (Centre) is concerned about the arbitrary arrests and unlawful detentions of people in Ethiopia, including academics and humanitarian workers. Authorities in Ethiopia are targeting people based on ethnic origin and political...
Posted on November 30, 2021
The African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) is pleased to announce the new members of its Steering Committee, elected at the 7th General Assembly of the ACCA. After an open call for applications among the ACCA membership, the new Steering Committee members were duly elected by...
Posted on November 30, 2021
The 5-day intensive Advanced Human Rights Course on the Protection of Forcibly displaced persons in Africa was held from 22 to 26 November 2021.
Posted on November 24, 2021
The Disability Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria has successfully hosted its 9th Annual Disability Rights Conference.
Posted on November 23, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor v and a colleague from the University of the Western Cape, Professor Sue-Mari Viljoen, have recently published a book titled Property in Housing, which is aimed at reassessing how and to what extent property plays a role in the protection,...
Posted on November 23, 2021
The Institute of International and Comparative Law in Africa cordially invites you to an online screening of It Stays With You: The Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti a documentary film directed by Siobhán Wills and Cahal McLaughlin.
Posted on November 19, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the appointment of Dr Mumba Malila as Chief Justice of Zambia by President Hakainde Hichilema on 17 November 2021. This is a deserved recognition by the Zambian president for his commitment to human rights, rule of law...
Posted on November 18, 2021
‘Looking through the prism: Narratives of queer dignity in South Africa’ provides some insight into the evolution of queer dignity in South Africa and the impact of the current LGBTIQ+ rights protection framework.
Posted on November 17, 2021
The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit, Centre for Human Rights is presenting a webinar on Resolution 275 and its protection of lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) cis and trans women in Africa. The webinar will explore various challenges...
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