HRIC Webinar: 'The right to silence and the right to fair trial in The Gambia'

Posted on April 09, 2021

On Wednesday 14th April 2021 we will hold a Zoom panel event which is being run by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, and the Human Rights Implementation Centre in Bristol.

UP Law alumnus Tevaughnay van Wyk appointed as State Advocate for Sexual Offences in the De Aar region

Posted on April 08, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that alumnus Mr Tevaughnay van Wyk has been appointed as the State Advocate for Sexual Offences in the De Aar region in the Northern Cape.

Webinar Invitation: The Outsized Role of the US in Fueling Harm in Africa through Finance: A Call to Action for Investor Accountability in Africa

Posted on April 08, 2021

On April 15 2021, African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) and Accountability Counsel will co-host the second in a series of webinars following their publication of our report “Accountability in Africa: Harm from International Financial Flows and Strategies for Supporting...

Commemorating Christof Heyns / Ter herinnering aan Christof Heyns

Posted on April 07, 2021

The event commemorating Christof Heyns will be held on Saturday 10 April 2021 at 11:00 SAST (South African Standard Time).

Call for Applications: Production of a video documentary on the decision of the African Children’s Committee in the Talibé case

Posted on April 07, 2021

In 2012, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with la Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Senegal, submitted a communication to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child...

UP Law team placed in top 8% in global moot court competition

Posted on April 07, 2021

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Moot Society team has placed 32nd out of 387 international teams in the recently held Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition.

UP Law 2020 LLB-alumnus Nicholas Herd runner-up of the Administrative Justice Association of South Africa Student Essay Competition

Posted on April 06, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates 2020 alumnus Nicholas Herd on yet another great achievement from his pen dipped in legal ink.

UP Law’s Prof Zozo Dyani-Mhango participates in Inaugural Round Table Conversation organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Human Rights Festival and Constitutional Hill

Posted on April 06, 2021

On Thursday, 25 March 2021, Professor Zozo Dyani-Mhango in the Department of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law (UP Law) of the University of Pretoria (UP) participated in the inaugural Round Table Conversation titled ‘The Politics of the Rule of Law’. The Conversation was organised...

UP Law’s Prof Steve Cornelius appointed to Independent Hearing Panel of Badminton World Federation

Posted on April 01, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to and announces with pride that Professor Steve Cornelius, Head of the Department of Private Law, has been appointed to the Independent Hearing Panel of the Council of the Badminton World Federation.

IN MY OPINION: South Africa needs to address the lingering legacy of its police using excessive force

Posted on April 01, 2021

South Africa has a painful history of police using excessive force against protesters. In one of the worst incidents under the apartheid government 69 protesters were shot in cold blood by police outside a police station in Sharpeville in 1960.

Press Statement: The 13th Nelson Mandela World Moot Competition adopts a hybrid format

Posted on March 31, 2021

The 2021 Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held in an adjusted hybrid format due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UP Journals (Open Journal Systems) Virtual Launch

Posted on March 31, 2021

The Department of Library Services together with the Faculty of Humanities has developed a journal publishing and hosting service using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

UP experts explore dagga law dilemma in the workplace

Posted on March 30, 2021

Adults are entitled by law to smoke or consume cannabis (dagga) in private – but what happens when a company tests the blood, urine or saliva of an employee and finds traces of dagga a day later, or even a week later?

Call for Papers: African Disability Rights Yearbook 2021

Posted on March 30, 2021

The African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) is calling for papers for consideration for publication in Section A of the ADRY in 2021. The ADRY publishes once a year with a focus on disability rights issues and developments of contemporary concern to persons with disabilities on the African...

University of Pretoria mourns loss of esteemed human rights law expert Professor Christof Heyns

Posted on March 29, 2021

UP joins colleagues in the global law and human rights networks in mourning the loss of legal giant Professor Christof Heyns, who was the Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at UP’s Faculty of Law.

TRIBUTE: Centre for Human Rights mourns the passing of former Director Christof Heyns

Posted on March 29, 2021

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of its previous Director, Professor Christof Heyns.

Passing of a legal giant, Professor Christof Heyns (10 January 1959 to 28 March 2021)

Posted on March 28, 2021

It is with great shock, bereavement and sadness that the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) has received the news of the passing today (28 March 2021) of one of its internationally esteemed and stalwart colleagues and friends, Professor Christof Heyns (born 1959), who was...

Centre’s annual short course raises awareness and provides a platform for diverse perspectives on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa

Posted on March 24, 2021

From 8 to 12 March 2021, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted the Advanced Human Rights Course on Disability Rights in an African context.

Centre for Human Rights calls for improved protection for human rights defenders in DRC at 46th Human Rights Council session

Posted on March 24, 2021

On 22 March 2021, at its 46th ordinary session, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) had its enhanced interactive dialogue on oral updates on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Webinar Invitation: Heath vs Profit? COVID-19 vaccines and the new global apartheid regime?

Posted on March 23, 2021

The African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA), in collaboration with the Business and Human Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is convening a webinar on the COVID-19 vaccine and the related inequalities between the global north and the global south. The...