Posted on March 19, 2021
UP Law announces with pride that they have raised the bar far higher, as the Faculty has conferred a record number of 246 master’s degrees in the 2019 academic year. UP Law also conferred 18 doctoral degrees, resulting in a total of 264 postgraduate degrees conferred in the 2019 academic...
Posted on March 18, 2021
The 18th of March 2021 marked the commemoration of the Pan-African Parliament’s (PAP) 17th year anniversary. The Midrand, South Africa based Parliament was established by the Abuja Treaty as one of the organs of the African Union (AU).
Posted on March 15, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, wishes to congratulate its alumnus, Dr John Osogo Ambani on his recent appointment as the Dean and Associate Professor of the School of Law, Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya.
Posted on March 11, 2021
As Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, we express our sadness that on 10 March 2021, a human life was lost as a result of police violence. We grieve with the family and friends for this senseless loss of life. We condemn the apparent excessive use of force by the police in response...
Posted on March 10, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (UP EMS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) are excited to announce the introduction of an MPhil in Insolvency and Business Rescue, the first of its kind in South Africa.
Posted on March 09, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is hosting a week-long advanced short course on disability rights in an African context from 8 to 12 March 2012. The short course is part of the Centre’s efforts to promote disability rights in Africa by raising awareness about the United...
Posted on March 09, 2021
In this episode Dr Mzikazi Nduna is in conversation with Thiruna Naidoo from the SOGIESC Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, discussing gender binaries and boxes. Dr Nduna explains what sexuality and gender binaries are and goes on to give recommendations on how to rethink sexualities, gender...
Posted on March 08, 2021
In commemorating International Women's Day (IWD)this year, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, seeks to draw attention to the role of women as caregivers, and to challenge the social, legal and economic foundations that cultivate negative perceptions and consequences for women...
Posted on March 08, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is proud to announce the winners of this year’s FACES African Student Cellphone Film Competition. The purpose of the competition is to encourage students from Africa to express themselves and to engage with human rights issues of...
Posted on March 07, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Ngwalemorwa Matsapola, one of its 2021 final-year LLB students, had the honour to present a TEDx talk at TEDx UniversityofPretoria, titled "The pattern of mediocrity is what makes you relatable" in 2019, which...
Posted on March 07, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Joel Modiri, Head of the Department of Jurisprudence, was cited by the Constitutional Court in the recent landmark Constitutional Court judgement King NO v De Jager. The Court’s cited his...
Posted on March 05, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to the UP team who was declared the winners of the Africa Regional Rounds of the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition today!
Posted on March 04, 2021
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria are pleased to announce a partnership offering an academic course to 30 select participants of PIN’s programs and the Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship (DRIMF).
Posted on March 03, 2021
The Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC) and the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted the 2021 edition of its annual short course on Sexual Minority Rights in Africa....
Posted on March 03, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria proudly announces and congratulates Chazanne Grobler in its Department of Procedural Law on successfully defending her doctoral thesis, titled 'A regulatory framework for psycho-legal assessments in South Africa'. Grobler was supervised by...
Posted on March 02, 2021
As more professionals look to build careers in the complex field of insolvency and business rescue, UP’s EMS and Law faculties introduce a new master’s degree in this subject.
Posted on February 27, 2021
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to confirm that during October and November 2020, Adv Leon Gerber in the Department of Public Law, managed the successful delivery of two postgraduate degree programmes — the LLM in Extractive Industry Law in Africa,...
Posted on February 19, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the coming into effect of Angola’s Penal Code decriminalising consensual same-sex acts between adults. The
Posted on February 17, 2021
The African Union (AU) held the 38th Ordinary Session of its Executive Council at the beginning of February 2021. One of the agenda items was to elect six new members of the AU Commission.
Posted on February 16, 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, seeks to appoint an appropriately qualified researcher to conduct a study on the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC).
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