Posted on November 27, 2020
From 12 to 29 October 2020, Adv Leon Gerber, the programme director of the Extractive Industries Programmes in the Department of Public Law at the University of Pretoria was involved in the design and inaugural delivery of a unique and flexible online short course on the promotion and protection...
Posted on November 26, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is one of many indicators that we live in dangerous and uncertain times. Others include the international community’s struggle to respond to technological and climate change, demographic shifts, growing poverty and inequality as well as increased global insecurity.
Posted on November 26, 2020
Professor Charles Ngwena, Professor of Law in the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, has been awarded the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Scholarly Books for his monograph 'What is Africanness? Contesting nativism in culture, race and sexualities'.
Posted on November 26, 2020
More than 20 civil society organisations fighting for social justice, supported by the Marikana Commission Chairperson Judge Ian Farlam, state that meaningful engagement with the new draft SAPS Bill is being undermined due to the 2018 report of the Panel of Experts on Policing being kept secret
Posted on November 25, 2020
World’s Children Day on 20 November and Disability Awareness Month in November presented an opportune time to reflect on how the experience of COVID-19 has brought into greater light the urgent need to affirm, protect and realise the rights and well-being of children with disabilities.
Posted on November 25, 2020
From 13 to 14 November 2020, the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University Pretoria (UP) held its first staff retreat for lecturers and senior lecturers focused on academic career planning and development.
Posted on November 25, 2020
The semi-final rounds of the 29th 2020 edition of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition were held virtually and separately in French and English from 9 - 14 November 2020. This marks the first time that semi-final rounds have been part of the competition.
Posted on November 25, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) conveys its appreciation to the 2020 Editorial Board of and contributors to the Pretoria Student Law Review for their dedication to this journal. UP Law also conveys its appreciation to the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) for...
Posted on November 24, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Ann Skelton was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner’s (OHCHR) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for a second term of office, from March 2021...
Posted on November 24, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that three members of its faculty have received improved National Research Foundation-rankings. They are Prof Ann Skelton (B1 ranking), Prof Stefan van Eck (C1 ranking) and Dr Gustav Muller (C2 ranking).
Posted on November 23, 2020
The 8th Annual Disability Rights Conference was held on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November 2020, virtually via zoom. The theme for this year’s two-day conference was ‘realising the right to health of persons with disabilities in Africa’.
Posted on November 23, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce the following faculty promotions effective 1 January 2021:
Posted on November 23, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is alarmed by the arrest and detention of three human rights defenders by Egyptian authorities last week, marking a troubling escalation in an ongoing campaign of harassment and intimidation that has thus far failed to silence various...
Posted on November 20, 2020
As we mark World’s Children Day on 20 November 2020 and Disability Awareness Month in November, it is an opportune time to reflect on how the experience of COVID-19 has brought into greater light the urgent need to affirm, protect and realise the rights and wellbeing of children with...
Posted on November 19, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, Southern African Development Community Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE), SADC Development Finance Resource Centre...
Posted on November 16, 2020
Award-winning dissertation: A comparative analysis of the role of lawyers in the settlement of international disputes and the development of international law.
Posted on November 13, 2020
The International Development Law Unit (IDLU) at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria invites you to 4 workshops to discuss papers focusing on the impacts and challenges relating to the sovereign debt situations in the SADC member countries.
Posted on November 12, 2020
UP dominated this year’s Absa Gradstar Top 100 with 19 students making it onto the list, the most from any other institution.
Posted on November 12, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Dire Tladi in its Department of Public Law and Research Fellow at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa was appointed to serve as the President of the South African Branch of...
Posted on November 12, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to four of its students who were recognised in the Top 100 by the 2020 GradStar Awards. They are: Mpilwenhle Magwaza; Laetitia Makombe; Emily Moleko; and Vaschel Naidoo.
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