Posted on September 18, 2020
The preliminary oral rounds of the 12th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Competition will be held online from 19 to 23 September 2020.
Posted on September 17, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) proudly announces and congratulates Dr Rimdolmsom Jonathan Kabre, a post-doctoral research fellow at its International Development Law Unit (IDLU), on receiving the 2020 Law Faculty Prize at the University of Lausanne for the best...
Posted on September 16, 2020
The positive implications of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to host the first ever United Nations treaty body session outside of Geneva
Posted on September 14, 2020
Preparations for the 2021 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition were formally launched on 7 September 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, when the Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Prof Frans Viljoen, the Vice Rector (Research, Innovation and Postgraduate...
Posted on September 13, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce and congratulates final year law student Nicholas Herd who was unanimously chosen the national winner of the 2020 Yunus Mahomed Public Interest Award – Law / Business / Ethics National Prize.
Posted on September 11, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria notes with disappointment the decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court to effectively ban Caster Semenya from participating in certain competitive sporting events (400m to the mile) unless she reduces her testosterone levels...
Posted on September 11, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), and African Men for Sexual Health & Rights (AMSHeR) is currently presenting the annual Advanced Human Rights Course on Police Oversight and Vulnerable Groups in...
Posted on September 11, 2020
The rule of law must be the anchor of any constitutional democracy. This was according to Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, one of the speakers at last night’s inaugural LeadUP: In Conversation with the VC, a new series of online panel discussions where alumni...
Posted on September 11, 2020
In 2020, the conference will focus on developing responses for overcoming barriers faced by persons with disabilities in the respect, protection and fulfilment of the right to health in the African region.
Posted on September 11, 2020
On 10 September 2020, Professor Dire Tladi, a professor of International law in the Department of Public Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) and a Fellow in the Institute for Comparative and International Law in the Faculty of Law (UP Law), rendered the 25th Expert Lecture Series by UP on...
Posted on September 10, 2020
With the passing of Advocate George Bizos on 9 September 2020, South Africa lost an exceptional human rights lawyer who devoted his life to the promotion and fostering of a human rights culture in South Africa. “His life demonstrates the best use to which the law can be put: as a tool to...
Posted on September 10, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is deeply saddened by the passing of the steadfast and uncompromising human rights defender Adv George Bizos SC, age 92, on Wednesday, 9 September 2020.
Posted on September 10, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that one of its cum laude alumna from the LLB Class of 2015, Emilia Pabian, was appointed as a legal intern in the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals...
Posted on September 09, 2020
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria requests the African Commission to act swiftly in issuing an urgent appeal to prevent imminent risk of irreparable harm to Nigerian singer - Yahaya Sharif Aminu
Posted on September 08, 2020
The Environmental Law Association of South Africa hosted its first online annual conference from 3 to 5 September, and this week is hosting their first online student conference (7 to 9 September). The student conference is co-hosted with the Environmental Law Association of South Africa by Dr...
Posted on September 07, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that former Dean Professor André Boraine, currently in its Department of Private Law, has been recognised for his insolvency law and restructuring expertise by ‘The 2020 LawDragon 500 Leading Global Restructuring &...
Posted on September 04, 2020
In the case of 9 year old Leo Williams, who was caught by a stray rubber bullet when police opened fire on protestors during a service delivery protest in St Helena Bay, he was not even involved in the protest action. News reports indicate he was playing indoors when this occurred.
Posted on September 04, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa, cordially invites you to apply for the Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation for...
Posted on September 02, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is implementing a three-year project on access to the equality courts by the LGBTIQ+ community in the City of Tshwane. The overall goal of the project is to demonstrably promote the enhanced use of the Equality Courts by the South African...
Posted on September 01, 2020
The continuing systemic human rights violations in Zimbabwe have brought the country under the spotlight for the wrong reasons. There seems to be a continual shrinking space for democratic participation in the country. In July 2020, award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was detained...
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