Posted on July 30, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Committee last week adopted comprehensive standards on the way in which States should deal with peaceful assemblies. These guidelines are authoritative for the 173 States in the world that have ratified the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Posted on July 29, 2020
The United Nations Human Rights Committee last week adopted comprehensive standards on the way in which States should deal with peaceful assemblies. These guidelines are authoritative for the 173 States in the world that have ratified the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Posted on July 29, 2020
(By Professor Daniel Bradlow) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the country manage the immediate consequences of the fallout from COVID-19. The Conversation Africa’s editor, Caroline Southey, asked Danny...
Posted on July 27, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to confirm that its Law Clinic (UPLC) has continued functioning amid the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in South Africa. In a report dated 16 July 2020, Mr Eddie Hanekom, the Director of the UPLC makes mention of the following...
Posted on July 24, 2020
As part of Mandela Month, during which we remember the birth date of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on 18 July 1918, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Leading Like Mandela Institute and the Thembekile Mandela Foundation, hosted the first in a...
Posted on July 23, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights calls on the African Commission through the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa to urgently issue an appeal to the Zimbabwean government to respect and abide by its human rights obligations under the African Charter and other...
Posted on July 22, 2020
The Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit and the Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights is hosting a (virtual) conference on 29 October 2020 under the theme ‘Elections and COVID-19: Harnessing the pandemic to improve elections’.
Posted on July 21, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights campaign for 2020 is #Tech4Rights: Rethinking a human rights-based approach to new technologies in Africa. The year-long theme focuses on the impact of new technologies on different aspects of human rights. In this episode, Ms Hlengiwe Dube, Manager of the Expression,...
Posted on July 20, 2020
The University of Ghana and the University of Nairobi in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invite you to the Julius Osega Memorial Lecture 2020 under the theme - "Governance and human rights in Africa".
Posted on July 20, 2020
On 20 April 2020, the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) launched an international survey to monitor state measures concerning persons with disabilities amid the pandemic.
Posted on July 18, 2020
This year, Mandela Day comes at as opportune a time as ever. As the novel coronavirus surges ahead with alarming alacrity, we are fortunate to be reminded that we can draw inspiration from Madiba’s life. For many of us, COVID-19 poses the challenge of being isolated, disconnected, depressed...
Posted on July 17, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (the Centre), is implementing a two-year project on Children’s Privacy in the Digital Sphere. The overall goal of the project is to promote enhanced protection for children’s right to privacy in the digital sphere in Africa.
Posted on July 16, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, commends the Commission for acting with energy and thoughtfulness in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures adopted by the Commission include statements and urgent appeals. The Commission correctly focuses on the...
Posted on July 14, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights welcomes the passing of the Civil Union Amendment Bill by South Africa’s second legislative body, the National Council of Provinces (NCP). The Amendment Bill repeals section 6 of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 (CUA), which had provided that a marriage officer...
Posted on July 13, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights has previously published research on the impact of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The research was in the form of two editions of a...
Posted on July 09, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that in its judgment of Hlumisa Investment Holdings (RF) Ltd v Kirkinis (Case no 1423/2018) [2020] ZASCA 83 (03 July 2020), the Supreme Court of Appeal has referred a number of times to and quoted substantially from...
Posted on July 08, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, takes pleasure in inviting you to our COVID-19 Discussion Fora. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa. This Discussion Forum is part of a series of events at which...
Posted on July 08, 2020
The United Nations in Geneva has released global standards on the use of force by the police worldwide. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet welcomed the new United Nations Human Rights Guidance on the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement and urged all states to follow...
Posted on July 07, 2020
Institutional racism and how it manifests in the African context - in conversation with Dr Joel Modiri
Posted on July 07, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a team from its UP Moot Society won the 2020 African Regional Rounds of the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition. The UP Law team, consisting of Komela Letsoalo and Nicholas du Toit (both LLB III)...
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