Posted on July 06, 2020
On 2 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges faced by hyper-androgenic women in competitive sports, with a focus on Caster Semenya.
Posted on July 03, 2020
One University of Pretoria (UP) student and two UP graduates are among the 15 women in the running towards becoming Miss South Africa 2020. Fourth-year Law student Matsepo Sithole (21), UP Social Sciences graduate Shudufhadzo Musida (23), and UP MBChB graduate Dr Karishma Ramdev (25) have all...
Posted on July 03, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights welcomes the news that the legislature of the Gabonese Republic (‘Gabon’) has voted to pass a landmark bill to decriminalise homosexuality in the country.
Posted on July 03, 2020
The excessive use of force by U.S. police forces in responding to the wave of demonstrations that have taken place throughout the country in the wake of the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Rayshard Brooks has rightly been widely condemned.
Posted on July 02, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights is inviting experts and practitioners in the area of privacy and data protection to submit abstracts for a conference and book project. Contributions can be in the context of national, regional and international human rights on legal, regulatory, academic and...
Posted on June 30, 2020
On 23 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights facilitated a discussion on data protection and privacy issues in Africa. Data protection authorities explored the status of privacy and data protection on the continent. They highlighted the milestones and challenges faced in the adoption and...
Posted on June 30, 2020
...the immediate dangers we are facing right now are not legal dangers. The immediate dangers we are facing right now are health dangers...” - Prof Dire Tladi
Posted on June 30, 2020
The 2020 Helen Kanzira Lecture co-hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa and the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Lagos-Nigeria had the theme: Gender Inequalities, Social Inequities and Maternal Deaths.
Posted on June 30, 2020
A number of UP Law staff members have also been directly involved in Covid-19 related activities, contributing to making the world a better place. Their respective involvement from March to June 2020 is depicted in the interactive infographic herewith.
Posted on June 23, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, invites tenders for an Evaluation of a Grant titled RAF-16/0027, CAPACITY-BUIDING TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA (CAHRDA), and funded by the Norwegian Government to the Centre for Human Rights. In this process,...
Posted on June 23, 2020
On 19 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held the ninth in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa.The discussion was held in Zoom.
Posted on June 22, 2020
On 11 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held the eighth in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa.The discussion was held in Zoom.
Posted on June 22, 2020
On 16 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held a webinar organised by the Children’s Rights Unit on the occasion of the Day of the African Child 2020.
Posted on June 17, 2020
As we at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, remember the past, we also draw attention to the challenges that the present COVID-19 crisis presents to the youth particularly within educational settings.
Posted on June 17, 2020
Today, Global Partners Digital, ARTICLE 19, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa , PROTEGE QV and the Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, jointly launched an interactive map to track and analyze disinformation laws, policies, and patterns of...
Posted on June 17, 2020
Research from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law has become a global benchmark for a major US-based study on the use of force by police in America.
Posted on June 16, 2020
The South African Constitutional Court’s recent judgment requiring Parliament to amend the Electoral Act is remarkable for two reasons. In this judgment, the Court for the first time ever placed reliance on a judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. This hopefully marks...
Posted on June 12, 2020
On 9 June 2020, The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Regional Office for Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP), convened a webinar on the right of peaceful assembly in Southern Africa in the context of...
Posted on June 11, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, notes with grave concern the instances of death and other human rights violations due to excessive force during law enforcement in South Africa. We note that these are not isolated instances, but are linked to inequalities based...
Posted on June 09, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride that Professor Ann Skelton, the UNESCO Chair of Education Law in Africa, has been appointed as a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Inspiring Children's Futures at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,...
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