Posted on March 02, 2020
UN Independent Expert and Centre for Human Rights develop booklet to promote economic reforms that are consistent with human rights obligations
Posted on February 29, 2020
Well done to the University of Pretoria's Jessup Mooting Team for winning (again) the South African Round of the 'Olympic Games' of moot court competitions in the world.
Posted on February 26, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria through its Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC) and the SOGIESC Unit, is currently hosting the annual Sexual Minority Rights in Africa course.
Posted on February 26, 2020
On 6 February 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP), collaborated with Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen to host the second African edition of Cosmocafe. The Cosmocafe concept is part of the Human Rights Pavilion project conceived by Vanmechelen. It entails real...
Posted on February 21, 2020
The political exclusion of refugees was discussed at a recent lecture hosted on 18 February 2020 by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The theme of the lecture was on the voting rights of refugees.
Posted on February 21, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria congratulates Dr Melanie Murcott, a senior lecturer in its Department of Public Law, on the attainment of her doctorate degree in Constitutional Law on Tuesday, 18 February 2020.
Posted on February 19, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that its Director of the Centre for Child Law, Adv Karabo Ozah, was appointed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola MP, to serve on the Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform...
Posted on February 14, 2020
A team of learners coached by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Law has won the International Schools Moot Court Competition in Poland.
Posted on February 13, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is presenting a massive open online course (MOOC) on nthe African human rights system. Enrolment is free and the course runs from 17 February to 9 March 202. This is the second time that this MOOC is presented.
Posted on February 13, 2020
A number of alumni of the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) participated in the 17th All Africa Course on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The course was presented at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, from 28 January to 6 February 2020.
Posted on February 13, 2020
A new, global academic study to answer this question is launched in collaboration with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Posted on February 12, 2020
Law scholar Dr Marko Svicevic has set a new record for the youngest person (± 25 years and 3 months) to ever obtain a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Law.
Posted on February 11, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a Brown Bag Lunch Lecture on Voting Rights of Refugees by distinguished international refugee law scholar, Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler.
Posted on February 10, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a one-week intensive short course on the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights in Africa.
Posted on February 05, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights recently hosted the sub-regional launch of the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty at the University’s Future Africa Campus.
Posted on February 03, 2020
While public demonstrations have been an established part of political life in many parts of the world since at least the early 1900’s, they have more recently become a truly global phenomenon.
Posted on February 03, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host the 2020 Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) on 'The future of human rights: Socio-economic rights, equality and development'. The conference will be held from 4 to 5 September 2020 at Future Africa.
Posted on January 30, 2020
On 23 and 24 January 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, convened a colloquium on developing responses to the persistence of unsafe abortion in the African region.
Posted on January 27, 2020
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host an advanced course on Police Oversight and Accountability in Africa, which will run from 1 -5 June 2020 and will take place at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Posted on January 24, 2020
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Sexual Minority Rights in Africa introduces participants to basic SOGIESC concepts and a thematic and geographical exposition of challenges faced by LGBTIQ+ persons in Africa.
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