Posted on August 11, 2019
On 30 and 31 July, the Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit and the Disability Rights Unit attended a workshop organised by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) on advancing the inclusion and participation of persons with disability in Mozambique.
Posted on August 06, 2019
The Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, participated in the first regional consultation of the revision of the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa.
Posted on August 02, 2019
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria expresses hearty congratulations to Mx Busisiwe Deyi in its Department of Jurisprudence who has been appointed officially by President Cyril Ramaphosa to serve on the Commission for Gender Equality in a part-time position until 2024. President...
Posted on August 02, 2019
Gertrude Quan is a doctoral student affiliated with the SARChI Professorship in International Constitutional Law and has been awarded a six months scholarship by the prestigious Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.
Posted on July 29, 2019
In June 2017, Mauritius ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). In accordance with Article 26 (1) of the Maputo Protocol, the country has to submit its initial report at the 65th Session of the African...
Posted on July 26, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is pleased to announce that Prof Michelo Hansungule has been re-elected as Commissioner under the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). This will be the third term Prof Hansungule will serve as a ICJ Commissioner. Election is done by...
Posted on July 26, 2019
The Disability Rights Unit (DRU) at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Zambia’s Ministry of Justice, hosted a two-day training workshop for criminal justice officials.
Posted on July 25, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a colloquium on safe abortion and realising women's human rights from 16 to 17 January 2020. We invite abstracts on overcoming barriers to safe abortion in the African region.
Posted on July 25, 2019
#HRDA20Years: The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, from 7 to 10 December 2019, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa programme (HRDA).
Posted on July 24, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), aims to foster closer collaboration between and among civil society organisations (CSOs) on PAP with a view to advancing and promoting the mandate of the continental Parliament. This...
Posted on July 24, 2019
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Children’s Rights in Africa, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights in collaboration with the Centre for Child Law, and the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), was held from 22 to 26 July 2019 at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on July 23, 2019
At the end of June 2019, the head of the Oliver Tambo Law Library (ORT Law Library), Mrs Shirley Gilmore, closed the book on her two-decade career and loyal service to the Faculty of Law staff and students at the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on July 22, 2019
The University of Oxford has claimed the title as winners of the 11th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.
Posted on July 19, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, in conjunction with the Simon Nkoli Collective, the Faculty of Humanities, the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender at UP, launched a photographic exhibition showcasing the political activism of the late...
Posted on July 17, 2019
The Swedish Embassy in Pretoria, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and the Department of Student Affairs, University of Pretoria, cordially invite you to a dialogue and debate on transactional relationships.
Posted on July 16, 2019
In conversation with Ms Saoyo Tabitha Griffith - The issue of forced sterilisation is a little-known matter as women are generally reluctant to discuss their experience.
Posted on July 15, 2019
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect people’s access to housing, healthcare, education, work, adequate food and water and the security of their pensions.
Posted on July 12, 2019
The Centre for Human Rights hosted the Advanced Human Rights Course on Business and Human Rights in Africa from 1 to 5 July 2019. The course was organised by the International Development Law Unit (IDLU), in collaboration with the Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC).
Posted on July 10, 2019
The Faculty of Law at UP is proud to announce that LLB alumna Ruvimbo Samanga has been appointed from March 2019 to March 2021 as the National Point of Contact for the Zimbabwean Space Generation Advisory Council in support of the UN Programme on Space Applications. Samanga is currently an LLM...
Posted on July 10, 2019
From 1 to 6 July 2019 the UP Moot Society team of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria participated in the 28th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition (AHRMCC) held at the University of Botswana in Gabarone.
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