Posted on May 02, 2018
July 2018 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the ground-breaking human rights instrument, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). As of April 2018, it has been ratified by 40 countries.
Posted on May 02, 2018
In commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol),
Posted on May 02, 2018
Statement by the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at its 62nd ordinary session, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 28 April 2018, on the situation of human rights in Africa
Posted on May 02, 2018
On 29 April 2018, Professor Steve Cornelius, Sports Law expert and Head of the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, resigned from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Disciplinary Tribunal in protest against the...
Posted on May 01, 2018
On Tuesday, 17 April 2018, undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, accompanied by proud family and friends, congregated on a lovely Pretoria autumn morning at the Rembrandt hall on the Hillcrest Campus for their graduation ceremony.
Posted on April 26, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) in partnership with Equality Now, Girls not Brides, Human Rights Watch and Plan International hosted a panel discussion on the recently adopted Joint General Comment to End Child Marriages and the Report on Child Marriage, commissioned by the African...
Posted on April 26, 2018
Honourable Chairperson and members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, I thank you for this opportunity to address you on the occasion of the 31st Ordinary Session of this honourable Committee...
Posted on April 25, 2018
In many ways, the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria experienced a remarkably successful year in 2017. The Faculty conferred no less than 35 doctorates in law and 179 master’s degrees in law at the three graduation ceremonies in September and December 2017 and April 2018, held for...
Posted on April 24, 2018
The Launch of both the Joint General Comment on Ending Child Marriage and the Report on Child Marriage in Africa will take place at the 62nd Session of the African Commission in Mauritania.
Posted on April 20, 2018
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that another UP Law Mooting team has walked away with mooting laurels from a recent regional 'Beyond Research FCTC Moot Court Competition' in Lusaka in the Republic of Zambia from 4 to 7 April 2018 . The team consisted of...
Posted on April 20, 2018
On Wednesday, 18 April 2018, the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria said goodbye to Professor Linda Schoeman-Malan from the Department of Private Law after years of loyal service to the Faculty of Law and the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 19, 2018
In pursuit of the ideals of excellence and diversity, the University of Pretoria wishes to invite applications for the following vacancies in the Department of Mercantile Law of the Faculty of Law for a lecturer, senior lecturer and associate professor.
Posted on April 16, 2018
As nations convene at the United Nations in Geneva this week (16 April to 20 April 2018) to continue deliberations on “lethal autonomous weapons systems” or “killer robots”, it is clear that the diplomatic process is moving too slowly. - Thompson Chengeta, a fellow at the...
Posted on April 12, 2018
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the largest and most prestigious Moot Court Competition in the world, and the most direct way in which law faculties’ students measure their strength against each other. From 1 to 7 April 2018 the TuksLaw team, consisting...
Posted on April 06, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is gravely concerned by recent allegations of precarious living conditions in certain residential homes for older persons.
Posted on April 05, 2018
The CHR will host an advanced course on Effective and Accountable Policing in Africa, which will run from 21 to 25 May 2018 and will take place at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Posted on April 02, 2018
On Thursday, 29 March 2018, the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria officially said goodbye to Professor Danie Brand from the Department of Public Law who has taken up the position of Director at the Free State Centre for Human Rights at the University of the Free State.
Posted on March 29, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights has learnt with grave concern reports of the attack against Mr Ericino de Salema, a journalist and political commentator in Mozambique.
Posted on March 29, 2018
Centre for Human Rights held a one-week intensive short course on Women’s Rights in Africa with ...
Posted on March 28, 2018
From 23 to 25 March 2018, Constitution Hill in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, alongside other civil society organisations presented the first edition of the Human Rights Festival.
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