Posted on July 10, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria seeks the consultancy services of an experienced consultant with research expertise to conduct a study to inform the need for the development of interpretative norms on article 22 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human...
Posted on July 06, 2023
The Constitutional Court recently handed down two positive judgments in the cases VJV, RT v Minister of Social Development & Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development [2023] ZACC 21 and Centre for Child Law v TS & Others [2023] ZACC 22 (VJV case), asserting the rights of...
Posted on July 03, 2023
Meet University of Pretoria (UP) alumna Felicia Snyman-du Toit, who recently published her first Afrikaans children’s book series.
Posted on June 30, 2023
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow will be honouring Professor Ann Skelton with an honorary Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa in recognition of her excellent leadership as a global figure in international children’s rights and with an established track record in both research and legal...
Posted on June 27, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, the Centre for Child Law both at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, and the Dullah Omar Institute at the Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape successfully hosted the annual Advanced Human Rights Course on Children's Rights in Africa from...
Posted on June 22, 2023
UP’s second annual Giving Campaign kicks off on 24 July! The campaign seeks to raise funds to provide financial assistance to undergraduate & postgraduate students at the University throughout their studies.
Posted on June 21, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, invites you to join the inaugural Christof Heyns Memorial Lecture in memory of the manifold contribution of the late Professor Christof Heyns to human rights.
Posted on June 21, 2023
Professor Dire Tladi, Future Africa's Research Chair of Global Equity in Africa and Professor of International Law, has been nominated as South Africa's candidate to serve as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Posted on June 16, 2023
16 June, particularly in South Africa, is a significant date in history. It is a striking reminder of the influence youth activism has had on society and how relevant it continues to be. On this day in history, young people in Soweto boldly marched in the streets as a demonstration against a...
Posted on June 16, 2023
A mere 47 years ago, an approximate hour away from our University of Pretoria, thousands of peacefully protesting black students were met with open fire, tear gas, and bloodshed as they non-violently pursued protest against Afrikaans as the medium of instruction for education. A sobering reminder...
Posted on June 16, 2023
The Black Consciousness Movement laid a foundation for psychological freedom and encouraged the dejected masses to lead their liberation. These sentiments permeated throughout the black community and the mutters on the streets were ‘Black man, you are on your own’.
Posted on June 13, 2023
The current legal obligation on South Africa in terms of domestic and international law and legal precedent is absolutely clear: the government must arrest and surrender Vladimir Putin to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he enter South African territory.
Posted on June 12, 2023
The process of developing UP's digital transformation strategy has allowed for a reflection of current digital milestones and has been an opportunity to conceptualise, redefine and reposition the way forward.
Posted on June 12, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (Centre) is pleased to invite alumni of the Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) master’s programme to participate in the Alumni Networking Roundtable and Christof Heyns Memorial Lecture, which are scheduled to...
Posted on June 06, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria is concerned with the passage of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill H.B 15 of 2022 (Patriot Bill) in Zimbabwe’s House of Assembly. The Patriot Bill, which was passed on 31 May, is overbroad, curtails...
Posted on June 06, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, welcomes the appointment of Lindiwe Khumalo as the new Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). This appointment comes at a crucial juncture for the PAP. Over the past couple of years, uncertainty and institutional challenges...
Posted on June 02, 2023
The Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, became law in Uganda on 26 May 2023, after President Yoweri Museveni had assented to the Bill. This recent development is the culmination of a process that has defied reason in its bid to erase the rights and dignity of sexual and gender minorities in Uganda,...
Posted on June 02, 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), seeks to recruit a Project Assistant working on human rights, environmental protection, and/or climate change, to be embedded at the African...
Posted on May 31, 2023
Three distinguished Faculty of Law members retired at the end of May 2023. Professor Anne Louw (Private Law), Professor Bernard Bekink (Public Law), and Professor Pieter Carstens (Public Law).
Posted on May 30, 2023
Before being awarded the 2023 Hague Academy Scholarship, Ayodele Ojedokun was a third-year doctoral candidate at the UP Faculty of Law, Department of Public Law, researching ‘the contemporary complexities affecting the assessment of the legal criterion of a non-international armed conflict...
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