Posted on July 11, 2018
“Inequality can be done away with only by establishing a new society, where men and women will enjoy equal rights, resulting from an upheaval in the means of production and in all social relations. Thus, the status of women will improve only with the elimination of the system that exploits...
Posted on July 10, 2018
Prof Ann Skelton, Director of the Centre for Child Law, has been appointed an International Ambassador of The British Society of Criminology (BSC). The BSC’s role is to maintain close links with the international criminological community and to spread the work of the society and its members...
Posted on July 10, 2018
In a media release dated 10 July 2018, the Centre for Child Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria expresses 'grave concern about the conditions reported in an IOL article dated 8 July 2018 regarding the treatment of the children housed at Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Child and...
Posted on July 10, 2018
The Centre for Child Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, in a media release on 9 July 2018, expressed grave concern about the increasing incidences of child marriages in the South Africa and the impact that this has on children and children's rights. Child marriages deny the...
Posted on July 04, 2018
In June 2018, the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria said goodbye to Drs Carias Chokuda and Benjamin Kujinga who have decided to pursue career avenues outside the academia. Dr Carias started his employment on 1 January 2012 and Dr Kujinga on 1 July...
Posted on July 02, 2018
On 28 June 2018, a UP Law moot court team consisting of two speakers, Simon Botha (LLB III) and Simon Motshweni (LLB II), coached by Ruvimbo Samanga (BA Law, LLB IV) and Lawrence-John Maralack (LLB IV) participated in the 2018 African Regional Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court...
Posted on June 26, 2018
The University of Pretoria, working with a global network of research partners (including in Cambridge, Geneva and well-established collaboration with more than a dozen other African universities),
Posted on June 25, 2018
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights invites you to a panel discussion on LAW ON POLICE USE OF FORCE WORLDWIDE
Posted on June 25, 2018
On World Refugee Day (20 June 2018) , the Centre for Child Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria spoke to eNCA in a television interview about displaced children, including asylum seekers and refugees.
Posted on June 22, 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Charles Maimela in the Department of Public Law received confirmation of his successful completion of a Doctor of Laws through Unisa on ‘Legal issues relating to the treatment of cancer’ in middle June 2018....
Posted on June 21, 2018
The Women's Rights Unit team took part in a two day 'drafting' workshop organised jointly by the Ministry of Justice, Gambia and the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) from 28 to 29 May 2018. The workshop was held at the NANA conference hall in Serrekunda, the Gambia.
Posted on June 18, 2018
On 13 June 2018, the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) joined the Minister of Arts & Culture Nathi Mthethwa, Commissioner Nomasonto Mazibuko, Commissioner for Gender Equality and the Albinism Association of South Africa in the 5th commemoration of the International Albinism Awareness Day....
Posted on June 15, 2018
On 16 June 2018, Africa commemorates the Day of the African Child 2018 under the theme “Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development”.
Posted on June 15, 2018
Strategic advocacy & litigation for LGBT human rights defenders in Africa
Posted on June 14, 2018
The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Birgit Kuschke as Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Law with effect 1 July 2018.
Posted on June 14, 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that one of its doctoral students affiliated with the SARChI Professorship in International Constitutional Law, Khulisumuzi Kenneth Sithebe, has been awarded a six months scholarship by the prestigious Max Planck Institute...
Posted on June 13, 2018
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is launching the UDHRat70 Multimedia Competition, with four creative categories, and a total amount of R32 000 in prizes.
Posted on June 13, 2018
#CelebratingWomenWithAlbinism is a campaign by the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The campaign aims to celebrate the achievements and to highlight the stories and experiences of women with albinism.The campaign was launched in 2018 on...
Posted on June 11, 2018
In a landmark acknowledgement of the importance of the normative elaboration of the obligation of Member States with respect to the right of access to information in electoral processes, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) adopted the Guidelines on...
Posted on June 11, 2018
Does violence against women matter to you? If it does, what can be done differently to prevent and end the increasing spate of violence against women in our communities? These are the questions that the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) delegates pondered on during their visit to the...
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