Posted on February 17, 2016
Team South Africa won the 2016 International Schools Moot Court Competition (NSMCC). Before their departure for the international competition, the learners convened in Pretoria where a number of TuksLaw students trained and prepared them during a four-day workshop.
Posted on February 16, 2016
Class of 2015 for MPhil in Medical Law and Ethics welcomed back for next semester.
Posted on February 15, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria cordially invites you to the Welcoming Ceremony 2016 to introduce and welcome the 2016 class on the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa.
Posted on February 15, 2016
On 12 February 2016 Professor André Boraine, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, was elected as a member of the International Insolvency Institute.
Posted on February 08, 2016
Today in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), the Peace and Justice Initiative and the Centre for Human Rights (“PJI/CHR”), represented by the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”), filed joint heads of argument in an application to be admitted as amici curiae (friends of the...
Posted on February 04, 2016
The 8th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held from 18 to 20 July 2016, at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and will bring together up to 75 participants from up to 25 universities representing all 5 United Nations regions of the world (Africa; Asia and the...
Posted on February 03, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights is proud to introduce Dr Romola Adeola, its youngest doctoral graduate.
Posted on January 28, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, has with great dismay taken note of the reported attempt on the life of Manuel Bissopo, Secretary General of the Mozambican National Resistance party (Renamo), the official opposition in Mozambique. It is reported that Bissopo...
Posted on January 22, 2016
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that its LLM in Corporate Law was again ranked best in South Africa and Africa by Eduniversal's Best Masters in Business and Commercial Law Global Ranking.
Posted on January 14, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria is proud to announce the appointment of one of its alumni – the Honourable Justice Abdulai Hamid Charm – as the new Chief Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone, subject to the approval of Parliament.
Posted on January 11, 2016
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria extends a warm welcome to Professor Monray Marsellus Botha who was appointed in January 2016 as Head of the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria.
Posted on January 06, 2016
Since the inception of the LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) programme in 2000, students annually graduate on International Human Rights Day (10 December).
Posted on December 15, 2015
A recent conference organised by the Centre for Human Rights shed light on the successes of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) in influencing the adoption of access to information legislation across Africa.
Posted on December 14, 2015
The Centre is delighted to announce the successful presentation of the 7th edition of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which was held at Palais des Nations – the seat of the United Nations Office in Geneva – from 8 to 10 December 2015.
Posted on December 14, 2015
Since the inception of the LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) programme in 2000, students annually graduate on International Human Rights Day (10 December). The graduation ceremony is a highlight on the calendar of Centre for Human Rights and this year an honorary...
Posted on December 10, 2015
In his PhD thesis, Dr Onuora-Oguno Azubike Chinwuba, a native Nigerian based at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, links the rise of Boko Haram to the education sector in Nigeria.
Posted on December 03, 2015
TuksLaw alumnus Thompson Chengeta was born in Shurugwi, a small town in Zimbabwe. After the death of his father, Thompson had little hope for his future. Against all odds, he did not use his fate and misfortune as a hindrance to achieving success and was determined to change his status from...
Posted on November 27, 2015
An article in the Junior Tukkie of November 2015 highlights the fact that two TuksLaw students have displayed great determination, self-discipline and motivation to excel both on the sports field and in the classroom, as LLB degrees were conferred during the UP Spring Graduation in October 2015...
Posted on November 26, 2015
The Disability Rights Unit in the University of Pretoria's Centre for Human Rights was recently commissioned to compile a gap-analysis report on South African legislation that impacts the rights of persons with disabilities.
Posted on November 26, 2015
On Friday, 13 November 2015, the Law Clinic in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria (UP), commemorated its 35th year of existence.
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