Posted on February 17, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights works for the improvement of the human rights of minorities - including sexual minorities - and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent.
Posted on February 17, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, is deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon (English-speaking Cameroon), including reported arbitrary arrests, abductions, extra-judicial killings,...
Posted on February 10, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, together with the Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation cordially invites you the Oliver Tambo Centenary Lecture Series. the first edition of this series of lectures will be delivered by Justice Albie Sachs, Retired Judge of...
Posted on February 10, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights condemns the arrests of gay rights activists in Tanzania and calls upon the government of Tanzania to desist from intimidating LGBTI human rights defenders
Posted on February 06, 2017
One world; one people’. This is how Advocate Kevin Malunga, South Africa’s Deputy Public Protector, described those who inhabit Africa, as he welcomed Master’s students from all over the continent to the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria on Friday 3 February...
Posted on February 06, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, together with the Embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, cordially invites you to a brown bag lunch-hour panel discussion on the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
Posted on February 03, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria is shocked and horrified at the findings of the Health Ombudsman, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, following an investigation into the circumstances in which more than 94 persons with mental disabilities died between 23 March and 19...
Posted on February 01, 2017
Welcome Day, one of the most important days on the University’s calendar, took place at the University of Pretoria Sports Campus (LC de Villiers) on Saturday, 28 January 2017.
Posted on February 01, 2017
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a seminar on the EU in Africa. Human rights, democracy and rule of law are high on the agenda in the relations between the European Union (EU) and Africa. However, despite slogans like ‘2 unions,...
Posted on January 19, 2017
With the inauguration of the President-elect of The Gambia scheduled for 19 January 2017, the situation in that country is of grave concern to us, as it is to many fellow Africans.
Posted on January 16, 2017
The Organisers of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA) are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Fifth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2017) which will be held in Stellenbosch (South Africa) from Tuesday 19 September to...
Posted on December 20, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is pleased to announce that another prestigious international award was bestowed upon Professor Ann Skelton, Director of the Centre for Child Law, on 20 December 2016.
Posted on December 15, 2016
Dr Cristiano d’Orsi is a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Human Rights. His research focuses on the plight and legal position of what he calls ‘people on the move’ in Africa – migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers.
Posted on December 15, 2016
In a recent Colloquium of graduates of the Centre for Human Rights, participants agreed that the greatest challenges for human rights in Africa lie in the effective implementation of rights, and the independent functioning of institutions. This event, which took place on 8 December 2016, brought...
Posted on December 15, 2016
The Vera Chirwa Human Rights award recognises the outstanding professional achievements of a graduate of the HRDA Masters programme, and one who epitomises the true African human rights lawyer. They would have made a significant contribution to human rights promotion and protection in Africa;...
Posted on December 15, 2016
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, the Centre for Human Rights held its annual graduation ceremony. This year’s event, which took place on 9 December 2016, was very special for a number of reasons.
Posted on December 14, 2016
The African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) is calling for papers for consideration for publication in 2017. The ADRY publishes once a year with a focus on disability rights issues and developments of contemporary concern to persons with disabilities on the African continent.
Posted on December 13, 2016
According to Prof Charles Ngwena, Disability Rights expert and professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria, one of the messages to derive from the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa should be a call to action; it is time to act now!
Posted on December 12, 2016
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, the Centre for Human Rights held its annual graduation ceremony. This year’s event, which took place on 9 December 2016, was very special for a number of reasons, including the graduation of the youngest ever TuksLaw graduate, Emile Zitzke.
Posted on December 09, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that its Law Clinic has been awarded the Yousif Badri Civic Engagement International Prize (YBCEIP) by the Ahfad University for Women in Sudan.
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