Posted on August 22, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Mr Josua Loots has been selected to participate in the fifth official Dutch Visitors Programme (DVP).
Posted on August 18, 2016
On 16 August 2016, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Centre for Constitutional Rights and supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, hosted a breakfast discussion on the theme 'The South African electoral system: time to revisit the Van Zyl Slabbert Report?'.
Posted on August 18, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is saddened by the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Rufino Antonio by members of the Angolan military police during a peaceful protest in Luanda on 6 August 2016.
Posted on August 15, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, is deeply concerned by the ongoing human rights violations in Ethiopia following popular anti-government protests in the Amhara and Oromia regional states, as well as in the capital, Addis Ababa.
Posted on August 11, 2016
Justice Bernard Ngoepe, the first and as yet only South African to have served as a Judge on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Human Rights Court), recently lamented the lack of knowledge, awareness and interest among South African lawyers, and the public more...
Posted on August 10, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will host a one-week intensive...
Posted on August 05, 2016
Dr Cristiano d'Orsi, a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, discusses why barriers to a pan-African passport may be insurmountable.
Posted on August 02, 2016
Join us for a breakfast discussion on Tuesday 16 August 2016, hosted by the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) and the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at the University of Pretoria, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
Posted on August 02, 2016
Invitation to all the friends and alumni of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (of the various academic programmes, moot court competitions and short courses).
Posted on August 02, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) and the Faculty of Law, University of The Gambia invites abstracts for a conference celebrating the African Year of Human...
Posted on July 28, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Aadelah Shaik Yakoob is the winner of the South African Law Reform Commission's (SALRC) 2015 Ismail Mahomed Law Reform Essay Competition in the LLB category.
Posted on July 27, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a Discussion Forum that forms part of a series of events, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Centre of Human Rights in 2016.
Posted on July 26, 2016
The Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a seminar on the Development of Constitutionalism in Africa: Problems and Future
Posted on July 21, 2016
The University recently launched Research Matters, an exciting new website that showcases and highlights some of its research and innovation output and emphasises the impact of this work in South Africa, Africa and globally.
Posted on July 19, 2016
The newly established Mining Resilience Research Centre at UP will focus on multi-disciplinary research activities in the mining industry and developing lasting partnerships with leading international role players.
Posted on July 19, 2016
The 8th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court competition is currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland. For the past seven years, the competition was held in December to coincide with International Human Rights Day. From 2016 onwards the competition will be held on and around 18 July to...
Posted on July 14, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted its first short course on business and human rights at the University of Pretoria from 4 - 8 July 2016. The course brought together 50 people from across Africa, mainly representing civil society, national human rights institutions, and...
Posted on July 13, 2016
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria congratulates TuksLaw alumna Lechani Wotho, a Botswana citizen, on her selection as a member of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Posted on July 12, 2016
On 13 December 2016 it will be the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention which came into force in 2008 has to date been ratified by 43 African countries including Kenya. The Disability Rights Project at the University...
Posted on July 12, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), University of Bergen calls for applications for a full-time doctoral candidate with a focus on political and legal mobilisation around sexual and reproductive rights in Africa. The...
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