Posted on June 10, 2016
Director of the Centre for Child Law in the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Law, Professor Ann Skelton, has been nominated by the South African government as a candidate for election to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Posted on June 09, 2016
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria congratulates Prof Christof Heyns on receiving the prestigious Don and Arvonne Fraser Human Rights Award from the Advocates for Human Rights (AHR) on the evening of 1 June 2016 in Minneapolis.
Posted on June 06, 2016
The Department of Public Law recently hosted a ceremony at the University of Pretoria's Mining Industry Study Centre to welcome the 2016 Class of the newly introduced 'LLM in Extractive Industry Law in Africa', which falls under the auspices of the Faculty of Law.
Posted on May 31, 2016
On 25 May 2016, the Centre for Human Rights celebrated Africa Day, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Constitution, as part of a series of events commemorating the Centre's establishment 30 years ago, in May 1986.
Posted on May 30, 2016
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Deputy Dean Anton Kok successfully completed the 91st Comrades Marathon, which is widely referred to as the Ultimate Human Race, on Sunday, 29 May 2016.
Posted on May 27, 2016
The Africa Round of the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition took place in May 2016 and TuksLaw managed to walk away with the silver trophy.
Posted on May 25, 2016
From 3 to 5 March 2016 the South African Human Rights Commission convened an African regional seminar to discuss how to practically end violence and other forms of discrimination against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE).
Posted on May 25, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, congratulates Eritrea on its 25th independence celebrations. Today, 24 May 2016, marks 25 years since Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia after 30 long years of civil war.
Posted on May 25, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights from 24 to 27 May co-hosts a meeting of experts, together with the Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, to contribute towards the adoption of guidelines on access to...
Posted on May 20, 2016
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is pleased to announce a pilot short course on business and human rights that will be held at the University of Pretoria, from 4 - 8 July 2016.
Posted on May 20, 2016
The Gender Unit of the Centre for Human Rights organised a two day child marriage dialogue with 27 participants from South Africa and Mozambique in collaboration with the Commonwealth Initiative. The child marriage dialogue was held on 5 and 6 May 2016 at the Protea Hotel, Hatfield, Pretoria,...
Posted on May 12, 2016
In a statement on 18 April 2016, the Centre for Human Rights expressed grave concern about the human rights situation in The Gambia, on the basis of events that took place from 14 to 16 April 2016. The Centre called on the government of The Gambia to diligently investigate the events; bring to...
Posted on May 12, 2016
In a seminar held to launch a new focus of the University's Institutional Research Theme (IRT) on Food, Nutrition and Well-being, Ms Anjanette Haller-Barker, lead researcher for this new research area, presented a theoretical framework for food law.
Posted on May 11, 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 celebrating the Centre’s 30th anniversary during the course of 2016.
Posted on May 05, 2016
The focus of the conference is on developing responses to the persistence and intensity of the violations of the rights of persons with albinism in the African region. The conference will be held at the Centre for Human Rights from 9-10 November 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. It is anticipated...
Posted on May 04, 2016
It’s Freedom Day, a day that reminds us that on 27 April 1994, South Africa had its first democratic elections. All South Africans were for the first time free to vote. Since then, millions of South Africans have expressed their political freedom in numerous elections at various levels of...
Posted on April 29, 2016
On 10 May at 17:30, the Gauteng Chapter of the South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW) is hosting a seminar at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Hatfield campus on the National Minimum Wage. According to UP’s Prof van Eck in the Department of Mercantile Law of the Faculty of...
Posted on April 26, 2016
The Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that a staff member in our Department of Mercantile Law, Professor Maleka Femida Cassim, has recently published a scholarly book in the Field of Company Law, titled 'The New Derivative Action under the Companies Act -...
Posted on April 26, 2016
The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) is the flagship Masters Programme at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. Since 2000, the programme has trained some of the best minds in Africa who have gone on to create change in different parts of the world.
Posted on April 26, 2016
Ashwanee Budoo from the Gender Unit at the Centre for Human Rights spoke to SABC Morning Live (video below) on the the naked protest staged at Rhodes University, where female students caused quite a stir last week when they protested against sexual violence half-naked.
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