The one-week course is the product of a collaboration between the Centre for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (specifically its Working Group on Indigenous Populations).

Participants from all across Africa attend the course, with South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, the DRC, Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana represented. Experienced lecturers from the ILO, representatives of indigenous communities, civil society organisations and universities across the continent teach on the course.

This course is a first of its kind and is expected to be held on a regular basis with the view to creating greater awareness and informed policy-making and legislative action on indigenous peoples’ issues in African states. It follows upon research conducted by the Centre, the ILO and the African Commission on the legal situation of indigenous peoples in 24 African countries. This research is available on the Centre’s website at http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/indigenous-publications.html

The International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) also supported the endeavour by providing scholarships for participants.

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For more information, please contact

Frans Viljoen,
Centre for Human Rights,
Tel: 012-420-3228
Email:  [email protected]