Centre for Human Rights participates in Media and Elections Regional Meeting for Southern Africa

Posted on April 10, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, participated in the Media and Elections Regional Meeting (Southern Africa) which was organised by the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe in Johannesburg. The meeting was aimed at sharing lessons and experiences of the media’s role during elections in Southern Africa,...

African Commission calls on Nigeria to effectively implement Freedom of Information legislation

Posted on April 10, 2019

The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, Commissioner Lawrence Mute, undertook an advocacy visit to Nigeria from 24 to 27 September 2018 to raise awareness on article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which establishes the...

Centre for Human Rights welcomes recommendations from the Consultative Meeting with the UN Rapporteur Clément Voule on the Digital Space and the Protection of Freedoms of Association and Peaceful Assembly in Africa

Posted on April 10, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, participated in a consultative meeting with United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Clément Voule, in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 and 22 February 2019.

News -“LISTEN NOW: UP’s Centre For Human Rights launches Africa Rights Talk podcast

Posted on April 07, 2019

Africa Rights Talk is a Centre for Human Rights podcast exploring human rights through conversations with academics, practitioners and activists.

UP academic plays integral part in the compilation of the Abidjan Principles

Posted on April 05, 2019

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Ann Skelton, the UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa, situated in the Faculty of Law, has played an integral role in the compilation of the Abidjan Principles, which were officially released recently.

Laws on the use of force by police now available on one website

Posted on April 04, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, recently launched an online repository containing domestic laws on the use of force by law enforcement officials worldwide. This valuable resource now covers the laws of 200 countries worldwide.

Panel discussion on Western Sahara provides an opportunity to consider the decolonisation of Africa’s last colony

Posted on April 03, 2019

On 3 April 2019, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with Sandblast-Arts, Defense Forum Foundation, Africa Solidarity for Sahrawi, Western Sahara Campaign and Western Sahara Action Forum, hosted a debriefing on the Sahrawi Arab Democratic  Republic (Western...

Call for Papers: Protecting persons forcibly displaced in Africa

Posted on April 01, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and the University of Botswana, Gaborone are pleased to announce a one-day conference on protecting persons forcibly displaced in Africa and hereby invite proposals for papers. The conference will be held as part of the 28th African Human...