Technical team reviews draft Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression in Africa

Posted on April 01, 2019

On 28 and 29 March 2019, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, participated in the third technical drafting meeting of revising the Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (the Declaration).

Call for Abstracts: Beyond 50 and 10, beyond the rhetoric International Conference on the protection of forced migrants in Africa

Posted on April 01, 2019

To take stock and critically reflect on the experience of the intervening 50 and 10 years, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, will host a two-day Conference, on 6 and 7 September 2019 on the theme: “Beyond 50 and 10, beyond the rhetoric: The protection of...

South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health

Posted on March 29, 2019

Is South Africa regularly denying children their right to access education as well as health care on the grounds either of petty bureaucracy or by a misinterpretation of the country’s laws and international obligations?

Invitation : Debriefing on the Sahrawi Republic: Human Rights and Recent Developments

Posted on March 28, 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 cordially invite you to a Debriefing on the Sahrawi Republic: Human Rights and Recent...

Advanced Course on Disability Rights provides space for critical reflection on the human rights of persons with disabilities in Africa

Posted on March 28, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights hosted the Advanced Human Rights Course on Disability Rights in an African context from 11 – 15 March 2019. The course was organised by the Centre’s Disability Rights Unit, in collaboration with the Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC). The course was...

Call for Papers: African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 3 (2019)

Posted on March 27, 2019

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child are pleased to announce the call for papers for the third volume of the African Human Rights Yearbook (AHRY).

Centre for Human Rights congratulates Kenyan LGBT NGO on winning to be recognised as an association

Posted on March 26, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) congratulates the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) of Kenya and its leadership upon winning the Court of Appeal case.

Faculty of Law houses one of most influential young South Africans - Dr Joel Malesela Modiri

Posted on March 25, 2019

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Senior Lecturer Dr Joel Malesela Modiri in its Department of Jurisprudence is one of the top 50 most influential young South Africans in the country. Dr Modiri ranked sixth in the category Personal Development and Academia.