IN MY OPINION: Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2030: Harnessing National and Regional Laws to Protect Women and Girls

Posted on May 16, 2019

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a widespread and pervasive human rights violation experienced by women and girls. FGM refers to all procedures “involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female organs for non-medical reasons."

Seminar on Tibet: Culture nationalism, human rights and self-immolation

Posted on May 16, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in partnership with Living Stories & Memories, cordially invites you to a Seminar on Tibet: Culture nationalism, human rights and self-immolation.

Centre for Human Rights facilitates State Party Reporting Workshop in Mauritius on the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol

Posted on May 15, 2019

The Women's Rights Unit of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mauritius, organised and facilitated a national meeting on state reporting on the African Charter on Human and...

YALI visit' the Centre to learn about the rights of disabled persons, sexual minority groups and women

Posted on May 15, 2019

On Monday 13 May 2019, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted participants on the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Approximately fifty youth leaders and two YALI facilitators attended the programme, representing a number of countries in Southern Africa, including...

Campaign against 'rape culture' at the University of Pretoria

Posted on May 14, 2019

The Law House at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, recently launched a campaign addressing aspects of sexual abuse and violence against women, as a response to instances of rape and sexual abuse occurring on and around the University of Pretoria campus. The Centre for Human Rights,...

Promoting active and constructive civil society engagement with the Pan-African Parliament

Posted on May 13, 2019

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Forum on the sidelines of the Second Ordinary Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on 11 May 2019.

IN MY OPINION: Africa’s rights commission can – and should – do more for sexual minorities

Posted on May 09, 2019

Africans concerned about human rights are closely following a meeting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights taking place in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh.

Dr Joel Modiri from the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Law selected as Africa Oxford (AfOx) Visiting Fellow

Posted on May 06, 2019

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Dr Joel Modiri from the Department of Jurisprudence was accepted to the prestigious Africa Oxford (AfOx) Visiting Fellowship Programme at the University of Oxford, England.