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Multi-pronged response required to curb Xenophobia in South Africa Centre for Human Rights Posted on 07 Jun 2013 The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, expresses its concern over the most recent upsurge in xenophobic violence across South Africa. This comes in the wake of reports on the attacks on, and killings of, Somalian nationals in Diepsloot, Gauteng, and outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. [Read More] |
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Light-footed Law Librarian conquers Comrades Elzet Hurter Posted on 06 Jun 2013 Audrey Lenoge, an Information Specialist in the OR Tambo Law Library at the Faculty of Law is the proud holder of a bronze Comrades medal after she completed the race on Sunday, 2 June 2013. Audrey says that she was on the road from 05:30 until 17:20. [Read More] |
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LLM/MPhil students launch HIV information tool in Hammanskraal Nora Ho Tu Nam Posted on 04 Jun 2013 The Centre for the Study of AIDS (CSA) in collaboration with the University of Pretoria runs a para-legal advice bureau for people living with HIV/AIDS in Hammanskraal. The bureau is called The Place and it offers HIV related information along with structural assistance to Thulani Mvula, a community-based HIV activist and support group coordinator. [Read More] |
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LLM/MPhil Photography Competition: Human Rights & Democracy through Photography Yolanda Booyzen Posted on 03 Jun 2013 Students of the LLM/MPhil Programme took part in a photography competition to promote the ideals of human rights and democratisation through still pictures. The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa is a unique programme to which 30 individuals from African countries are admitted. The programme is presented by the Centre for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. [Read More] |
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Call for Abstracts: Conference on Disability Rights in Africa Yolanda Booyzen Posted on 31 May 2013 The Centre for Human Rights invites abstracts for a conference on disability rights with a focus on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the African region. [Read More] |
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Presentation on EU perspectives on human rights and foreign policy Magnus Killander Posted on 30 May 2013 In a presentation at the Centre for Human Rights, the European Union (EU) Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, who is in South Africa for the first EU/SA human rights dialogue, highlighted key issues in the EU's foreign policy. [Read More] |
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Africa Day: A call for a more supranational AU (to better protect human rights on the continent) Frans Viljoen Posted on 24 May 2013 The celebration of Africa Day this year marks 50 years since the elusive quest for African unity formally started on 25 May 1963, the day on which the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was inaugurated. Despite the acceleration of integration that came with the transformation of the OAU into the African Union (AU), the AU remains poised between two contradictory imperatives: the strengthening of continental institutions and reinforcing national sovereignty. [Read More] |
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Open Day - Prospective TuksLaw students welcomed with open arms Elzet Hurter Posted on 19 May 2013 During its Annual Open Day on Saturday, 18 May 2013, the University of Pretoria was host to thousands of learners. [Read More] |
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Centre for Human Rights course targets African judges as Optional Protocol comes into force Frans Viljoen Posted on 14 May 2013 Judges from five African countries (Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) joined participants from 20 other African countries for a course on socio-economic rights, presented by the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria from 6 to 10 May 2013. [Read More] |
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TuksLaw Mooters to represent Africa in International Space Law Moot Court Competition Lourens Grové Posted on 14 May 2013 The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that our TuksLaw team was victorious in the African Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition held in Nairobi, Kenya over the past week. [Read More] |
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Justice Zak Yacoob inspires academic achievers in the Faculty of Law Elzet Hurter Posted on 09 May 2013 At the beginning of April the top 2012 academic achievers in the Faculty of Law at the 2013 Annual Recognition of Achievement Function had the privilege of being inspired by former Justice of the Constitutional Court, Zak Yacoob. [Read More] |
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Prof Pieter Carstens inspires pre-final year achievers on the Dean's Merit List in the Faculty of Law Elzet Hurter Posted on 09 May 2013 On the evening of 3 May 2013 the Faculty of Law honoured its 2012 pre-final year achievers on the Dean's Merit List. [Read More] |
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Congratulations to our 2012 graduates Elzet Hurter Posted on 09 May 2013 Proud graduates and their loved ones gathered on 18 April for the long awaited Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. [Read More] |
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Tuks representatives shine at G20 Youth Forum in Russia Elzet Hurter/Martie Bradley Posted on 08 May 2013 The G20 Youth Forum was the largest international event organised for young leaders in 2013, and over 1 500 young leaders, students and academics, representatives from the business world and governments participated in it.* Six students from the University of Pretoria had been selected as representatives of the South African youth contingent to attend the Forum in Saint Petersburg from 17 to 21 April 2013. [Read More] |
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Prof Ann Skelton incumbent of UNESCO Chair in Education Law in Africa Elzet Hurter Posted on 07 May 2013 The Director of the Centre for Child Law, Prof Ann Skelton, has been appointed by the University Council as the incumbent of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Chair in Education Law in Africa. [Read More] |
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Centre for Human Rights Director speaks on panel on African Court during Commission's 53rd session Centre for Human Rights Posted on 16 Apr 2013 The African Court Coalition organized a one hour discussion as a side event during the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) with the theme; ‘Reflecting on the Current Developments at the African Court for Better Access to Justice in the Continent’. [Read More] |
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TuksLaw mooters represent South Africa at the international rounds of the 54th Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition in Washington DC Elzet Hurter Posted on 12 Apr 2013 The University of Pretoria participated in this year's annual Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition's international rounds hosted in Washington DC after earning this right in a tough knock-out national round against South African law schools earlier this year. [Read More] |
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Interview with a visiting Professor - Sebastiaan Roes Elzet Hurter Posted on 09 Apr 2013 Sebastiaan Roes is a professor at the Centrum voor Notarieel Recht of the Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He studied medieval history and notarial law. In 2006, he defended his PhD thesis, which dealt with the history of the Dutch law regarding the surviving spouse until 1809. During the summer of 2012, Prof Sebastiaan Roes was a visiting professor at the University of Pretoria and mastered Afrikaans in a few days. We have asked him a few questions... [Read More] |
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Scholars at Risk: Academic Freedom Monitoring Workshop Ahmed Sayaad Posted on 08 Apr 2013 The Scholars At Risk (SAR)’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Workshop was hosted by the Centre for Human Rights from 2-6 April 2013 and was attended by SAR staff, SAR’s monitoring partners and staff of the Centre. Participants were welcomed by the Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof André Boraine and the Director of the Center for Human Rights, Prof Frans Viljoen. [Read More] |
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Registration Open: World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Yolanda Booyzen Posted on 05 Apr 2013 Every university in the world is invited to present a team of two students – preferably one woman and one man – to the 5th World Human Rights Moot Court Competition which will be held in Pretoria from 8 to 10 December 2013. The universities first have to submit memorials on the basis the hypothetical case. The first selection of Universities will be on the basis of written memorials. [Read More] |
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