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Download 2017 Annual Report Faculty of Law 2017 Centre for ANNUAL Faculty of Law Human Rights REPORT The Centre for Human Rights is an internationally recognised CONTENTS university-based institution combining academic excellence and effective activism to advance human rights, particularly in Africa. DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 4 The Centre for Human Rights was established in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in 1986, ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES 9 as part of domestic efforts against the apartheid system of the time. RESEARCH 14 The Centre works towards human rights education in Africa, a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights EDUCATION PROJECTS 17 of women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent. RESEARCH UNITS 24 Over the years, the Centre has positioned itself in an unmatched network of practising and academic lawyers, national and international civil servants and human rights practitioners across the entire AD-HOC EVENTS 37 continent, with a specific focus on human rights law in Africa, and international development law in general. PROMINENT GUESTS 39 Today, a wide network of Centre graduates contribute in numerous ways to the advancement and strengthening of human rights and democracy all over the Africa continent, and even further afield. PUBLICATIONS 41 In 2006, the Centre was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, with particular ASSOCIATED INSTITUTES 44 recognition for the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition and the LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. In 2012, the Centre for Human Rights was awarded the 2012 African Union Human Rights Prize. CENTRE PERSONNEL 46 www.chr.up.ac.za FUNDERS 48 Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria | Annual Report 2017 WITH 12 DOCTORAL CANDIDATES GRADUATING IN 2017, THE CENTRE SAW THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DOCTORATES COMPLETING THEIR STUDIES IN ONE YEAR 4 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Academic highlights: Publications: Units. As there were many highlights in each of PULP marks 175 publications the Unit’s activities, only a few are highlighted Most doctorates ever here: Functioning as an academic department in The Centre continued to edit 2 leading • The Advocacy Unit produced several the Faculty of Law since 2007, the Centre for academic journals with a uniquely African videos to support campaigns, notably an Human Rights has over a decade established focus, the African Human Rights Law Journal award-winning video on human trafficking itself as a place of academic excellence. With and the African Disability Rights Yearbook. In in North Africa; and a video about the case the NRF ratings of 4 colleagues reconfirmed in 2017, it added to the list the the first volume of Gabriel Shumba. 2017, all but one of the Centre’s 7 academics of the African Human Rights Yearbook. The have a B or C rating. With 12 doctoral candidates African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, • The Business and Human Rights graduating, the Centre saw the largest number the African Commission on Human and Unit continued hosting the secretariat of doctorates completing their studies in one Peoples’ Rights, and the African Committee of the African Coalition for Corporate year. In addition, 57 students graduated with of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Accountability (ACCA), a network of over Master’s degrees. This number included the Child collaborate in a joint publication, which 100 organisations. first 5 graduates of the LLM/MPhil in Sexual was edited by the Centre and published at the and Reproductive Rights in Africa, the Centre’s end of 2017, comprising 17 articles in English • The Children’s Rights Unit completed first hybrid learning programme, delivered on- and French. The Pretoria University Law Press a multi-country study on the extent of line as well as through in-class ‘block weeks.’ (PULP) published its 175th publication: The implementation of the African Charter on Optional Protocol to the International Covenant the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 5 Together with our colleagues in the Faculty on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A selected State Parties was completed. of Law, and our many alumni, we celebrated Commentary. Various HRDA alumni contributed the Faculty’s ranking in 2017 by Times Higher to a book, Protecting the human rights of sexual • The Democracy, Transparency and Education as the 92nd best faculty of law in minorities in contemporary Africa, which was Digital Rights Unit developed and the world. In 2017, the University of Pretoria edited by two alumni (Sylvie Namwase and presented the Centre’s first massive open Senate in October approved the introduction Adrian Jjuuko) and published by PULP. online course (MOOC) on the International of a two-year Master’s degree programme in and African Legal Framework on Freedom Disability Rights, to begin in 2019. Through our Observer status with AU and UN of Expression, Access to Information and quality network of graduates, we hope to assist the Safety of Journalists, in collaboration in forging future human rights scholars and Prof Frans Viljoen, Director, Having been granted observer status in 2017 with UNESCO; and assisted in developing activists, and experts ready to make Africa’s with the African Committee of Experts on the draft Guidelines on Access to Information Centre for Human Rights voice heard in international fora on trade and Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Centre and Elections, which were adopted by the investment. is among a few African NGOs with observer African Commission in November 2017. status with both this Committee and the SARChI Chair renewed African Commission on Human and Peoples’ • The Disability Rights Unit hosted an In 2017, the Centre for Human Rights, as well as consultative status with the African regional meeting on the rights of Rights was privileged to continue The South African Research Foundation UN ECOSOC. persons with albinism, with the participation its work towards advancing human Research Initiatives (SARChI) Chair on of the UN Independent Expert on persons rights in a broad African context International Economic Law, Prof Danny Activism and research-based with albinism and organised its annual Bradlow, in the International Development Law disability rights conference, on the theme Unit (IDLU), is administratively located in the advocacy: The Centre’s 10 Units of access to justice and legal capacity. and There was some consolidation, and Centre. The Chair has in 2017 been renewed launched the travelling exhibition I decide=I improvement of internal governance, but for a further five years. In 2017, it presented the The diversity and variety of work in the Centre am. there was also expansion and taking on new LLM (International Trade and Investment Law has grown in the last few years. In 2017, the initiatives. It was a year of many highlights, in Africa) for the first time on a one-year basis. various entities have been formalised into 10 some of which are highlighted below. Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria | Annual Report 2017 5 • The Freedom from Violence Unit, Internal Centre governance – a one-day ‘film festival’ on African previously called ‘Unlawful Killings Unit’, Symposium Cinema and Human Rights; worked with the African Commission on the Land, Heritage and Human Rights Internal Centre governance has been – a Panel discussion, with performance The Community Law Centre at the Kara Heritage Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2017 right to life and efforts to abolish the death Institute, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Time: 08:30 – 16:30 (includes lunch) enhanced. Due to the increase in projects poetry and live painting titled ‘Broken Venue: Protea Hotel Pretoria Manor - Marriott University (George Campus) and the Centre for Corner of Burnett and Festival Streets, penalty in Africa. Human Rights, University of Pretoria cordially Hatfield, Pretoria and programmes, the management systems and Beautiful: invites you to a symposium on land, heritage RSVP: CLICK HERE TO RSVP ONLINE and human rights. (RSVP DEADLINE: 18 APRIL AT 09:00) Enquiries: Thuto Hlalele ([email protected] / – a celebration of the human body’, Tel: 012 420 3587 / www.chr.up.ac.za) in the Centre have been adjusted, to provide • The Limited seating is available and guests are encouraged to commemorate International Human Litigation and Implementation Unit to RSVP well in advance. for quarterly team meetings, to assess the prepared two cases for submission to past quarter and plan ahead for the year and Rights Day; international instances, and worked with beyond. – a one-day conference on the theme international partners on tracking and Threats to Democracy; analysing the domestic implementation of The year 2017 has a number of – a meeting of the Global Campus international decisions. Community Law Centre of Human Rights, a consortium of special features, reflected by a 7 regional Master’s programmes in • The Race and Common Citizenship Unit, number of specific ad-hoc events: human rights and democratisation from with Prof Charles Ngwena at the helm, was Africa (HRDA), Europe, the Balkans, the brought into being, aimed at developing • The Centre, together with Faculty of Caucasus, the Arab world, as well as and providing academic programmes on Law, and the Oliver & Adelaide Tambo the Asia-Pacific and Latin American and race; to promote and undertake research Foundation, hosted two Oliver Tambo Caribbean regions of the world; on race; contribute towards public debates Centenary Lectures, with Justice Albie – and a meeting of the 13 partners of on race; and to build capacity in teaching Sachs and Justice Dikgang Moseneke as the HRDA programme. about race. keynote speakers. • The Sexual Orientation and Gender • The Centre convened a Round Table , under the theme ‘African approaches to University of Pretoria Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Unit Pretoria, in partnership with Iranti-org and SIPD- international law’.
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