The Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) is a research institute located in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The ICLA was established at the beginning of 2011 and is located in a beautifully renovated house with wooden floors next to the Law Building. The Institute houses an extensive collection of antique furniture and art and also serves as the Christo Coetzee museum.

ICLA houses staff members from various departments in the Faculty of Law, as well as visitors and post-graduate students. A total of 43 doctoral students are currently registered with ICLA staff members and 30 have completed their doctoral studies. The main focus of ICLA is on international and domestic law in Africa, but it also has a broader focus on international law beyond the borders of the continent.

Contact details

Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA)
Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0) 12 420 6217
Email: pumeza.matwa@up.ac.za
Website: www.icla.up.ac.za

GPS Co-ordinates 

25.7545° S, 28.2314° E

Physical address

University of Pretoria, cnr Lynnwood Road and Roper Street, Hatfield, South Africa

Postal address

University of Pretoria, Private bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa

Directions to the University of Pretoria

Directions from Johannesburg/OR Tambo International Airport

Take the R21 towards Pretoria. Take the N1 North towards Polokwane until you reach the Lynnwood Road off-ramp. Follow Lynnwood Road left (west), passing several traffic lights. At the second set of traffic lights after Jan Shoba Street (previously Duncan Street) you will find UP’s main entrance on your right. 

Directions from Polokwane

Take the N1 South towards Johannesburg until you reach the Lynnwood Road offramp. Follow Lynnwood Road right (west), passing several traffic lights. At the second set of traffic lights after Jan Shoba Street (previously Duncan Street) you will find UP's main entrance on your right. Loftus Versfeld rugby stadium is 600 metres past the UP entrance. Pass the stadium and use the circle at the church to turn around if necessary.

Directions from the west

Follow Frances Baard Street (previously Schoeman Street) or Stanza Bopape Street (previously Church Street ) in an easterly direction until you reach Gordon Road. Turn right into Gordon Road, which later becomes Jan Shoba Street (previously Duncan Street). Pass several traffic lights and turn right into Lynnwood Road. Drive 0,8 km until the second traffic light, then UP’s main entrance is on your right.