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The sixth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2018) will take place in Stellenbosch (South Africa) from Tuesday 4 September to Thursday 6 September 2018.
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The protection of some of Africa’s most precious natural resources—its population of rare and endangered species—from exploitation at the hands of poachers, is a critical priority of law enforcement in many African countries.
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28 August 2018
You are cordially invited to a Lunch-time discussion by Prof Dire Tladi on ‘South Africa and Jordan’s Non-Cooperation Case: The Final Act?’
On 10 -14 September, Prof Dire Tladi from the Department of Public Law and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, will appear as counsel on behalf of the African Union in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, in a hearing concerning the question whether South Africa and Jordan were guilty of non- cooperation with the Court. Both States did not arrest the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he attended heads of State summits in their countries. Prof Tladi will provide an introduction to the case and field questions.
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27 August 2018
From 15 to 17 August 2018 the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria hosted its annual Faculty Festival themed ‘Year of the Womxn’, celebrated and enjoyed by students and staff.
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3 August 2018
Stakeholders are invited to submit comments or suggestions to a draft set of guidelines on the lawful and responsible design, production, procurement, testing, training, transfer, and use of less-lethal weapons and related equipment. These draft guidelines have been developed following a broad consultation process carried out in the framework of the Geneva Human Rights Platform and its focus on current challenges related to the use of force.
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Original post: The Conversation
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 this year. It was adopted by global leaders after World War II to try and avoid future conflict on that scale. The declaration ushered in what we know and understand about human rights today. It calls for nations to “strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance”.
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Original post: UNIVERSAL RIGHTS GROUP GENEVA
BY CHRISTOF HEYNS, PROFESSOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, UNIVERISTY OF PRETORIA AND MEMBER OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND ABIOLA IDOWU-OJO, ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
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9 July 2018
Original post: The Geneva Academy
Last week, at our annual seminar held in the context of the Geneva Human Rights Platform and its focus on the use of force, around 40 police officers, experts on the design, testing and use of weapons, representatives of national police oversight mechanisms, human rights experts, representatives of UN specialized agencies, academics, representative of governments and of national civil society organizations discussed human rights challenges related to the use of less-lethal weapons (LLWs).
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The University of Pretoria, working with a global network of research partners (including in Cambridge, Geneva and well-established collaboration with more than a dozen other African universities), recently established a research programme that focuses on violence reduction and securing the right to life in Africa. This is a multi-disciplinary programme that engages in the African context with the aspiration of UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 to establish ‘peaceful societies’.
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1 June 2018
This website is an academic review of national regimes governing use of force by law enforcement officials
The centrepiece of the website is the country profile. Each profile has six sections:
- Constitutional provisions
- Treaty adherence
- National legislation on use of force (by police and prison officers)
- Police Oversight
- Caselaw
- Downloads (of key instruments and jurisprudence).
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15 May 2018
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, in conjunction with its Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), are organising luncheons with senior members of the legal profession to provide a platform for students to interact with great legal minds.