(15 September 2020)
Hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (University of Pretoria)
The issue of state responsibility lies at the heart of human rights law. In this seminar, led by Stuart Casey-Maslen, Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, the basic rules of state responsibility as identified by the International Law Commission in its 2001 Draft Articles will be presented, and followed by a discussion of the areas of controversy and contention they have sparked.
(14 September 2020)
Hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (University of Pretoria)
This seminar, convened as part of the Freedom from Violence programme, was the second of two seminars led by Dr Orly Maya Stern focussed on the Somali militant group al-Shabaab. The second session looked at women in al-Shabaab, in order to explore broader issues in gender and countering violent extremism.
(14 September 2020)
Hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (University of Pretoria)
This seminar, convened as part of the Freedom from Violence programme, was led by Dr Orly Maya Stern (author of the recently ICRC-prize-winning book Gender Conflict and International Humanitarian Law) and was the first of two sessions that looked at the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, using it as a case study to explore two separate issues. The first session looked at the Amnesty and rehabilitation programme for al-Shabaab defectors, using this case study to explore some international law rules around amnesty, as well as the peace versus justice debate.
(4 June 2020)
Co-hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (University of Pretoria) and the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (University of the Western Cape)
A panel of international law experts discuss the legal implications of the COVID-19 pandemic - Philippe Branchat (International Organization for Migration), Lucy Puentes (Start Network), Heba Aly (The New Humanitarian), Christof Heyns (UN Human Rights Committee), Dire Tladi (UN International Law Commission), Benyam Mezmur (UN Committee on the Rights of the Child & African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the
(9 June 2020)
Co-hosted by the Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria) and the OHCHR Regional Office for Southern Africa
A panel in which international and regional experts exchanged on the issues of the right of peaceful assembly (Art.21 ICCPR; Art.11 ACHPR) - Ms Abigail Noku (Regional Representative, OHCHR-ROSA, chair),Prof. Christof Heyns (UN Human Rights Committee), Mr Clément Nyaletsossi Voulé (UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom of assembly and of association), Dr Makanatsa Makonese (American Bar Association), Prof Stuart Casey-Maslen (University of Pretoria), Ms Priscilla Mbanga (Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission)