The Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), welcomes the decision issued on 23rd of April 2026 by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) regarding the Child Witchcraft Accusations in Nigeria under Communication No: 0017/Com/001/2021.
On 5 to 7 May 2026, the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria will hear asignificant case concerning the treatment of newborn infants who arerelinquished (safely handed over) through baby saver mechanisms, aprocess aimed at ensuring their protection and whether South African lawwrongly conflates this life preserving conduct with child abandonment,which is deemed an offence under the Children’s Act. Baby Savers South Africa NPO and Door of Hope Children’s Mission NPO(“the applicants”) instituted these proceedings and seek relief to excludeproviders of baby saver boxes from accomplice liability for the offence ofabandonment. The Centre for Human Rights (“CHR”), represented by Lawyers for HumanRights (“LHR”), appears in this matter as amicus curiae, or friend of thecourt.
From 13- 16 April 2026, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty og Law, University of Pretoria, participated in the 28th meeting of the Civil Society Organisations Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (CSO Forum), held in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho. The Forum took place ahead of the 47th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), taking place on 17 to 25 April 2026.
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This database is an open-access repository of raw data that shows evidence of the impact of the core UN human rights treaties at the domestic level, in specific countries. Developed from the 2002 and 2022 studies on The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties at the Domestic Level, this database aims to provide documents covering all UN Member States, to spark dialogue on the impact of the UN human rights treaty body system and to foster enhanced research analyses on this topic.
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to the academic launch of the Database on the Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties at the Domestic Level. Developed with the support of HURIDOCS, this database is an open-access, collaborative platform that documents the impact of core United Nations human rights treaties at the domestic level.
