In conversation with Farouk Adedoyin and Reda Benkhadra
Every year, students at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria on the LLM/MPhil programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) are assigned to human rights clinics which contribute to the work of the Centre’s research units and give the students practical experience and advance the Centre’s mission towards the realisation of human rights in Africa. In the year 2022, the HRDA students embarked on a #RatifyADRP campaign, urging African Union member states to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (Africa Disability Protocol).
#GreenJusticeAfrica: Making climate change more accessible and less ableist
In conversation with Dr Yolanda Munoz
"You cannot talk of climate change when inclusion is an afterthought".
The Centre for Human Rights is embarking on a campaign, #GreenJusticeAfrica to address the impact of climate change on the protection and fulfilment of human rights in Africa. Climate change is now one of the biggest threats to human rights globally. In this episode, Dr Yolanda Munoz, an academic and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and a full-time wheelchair user, discusses the impact of climate change on the rights of persons with disabilities.
The right to access to justice for persons with disabilities
In conversation with Ms Dianah Msipa
Mental health as a human right
In conversation with Dr Linda Blokland
Intellectual disabilities as an unjustified barrier to accessing justice
In conversation with Dr Elizabeth Kamundia
Persecution and harmful practices: A daily challenge for persons with albinism
In conversation with Ms Perepetua Senkoro
