LLM HRDA: Human Rights Clinics

The students on the LLM programme in human rights and democratisation in Africa are assigned to human rights clinics which contributes 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. Students on the Centre's master's programmes work in these clinics under the supervision of a Centre staff member or doctoral student.

Advocacy Human Rights Clinic

The advocacy clinic has three mandates for this year which include online sensitisation campaign on the Rights of Older persons producing a

Business and Human Rights Clinic

The mandate of the business and human rights clinic in 2018 is to Document cases before international bodies on extractive industries and human rights for a database prepared by the African Commission’s working group on extractive industries secondly to facilitate a dialogue with SAHRC focusing on extractive industries.

Children's Rights Clinic

The mandate of the Children’s Rights Clinic is to prepare a shadow report on Zambia state report to the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child secondly to prepare advocacy material around Agenda 2040 of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child for states and CSOs.

Democracy Transparency and Digital Rights Clinic

The mandate of the Democracy Transparency and Digital Right Clinic is to shadow reports to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Nigeria and Eritrea and prepare data protection course which will be available online.

Disability Rights Clinic

The mandate of the Disability Rights clinic is to draft a research paper on domestication strategies that member states can adopt to ensure that Africans with disabilities enjoy the rights enshrined in the Protocol and
Develop a ‘Know your rights under the African Disability Protocol’ information pamphlet for persons with disabilities that raises awareness about the rights they are entitled to.

Migrant Rights Clinic

The Migrant clinic has four mandates for 2018 which include producing a synopsis of Refugee Act, collecting refugee acts for a database, analysis the AU-EU migration crisis and design a pamphlet for migration class.

Implementation & Litigation Clinic

The mandate of the Implementation & Litigation Human Rights Clinic includes developing a strategy to implement decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights against Zimbabwe and draft a concept note, engaging with civil society. Further to contribute a framework for updating the book on the impact of international treaty monitoring bodies in selected states.

SOGIESC Clinic

The mandate of the SOGIE Clinic is to conduct research into equality litigation and effectiveness of statutory bodies dealing with equality in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda further to implement resolution 275 of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and produce guidelines on transgender persons in correctional services.

Women's Right Clinic

The mandate of the Women's Right Clinic is to shadow report Nigeria, collaborate with advocacy clinic on rights of older persons design a fact sheet on older persons