The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites alumni of the various academic programmes, training and special projects, friends, former colleagues, the human rights communities and sympathisers to a webinar honouring and celebrating the life and achievements of the Late Prof Michelo Hansugule.
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Webinar Details
Date: 7 February 2025
Venue: Virtual ()Zoom)
Moderator: Dennis Antwi
Keynote speakers:
- Prof Frans Viljoen, Professor, Centre for Human Rights
- Prof Nkatha Murungi, Acting Director, Centre for Human Rights
- Lloyd Kuveya, Assistant Director, Centre for Human Rights
On Friday, 13 September 2024, the Centre for Human Rights, the University of Pretoria and the entire Human Rights community around the world woke up to the heartbreaking news of the passing of Prof Michelo Hansungule. He was 70 years old. Prof Hansungule worked with the Centre for 17 years (January 2003 – June 2020).
Michelo held very accomplished academic credentials from the University of Zambia (where he obtained the degrees LLB and LLM), he holds an LLM from the University of Graz and a Doctorate (PhD) from the University of Vienna.
He perfected the art of teaching law through story-telling. Throughout his time at the Centre, he taught on various Centre programmes like the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA), the Multidisciplinary Human Rights Master’s Programme, the Human Rights short courses and the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. He also taught international human rights law at universities worldwide including the University of Lund in Sweden, Mahidol University in Thailand, the University of Essex, Colchester, UK, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and the University of Malta.
Michelo was passionate about the plight of human rights in Africa and was actively involved as a consultant, advisor, academic, activist and litigator. He served as a Member of the Independent Technical Team established to measure compliance of countries with the governance and human rights requirements of the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). He also served as an Independent Expert Member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and as a Board Member for Minority Groups International. At the time of his untimely death, he was a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). He had served as a commissioner for three consecutive terms.
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Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4197
dennis.antwi@up.ac.za
