The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, cordially invites you to a Discussion Forum on Africa Day that forms part of a series of events celebrating the Centre’s 30th anniversary during the course of 2016.
The discussion aims to reflect on the extent to which the South African Constitution is African in its inspiration, ownership and solidarity with the rest of the continent.
The Discussion Forum draws inspiration from two historical dates. On 9 May 1996 then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki made his ‘I am an African’ speech, on the occasion of the adoption of the current South African Constitution. His inaugural words grounded the Constitution in an African identity that stretches beyond the borders of South Africa, in a mutually reinforcing manner, with other African countries. On 25 May, Africa Day is annually celebrated in recognition of the formation of the Organisation of the African Union on that day in 1963.
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Date: Wednesday 25 May 2016
Time: 16:00 to 19:00, followed by a cocktail reception
Venue: Auditorium, Plant Sciences Building
RSVP: Kindly confirm your attendance by Monday 23 May 2016 by sending an email to thuto.hlalele@up.ac.za
Panelists:
Panelists in the discussion will include:
- Dr Frene Ginwala
Former Speaker of the National Assembly - Dr Mathole Motshekga
Chairperson, Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services - Justice Zak Yacoob
Retired Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa - Justice Johann van der Westhuizen
Retired Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa - Advocate Pansy Tlakula
Chairperson, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Prof Sandy Africa
Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria - Prof Charles Ngwena
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria - Dr Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari
Senior Research Fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs
About the Centre for Human Rights
The Centre for Human Rights was established in 1986 and is celebrating its 30th anniversary during 2016. It is both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation. The Centre works towards human rights education in Africa, a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of women, people living with HIV, indigenous peoples, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent.
For more information, visit the Centre’s website: www.chr.up.ac.za
