You are cordially invited to Centre for Human Rights Master’s Programmes Welcoming Ceremony where 91 students from 28 African countries will be individually introduced.
The students are registered on the following programmes of the Centre for Human Rights
- LLM/MPhil (Disability Rights in Africa)
- LLM/MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)
- LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa)
- LLM/MPhil (Multidisciplinary Human Rights)
- LLM/MPhil (Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa)
Welcome Address
The Welcome Address to the Master’s students will be delivered by HE Justice Leona Valerie Theron, Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Justice Theron was born in KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa. She attended Natal University from 1984 to 1988 where she completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law Degrees. In 1989 she was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship by the American Government to study in the US. She obtained a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC in 1990. Whilst she was in the States she worked for the International Labour Organisation in Washington DC and for a firm of attorneys in Los Angeles.Justice Theron was born in KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa. She attended Natal University from 1984 to 1988 where she completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law Degrees. In 1989 she was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship by the American Government to study in the US. She obtained a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC in 1990. Whilst she was in the States she worked for the International Labour Organisation in Washington DC and for a firm of attorneys in Los Angeles.
She practiced as an advocate from the end of 1990 and also lectured at the University of Natal. In 1995 she was appointed as a member of the Judge White Commission by the then President Mandela. She was appointed as a Judge of the High Court on 15 October 1999. Justice Theron was the first black female judge to be appointed in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and at the age of 32, the then youngest judge in the country. In December 2010, Justice Theron was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. She was the youngest member of the Supreme Court of Appeal. On 1 July 2016, she was appointed to the Constitutional Court by President Zuma. Justice Theron sits on a number of boards, and has delivered papers at numerous conferences, both within South Africa and internationally. Justice Theron has, over the years, received numerous awards for her contribution to the development of justice in South Africa.
Event Information
Date: Monday 18 March 2019
Time: 16:45 for 17:00
Venue: Tuks Monate, Hillcrest Campus, University of Pretoria
RSVP: Please click here to RSVP online before 15 March 2019
Enquiries: Ashwanee.Budoo@up.ac.za / 012 420 6703