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Tatenda Mushaikwa | Gweru, Zimbabwe
LLB UNISA
Previous experience
Student Researcher at Institute Dispute Resolution in Africa
Academic fields of interest
Socio-economic Rights
Position prior to the programme
Founder of a Non-profit organisation
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Christof Heyns Lecture
The Christof Heyns Lecture is an annual event that serves as a platform for engaging with critical issues in international human rights discourse. Established in honor of Professor Christoffel Hendrik (Christof) Heyns, the lecture brings together scholars, activists, and practitioners to reflect on contemporary human rights challenges.;
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Helen Kanzira Memoria Lecture
The Helen Kanzira Lecture is an annual lecture on sexual and reproductive rights in Africa, held within the framework of a consortium of 13 African universities that present the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA).
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Thulani Maseko Memorial Lecture
Thulani was a human rights defender with a great and justified reputation. He was deeply dedicated to human rights, the rule of law and democracy in Eswatini. He slept, breathed, ate and walked human rights. He was also a spirited and committed public intellectual, not shying away from the risk of taking public positions at odds with that of the powerful monarchy.
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Julius Osega Memorial Lecture
Julius Osega was a graduate of the Master’s programme. After graduating, he returned to work with the Uganda Police Service. He was promoted to head the Human Rights Complaints Desk ― a position he held until he was deployed to Darfur as part of the African Union force. He was also the Deputy Acting Commissioner for the Legal Department of the Uganda Police Service. At the time of his death, he held the rank of Police Superintendent and upon his death, he was posthumously promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent.
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Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture
The Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture is part of the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, organised by the Centre in collaboration with the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University, Washington College of Law and the United Nations.
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ORCID
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Communications and Advocacy Associate: SOGIESC Unit
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3151
victoria.amaechi@up.ac.za
Country of origin: Nigeria
Qualification(s): LLB (UP)
Academic fields of interest: African political philosophy, refugee law, human rights, migration and queer and sexual minorities rights
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Njahîra Wangarî (She/Her)
BEd (Sp.Ed)- Kenyatta University, MSc. T&C- Syracuse University
Programme Officer: Disability Rights Unit
PhD Candidate (DRU)
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 3810
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
faith.wangari@up.ac.za
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Christof Heyns In Memoriam 1959-2021
This book is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Professor Christof Heyns
It was compiled by the Centre for Human Rights and the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, to honour the memory of Christof Heyns at an event on 15 November 2021 where a tree was planted at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa on the Hatfield Campus at the University of Pretoria.
Edited and designed by Yolanda BooyzenPrinted by Minit Print Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
In memory of Christof Heyns
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About the Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship
Applications are invited for the award of the first Christof Heyns Human Rights Scholarship. Applications are open to current or prospective doctoral candidates studying towards a doctoral degree in human rights at the University of Pretoria. Enquiries related to the scholarship can be directed to carole.viljoen@up.ac.za.
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Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The Moot Court Competition will in future be known as the ‘Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition’. Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, who presided over the renaming, explained that the renaming was in memory and recognition of Christof’s role the as the Moot’s founding father and sustaining driving force over many decades”.
Christof Heyns Memorial Thesis Award
The Memorial Thesis Award was introduced to honour the memory of the late Professor Christof Heyns, who passed away in March 2021. Professor Heyns was a founder of the Pretoria University Law Press and took the initiative towards the introduction of this prize. This prize underlines his exceptional passion for promoting scholarship and a life devoted to initiating innovative ideas to make the world a better place for all. There can be no better way to begin to recognise the enormous contribution that Professor Heyns has made to advancing scholarship, research and publication in Africa, by Africans and on Africa.
The prize was awarded based on the assessment of a panel consisting of Professor Hennie Strydom, University of Johannesburg (Convener), Professor Johanna Botha, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth and Professor Solomon Ebrobrah, Niger Delta University, Nigeria. The criteria used by the panel include the inherent quality of the research, as well as the relevance of the topic to African challenges and the originality of the approach.
Tree planting ceremony in honour of Prof Christoff Heyns
