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The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a public lecture on 'Academic freedom in Africa under attack: A tribute to Professor Cistac'.

Speaker:
Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
Member, Ghana Bar and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra

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Date: Monday 18 April 2016
Time: 17:00 to 18:30
Venue: Moot Court, Ground Floor, Law Building, Faculty of Law, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Enquiries: 
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5407 / Email: magnus.killander@up.ac.za

Biography: Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua

Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua is a member of the Ghana Bar and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra where he teaches Public International Law and International Human Rights Law.

Prof Gilles Cistac

Prof Gilles Cistac was a law professor at Universidade Eduarod Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique. A strong advocate for human rights and democratisation in Mozambique and critical of the ruling party he was assassinated in Maputo on 3 March 2015. To date no one has been held accountable for his death.

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.