The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition presents The Seventh Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture “Waning Multilateralism and the Threat to International Human Rights Law” presented by the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in partnership with the South African Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other International Organisations at Geneva, the Human Rights Council Secretariat, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
As part of the Moot, the Fifth Nelson Mandela Lecture took place on the evening of 17 July at the Maison de la Paix. The Geneva Human Rights Platform played a pivotal role in ensuring that this lecture took place.
On a momentous day in Geneva, Switzerland, the world witnessed the fourth annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture, an event that has become a beacon of inspiration and intellectual discourse. This year's lecture focused on a critical topic that continues to shape our global landscape: the intersection of refugees and climate change. In a world grappling with both environmental and humanitarian challenges, the lecture served as a platform to address the urgent need for collective action and empathetic response.
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria recently hosted the very successful celebrations of Nelson Mandela International Day in Geneva, Switzerland.