Events

Webinar - Combating Obstetric Violence in Africa: Human Rights, Dignity, and Accountability in Maternal Health Care [27 May 2025]

27 May, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM — Zoom,

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute invites you to a critical and timely webinar on Obstetric Violence in Africa - a pervasive yet often overlooked form of gender-based violence that undermines maternal health and women's rights across the African continent.

Info Webinar: Fifth African School on Decentralisation (ASD) [20 May 2025]

20 May, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM — Zoom,

The theme for the Fifth African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is ‘Decentralisation and Finances’. The 2025 ASD will focus on how decentralisation governance in Africa is financed, and on the systems and rules for the prudent use of public finances at decentralised level.

SARChI DIALOGUE SERIES: New Challenges for constitutionalism, fundamental rights, and risks to democracy in the first 100 days of the Trump, Vance, and Musk administration in the United States [16 April 2025]

16 Apr, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM — Kader Asmal Moot Court, Faculty of Law, UWC,

Speaker: Professor Xavier Philippe (Professor of Public Law at the Law Faculty of the University Paris 1 Pantheon- Sorbonne (Sorbonne School of Law) and Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape)

Webinar: Cross-country determinants of independence of prosecution [2 December 2024]

02 Dec, 2024 from 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM — Zoom,

Prosecution agencies across the world enjoy varying degrees of independence from the government of the day. In cases of corruption involving state actors and those dealing with the state, their autonomy is crucial to ensure impartiality and public trust.

Webinar: Sub-national governance and the plight of women working in public spaces [26 November 2024]

26 Nov, 2024 from 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM — Zoom,

Challenges and principles to improve policy and law-making

Webinar: Elevating the Debate and Catalyzing Action: Towards a Pan African Network of Decentralization Advocates [22 October 2024]

22 Oct, 2024 — Zoom,

The African School of Decentralisation, the LPSA Sub-Saharan Africa Working Group, the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University have organized a special meeting on “Elevating the Debate and Catalyzing Action: Towards a Pan African Network of Decentralization Advocates.”

Roundtable on Obstetric Violence: Leveraging Regional Mechanisms for Litigation and Strategic Advocacy [14 October 2024]

14 Oct, 2024 from 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM — Jawara International Conference Centre (Hybrid),

This roundtable is organised by the Bridging the Gap Coalition under the Women’s Platform. The roundtable on Obstetric Violence (OV) will build on prior discussions from the 78th ACHPR session to advance the use of regional human rights mechanisms in addressing the OV in Africa. The session will explore how the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) can be leveraged to strengthen advocacy, develop normative standards, and hold states accountable for their obligations to protect women from OV. The roundtable shape future strategies for engaging regional mechanisms to combat obstetric violence across Africa.

Hybrid Seminar: Coalition Governance In Western Cape Municipalities: A South African Blueprint? [27 September 2024]

27 Sep, 2024 from 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM — Hybrid: Premier Hotel in Sea Point, Cape Town and Zoom,

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), in collaboration with the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of Western Cape, will convene a seminar titled 'Coalition Governance in Western Cape Municipalities: A South African Blueprint?'