Events

Hybrid Book Launch: Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa [12 January 2023]

Dec 12, 2022 from 04:30 PM to 05:50 PM — Zoom,

The University of Dayton Human Rights Center, Ohio, the Frances Lewis Law Center Washington and Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA, the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, University of the Western Cape, South Africa in association with the Center for Global Affairs, New York University invite you to a hybrid book launch of Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Derek Powell (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

Virtual discussion: Keeping the Promise? The Children and Armed Conflict Agenda at the United Nations [30 November 2022 at 9:00am ET]

Nov 30, 2022 from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM — Zoom,

International law provides children protection against, among others, recruitment and use; killing and maiming; sexual violence; attacks on schools and hospitals; abduction; and denial of humanitarian access.

Webinar: International Seminar: Identity and Functionality in Boundary Demarcation at Local Level: Comparative Perspectives [30 November 2022]

Nov 30, 2022 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM — Zoom,

Hosted by UWC Research Chair in Constitutional Design in Divided Societies, and the South Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, Dullah Omar Institute, UWC

13th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture - 16 November 2022

Nov 16, 2022 from 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM — School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape,

You are invited to the 13th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture. This Memorial Lecture Series celebrates the memory of a person who worked tirelessly towards, and achieved so much, in realising the goals of human rights and democracy. The Dullah Omar Institute and the Faculty of Law honour the late Dullah Omar with a lecture on human rights and democracy in his name. As a fighter for human rights and democracy, he leaves behind a rich legacy on which we draw inspiration and guidance. The 2022 Lecture will be delivered by Professor Thuli Madonsela

Virtual Book Launch: International Human Rights Law and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Lessons from Africa and Beyond [27 October 2022]

Oct 27, 2022 from 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM — Zoom,

The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center and the Dullah Omar Institute, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, invite you to the virtual launch of the book titled 'International Human Rights Law and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Lessons from Africa and Beyond' (edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Lucyline Nkatha Murungi).

Webinar: Traditional Leaders, Municipalities and Land use Management: Who does what? [20 October 2022]

Oct 20, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Zoom,

The Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation invites you to a webinar on Traditional Leaders, Municipalities and Land use Management: Who does what?

Webinar: The NPA that we want [17 October 2022]

Oct 17, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — Zoom,

Much of the media attention given to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is centred on high-level corruption investigations, especially linked to the Zondo Commission’s findings and recommendations.

Webinar: COVID-19 restrictions and the impact on criminal justice and human rights - Zambia [12 October 2022]

Oct 12, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM — Zoom (Virtual meeting),

ACJR, Ubuntu Justice Initiative and the ZLDC hereby cordially invites you to a webinar to discuss the findings emanating from the stakeholder engagement in Zambia and to deliberate on recommendations for handling similar future public health crisis.

BOOK LAUNCH: Urban Climate Resilience: The Role of Law [11 October 2022]

Oct 11, 2022 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM — Zoom,

The Applied Constitutional Study Laboratory (ACSL) at the Dullah Omar Institute together with the Global Environmental Law Centre (GELC), University of the Western Cape, invite you to a Book Launch on Urban Climate Resilience: The Role of Law.

Webinar: COVID-19 restrictions and the impact on criminal justice and human rights - Kenya [4 October 2022]

Oct 04, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM — Zoom,

ACJR and LRF cordially invites you to a webinar to discuss the findings emanating from the stakeholder engagement in Kenya and to deliberate on recommendations for handling similar future public health crisis.

HYBRID EVENT: The application of ubuntu in law, mediation and social change [21 September 2022]

Sep 21, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM — Kader Asmal Moot Court, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape | Zoom,

The Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with Let’s Collaborate, and Street Law UWC, is inviting you to a lecture and panel discussion on Moving from the Era of Separation to the Ubuntu Era/Era of Togetherness.

A discussion of the run up to, and impact of the recent Supreme Court judgment, upholding William Ruto's election as the next President of Kenya.

The Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape together with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to the Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture.

ACJR and CHREAA hereby cordially invites you to a webinar to discuss the findings emanating from the stakeholder engagement in Malawi and to deliberate on recommendations for handling similar future public health crisis.

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape invite you, or a representative from your organisation, to a webinar on Special Needs Housing Policy: Progress and Status.

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa & Zambia

Enabling legal environments for realising the Right to Food in South Africa: Has Covid moved us forward?

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must prosecute corruption at all levels of government. While much of the focus has been on the capture of national government and national state-owned enterprises (SOEs), there has also been widespread corruption in municipalities.

The Applied Constitutional Study Laboratory (ACSL) at the Dullah Omar Institute together with the Global Environmental Law Centre (GELC), University of the Western Cape, invite you to a webinar: Does Nature have a Constitutional Right to Exist - As Nature?

The Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University invites you to join and be part of the key conversations from the School’s opening day.

In the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the past weeks, the governance of Crimea, the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic are on the agenda.

The Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation invites you to a webinar on safeguarding the integrity of councillors and senior managers in local government.

The Dullah Omar Institute, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, the School of Law, SOAS University of London, the SOAS Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University Press and the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, invite you to the virtual launch of the Journal of African Law (JAL) Special Issue on COVID-19 and the Law in Africa (edited by Ebenezer Durojaye, Olivia Lwabukuna, Lutz Oette and Sope Williams-Elegbe).

Join the Forum of Federations and the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies for an official book launch and discussion.

The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the School of Public Leadership (Stellenbosch University), invites you to a webinar titled: Towards increased fiscal and operational sustainability in Western Cape Local Municipalities and beyond.

We invite you to join us in conversation with other civil society organisations and elected representatives on the successes, challenges and lessons the Putting the ‘People’ in People’s Parliament project (PPiPP) has learnt over the last four years. The conversation will focus on some of the structural issues that have surfaced through implementing the project and we will consider these in terms of future work by CSOs and legislatures to strengthen and deepen our legislatures’ performance of their role in democracy.

The Applied Constitutional Study Laboratory (ACSL) at the Dullah Omar Institute together with the Global Environmental Law Centre (GELC), University of the Western Cape, invite you to a webinar on Climate Change and Constitutional Law.

The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), in collaboration with the International Budget Partnership-South Africa (IBP-SA), invites you to a webinar on the Report Launch & Dialogue: How Transparent Is Municipal Procurement?.