![Webinar: Sub-national governance and the plight of women working in public spaces [26 November 2024]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-sub-national-governance-and-the-plight-of-women-working-in-public-spaces-26-november-2024/@@images/29e9a049-8cf5-41b0-9ef9-54967db587c5.png "Webinar: Sub-national governance and the plight of women working in public spaces [26 November 2024]"){kind=small}
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]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-elevating-the-debate-and-catalyzing-action-towards-a-pan-african-network-of-decentralization-advocates-22-october-2024/@@images/aadb8223-db08-42e1-9061-4b367f241486.png "Webinar: Elevating the Debate and Catalyzing Action: Towards a Pan African Network of Decentralization Advocates [22 October 2024]")
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]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/roundtable-on-obstetric-violence-leveraging-regional-mechanisms-for-litigation-and-strategic-advocacy-14-october-2024/@@images/6e4e286c-7ded-49a7-a537-dbfbf50aae02.jpeg "Roundtable on Obstetric Violence: Leveraging Regional Mechanisms for Litigation and Strategic Advocacy [14 October 2024]")
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]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/hybrid-seminar-coalition-governance-in-western-cape-municipalities-a-south-african-blueprint-27-september-2024/@@images/e848324d-315d-49eb-8e45-6001083a1a3a.jpeg "Hybrid Seminar: Coalition Governance In Western Cape Municipalities: A South African Blueprint? [27 September 2024]")
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?'
![Seminar: Harris (?) versus Trump: Is more drama to follow? [6 August 2024]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/seminar-harris-versus-trump-is-more-drama-to-follow-6-august-2024/@@images/25cbe1ff-bf9b-401b-a8d3-749d9b6194ea.jpeg "Seminar: Harris (?) versus Trump: Is more drama to follow? [6 August 2024]")
Please join us on 6 August from 14h30 to 16h30 to listen to Prof Rod Uphoff (University of Missouri) for his insights on American politics and the presidential election of 2024. He will also answer questions on Trump’s legal cases.
![Webinar: “Not my Riot - SAPS, local government and crowd management" [1 August 2024]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-201cnot-my-riot-saps-local-government-and-crowd-management-1-august-2024/@@images/df3ca234-81f9-46d5-a613-775009996902.png "Webinar: “Not my Riot - SAPS, local government and crowd management\" [1 August 2024]"){kind=small}
Reflecting on the proposed revised national policing standards for Municipal Police Services on crowd management during gatherings and demonstrations.
![Webinar: Revisiting coalitions: impact of the GNU on governance, intergovernmental relations and local government [30 July 2024]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-revisiting-coalitions-impact-of-the-gnu-on-governance-intergovernmental-relations-and-local-government-30-july-2024/@@images/8ca6e39c-465d-4979-b14d-da618a8e84b8.png "Webinar: Revisiting coalitions: impact of the GNU on governance, intergovernmental relations and local government [30 July 2024]"){kind=small}
The SARChl Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development at the Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office and the Hanns Seidel Foundation invites you to a webinar.
![Awareness Raising and Training workshop: Dissemination of the Abidjan Rules, within the framework of the Special Mechanism of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA) [28 June 2024]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/awareness-raising-and-training-workshop-dissemination-of-the-abidjan-rules-within-the-framework-of-the-special-mechanism-of-the-committee-for-the-prevention-of-torture-in-africa-cpta-28-june-2024/@@images/2aaed41a-5d35-40c5-978e-2f37e104d61c.png "Awareness Raising and Training workshop: Dissemination of the Abidjan Rules, within the framework of the Special Mechanism of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA) [28 June 2024]"){kind=small}
Awareness-raising and training workshop for the dissemination of the Rules establishing and operating the mechanism for alerting and reporting situations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (The Abidjan Rules).
