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Workshop for Data Collection Exercise for the Research on Community-Based Paralegals in Africa

The Socio Economic Rights Project of the Dullah Omar Institute in conjunction with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice is hosting a workshop on 'the legal status of paralegals in selected francophone countries: lessons, challenges and good practices' at Onomo Hotel, Dakar, Senegal.

[PUBLICATIONS - 2021] The Faculty of Law, UWC and The Dullah Omar Institute

Between January and December 2021, UWC Law Faculty and the Dullah Omar Institute academic staff members published 15 books, 41 chapters in books, 73 journal articles, and 9 shorter journal articles.

In Memoriam: Ms Rhoda Khadalie

The Dullah Omar Institute learnt with sadness about the passing of Ms Rhoda Khadalie. Ms Khadalie served on the Advisory Board of the Community Law Centre (now: Dullah Omar Institute) as a public representative from the mid-nineties until March 2005.

Inception Meeting on Research on Community-Based Paralegals in Africa

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, in conjunction with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice (ACE-AJ) hosted an inception workshop on the second phase of the research from 5-6 April 2022 in Entebbe, Uganda.

Launch: Report on Recognition of Community-Based Paralegals in Africa

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, in conjunction with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice (ACE-AJ) hosted the launch of the Research Report on Legal Recognition of Paralegals in Africa: Lessons, Challenges and Good Practices.

We would like to congratulate the Head of the Children’s Rights Project, Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, on his achievement in being awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship at the Harvard Law School, Human Rights Program.

Purpose: To inform the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ forthcoming General Comment on states’ obligations to regulate private actors involved in the provision of social services

Parliament Watch: Key Messages for Parliament on its Opening for the Year

The Parliament Watch collective has compiled nine key messages which outline requests and recommendations for the improvement of the legislatures in 2022 and beyond.

African School on Decentralisation 2022: Call for Applications [Application closing date extended to 14 February 2022]

The African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is offered jointly by the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government at the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) of the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies (CFGS) of Addis Ababa University.

New Publication: ‘Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic’

This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the world’s leading federal scholars and national experts.

We would like to announce that the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape will be closed over the festive season from 15 December 2021 to 16 January 2022

Dullah Omar Institute concerned about arrest of Addis Ababa University's Prof Assefa Fiseha

The Dullah Omar Institute is deeply concerned about the arrest of Prof Assefa Fiseha, a staff member and former director of the Centre of Federal and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University.