Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law focusing on Local Government Graduation
We are excited to announce the graduation of our first students from the inaugural Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Public Law class of July 2021.
Book Launch - Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa (Palgrave MacMillian 2022)
On 12 January 2023, the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, Ohio; the Frances Lewis Law Center, Washington and Lee School of Law; 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, organised a hybrid launch of the book titled - Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Derek Powell.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
Jaap de Visser elected as Vice-President of IACFS
Prof Jaap de Visser, Director of the Dullah Omar Institute has been elected as Vice-President of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS).
DOI Doctoral researcher receives postgraduate degree
Henry Paul Gichana Omboto, doctoral researcher at the SARChl Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, graduated with a PhD.
Visiting Researcher with SERP and WDI: Kelly Jane Bishop
The Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) and the Womxn Democracy Initiative Project (WDI) at the Dullah Omar Institute, welcome Kelly Jane Bishop as a visiting doctoral researcher.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
Prof Ebenezer Durojaye presented a guest lecture to LLM Students at O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC
On 9 September 2022, Prof Ebenezer Durojaye presented a guest lecture to the LLM Students in National and Global Health Law at the O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Application date extended: Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law focusing on Local Government - 2023
The Dullah Omar Institute offers a unique Postgraduate Diploma.
Call for Applications: Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2023
This is a call for applications for the 14th edition of the “Winter School on Federalism and Governance”. The upcoming edition will be focusing on “Federalism and Equality” and will be held in Innsbruck and Bolzano/Bozen.
Yesterday, 62 organisations and networks registered their strong objection to the public participation process being undertaken for the six appointments that are to be made to the Commission on Gender Equality. Their letter put forward measures to assist the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities to address the serious shortcomings in the proposed public consultation.
Socio-Economic Rights Project Writing Retreat
The Socio-Economic Rights Project, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape organised its first writing retreat on 1 and 2 September 2022 at the Blaauwberg Beach Hotel.