This one-year Masters Course equips students to understand how South African provinces and local government work, how the multilevel system of government compares to other countries on the continent and on what global theories and practices it is based.
"The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is an implementing partner of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme. Initiated in 2012, the Programme is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, service-oriented young people, primarily young Africans, to pursue their higher education and cultivate their leadership potential."
The Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) at the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), University of the Western Cape invites contributions for the ESR Review, a quarterly publication aimed at informing and educating politicians, policymakers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academics, and legal practitioners about key developments in socio-economic rights at both national and international levels.
Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) at the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), University of the Western Cape invites contributions for the ESR Review, a quarterly publication aimed at informing and educating politicians, policymakers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academics, and legal practitioners about key developments in socioeconomic rights at both national and international levels.
Mr Curtly Stevens and Dr Johandri Wright participated at the 10th International Comparative Urban Law Conference in London that was held during 18, 19 and 20 July 2024. The conference was hosted by the Fordham Urban Law Centre.
On 30 July 2024, the Dullah Omar Institute in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a webinar on "Revisiting Coalitions: Impact of the GNU on Governance, Intergovernmental Relations and Local Government".
On 10 June 2024, the Netherlands State Commission on the Rule of Law, chaired by Prof Henk Kummeling (Extraordinary Professor at the Dullah Omar Institute) released its findings in a report titled “The Broken Promise of the Rule of Law”.
The Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights at the Faculty of Law (DOI), University of the Western Cape (UWC), is pleased to announce two one-year full-time post-doctoral fellowships (PDRFs) for 2024-2025. One post-doctoral fellow will be based in the Children’s Rights Project (CRP) while the other will be based in the Africa Criminal Justice Reform Project (ACJR).
In its modern history, Africa has experienced different waves of constitutional ordering. The latest democratisation wave, which began in the 1990s, has set the stage over the past decade for what is now a hotly debated issue: do recent, new, or fundamentally revised constitutions truly reflect an African constitutional identity? Thoughtfully navigating a contested field, this volume brings to the fore a number of foundational questions about African constitutionalism.
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Are you a local government practitioner, public servant, member of the legal profession, consultant or a member of a civil society organisation working in local government? This programme is for you!
The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, situated in the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), offers high quality Masters and PhD programmes in multilevel government and local government (Public Law).
The Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) at the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), University of the Western Cape invites contributions for the ESR Review, a quarterly publication aimed at informing and educating politicians, policymakers, NGOs, academics, and legal practitioners about key developments in socio-economic rights at both national and international levels.
On Tuesday, 14 May, the Multilevel Government Team of the Dullah Omar Institute met the South African Human Rights Commission.
The Multilevel Government Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, hosted Lucia Radici on a three-month secondment stay.
The Multilevel Government Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, welcomes Kelly Jane Bishop, as a visiting researcher on a four-month research stay.
The theme for the 2024 ASD is 'Decentralisation and Human Rights'.
Are you a local government practitioner, public servant, member of the legal profession, consultant or a member of a civil society organisation working in local government? This programme is for you!
On 20 March 2024, the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government at the Dullah Omar Institute, hosted a hybrid Conference to understand whether and how the national and provincial elections outcome will impact intergovernmental relations.
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Applications for the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law, focusing on Local Government are still open.
On 8 November 2023, the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a hybrid seminar under the theme “Coalition governments: What are the options for law reform at municipal level?”
The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) will host the Seventh Commonwealth Local Government Research Colloquium on 13-14 November 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Colloquium is organised by CLGF’s Research Advisory Group, which is a network of research and training institutions as well as academics and doctoral researchers in the field from across the Commonwealth.
By Dr Joan Nyanyuki, Executive Director, African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
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On 16 August 2023, the National Research Foundation announced that UWC's application that Prof Jaap de Visser replace Prof Nico Steytler as the SARChI Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development has been approved.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile leads a National Dialogue on Coalition Governments in collaboration with the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape
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The Dullah Omar Institute offers a unique Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law focusing on Local Government (PG Dip).
