The Dullah Omar Institute is proud to announce that Paula Knipe, doctoral researcher in the Socio-Economic Rights Project, won the Food Environments and the Law Student Writing Competition which was organised by the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments at the O’Neill Institute.
The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jean Redpath, Senior Researcher in the Africa Criminal Justice Reform programme, as member of the Provincial Safety Advisory Committee. She is appointed as a representative of a non-governmental organisation involved in policing or related areas.
The Dullah Omar Institute offers an LL.M/M.Phil in Multilevel Government and Local Government. 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 Institute is proud to announce that two of its members received postgraduate degrees today at UWC’s May 2021 graduation.
The Dullah Omar Institute’s staff members are working remotely and are available during working hours. Please contact all staff via email.
Gone, But Never Forgotten
The Dullah Omar Institute is excited to announce the launch of a new website for the Local Government Bulletin.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Prof Tinashe Carlton Chigwata to the position of Project Head for Multilevel Government at the Dullah Omar Institute.
Despite Government’s long-standing commitment to addressing gender-inequality, the Budget Speech 2021 was completely silent on discrimination against and inequality of womxn.
Testing the Limits of Openness, Transparency and Access to Information Research - 8 February 2021
The African Committee of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC/the Committee) and the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights at the University of Western Cape in South Africa are launching an online course on the Communications Procedures of the ACERWC.
![[REGISTER NOW] Online Course: On the Communications Procedures of the ACERWC & Child Rights Jurisprudence in Africa](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/news/register-now-online-course-on-the-communications-procedures-of-the-acerwc-child-rights-jurisprudence-in-africa/@@images/9777e81d-64c8-4b31-a848-fb9af25277f5.jpeg "[REGISTER NOW] Online Course: On the Communications Procedures of the ACERWC & Child Rights Jurisprudence in Africa")
Class Begins: 1 February 2021
The Institute is proud to announce that three of its members received postgraduate degrees today at UWC’s December 2020 graduation.
We are excited to announce that our latest report "How transparent are municipal websites about the goods and services that municipalities procure?" is now available.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to announce that the Head of our Children's Rights Project, Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
We are delighted to announce that three of our researchers received academic accolades that bear testimony to the high quality of research conducted at the Institute.
The Legacy of Ronald L. Watts Edited By Nico Steytler, Balveer Arora, Rekha Saxena
In keeping with the objects of the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) to promote respect for democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law in Africa, the 2020 general elections in Tanzania presented a unique opportunity to observe whether these principles were practically implemented in the election processes.
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa, has closely followed the developments in Nigeria over the last two weeks, with a particular interest on the human rights situation in the country.
Dr Michelle R. Maziwisa, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, under the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Ronald Watts Young Researcher Award.
Find out what activities the Africa Criminal Justice Reform, Applied Constitutional Studies Laboratory, Children’s Rights Project, Socio-Economic Rights Project, Womxn and Democracy Initiative, as well as the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development have been involved in last year and over the past five years
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
![BOOK LAUNCH: All Rise - A Judicial Memoir [13 October 2020]](https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/news/book-launch-all-rise-a-judicial-memoir-13-october-2020-1/@@images/2361eb73-ecf7-4690-85cf-ffa014b60f54.jpeg "BOOK LAUNCH: All Rise - A Judicial Memoir [13 October 2020]")
An intergenerational conversation about jurisprudence, social justice and constitutionalism.
The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, invites you to its second webinar in a series on ‘Student Hunger and COVID-19’. This series is organised by the Access to Food for Students Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Food Security. It seeks to address food insecurity in tertiary institutions nationwide through research and advocacy.
The Dullah Omar Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Keathélia Sapto as Coordinator: Communications / Project Support.
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10h00 - 12h00 (SAST)
By Jaap de Visser and Tinashe Chigwata
