Dr Johandri Wright has been appointed as a postdoc, attached to the SARChI Chair and working with the rest of the Multilevel Government Team.
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On 27 July 2023, the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, hosted a webinar on ‘Realising the Socio-economic Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Africa.’
The rising rates of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases have become a global health concern. Given that unhealthy diets are a major risk factor, the food industry has been in the spotlight for several reasons, including for their use of various advertising and marketing strategies that encourage the consumption of ultra-processed foods high in salt, sugar, and saturated fats.
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Albinism is a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited condition which commonly results in the lack of melanin pigment in the hair, skin and eyes, causing vulnerability to sun exposure.
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On 31 May 2023, the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute hosted a Community Leaders Training Workshop on ‘Human Rights and Post-Covid-19 Situations in Informal Settlements.’
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The closing date for applications for the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law focusing on Local Government (July 2023 intake) has been extended to 12 June 2023.
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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.
We are excited to announce the graduation of our second group of students who graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Public Law.
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The Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (DOI), the University of the Western Cape in collaboration with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice (ACE-AJ) and with the support of the Mott Foundation will be hosting an online course on community-based paralegals.
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On 24 April 2023, the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, in conjunction with the Dullah Omar Institute, hosted a Seminar on ‘Exploring the Substantive Content of Socio-Economic Rights: Should the Constitutional Court Change Tack?’
Mariana Canedo has joined the Multilevel Government Project of the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) as a research intern until June 2023.
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The Multilevel Government Project of the Dullah Omar Institute held an internal seminar on local governments in Germany, Poland, and South Africa on March 9, 2023.
Lisa Hagen, a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Business Administrative Law, Environmental Law and Social Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany, is conducting a two-month research stay with the Multilevel Government, Law and Development Unit at the Dullah Omar Institute.
Dr Andżelika Mirska – a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw, Poland, Department of State Sciences and Public Administration, joins the Multilevel Government, Law and Development Unit at the Dullah Omar Institute on a one-month secondment stay.
The theme for the 2023 ASD is 'Giving effect to the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development'.
The South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, based at the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (DOI), University of the Western Cape, is pleased to announce a full-time post-doctoral research fellowship in multilevel government for 2023.
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.
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.
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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).
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.
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.
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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.
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