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.
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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.
The Socio- Economic Rights Project of the Dullah Omar Institute held a Community Leader’s Workshop on 26 August 2022 at the Chemical Science Building at the University of the Western Cape.
The term of DOI’s current Director, Prof Jaap de Visser, ends in December 2022. The position was advertised within the Faculty of Law of the University of the Western Cape, and shortlisting and interviews took place in July.
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) is one of 18 international partners in the EU-Rise LoGov project, ‘Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay’.
The Dullah Omar Institute offers a unique Postgraduate Diploma.
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) is proud to announce that on the 24th April 2022, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda appointed HW. Singiza Karekona Douglas, DOI Alumni, as Acting Judge of the High Court of Uganda.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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
The Parliament Watch collective has compiled nine key messages which outline requests and recommendations for the improvement of the legislatures in 2022 and beyond.
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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.
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
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.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
28 October 2021 – On Monday, 01 November 2021, South Africans will head to the polls to vote in the local elections, with each political party – through their party manifestos – promising action plans to improve governance and solve social ills in communities. But how do these plans and promises hold up when analysed through a feminist lens to improve the intersectional and lived realities of women?
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.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue:
We would like to announce that the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape will be closed from 27 September to 28 September 2021.
At the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), we are at a loss with the passing of our Chief Operations and Finance Manager, Ms Virginia Brookes.
The Dullah Omar Institute: Multilevel Government Project is looking for a UWC student to produce podcasts for the Local Government Bulletin.
Vivienne Mentor-Lalu, Deputy Project Head of the The Womxn and Democracy Initiative’s speaks to Saskia Falken on Cape Talk Radio about political parties’ commitment to women’s rights with an eye on the local government elections.
Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2022. Funding will be provided for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic reports.
The following articles/publications are available in this issue: