Author: jacob
Published:
07
Mar
2014
On 28 February, Professor Jan Erk, a visiting professor at the Community Law Centre under the SARChi Chair for Multilevel Government, delivered a lecture for the LL.M/Mphil students in Law, State and Multilevel Government. The lecture was titled 'Two Divided Cities: Federalism, Nationalism and Urban Politics in Montreal and Brussels'.
Author: jacob
Published:
27
Feb
2014
GENEVA / BISSAU (21 February 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda will undertake an official visit to Guinea-Bissau from 24 February to 1 March 2014 to collect first-hand information on the situation of people living in extreme poverty and to assess the initiatives taken by the authorities to improve their situation.
Author: jacob
Published:
20
Feb
2014
Prof Jaap de Visser, the director of the Community Law Centre and senior fellow of the centre’s Multilevel Government Initiative addressed a group of officials from Kenya on the topic of Integrated Development Planning (IDP). He outlined the background to IDP, the legal framework and also discussed some of the challenges in implementing this progressive and ambitious system.
Author: jacob
Published:
05
Feb
2014
Dr. Jan Erk, who is currently a visiting research fellow at the Community Law Centre, has just completed teaching a short seminar on post-conflict settlements and federalism to Ethiopian doctoral candidates and lecturers at the Institute of Peace and Security of Addis Ababa University.
Author: jacob
Published:
03
Feb
2014
Albie Sachs is set to deliver the Community Law Centre’s 9th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture on 25 March 2014. The Community Law Centre is pleased to announce the 9th Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered by former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs.
Author: jacob
Published:
29
Jan
2014
Today, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities will commence with public hearings on the Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality bill.
Author: jacob
Published:
28
Jan
2014
Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur has been appointed associate professor as well as the head of the Children’s Rights Project at the Community Law Centre. Prof Mezmur who published a number of articles on children's rights in Africa and related topics is also research fellow based at the Centre.
Author: jacob
Published:
27
Jan
2014
Community Law Centre's Parliamentary Programme has delivered a submission to Parliament on women, children and people with disabilities on the women’s empowerment and gender equality bill.
Prof Jan Erk delivers lecture on Federalism in Montreal and Brussels
