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Protocol remains one of the most important human rights instrument- Dr Durojaye
Author: jacob
Published: 29 Jul 2014
On 16 July, Dr. Ebenezer Durojaye, Head/Senior Researcher Socioeconomic Rights Project at the Community Law Centre delivered a guest lecture titled: ‘The Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women as a tool for advancing Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State, Nigeria.
news: SER
Prof Steytler provides expertise to Yemen's Constitutional Drafting Committee
Author: jacob
Published: 29 Jul 2014
In July, Professor Nico Steytler, the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy, based at the Community Law Centre was appointed by the United Nations Department of Political Affairs as a short term expert to support Yemeni Constitution Drafting Committee.
Solutions to challenges facing children in Africa explored
Author: jacob
Published: 29 Jul 2014
Researchers at the Community Law Centre’s Children’s Rights Project were part of the experts who presented at the second installment of an advanced short course on Children's Rights in Africa hosted by Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The course which ran from 21 to 25 July brought together over 50 child rights researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across Africa.
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An integrated approach to housing allocation is needed – roundtable
Author: jacob
Published: 19 Jul 2014
The Batho Pele (people first) principles should form the fundamental elements in the delivery of housing as a public service, said , community members during two roundtable discussions on housing demand and allocation in South Africa held in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
news: SER
A5I hosted a workshop on the prevention and eradication of torture in South Africa
Author: jacob
Published: 10 Jul 2014
On 8 and 9 July, the Article 5 Initiative (A5I) hosted its fourth consultative workshop on the prevention and eradication of torture in South Africa. CSPRI is one of the four partners of A5I, a four-year project aimed at developing monitoring tools for the domestication of the UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT).
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Measuring municipal audit consistency can be a useful policy tool
Author: jacob
Published: 09 Jul 2014
The data in the Auditor-General’s reports on local government can be used, not only as an annual scorecard of how many municipalities complied with their audit obligations, but as a measure of the resilience of local government as a public institution.
news: Local Gov
Majority of officials in local government fall outside the regulations
Author: jacob
Published: 08 Jul 2014
The vast majority of the 300 000 officials in local government fall outside the regulations. This is according Prof Jaap de Visser and Phindile Ntliziywana, researchers at the Community Law Centre’s MLGI project in their latest article on Talking Good Governance blog.
news: Local Gov
Progress made on African Children's Charter Project objectives for 2014
Author: jacob
Published: 08 Jul 2014
African Children’s Charter Project (ACCP) partners (including Community Law Centre) met in Nairobi (Kenya), last week to come up with timelines and agree upon specific activities to be delivered within the remaining time of the implementation of the ACCP. Drs Maria Assim and Aquinaldo Mandlate from the Children’s Rights Project of the Community Law Centre were part of this 3 day workshop for the mid-year review of the ACCP.