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HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

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Post-doctoral fellowships 2025

The Faculty of Law has two post-doctoral fellowships available, in any of the broad fields constituting Private Law, Public Law and Mercantile Law. These fellowships are awarded for a year. Please click here for more information.

International Conference on Children’s Rights: Taking Stock, Plugging Gaps and Leveraging Emerging Opportunities

Thirty-five years after the adoption of the CRC and thirty-four years after the adoption of the ACRWC, it is fitting to reflect on the extent to which children’s rights have been, or are being, realised in different countries. This experience and knowledge sharing Conference on Children’s Rights aims to create a platform for students, researchers,…

Women’s Day 2024

For Women’s Day 2024, the Faculty of Law is hosting a panel discussion on gender equality (7 August at 12:30 pm, Room 1023 Old Main Building) accompanied by an unusual art installation (running 7-15 August). Please see below for further details.  

Alchemical tales: A conference curated in honour of Albie Sachs

What are we fighting for, if not the right to express our humanity in all its forms, including our sense of fun and capacity for love and tenderness and our appreciation of the beauty of the world. – Albie Sachs in “Preparing Ourselves for Freedom”, in ‘“Spring is Rebellious – Arguments about Cultural Freedom”, 1990….

Newsletter July 2024 | Nuusbrief Julie 2024

To read the July Newsletter, click on the front cover below. | Om die Julie Nuusbrief te lees, klik op die voorblad hier onder.  

Newsletters | Nuusbriewe

Access the Faculty’s newsletters here. Click on the front page of the relevant version below. | Kry toegang tot die Fakulteit se nuusbriewe hier. Klik op die voorblad van die relevante weergawe hier onder.  

TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE LAURIE ACKERMANN

It is with great sadness that I heard the news of Laurie’s passing whilst attending a conference on constitutional justice in Bogotá, Colombia. Laurie has had an enduring relationship with Stellenbosch University and its Law Faculty. He obtained his BA degree (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University. After obtaining his BA honours in jurisprudence as a…

1st Annual National Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Student Conference on Contemporary Urban Development Questions

Doctoral and Masters students from relevant fields of research are invited to the upcoming Multidisciplinary Postgrad Student Conference on Contemporary Urban Development Questions. This year’s theme is: “Social Justice and Sustainable Urban Development in the African Context”. Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/KKrhp26K1D *This is a virtual event*

2023 Top Academic Achiever Prize Announcement | 2023 Top Akademiese Presteerder-prys Aankondiging

The alumni of the Faculty annually fund various bursaries for financially needy and academically deserving students. However, until 2020, exceptional academic achievement has never been recognised specifically. In 2020, the Law Faculty Trust first introduced a prize (amounting to R200 000, which approximately covers the tuition cost of a legal qualification) to an academic top…