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Centre for Human Rights, welcomed the 2019 cohort of its Master’s degree students.
20 years later: Centre welcomes new students on 1 new and 4 established Master’s programmes.
On Monday 18 March 2019 the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (UP), welcomed the 2019 cohort of its Master’s degree students. The Centre’s 2019 Master’s programmes brings together 91 students from 28 countries across the African continent in order to further their postgraduate studies in human rights and related fields.
PHOTO – CHR UP Website
Ambassador Astrid E Helle, Justice Johann Kriegler, Justice Leona Theron, Prof Tawana Kupe, Prof Andre Boraine and Prof Frans Viljoen at the 2019 Welcoming Ceremony
The 2019 LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) marks the 20th year of this programme. The graduates of 2019 will join 537 alumni of this programme, who are working to advance human rights in various capacities across the continent — ranging from Chief Justice of Sierra Leone to member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and members of national cabinets.
In attendance were Justice Johann van der Westhuizen and Justice Johann Kriegler, both retired judges of the Constitutional Court of South and Centre Board Members. Ms Abigail Noko, the Head of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in South Africa also showed support. Other guests included representatives of the High Commissions of various African countries, diplomats, academics, students and friends of the Centre.
Prof Andre Boraine
The Centre is proud to welcome the 2019 Master’s students and extends its gratitude for the generous and continued support to the following donors:
- European Union
- Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria
- Kingdom of the Netherlands through its Embassy in Pretoria
- Deutscher Akadmischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
- General Representation of the Government of Flanders
- Open Society Foundations
The welcoming ceremony was held at Tuks Monate on the UP’s HillcrestCampus
Norway is honored to support these outstanding programmes of the Centre for Human Rights at University of Pretoria and its brilliant African students committed to advance human rights for all, in Africa and globally. https://t.co/cosV8w1q7l
— Astrid E. Helle (@NorAmbSA) March 20, 2019
Regional office attends the opening ceremony of the 2019 human rights masters programme @CHR_HumanRights. May the bright minds of this programme become the human rights champions of our future! Closing remarks by the Director of the Centre, Prof Viljoen pic.twitter.com/I1QKBkDBaN
— @UN Human Rights Southern Africa (@ohchr_sa) March 18, 2019
SOURCE-www.chr.up.ac.za