The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) invites you to a webinar to mark 20 years of the African Human Rights Law Journal.
The African Human Rights Law Journal in 2020 marks 20 years of consistently publishing 2 issues per year. It was first published in 2001 by Juta publishers. From 2013, it has been published as an open-access journal by PULP. The Journal is accredited with the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and appears in a number of open access portals, including AfricanLii, the Directory of Open Access Journals and SciELO.
Marking 20 years of the African Human Rights Law Journal
Wednesday 7 October 2020
Webinar (Zoom)
16:00 - 17:30 SAST
Speakers
Moderator: Dr Nkatha Murungi
Assistant Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
- Brief reflections by Journal editors since 2001:
Christof Heyns, Tshepo Madlingozi, Annelize Nienaber, Magnus Killander, Solomon Ebobrah, Usang Maria Assim, Frans Viljoen
- Reflections by authors of most cited articles:
Thaddeus Metz
‘Ubuntu as a moral theory and human rights in South Africa’ (2011) 11 AHRLJ 532-559
Thoko Kaime
‘The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the cultural legitimacy of children’s rights in Africa: Some reflections’ (2005) 5 AHRLJ 221-238
- Reflections by authors of some recent published articles:
Romola Adeola
‘The impact of the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa’ (2019) 19 AHRLJ 591-607
Horace Adjolohoun
‘A crisis of design and judicial practice? Curbing state disengagement from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (2020) 20 AHRLJ 1-40
Gus Waschefort
‘The subject-matter jurisdiction and interpretive competence of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in relation to international humanitarian law’ (2020) 20 AHRLJ 41-77
Swikani Ncube
‘Human rights enforcement in Africa: Enhancing the Pan-African Parliament’s capacity to promote and protect human rights’ (2020) 20 AHRLJ 103-124