Professor, Fundamental Rights, University of Johannesburg and Reading; Director, SAIFAC; Vice-President, International Association of Constitutional Law
Excited to be presenting at @sxswlndn panel on how to shift our governance systems to take account of the animals who share our communities with us - Check out Designing the First Multi-Species City at SXSW London https://t.co/tdV4121eRf @SAIFAC_UJ@UniRDG_Law
My piece on the current JHB Zoo elephant case - about to conclude its hearing tomorrow @SAIFAC_UJ@UniRDG_Law OPINION | Free Lammie, Mopane and Ramadiba: Why Joburg Zoo must release its elephants https://t.co/VW03YFG6DL via @news24
#NewBlogPost: Thato Gaffane reflects on the Stilfontein tragedy, where more than 80 miners died at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, and the effects of improper mine closures across South Africa.
https://t.co/ml57OPtyMT
HOT 1027 NOT BREAKING NEWS, 18 May The fight to free the Joburg Zoo elephants is headed to court https://t.co/258pBCG5wq - short interview with me outlining the essence of this important case
#NewBlogPost: Amy Raymond examines Egypt’s Asylum Law No. 164/2024 and argues that, despite being the country’s first domestic asylum law, it falls short of international refugee and human rights standards.
https://t.co/wSzYcX80wy
#NewBlogPost: Sky Kruger from @DGRU_ examines how amendments to SA’s refugee framework restrict refugees’ political activity and raise urgent questions about the limits of political expression in a constitutional democracy.
Read here: https://t.co/g8Z5jZXVwO
#NewBlogPost: @joshuamalidzo reflects on the appointment of Hon. Martha Koome as Kenya’s first woman Chief Justice and highlights why this marks a powerful moment of constitutional symbolism, with lessons that extend far beyond Kenya.
https://t.co/kTA0uiQQkJ
Africa’s climate vulnerability isn’t accidental, it is structural. In our new post, Dr. Patrick Toussaint argues for a Pan-African research agenda linking climate reparations with those for slavery, colonialism & racial exploitation. #ClimateJustice
https://t.co/KSgWl7PigU
#NewALMPost: Michelle Barnard examines who should bear responsibility for plastic pollution in South Africa, focusing on producers and consumers within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 12.
Read here: https://t.co/KgOb2G1dz9
Don't miss our latest post: Prof Franaaz Khan explores whether the reasonableness standard in SA delict law should evolve to account for the distinctive cognitive abilities of neurodivergent individuals.
More here: https://t.co/sTSET9zGLc
#NewBlogPost: Prof Roxan Laubscher unpacks the @ConCourtSA's approach to language rights in higher education through AfriForum v UFS and related cases.
Read here:
https://t.co/buv5ZPOxjB
@SAIFAC_UJ@Davebil36
Excited to announce the release of Constitutional Court Review vol 15, celebrating and interrogating 30 years of the SA Constitutional Court’s jurisprudence. Read open-access this outstanding collection of articles here: https://t.co/CjNtlmgH1K @SAIFAC_UJ@blog_alm@UniRDG_Law
Excited to announce the release of Constitutional Court Review vol 15, celebrating and interrogating 30 years of the SA Constitutional Court’s jurisprudence. Read open-access this outstanding collection of articles here: https://t.co/CjNtlmgH1K @SAIFAC_UJ@blog_alm@UniRDG_Law
@blog_alm@go2uj@WitsUniversity@UniRDG_Law Conference in honor of Prof Stu Woolman engaging with his life and work and stimulating new scholarship in constitutional law
"A culture of justification is not just about the duty to provide substantive reasons but also the process by which decisions are reached" said Professor David Bilchitz at the day's first session #CCR2026' #StuWoolman#Scaffolding#Accountability
Prof Courtenay Sprague presents a fascinating paper comparing South African and Colombian responses to femicide and intimate partner violence - very important learnings for our policy makers in combatting this scourge @blog_alm@SAIFAC_UJ@go2uj@WitsUniversity
Justice Redson Kapindu - High Court Malawi -commences academic presentations at Conference celebrating life and work of Prof Stu Woolman organised by @SAIFAC_UJ together with @WitsUniversity law and ccr journal
Justice Redson Kapindu - High Court Malawi -commences academic presentations at Conference celebrating life and work of Prof Stu Woolman organised by @SAIFAC_UJ together with @WitsUniversity law and ccr journal
#NewALMPost: Caiphas Brewsters Soyapi argues that the African Court of Justice should use Ubuntu in its upcoming climate advisory opinion, creating a distinctly African approach to climate justice rooted in equity & solidarity.
More here: https://t.co/stKwnY1zEz
#NewBlogPost: Watch ALM’s Ropafadzo Maphosa in conversation with the authors of Behind Prison Walls: Unlocking a Safer South Africa, Judge Edwin Cameron, @sohelasurajpal and Rebecca Gore. You don't want to miss this one!
https://t.co/FqGu8Wb0Oi