Webinar on the implementation of the un treaty system within domestic legal systems of the world

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This is an event under the Utforsk project, organized by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, and the Faculty Thematic Group on Domestic Impact.

Moderator: Dorcas Ameonu (Master’s student CHR)

13h00 – 13h10    Welcoming and Introduction - Prof Frans Viljoen, and Prof Gentian Zyberi

Session 1

1h 30min

A discussion on the release of the book titled The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level: Twenty Years On – Second Revised Edition | Brill. The panel includes Ravi Prakash Vyas, Ibrahima Kane, Katarzyna Sekowska-Kozlowska, Rodrigo Uprimny and Carlos Villán Durán with remarks by Prof Viljoen and Rachael Murray. The discussion will centre on each country from the five regions namely: Columbia, Nepal, Poland, Senegal, and Spain. Chaired by Frans Viljoen, and Rachel Murray

13h10 – 13h20                Nepal - Ravi Prakash Vyas

13h20 – 13h30                Senegal - Ibrahima Kane

13h30 – 13h40                Poland - Katarzyna Sekowska-Kozlowska

13h40 – 13h50                Colombia - Rodrigo Uprimny   

13h50 – 14h00                Spain - Carlos Villán Durán

14h00 – 14h30                Questions & Answers

Session 2

45 min

Viewing the Impact of International Human Rights law at the global and domestic Level through the perspective of the Human Rights Institutions of South Africa and Norway. The panel includes one representative each from these three Human Rights Institutions, namely the Norwegian Human Rights Institution, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the South African Commission for Gender Equality. Chaired by Frans Viljoen

14h30 – 14h40        Norwegian Human Rights Institute – Peter Wille, Special Advisor

14h40 – 14h50        South African Human Rights Commission - Fadlah Adams 

14h50 – 15h00        South African Commission for Gender Equality - Lieketseng Mohlakoana-Motopi

15h00 – 15h15        Questions & Answers

Session 3

45 min

A discussion on the Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level by countries not covered in The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level: Twenty Years On – Second Revised Edition | Brill , from the perspective of Master students from the Theory and Practice of Human Rights (Norwegian Centre for Human Rights) and the Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (Centre for Human Rights). Countries to be discussed are Togo, Burundi and Ecuador. Chaired by Dorcas Ameonu

15h15 – 15h25        Human Rights and Democratisation Student: Lidawh-we Fabienne Dontema, presenting on Togo.

15h25 – 15h35        Human Rights and Democratisation Student: Merveille Mugisha, presenting on Burundi.

15h35 – 15h55        Questions & Answers

15h55 – 16h00       Concluding Remarks

End 16h00

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For more information, please contact:

• Prof Frans Viljoen Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria frans.viljoen@up.ac.za
• Foluso Adegalu   Programme Manager, Litigation & Implementation Unit, University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights, foluso.adegalu@up.ac.za