The LRC, as part of the ESCR-Net, was in Geneva during the final week of October 2017 for the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
Category Archives: Legal Resources Centre
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May
May
By George Bizos SC, assisted by Samantha Brener, both at the Legal Resources Centre. Delivered in the Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand on 18 May 2017 Nadine Gordimer was a world-renowned writer. She has been richly praised by many of the world’s most respected voices. The independent Newspaper in London published the […]
African Commission, Legal Resources Centre, National Government, Regional Work
LRC submissions to 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission
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May
May
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) attended the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), held from 8 May 2017 in Niger, as well as the NGO Forum that took place over the preceding weekend. During the NGO Forum, the LRC and the Kenya Human Rights Commission, on behalf of […]
Constitution, Judiciary, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
Acceptance of the University Gold Medal
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Mar
Mar
On acceptance of the University Gold Award for the Legal Resources Centre, presented by the University of the Witwatersrand, 23 March 2017 Speech by Janet Love, National Director On behalf of the Legal Resources Centre, I would like to convey our appreciation to the Council of Wits University for the honour and distinction bestowed upon […]