In a recent low-key event, the Legal Resources Centre launched the prestigious Arthur Chaskalson Pupillage Fellowship which will provide financial support and training to one or more young candidates, coming from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, who have been admitted for pupillage. The LRC’s counsel or associates will provide the requisite training for one year, after which […]
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Photo: LRC attorney Mandira Subramony with the Eastern Cape learners in their long walk to access education facilities in the province The LRC have been granted leave to intervene at the European Court of Human Rights, in a matter against the government of Hungary. The case of Amanda Kosa v Hungary challenges a possible infringement […]
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Freedom Month Lecture Series, University of the Witwatersrand Speech by: Advocate George Bizos SC (Counsel, Legal Resources Centre) assisted by Byron Jaffe, Monika Juengst-Miechzkowska and Avani Singh (Legal Resources Centre) presented at the University of the Witwaterstrand, hosted by the Department of Arts and Culture 21 April 2016 Introduction The progress towards democracy in South […]
On the 6 April 2016, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a side event at the 58th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia. The side event discussed the United Nations proposed treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. The side event […]