The Advisory Board of the FSCHR was established in 2016, to advise the Centre on its activities and development. It convenes on a bi-annual basis.
Currently the board consists of the following members:
- Prof John C Mubangizi (Chairperson) (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, ex officio)
- Judge Cagney Musi (Judge President, Free State High Court, ex officio)
- Prof Corli Witthuhn (Vice-Rector: Research, University of the Free State, ex officio)
- Ms Nicole Morris (Acting Dean of Student Affairs, ex officio)
- Mr Thabang Kheswa (South African Human Rights Commission, ex officio)
- Mr JC van der Merwe (Deputy Director, Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of the Free State)
- Prof Frans Viljoen (Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria)
- Prof Helene Strauss (Professor, Department of English, University of the Free State)
- Prof Tshepo Madlingozi (Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand)
- Ms Louise du Plessis (Head, Land and Housing Programme, Lawyers for Human Rights)
- Adv Anna-Marie de Vos (SC)
- Vacant (Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, ex officio)