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18 March 2024
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Mark your calendar: The Faculty of Law's Human Rights celebration is approaching!
In commemoration of Human Rights Day, the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) is marking the occasion with a series of special events. These include a panel discussion titled Contribution of Sir Kentridge to Human Rights in South Africa and Beyond, and a public lecture titled Thirty Years of Human Rights in South Africa? Any Reason to Celebrate? – delivered by Emeritus Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs, promising a day of profound reflection and insight.
Date: 18 March 2024
Time: 10:00
Venue: Albert Wessels Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus
Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the Contribution of Sir Kentridge to Human Rights in South Africa and Beyond. Panellists will include esteemed retired Constitutional Court judges. After the panel discussion, we will gather for a luncheon.
Don't miss the afternoon’s thought-provoking public lecture by Emeritus Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs.
Click here for the programme.
UFS and American university presents service learning forum
2010-03-17
A two-and-a-half day forum on global perspectives on service-learning, community-based research and civic engagement will be presented jointly in Bloemfontein by the University of the Free State and the Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA, from Tuesday 23 March 2010 until Thursday 25 March 2010.
Lecturers and students of the two universities will participate in the forum that will be held at various venues in and around Bloemfontein.
The opening address will be by Prof. Tim Stanton of the Stanford School of Education on the topic: Going global: A comparative analysis of service-learning’s development in the USA and South Africa. He is a pioneer in service-learning in the USA.
Please contact Prof. Mabel Erasmus at 051 4013732 or
erasmusm@ufs.ac.za for more information.