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18 March 2024
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Story VALENTINO NDABA
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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.
Inaugural lecture of Prof Alice Pell
2006-04-05
The inaugural lecture of Prof Alice Pell as professor extraordinary in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of the Free State (UFS) was recently held on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Prof Pell discussed issues around education, agriculture and development. She is Director of the Cornell Institute for Food, Agriculture and Environment.
In front from the left are Prof Magda Fourie (Vice-Rector: Academic Planning at the UFS) and Prof Pell.
At the back from the left are Prof Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS) and Prof Frans Swanepoel (Director: Research Development at the UFS).