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18 March 2024 | Story VALENTINO NDABA | Photo SUPPLIED
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

Panel discussion:

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.

Public Lecture:

Don't miss the afternoon’s thought-provoking public lecture by Emeritus Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs.

Click to view documentClick here for the programme.

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Expert on international language legislation visits the UFS
2007-03-01

Prof Joseph Turi from Canada, the Secretary General of the International Academy of Linguistic Law, delivered a lecture as guest of the Unit for Language Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) on language rights and language legislation. He is on a visit to South Africa by invitation of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns en die Nasionale Taalliggaam vir Afrikaans.

Attending the lecture were, from the left, front: Ms Jo-Ann Scholtz (third-year student in Language Practice), Prof Turi, Prof Jackie Naudé (head of the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the UFS); back: Prof Theo du Plessis (Director: Unit for Language Management at the UFS)
 

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