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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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UFS faculty signs commitment to leadership communication
2008-11-11
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The faculty committee of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) signed the commitment to leadership communication that the Executive Management committed itself to during its recent meeting. Here are, from the left: Prof. Hennie Oosthuizen, Department of Criminal Law and Medical Law, Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the faculty, and Prof. Voet du Plessis, Department of Mercantile Law; back: Mr Brand Claassen, Department of Private Law, Prof. Martin Dednam, Department of Private Law, Mr Neels Swanepoel, UFS Law Clinic, and Prof. Shaun de Freitas, Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law .
Photo: Stephen Collett |