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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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Faculty of Law unveils faculty logo
2009-03-16
The Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) unveiled its faculty logo recently at respectively the CR Swart Building and the Johannes Brill Building on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. This occasion coincided with the faculty’s celebration of a century of excellence in legal education under the theme “Iurisprudentia 100”. The faculty logo provides a clear direction to the faculty's main entrance. At the occasion were, from the left: Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector, and Prof. Niel Viljoen, Chief Director: Operations.
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