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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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Prof. Johan Henning re-appointed as dean
2007-09-18
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Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Faculty of Law, was last week re-appointed in this position by the UFS Council for a further term of five years. Prof. Henning has been associated with the faculty since 1974 and was appointed as dean in 1998. He has been head of the faculty's Department of Roman Law History of Law and Comparative Law. This is third term as dean of the faculty. Prof. Henning is among others Honorary Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies in the United Kingdom and Honorary Member of the Order of the Coif in die United States of America. He is also member of the NEDLAC Task Team on Corporate Law Reform.
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