Human Rights resource centre at Univen

Ms  Katherine Liao from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Univen students to make use of the new human rights resource centre for research.

The recent donation of a resource centre to the law library by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights forms part of the collection of hard copies of law books. The centre aims to give free access to publications of the Office of the High Commissioner for human rights professionals, researchers, civil society and the public at large.

"High Commissioner Navi Pillay has a special bond with the University of Venda as in May 2012 she received an honorary doctorate from Univen during the celebrations of its 30 years of excellent academic scholarship and service to the country."

According to Liao, the establishment of the human rights resource centre is part of a larger project whereby the regional office for Southern Africa of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights seeks to establish centres in all countries in the area.

The dean of the School of Law, Ms Annette Lansink, welcomed the establishment of the resource centre as a "most generous gift to the University of Venda and its community. We have made enormous strides at the University of Venda, as we have almost 13 000 students and eight schools in the School of Law."

Date:08 August 2014

By: Silas Nduvheni

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