Podcasts about christof heyns

Professor Christof Heyns occupied various roles at the University of Pretoria's law faculty - including Dean, Director of the Centre for Human Rights and the founding Director of the Institute for Comparative Law in Africa (where he made the faculty a magnet for talented African students). Internationally, he shone as UN Special Rapporteur and subsequently as a member of the Committee of the Human Rights Commission. Heyns chaired the UN independent investigation on Burundi and was instrumental in rewriting several UN protocols. He passed away at the age of 62, without having seen his father's murderer brought to justice. Johan Heyns, the former moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church was gunned down at his Pretoria home in 1994. However, he did help to rewrite the 'Minnesota Protocol', the gold standard for investigations into unlawful death. To colleagues, Christof Heyns was the guitar playing professor. To his friends, he was the easy-going intellectual who loved to tell jokes. In what was probably one of the last interviews he did, Heyns told BizNews that he remained positive that liberal values - which have taken a knock in recent years - will prevail, and that the idea of human rights is "alive and strong". Despite the murder of his father and the many atrocities he investigated, he always saw the glass of life as half-full. This interview was conducted in October 202o. Heyns passed away in March 2021.

Professor Christof Heyns occupied various roles at the University of Pretoria's law faculty - including Dean, Director of the Centre for Human Rights and the founding Director of the Institute for Comparative Law in Africa (where he made the faculty a magnet for talented African students). Internationally, he shone as UN Special Rapporteur and subsequently as a member of the Committee of the Human Rights Commission. Heyns chaired the UN independent investigation on Burundi and was instrumental in rewriting several UN protocols. He passed away at the age of 62, without having seen his father's murderer brought to justice. Johan Heyns, the former moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church was gunned down at his Pretoria home in 1994. However, he did help to rewrite the 'Minnesota Protocol', the gold standard for investigations into unlawful death. To colleagues, Christof Heyns was the guitar playing professor. To his friends, he was the easy-going intellectual who loved to tell jokes. In what was probably one of the last interviews he did, Heyns told BizNews that he remained positive that liberal values - which have taken a knock in recent years - will prevail, and that the idea of human rights is "alive and strong". Despite the murder of his father and the many atrocities he investigated, he always saw the glass of life as half-full. This interview was conducted in October 202o. Heyns passed away in March 2021.

It’s widely accepted that peaceful protests are a key tool in democratic societies that allow people to put issues on the public agenda. But what is legal – and what is illegal – when it comes to demonstrations around the world? Can you wear a mask, for example? That’s a question for Christof Heyns, who led discussions on the issue for the UN Human Rights Committee, with Member States and NGOs. He spoke to UN News’s Daniel Johnson, and explains what the UN panel’s advice is for protesters.

World Justice Project Executive Director Elizabeth Andersen is joined by Christof Heyns, Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria and member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, to discuss the right of peaceful assembly. A new General Comment issued this week by the United Nations Human Rights Committee provides guidance on this topic at a critical moment, with protest movements on the rise across the globe, any many countries grappling with the appropriate response—something that has become even more complicated with the COVID-19 pandemic and public health restrictions on large gatherings.

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa (simultaneous interpretation into Chinese)

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa (simultaneous interpretation into French)

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa (simultaneous interpretation into Russian)

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa (simultaneous interpretation into Arabic)

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa (simultaneous interpretation into Spanish)

Christof Heyns on Human Rights Law in Africa

In this episode, we talk about the law, politics, and human rights implications of drones and targeted killings. What can international humanitarian law tell us about the legal status of rights? Can human rights prevent drone strikes? Should they - and if so, how? We were joined by Christof Heyns, the former U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Today, he serves on the U.N. Human Rights Committee and is Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria.

Dr Christof Heyns is Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. He is Professor of Human Rights Law and Co-director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa...

After a two-day meeting to discuss a report to the UN Human Rights Council, CGHR hosted an international panel of experts for a discussion of the uses of ICTs in the protection of human rights, particularly focusing on the opportunities and challenges associated with their potential for fostering greater accountability for violations. The panel: Christof Heyns – UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christina Ribeiro – Investigation Coordinator, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Christoph Koettl – designer and editor of Amnesty International’s Citizen Evidence Lab Eliot Higgins – creator of the Brown Moses blog, investigating the conflict in Syria Ella McPherson – CGHR Research Associate (chair)

Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, delivers a public lecture at the University of Cambridge on the challenges for the laws and ethics of armed conflict posed by the development of Autonomous Weapons Systems.

Quickfire interviews with participants in the CGHR ExpressionRepression event and expert meeting on the Safety of Journalists. with Christof Heyns, Pansy Tlakula, Frank La Rue and Celia Davies

Targeted violence against journalists is on the rise and in January 2012 alone, 10 journalists were killed worldwide. But why are journalists finding it more rather than less difficult to perform their job in the modern age of information dissemination? In what ways are they repressed or targeted in their work? What is the role of the State regarding impunity for the perpetrators of violence against journalists? And how can we stop this? These questions and issues were discussed during a public event organised by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights. The panel consisted of: Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Celia Davies, former Cambridge graduate and Project Development Manager at Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan; Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Joel Simon, Executive Director, Committee for the Protection of Journalists Moderator: William Horsely, former BBC correspondent and UK Chairman, Association of European Journalists Chair: Sharath Srinivasan, Director, Centre of Governance and Human Rights