Christof Heyns is part of the 2019 1st Semester, and 2021 1st Semester cohorts at STIAS.
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STIAS Lecture Series 2014: Christof Heyns - Autonomous Weapons Systems: Coming to a theatre near you?
Please note the new venue for the STIAS lectures Christof Heyns,Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and STIAS Board member will present a talk with the title: Autonomous Weapons Systems: Coming to a theatre near you?
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STIAS Board Member appointed as Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Prof Christof Heyns, Dean of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law and STIAS Board member, has been appointed as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions by the the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.
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Christof Heyns's STIAS Lecture – Autonomous Weapons Systems: Coming to a theatre near you?
Christof Heyns delivering the STIAS lecture Do we really want to live in a world where robots make decisions over life and death?
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Unravelling the complicated history of human rights to understand its future - Fellows' seminar by Christof Heyns
The disturbing elements of the history of human rights are as important to understand as the more celebrated parts.
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Peaceful (and not so peaceful) assemblies: What are the international law standards? - Fellows' seminar by Christof Heyns
Last year, with the world in the grip of the COVID-19 epidemic and Black Lives Matter protests in many countries, the United Nations completed a process stretching back several years to clarify and define the obligations of states when dealing with the typical kinds of situation that arise during demonstrations, said Christof Heyns of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.
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Tributes to a great South African and global leader
Christof Heyns – 1959-2021 The STIAS community is deeply shocked and saddened by the untimely and unexpected passing of Professor Christof Heyns, Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and STIAS fellow and board member, said Edward Kirumira, STIAS Director.