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    The Children's Rights Project (CRP)

    The Children's Rights Project (CRP) of the Community Law Centre (CLC) is one of a number of projects at the Centre which focus on the needs and status of particularly vulnerable groups such as women, children, people with disabilities and people living in extreme poverty.

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    Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative

    The CSPRI, established in 2003, is a research and advocacy project focussing on prisons and places of confinement in the African region, with the aim of furthering constitutional and human rights imperatives within these settings.

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    Multi-level government initiative (MLGI)

    The MLGI is a multi-disciplinary project of the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape. We offer high quality applied research, policy analysis and consulting services.

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    CLC Parliamentary Programme

    The Community Law Centre Parliamentary Programme uses international human rights law and the South African Constitution to advocate for the realisation of the rights of children, women, persons deprived of their liberty, and people living in poverty.

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    Socio Economic Rights Project (SER)

    The Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Community Law Centre was formed in 1997 with the aim of promoting the effective implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the socio-economic rights enshrined in our Bill of Rights.

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Community Law Centre sparks a dialogue on constitution making in the Arab

Community Law Centre sparks a dialogue on constitution making in the Arab

Prof Steytler, Prof Philippe led a dialogue on key challenges that face constitution makers in Lybia and Tunisia during a Policy Dialogue organised by Community Law Centre’s Multi-Level Government Initiative yesterday.

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MLGI scholars present at Commonwealth Local Government Forum

MLGI scholars present at Commonwealth Local Government Forum

Community Law Centre's Multi-Level Government Initiative scholars presented a series of papers at Commonwealth Local Government in Kampala (Uganda) this week.

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Prof Jaap de Visser looks into the WCape Community Safety Act

Prof Jaap de Visser looks into the WCape Community Safety Act

In an opinion article published on Politicsweb, titled “The WCape Community Safety Act: Is Zille pushing her luck?” the director of the Community Law Centre assesses the Western Cape Community Safety Act.

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The UWC Community Law Centre

The Community Law Centre, forming part of the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape (‘the Centre’), was established in 1990 and works to realise the democratic values and human rights enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution. It is founded on the belief that our constitutional order must promote good governance, socio-economic development and the protection of the rights of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

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