Repository on Disability Rights in Africa - Repository on Disability Rights in Africa

Repository on
Disability Rights in Africa (RODRA)

Latest News

Invitation

Annual Disability Rights Conference 2022

Call for Applications

Consultant to conduct research on the impact of race and colour on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism in South Africa

Access to justice

A study of the criminal justice system in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia

#RatifyADRP

Centre for Human Rights Calls on African states to ratify the African Disability Protocol

African regional consultation

CRPD draft guidelines on deinstitutionalisation, including emergencies

Webinar Invitation

Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with disability in Africa

Welcome to RODRA

As a response to the growing need for an open access resource platform on disability in Africa, the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre) as a world renowned research institution embarked on a journey in 2018 that led to the creation and the launch of the repository on disability rights in Africa (RODRA).

Our Vision

The Disability Rights Unit aims to contribute to the international disability rights discourse by assisting and collaborating with international organisations, academic partners, and civil society across the globe in taking targeted measures to advance the rights of persons with disabilities.

Our Mission

The Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) is committed to finding evidence-based ways of addressing the rights of persons with disabilities on the African continent. This includes conducting research on international disability rights standards and instruments, building capacity among governments, national human rights institutions, academia, civil society and communities, and engaging with judicial, quasi-judicial and non-judicial redress mechanisms.

The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria

Recognised internationally for excellence in human rights law in Africa, the Centre for Human Rights is uniquely positioned as both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation. A leader in human rights education in Africa, the Centre works towards a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of women, people living with HIV, indigenous peoples, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent