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Talking Animal LawTalking Animal Law and trophy huntingThis episode is co-hosted with Tamara Bedic, Chair of the Animal Rights Committee of the New York Guild of Lawyers (New York City division). We are talking about trophy hunting with our guests, Eduardo Goncalves, founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting in the UK and Professor David Bilchitz, Professor of Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Law at the University of Johannesburg and Professor of Law at the University of Reading. 2023-03-0859 min
Beyond Corona - South Africa and the World After the PandemicEPISODE 3: GovernanceSince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African government has had to make many decisions about how to manage this crisis. Many of these decisions raise questions about the kind of government we have currently and the kind that will be formed as a result of coronavirus. Joining John Perlman for this conversation are former Public Protector, Thuli Mandonsela who is currently a professor of social justice & law at Stellenbosch University and David Bilchitz, who is a professor of fundamental rights and constitutional law at the University of Johannesburg.2020-05-2739 min
Tel Aviv ReviewBusiness and Human Rights: A Contradiction in Terms?Can we reconcile between business development and safeguarding human rights? David Bilchitz, professor of law at the University of Johannesburg, proposes a legal framework to do just that in his new book, “Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Contexts and Contours” (Cambridge University Press). This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel. Tel Aviv Review is also supported by the Public Discourse Grant from the Israel Institute, which is dedicated to strengthening the...2018-07-1633 min
RightsUpRightsUp - 'Some Kind of Monster?' The Benefits and Burdens of Human Rights For BusinessEpisode 2 of RightsUp (released 21 May 2015)
Interviews with: David Bilchitz, Karl Laird
Produced by: Kira Allmann, Max Harris, and Laura Hilly2017-01-0332 min
UJ PodcastsDavid - BilchitzDavid - Bilchitz by UJ Podcasts2016-01-2513 min
Voices - Conversations on Business and Human Rights from Around the WorldS02E24 David Bilchitz on a Business & Human Rights TreatyIHRB's Salil Tripathi met Professor Bilchitz during the UN Forum in Geneva where he made the case for a treaty for business and human rights.
2015-12-2213 min
Talk on 2000Thami Ngubeni tackles the topic of students' protest - 22 October 2015Date: 22 October 2015
Time: 20:05-20:30
Topic: As students at Higher Institutions of learning continue to protest for free education across the country, the spotlight has been put on the fundamental right to access and quality education. Professor David Bilchitz who is the University of Johannesburg Law Expert this month delivered his inaugural lecture titled Can fundamental Rights Bridge the Divide Between Ideal Justice and the South African Reality? Has government and universities denied students the right to access and quality education as a constitutional right?2015-10-2721 min
Oxford Human Rights Hub SeminarsIs a Business and Human Rights Treaty Necessary?Prof David Bilchitz from the University of Johannesburg on 'Is a Business and Human Rights Treaty Necessary?', speaking on 10 March 2015 at the Oxford Faculty of Law This seminar was proudly supported by the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Oxford Martin School Human Rights for Future Generations Programme.2015-03-2638 min