About

The Ismail Mahomed Centre for Human and Peoples' Rights (IMCHPR) is a university-based research and advocacy Centre that was established in the School of Law, University of Venda (UNIVEN) in 2001 with the aim of promoting social justice and human rights culture. Following the restructuring of Schools, it is now situated in the Faculty of Management Commerce and Law.

As an independent institution, the IMCHPR aims at addressing poverty, discrimination, environmental injustice. The research thrusts/niche areas in the context of social justice and human rights are people living in vulnerable conditions, climate change, biodiversity loss, extractives and sustainability.

The IMCHPR seeks to achieve its goal by promoting social justice and fostering human rights through research, advocacy, training and lobbying in response to global, regional and national issues affecting Africa in general and South Africa in particular. The IMCHPR engages in community engagement, national and international collaborative research projects.

To be a leading Centre, impactful both locally and globally in research and advocacy on the interface of social & environmental justice issues with the field of human rights law.

• ✓To produce, advance, and disseminate innovative and evidence-based research outputs on the interface of social & environmental justice issues with the field of human rights law.
• ✓To carry out advocacy and campaigns through scholarly publications, public conferences, seminars, workshops and training on the interface of social & environmental justice issues with the field of human rights law.