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CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Course length:

ADVANCED HUMAN RIGHTS COURSE 5 days

DATA PROTECTION IN AFRICA Estimated efforts:

+7.5 hours/day

The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria will host a

Price:
five-day intensive short course on data protection in Africa from
Free (Online)
6 to 10 November 2023.

Course Type:
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Data Protection in Africa is hosted by
Short Course
the Expression, Information and Digital Rights (EIDR) Unit of the Centre for
Human Rights, University of Pretoria. The objective of the course is to enhance Certificate:
existing knowledge on various intersecting aspects of data protection and ways On successful completion
of mainstreaming them in the African context. The course is also designed to and full attendance at all
sessions
empower more data protection advocates with practical knowledge on the new
frontiers of data protection in Africa. The course will be taught by experts in the
Language:
field of data protection in Africa. English

Course content:

The Course focuses on specific issues that intersect with data protection including: Course dates
• Concepts and clarification of terms in data protection
6 November -
• International and regional frameworks 10 November 2023
• Digital trade
• Data protection impact assessment
• Digital IDs Apply until
• Oversight mechanisms 6 October 2023
• Cross-border data flows
• Access to remedy

APPLY
• Regulatory sandboxes
• Data Protection Agencies (DPAs)
• Generative artificial intelligence

Participation is limited to 30-40 persons with focus on participants from various For more information, please
African countries. Participation is drawn from civil society organisations, contact:
policymakers, academia, grassroots advocates, private sector actors and others.
Certificates will be presented to the participants ONLY after they have fully • Dennis Antwi
Programme Manager: Advanced
participated in all the sessions in the Course. Human Rights Courses
Dennis.Antwi@up.ac.za
Visit www.chr.up.ac.za/ahrc for more information
• Dr Tomiwa Ilori
Postdoctoral Fellow/Project
Coordinator: Expression,
Information and Digital Rights Unit
Oluwatomiwa.Ilori@up.ac.za