[2] The centre in conjunction with the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law present the following degree courses:[3] The Centre for Human Rights was established in 1986 by a group of teachers and local leaders who wanted to use education as a tool to combat violations of human rights.

At this time the apartheid system was at its peak and this was one of the ways that the people could "fight" intellectually against things getting worst.

Members are not necessarily selected, but rather have gone through one of the undergraduate, master's or doctorate's degrees.

The Centre for Human Rights is fairly new and so is still gaining experience and knowledge of the proper way to get policies and government set up as well as international support.

It seems like a monumental institution that was built out of hard times, during the apartheid and helped to end it and draft a constitution and come out to be a rather extraordinary group of people that have been a great asset to Africa.