26 May 2026
Over 15 activists have successfully graduated from the Rights & Remedies 2025 course. These activists have strengthened their knowledge and sharpened their advocacy skills to better defend environmental and community rights in their respective spaces. In this video we give you a glimpse into the Rights & Remedies experience and what future participants can expect […]
20 March 2026
Published: 20 March 2026 Applications close: 1 May 2026 The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is calling for nominations and applications for the 2026 edition of the Rights & Remedies (R&R) Course for Environmental Justice Activists. R&R is CER’s flagship three-week residential training programme designed to strengthen and support community activists on the frontlines of […]
15 January 2026
Congratulations to Andile Mlambo for his appointment into the Presidential Climate Commission. When Andile Mlambo walked into the Rights and Remedies School in 2023, he did so with a clear purpose: to ensure that the struggles of communities are not spoken about without them, but carried forward by them. As a graduate of the Rights […]
22 September 2025
The Centre for Environmental Rights’ (CER) Activist Support and Training Programme welcomes the 15 activists selected to participate in the 2025 edition of the Rights & Remedies Course (R&R). The course started today and will run for the next three weeks. Participants have been chosen from communities all over South Africa and will be engaging […]
11 June 2025
The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) has announced that nominations and applications are now open for the highly anticipated 2025 Rights and Remedies Course for environmental justice activists (R&R). For the first time, this transformative course will take place in Muldersdrift, Gauteng and will run from 22 September to 11 October 2025. Under the theme […]
13 May 2025
Johannesburg – The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is wrapping up the Rights & Remedies monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process of its Rights & Remedies course in the coming week. The Rights and Remedies course has produced over 100 environmental activist graduates since its inception in 2017. Alumni network activists who have completed the programme […]
20 June 2024
This year, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is embarking on a new journey with our Rights & Remedies environmental course for activists.Rather than running the full course again, we are focusing on consolidating our progress, monitoring our impact, and evaluating our methods. This year of consolidation will allow us to enhance the effectiveness of […]
15 September 2023
On September 5th, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) proudly launched the 7th edition of the Rights and Remedies Course for environmental justice activists, welcoming 14 dedicated environmental and climate activists from various parts of the country, to embark on a journey of empowerment and knowledge-sharing at this year’s Rights and Remedies course. The theme […]
10 September 2023
On September 22, 2023, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) proudly hosted the graduation ceremony of the 7th edition of our annual Environmental Rights and Remedies Course, marking a significant milestone as we celebrated having trained over 100 community activists from across South Africa. This year’s class of 2023 was a testament to our commitment […]
10 September 2022
On Friday 23 September, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) hosted the graduation ceremony of the 6th edition of our annual Environmental Rights and Remedies Course for environmental justice activists. After two years of hosting the course virtually due to Covid-19, the CER welcomed 14 environmental justice activists from across the country to participate in […]
10 September 2022
On 5 September 2022, 15 activists from around South Africa will gather in Cape Town for the Centre for Environmental Rights’ 2022 Rights and Remedies course for environmental justice activists.This year, the course will focus on enabling activists effectively to participate in the biggest conversation about the future of environmental and climate justice: the Just […]
23 November 2021
Last week 15 environmental activists graduated from CER’s annual Environmental Rights and Remedies for Activists training course. Here they reflect on the specific challenges facing women activists in South Africa and the need for human rights defenders to be empowered to act against environmental law violations. Lihle Mbokazi, an environmental activist and human rights defender […]
04 October 2021
The fifth edition of the Centre for Environmental Rights’ (CER) annual Rights & Remedies Course for environmental justice activists kicks off on 4 October 2021 with a theme of Women and Environmental Justice. Women in South Africa face multiple climate-related challenges. Not only does environmental degradation and climate change disproportionately affect women, but women are […]