Month: June 2014

Chinese Environmental Protection Law – The Illusion of Enhanced Human Rights Safeguards

Chinese Environmental Protection Law – The Illusion of Enhanced Human Rights Safeguards

In April this year, the Chinese legislature amended significantly the Environmental Protection Law adopted in 1989. This post seeks to predict the amendment’s implications on Chinese citizens’ substantive and procedural...
Rhodes House features OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes House features OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes House has featured the work of the OxHRH and OPBP in a new video. Present and past Rhodes Scholars discuss the work of these two organisations, and the links...
What will the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 mean for employers and employees?

What will the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 mean for employers and employees?

“That which yields is not always weak” (Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel’s Dart). From 30 June 2014, changes to the Flexible Working Regulations mean that any employee meeting the minimum service eligibility...
Rhodes Scholars and OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes Scholars and OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes House has featured the work of the OxHRH and OPBP in a new video. Present and past Rhodes Scholars discuss the work of these two organisations, and the links...
Tales from the Asylum Frontline

Tales from the Asylum Frontline

The NNLS Destitute Asylum Seeker Drop-In will be screening a documentary entitled “Warzone: Tales from the Asylum Frontline.”   Details: Date – Monday 30th June Time – 8:00pm Venue –...
Meriam Ibrahim Saved from 100 Lashes and the Death Penalty

Meriam Ibrahim Saved from 100 Lashes and the Death Penalty

On 11 May 2014, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim was found guilty by the Al-Haj Yousif Criminal Court of charges under the Sudanese Penal Code (1991), Articles 126 for the crime of...
Moral Arguments on the Right to Die: Should Courts Intervene?

Moral Arguments on the Right to Die: Should Courts Intervene?

On 25th June 2014, the UK Supreme Court, sitting as a full bench of nine, handed down judgment in the joined cases of R (on the application of Nicklinson and...
Gender Justice Uncovered Awards – Winners Revealed

Gender Justice Uncovered Awards – Winners Revealed

On 25th June, Women’s Link Worldwide announced the winners of its Gender Justice Uncovered Awards. The Awards recognised the best and worst decisions for women’s rights around the world. Thanks...
European Legal Aid in a Domestic Framework – Part Two

European Legal Aid in a Domestic Framework – Part Two

As hinted in yesterday’s post, under section 4 of LASPO, The Lord Chancellor provided guidance on how to decide exceptional case funding applications made to the Legal Aid Agency. The...
UN Forum 2014

UN Forum 2014

The United Nations Association invites you to be part of the biggest public event on the United Nations in recent decades – UN Forum 2014. This day-long event will take...
A European Right to Legal Aid? Part One

A European Right to Legal Aid? Part One

A key aspect of the Government’s reform agenda regarding civil legal aid is the restriction, set out in Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act...
OxHRH Wins OxTalent Award

OxHRH Wins OxTalent Award

On 18 June 2014 the work of the OxHRH Blog was formally recognised at the Oxford IT Services OxTalent Awards. The OxHRH Blog was the winning entry in the category...

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