Month: October 2015

Visa to Europe: The Convertible Currency of Human Rights in Ukraine

Visa to Europe: The Convertible Currency of Human Rights in Ukraine

For almost two years the world has watched as the West and Russia have battled over competing visions for Ukraine’s future which have left the country divided. Reports continue to...
Upcoming OxHRH Webinar: Is there a refugee crisis in Europe or just a crisis in protection?

Upcoming OxHRH Webinar: Is there a refugee crisis in Europe or just a crisis in protection?

The OxHRH along with the Oxford Martin Human Rights for Future Generations Programme, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, is pleased to continue it’s innovative webinar series with an...
Professor Sir Bob Hepple’s Contribution to Comparative Labour Law

Professor Sir Bob Hepple’s Contribution to Comparative Labour Law

As part of our special series paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Silvana Sciarra recalls her personal experience of working with Bob Hepple in...
Twenty Years on, Inclusion Remains a Distant Dream for India’s Disabled

Twenty Years on, Inclusion Remains a Distant Dream for India’s Disabled

Even as India’s principal legislation for the empowerment of the disabled, the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, (“PWD Act”) completes 20 years of...
Our Primordial Attachments- The Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity and New Strategies in Language Rights in Europe

Our Primordial Attachments- The Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity and New Strategies in Language Rights in Europe

The European Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity, drafted by the Network for Promotion of Linguistic Diversity, is set to be launched on the 16th October 2015, with its implementation beginning in...
Prof. Sir Bob Hepple Q.C. (1934 – 2015)

Prof. Sir Bob Hepple Q.C. (1934 – 2015)

Continuing our special series of posts paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, Manfred Weiss reflects on Bob Hepple’s extensive scholarship on labour law...
Bob Hepple’s Equality Legacy

Bob Hepple’s Equality Legacy

This is the first in our special series of posts paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, who sadly passed away in August this...
Can a State Refuse Migrant Family Allowances Due to Irregular Reunification?

Can a State Refuse Migrant Family Allowances Due to Irregular Reunification?

In Osungu and Lokongo v. France (delivered on 8/9/2015), the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) rejected as “manifestly ill-founded” two applications submitted by Congolese regular migrants. The proceedings...
Oxford University Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group Seminars

Oxford University Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group Seminars

The Refugee and Migration Law Discussion Group would like to invite you to our first two events this term: Dr Virginia Mantouvalou, ‘The Exploitation of Overseas Domestic Workers in the...
Scholarships Available for Oxford Master’s in International Human Rights Law

Scholarships Available for Oxford Master’s in International Human Rights Law

Oxford University is pleased to announce the availability of various scholarships to attend the Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law for the start of study in September 2016. Admissions...
OLA and OxHRH Participates in Oxford Legal Walk

OLA and OxHRH Participates in Oxford Legal Walk

OxHRH had a great time participating in the Oxford Legal Walk with OLA and the Oxford Law Faculty on Monday! The walk coincides with the 800th anniversary of the Magna...
Public Interest Litigation in India

Public Interest Litigation in India

The Public Law Discussion Group is pleased to be hosting Dr Aman Hingorani (from the Kapila and Nirmal Hingorani Foundation) in discussion with Dr Tarunabh Khaitan, Wadham College Oxford on...

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