Will There be Any Women in Fifty Years Time, Lord Sumption?
In September of this year, Lord Sumption, a Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court caused consternation by issuing a dire warning that a rush to equality could have “appalling...
Wadham Human Rights Forum Film screening and discussion – Fourteen Days in May : Edward Johnson’s fight for his life
Wadham Human Rights Forum Film screening and discussion -Fourteen Days in May : Edward Johnson’s fight for his life Monday 30th November 2015 Moser Theatre, Wadham College, 5.30pm Meet Film...
OPBP Annual Welcome Event
The Oxford Pro Bono Publico cordially invites you to the Annual Welcome Event! OPBP is a renowned and award-winning organisation based at the Oxford Law Faculty and affiliated with the...
An Overview of Developments in the Process of Judicial Appointments in India
As highlighted in Arghya Sengupta’s post on judicial appointments in India appearing on the Blog early this year, the history of the process of appointment of judges to the constitutional...
Governing Global Climate Change: Potential and Prospects of a Paris Accord – International Symposium, University of Cambridge
Governing Global Climate Change: Potential and Prospects of a Paris Accord – International Symposium - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge 8:30 – 18:00 /...
Monitoring Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey
The Freedom of Belief Initiative and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee are pleased to share the English translation of our Monitoring Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief...
The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: A (Somewhat) Different Balance Between Privacy and Security
Recently it seems as though you can hardly get away from government mass surveillance programs (no pun intended). They even make an appearance in the latest James Bond film (as...
OxHRH Awarded Teaching Awards Project Grant by Oxford University
The Oxford Human Rights Hub has been awarded the Teaching Awards Project Grant which recognises the excellence of the OxHRH in teaching. This is part of the Oxford University Teaching...
Dominic Grieve on the Human Rights Act: St Hugh’s College, Oxford—13 November 2015
The Human Rights Act (HRA) is one of the most significant pieces of constitutional reform in Britain. Certain sections of the Conservative Party, though, enthusiastically encouraged by parts of the...
Watch Now: UN Women – Progress of the World’s Women 2015 Panel
On 18 November, OxHRH held a panel event for the recently released UN Women’s Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016 Report ‘Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights’. For the first time, OxHRH...
Couderc and Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France: A New “Respect” for Private Life?
On 10 November 2015, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down judgment in the case of Couderc and Hachette Filipacchi Associés v France. The...
Bob Hepple’s Legacy in Southern Africa
I would like to devote my tribute specifically to Bob’s legacy in Southern Africa. Simon Deakin in his tribute stated that Bob had two legal lives in which he distinguished...