Event archive

#NoTechForTyrants Teach Out: Wednesday, March 11

11 Mar 2020 - Somerville College, Parks 5

In this action-oriented teach-out in solidarity with the ongoing UCU strike, we’ll be talking about the connections between Oxford and surveillance software sold to foreign regimes to monitor, control, and oppress people within their jurisdictions. Topics will include: political economy of software sales, the uneven geography of global surveillance software production, and impact on migrant […]

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FLJS Films: The Oath, with a talk by Prof Liora Lazarus on human rights post 9/11

17 Feb 2020 - Wolfson College Auditorium

The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with Wolfson College and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford invites you to: FLJS Films: The Oath With a talk by Prof Liora Lazarus on human rights post 9/11 Auditorium, Wolfson College, Linton Rd, Oxford OX2 6UD 7pm, Monday 17 February 2020 The Oath tells the story of two men […]

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OxHRH Team is hosting the Great Legal Bake Sale 2020!

12 Feb 2020 - Oxford Law Faculty, Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre

Do you like cake? Do you like access to justice? Then we have the perfect event for you. On Wednesday 12th February, the Oxford Human Rights Hub will be hosting the Great Legal Bake Sale 2020, which is a charity bake sale where all the money made goes to the London and South East Legal Support Trust, to help people who need legal assistance, but […]

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Holocaust Memorial Day lecture by Judge Theodor Meron, with music performed by Charles Lovell Jones (violin)

31 Jan 2020 - Trinity College

Holocaust Memorial Day lecture by Judge Theodor Meron, with music performed by Charles Lovell Jones (violin) 75 years from the liberation of Auschwitz: holocaust and genocide  Join us for a Holocaust Memorial Day lecture by Judge Theodor Meron, who will reprise his United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day keynote lecture on remembrance and education for global […]

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Litigating the Death Penalty in India: In Conversation with Dr Anup Surendranath

15 Nov 2019 - Law Board Room St Cross Building, Oxford Law Faculty

Please join the Oxford Human Rights Hub for a conversation with Dr Anup Surendranath on litigating the death penalty in India. Date: Friday 15 November 2019 Time: 13:00 to 14:30 Venue: Law Board Room, St Cross Building, Oxford Law Faculty  Dr Anup Surendranath is the Executive Director of Project 39A (formerly the Centre on the Death Penalty) and […]

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Oxford Human Rights Hub – Welcome Event

25 Oct 2019 - Law Board Room, Law Faculty

The Oxford Human Rights Hub will be hosting a welcome event for all new students starting at the University of Oxford, where we will showcase the human rights work we do and explain what opportunities there are for getting involved. We warmly invite everyone interested in human rights to join us! Date-25 October 2019 Location-Oxford Law Faculty, […]

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Human Rights Fair

15 Oct 2019 - Bonavero Institute of Human Rights - Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and the Oxford Human Rights Hub are pleased to be co-hosting this years Human Rights Fair! Come along and find out more about the Bonavero Institute, the Hub and get to know the different human rights initiatives in Oxford. Meet student human rights groups, such as Amnesty International, Junior Lawyers […]

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2019 Oxford Legal Walk

30 Sep 2019 - Meet outside the Oxfordshire County Courthouse

The Oxford Human Rights Hub will be participating in the Oxford Legal Walk this year! Join us walking on September 30, 2019, and make a donation to support legal aid. This 10k sponsored walk supports advice charities in Oxford; together, teams in the 2018 Walk raised over £15,000 for their community. Bob Nightingale, founder of LLST, […]

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The 2019 Guiding Principles on the Right to Education: The Drafters’ Perspective

30 Jul 2019 - Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building, Oxford

The Oxford Human Rights Hub in partnership with the Masters in International Human Rights Law at the Department of Continuning Education, University of Oxford will be hosting a panel discussion on ‘The 2019 Guiding Principles on the Right to Education: The Drafters’ Perspective’. Date: Tuesday 30 July 2019 Time: 17:00 – 18:30pm Venue: Manor Road Building Lecture Theatre […]

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OxHRH Graduate Research Student Workshop

29 May 2019 - Harold Lee Boardroom, Pembroke College

Venue: Harold Lee Boardroom, Pembroke College Date: Wednesday 29 May 2019 Time: 2-5.15pm The Oxford Human Rights Hub is pleased to announce its fifth workshop for human rights MPhil and DPhil students at Oxford University. This half-day workshop will bring together and foster a network of graduate students and academics in various disciplines working in […]

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Sexual Harassment at Work: Unacceptable, Unlawful but Unremitting: Reflections on its Nature, Persistence and on the Changing Legal Landscape-Prof Sandy Fredman and Dame Laura Cox

08 May 2019 - Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, Law Faculty

2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which made it possible for women to qualify as barristers or solicitors for the first time. We are delighted to be collaborating with the Association of Women Judges and the First 100 Years project to celebrate this anniversary and to tell the stories of […]

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Global Media & Policy Seminar Series: Chris Conder (Broadband for the Rural North)

11 Apr 2019 - YouTube Live: PCMLP OXFORD

Chris Conder co-founded Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN), a rural, community-owned, co-operative that delivers affordable 1Gbps symmetric broadband to rural farms in Lancashire, UK.  Rural regions in countries around the world suffer from lack of adequate broadband infrastructure. Even where access is available, ability to pay is often much lower in those regions. B4RN […]

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