Event archive

‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach’ (28-30 April 2014, Kigali, Rwanda)

28 Apr 2014 - Hotel Le Migo, Kigali, Rwanda

The Oxford Human Rights Hub was pleased to host a major global conference on ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Perspective’, held in Kigali, Rwanda on April 28-30, 2014. The conference took place at the Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. Conference Overview While the feminization of poverty has long been a recognized phenomenon, gender inequality and poverty are often […]

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'Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach' (28-30 April 2014, Kigali, Rwanda)

28 Apr 2014 - Hotel Le Migo, Kigali, Rwanda

The Oxford Human Rights Hub was pleased to host a major global conference on ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Perspective’, held in Kigali, Rwanda on April 28-30, 2014. The conference took place at the Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. Conference Overview While the feminization of poverty has long been a recognized phenomenon, gender inequality and poverty are often […]

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Michael Kirby – ‘Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz’

22 Apr 2014 - The Cube, Oxford Faculty of Law

On Tuesday, 22 April 2014, the Hon Michael Kirby, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia gave a lecture for the Oxford Human Rights Hub on the topic of ‘Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz’. In this lecture Justice Kirby gave a nuanced critique of the recent Indian Supreme Court decision in Naz […]

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Michael Kirby – 'Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz'

22 Apr 2014 - The Cube, Oxford Faculty of Law

On Tuesday, 22 April 2014, the Hon Michael Kirby, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia gave a lecture for the Oxford Human Rights Hub on the topic of ‘Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz’. In this lecture Justice Kirby gave a nuanced critique of the recent Indian Supreme Court decision in Naz […]

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Discrimination Law: Meeting the Challenges

27 Feb 2014 - Senior Common Room, Oxford Faculty of Law

The Oxford Human Rights Hub was delighted to host Professor Sir Bob Hepple (QC, FBA and Chair of the Equal Rights Trust) to give a seminar on: ‘Discrimination Law: Meeting the Challenges” Abstract: Since reaching its high point with the enactment of the Equality Act in 2010, British discrimination law has faced a series of […]

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Dr Chaloka Beyani – “The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system”

26 Feb 2014 - Oxford Department for International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

The Oxford Human Rights Hub together with the Refugee Studies Centre was delighted to host Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to speak on: “The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system” In this seminar, Dr Beyani explored the results of his research into […]

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Dr Chaloka Beyani – "The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system"

26 Feb 2014 - Oxford Department for International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford

The Oxford Human Rights Hub together with the Refugee Studies Centre was delighted to host Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to speak on: “The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system” In this seminar, Dr Beyani explored the results of his research into […]

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Measuring Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief

22 Nov 2013 - Senior Common Room, Oxford Faculty of Law

On 22 November 2013 the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Blavatnik School of Government welcomed Dr Brian Grim to speak on ‘Measuring Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Case Study With Broader Application to Quantitative Monitoring of a Range of Human’ Dr Brian J. Grim is a Senior Researcher and Director of […]

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Elusive Equalities Workshop

11 Sep 2012 - Pembroke College

The Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH) is hosted its inaugural workshop, ‘Elusive Equalities: Sex, Gender and Women’, from 11-12 September 2012 at Pembroke College in Oxford. The workshop explored current challenges to achieving gender equality and how human rights frameworks can be used to address these challenges. There was an exciting line-up of speakers and participants, including leading […]

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New Oxford vs Cambridge Moot Court Case Competition on Disability Law

Date to be confirmed

The Grand Final of the inaugural Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship: Oxford v Cambridge will take place at 3 pm on 16th November 2019 at the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, Oxford. This exciting moot court competition aims to promote the study of disability and the law. The moot will be spread across […]

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