admin 28th June 2019
The Human Rights Age Journal is a scientific journal of international relevance, published in English, peer-reviewed and open-access, containing papers concerning Human Rights from different approaches. This Journal is edited in the framework of the Research Group “The Age of Rights”, composed by about one hundred researchers belonging to some of the most important human […]
admin 27th June 2019
The Melbourne Institute of Comparative Constitutional Law (MICCL) is an initiative of the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law, which is the program funded by the Australian Research Council for 2017-2022 which will convene annually in Melbourne for five years. The Laureate Program is based at Melbourne Law School which is also home to a […]
admin 19th June 2019
On Wednesday 29 May 2019, the OxHRH held its fifth workshop for MPhil and DPhil students at Oxford University working in the human rights field. Each student presented their work and received tailored feedback from members of the Law Faculty. Professor Fredman, Director of the OxHRH, opened the workshop advocating the importance of coming together as a […]
admin 14th June 2019
On 17th May 2019, the Sciences Po Law Clinic and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) brought together leading human rights actors to discuss the Clinic’s research exploring how and when UN Treaty Bodies have addressed economic inequality. Participants included academics, human rights advocates and representatives of UN agencies. The research […]
admin 13th June 2019
Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles’ new edited collection Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control is now available for pre-order here. The book is inspired by a statement released by the World Health Organization directed at preventing and eliminating disrespectful and abusive treatment during facility-based childbirth. Exploring the nature of vulnerability during childbirth, and the […]
admin 10th June 2019
The Faces of Human Rights Edited by Kasey McCall-Smith, Jan Wouters and Felipe Gómez Isa As human rights discourse increasingly focuses on analysing states and the institutions that promote and support the human rights machinery that states have created, this volume serves to recall that despite the growing size of the machinery and unwieldy nature […]
admin 6th June 2019
The University of Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), together with nine Eurocities member cities, has recently released a video entitled ‘Irregular Migrants in European Cities: How to respond?’ alongside ‘Guidance for Municipalities’ on how to secure access to social rights for all forms of irregular migrants in their localities. A knowledge-exchange project, facilitated […]
admin 28th May 2019
RSC Public seminar 5pm Wednesday 29 May on Sonopolis: Sound, citizenship, and migrant activisms in Athens with Dr Tom Western (Refugee Studies Centre). Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB Seminar series: Everyday Resistance to the European Governance of Migration Series convenor: Dr Cory Rodgers About the seminar At […]
admin 22nd May 2019
The Labour Law Research Network has announced that the recipients of the 2019 LLRN Bob Hepple Award for Lifetime Achievement in Labour Law are Professor Mark Freedland and Professor Ann Numhauser-Henning. They join Prof. Harry Arthurs, the late Prof. Bob Hepple, Prof. Katherine Stone, Prof Kazuo Sugeno, Prof. Manfred Weiss and Prof Silvana Sciarra as previous recipients of the Award. The goal of the Award […]
admin 22nd May 2019
The Australian Department of the Senate is currently recruiting for a Principal Research Officer to support the work of the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR). The role involves drafting reports and providing advice in relation to international human rights law and the human rights compatibility of legislation to the PJCHR. The role […]
admin 21st May 2019
RSC Public seminar 5pm Wednesday 22 May on Endurance and involuntary return to Senegal with Dr Anne-Line Rodriguez (Queen Mary University of London) Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB Seminar series: Everyday Resistance to the European Governance of Migration Series convenor: Dr Cory Rodgers About the seminar Over the last […]