admin 5th December 2019
The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights announces establishment of the Oak Foundation Research Visitor Programme through funding provided by the Oak Foundation. In 2020, the Institute will host four human rights practitioners from the Global South interested in conducting an independent research project in the field of civil liability for human rights violations. Deadline for […]
admin 5th December 2019
The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights invites submissions for a Comparative Law Research Roundtable on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations and a subsequent edited publication. The Research Roundtable will take place on 23-24 October 2020 in Oxford, UK. Deadline for application is 10 January 2020. Further information about the application process and supporting documents can […]
admin 27th November 2019
The Oxford Human Rights Hub blog expresses its solidarity with the ongoing UCU strike over pay equality, precariousness, pensions and working conditions! The OxHRH Blog will resume processing fresh submissions after the end of the strike period.
admin 24th November 2019
The Indian Law Society (ILS) Law College, Pune, under the auspices of Remembering SP Sathe Foundation (set up by the Indian Law Society) and Centre for Public Law is pleased to invite abstracts from law students, academicians , lawyers, activist, researchers and faculty around the world for participation and submission of Research Papers for Remembering […]
admin 24th November 2019
The Democratic Courthouse by Linda Mulcahy and Emma Rowden examines how changing understandings of the relationship between government and the governed came to be reflected in the buildings designed to house the modern legal system from the 1970s to the present day in England and Wales. The book explores the extent to which egalitarian ideals and the pursuit […]
admin 15th November 2019
The first report from the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis research group, based at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, has been published, and is now available online. The Report documents gross human rights abuses that have been committed during the conflict in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon since 2016. These regions […]
admin 9th November 2019
The OxHRH Publications Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The latest editions are: Mohammad Amir Anwar and Mark Graham, ‘Does Economic Upgrading Lead to Social Upgrading in Contact Centers? Evidence from South Africa’ (2019) 38 African Geographical Review 209 Paul Craig, ‘The EU, Democracy and Institutional Structure: Past, […]
admin 6th November 2019
The University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education is pleased to announce that admissions for the Master’s in International Human Rights Law are open for the course starting September 2020. The degree is conducted on a part-time basis over two academic years. Students work online in their home country from September to June each year […]
admin 3rd November 2019
Save the date! On November 13th and 14th , the Thomson Reuters Foundation will be hosting its flagship annual event, Trust Conference. Held in the heart of London, the conference brings together some 600 delegates from diverse sectors representing more than 60 countries. Day one will address creating a fairer economic system for those left behind, and […]
admin 3rd November 2019
Call for Papers Federalism is considered one of the most promising constitutional mechanisms to help deal with the challenges posed by the process of globalization and increasing inequality, in addition to being an extraordinary tool for dealing with various forms of diversity (ethnic, religious, linguistic, etc.) To this end, the purpose of this workshop is to […]
admin 30th October 2019
NAIROBI, 25TH OCTOBER 2019. The World Bank’s independent recourse and accountability mechanism, Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), published a report raising “substantial concerns” regarding Bridge International Academies (BIA) and announcing their intention to conduct a compliance investigation into the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) investment in the company. This decision comes after a comprehensive appraisal of a complaint filed in April 2018 by ten […]
admin 28th October 2019
Dr. Andrea Broderick, of Maastricht University, The Netherlands, and Dr. Delia Ferri, of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, have co-authored the first textbook on International and European Disability Law and Policy: Text, Cases and Materials, which was published by Cambridge University Press in October 2019. The textbook is the product of a close collaboration […]