admin 8th July 2015
On 30th of June, 2015 the Oxford Human Rights Hub, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, presented a live webinar on the Right to Strike. The webinar was presented by Professor Alan Bogg, Oxford University and moderated by Professor Sandra Fredman, OxHRH Director. The webinar was a great success, with more than 70 active participants from around the […]
admin 29th June 2015
The 21st ISLSSL Labour Law World Congress will take place from the 15th – 18th September 2015 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, in Cape Town. The South African Society for Labour Law, SASLAW, is honoured to have won the bid to host the World Congress for the International Society for Labour and Social Security […]
admin 16th June 2015
On June 15, 2015 Professor Sandra Fredman gave a presentation at the Substantive Equality for Women: Connecting Human Rights and Public Policy Workshop. The workshop brought together key individuals from human rights bodies, UN agencies, civil society and academia to explore ways of implementing and operationalizing the policy recommendations of the UN Women flagship report […]
admin 2nd June 2015
Events details: Centre of African Studies, University of London Mon 22nd June, 12pm to 2pm, Room 4426, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Speakers: Helen Mountfield QC Professor Sandra Fredman (Oxford University) Shona Gazidis (Legal Resources Centre) To rsvp, email fiona@canoncollins.org.uk This event is held in collaboration with Canon Collins […]
admin 26th May 2015
CLPR in collaboration with the Legal Resources Centre, South Africa is organised a two day conference on ‘The Justiciability of the Right to Education in the post – 2015 Development Agenda’ on Monday 25th May 2015 and Tuesday 26th May 2015 at Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bengaluru, India. This conference was a platform to share […]
admin 5th May 2015
Early Career Scholars in EU labour law and social policy are invited to apply for a space on the British Academy-funded project on Future Directions in EU Labour Law, with a launch workshop organised on July 3 at Magdalen College, Oxford. The project will bring together early career academics and senior policy makers from across the Union to collaborate […]
admin 30th January 2015
The Human Rights for Future Generations Programme organised a workshop on human rights and budgeting at the Oxford Martin School on 29 January. Presentations were heard from Ann Blyberg (Former Director, International Human Rights Internship Program) Sally Ireland (Principal Policy Adviser, Children’s Commissioner) Rory O’Connell (Professor, University of Ulster) Angela O’Hagan (Research Fellow, Caledonian University) […]
admin 28th January 2015
On 27th January 2015 the Oxford Human Rights Hub, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, presented its first live webinar on the Right to Education. The webinar was presented by Professor Sandra Fredman, Director of the OxHRH, and moderated by Associate-Professor Liora Lazarus. The webinar was a great success, with more than 100 active […]
admin 16th October 2014
Date: Thursday, 23 October, 2014 – 13:00 Speaker: Dr. Jeff King, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University College London (Visiting Humboldt Scholar, Humboldt University of Berlin (2014-15)) Location: Seminar Room D, Faculty of Law, St. Cross Building Conventional Anglo-American understandings of constitutionalism suggest that the welfare state is not an appropriate subject for constitutional regulation, […]
admin 2nd October 2014
Justice Dhaya Pillay, who last year was a visiting fellow at the Oxford Human Rights Hub, has published an article in the Industrial Law Journal entitled, ‘Whither the Prostitution Industry?’ (2014) 35 ILJ 1749. Justice Pillay’s article examines the possibility of reforming the adult prostitution industry.
Karl Laird 2nd October 2014
Justice Dhaya Pillay, who last year was a visiting fellow at the Oxford Human Rights Hub, has published an article in the Industrial Law Journal entitled, ‘Whither the Prostitution Industry?’ (2014) 35 ILJ 1749. Justice Pillay’s article examines the possibility of reforming the adult prostitution industry.
admin 24th February 2014
On Thursday 20 February, Judge Glenn Goosen of the South African High Court declared that the South African government’s failure to provide basic furniture to schools across the Eastern Cape Province was in violation of learners’ right to a basic education under the South African Constitution. He further ordered the government to provide adequate furniture by 31 May. A 2011 […]