admin 19th February 2018
We are delighted to announce the publication of Responding to children’s work: Evidence from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, the latest in our summative series drawing on our research from the past 15 years. The report explores Young Lives evidence (based on qualitative and quantitative data) on how children spend […]
admin 16th February 2018
I am currently a Content Policy Associate for Facebook. The Content Policy team writes and interprets the policies governing what content people can share on Facebook. The team addresses many issues, ranging from freedom of expression, to hate speech, to counter-terrorism, the list is endless. Prior to this role I was a Public Policy Analyst […]
admin 15th February 2018
The only course of its kind in the UK, A4ID’s annual Law and International Development training programme explores the crucial role that law plays in underpinning the international development agenda and in promoting responsible business practice. This course explores role of the law in: International Development Financing Development Business and Human Rights Socio-Economic Rights Sustainable […]
admin 13th February 2018
Dr Vladislava Stoyanova (Lund University) 5:00-6:30pm, Wednesday 14 February Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB Seminar series convenor: Dr Lilian Tsourdi About the seminar Against the backdrop of the rich judicial output of the Strasbourg Court, the case law under Article 4 (slavery, servitude, forced labour and […]
admin 5th February 2018
On the 7th of February, LSE Human Rights and LSE Law will be co-hosting a lecture on ‘Human Rights in the Neoliberal Maelstrom’, given byProfessor Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Yale University, and chaired by Dr Ayça Çubukçu, Assistant Professor in Human Rights, LSE. This lecture will take place from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. For more information, please visit […]
admin 2nd February 2018
Indirect discrimination (or disparate impact) concerns the application of the same rule to everyone, even though that rule significantly disadvantages one particular group in society. Ever since its recognition by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1971, liberal democracies around the world have grappled with the puzzle that it can sometimes be unfair […]
admin 30th January 2018
Dates: 08-09 June 2018 Location: University of Bath, UK Over the last fifteen-years, first world popular culture’s interest in human mortality significantly expanded and death and dying achieved new levels of media attention. But what of death’s politics? Or the politics of dying and end-of-life? What role does political power play in everyday experiences of […]
admin 26th January 2018
When I finished up my position as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Deputy Direction of the OxHRH in 2015, I remember reflecting on the A.A. Milne quote: ‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard’. But what I have found, over two years later, is that the intellectually enriching, inclusive […]
admin 18th January 2018
Oxford Labour Law Discussion Group seminar Professor Virginia Mantouvalou (University College London) Work, Human Rights and Human Capabilities Date and time: Monday 22 January 2018 at 12:30pm Venue: Brasenose College Tower Bursary, Oxford A sandwich lunch is provided Abstract The meaning and content of the right to work is controversial, with some suggesting that it […]
admin 14th January 2018
Centre for Law and Policy Research (“CLPR”) is a not-for-profit trust based in Bengaluru. We are a team of young researchers and lawyers who are engaged with research into law, development of policy, advancing public interest in the constitution and the Supreme Court and in strategic impact litigation. Please visit our website to learn more […]