admin 1st May 2018
This event is organised and hosted Professor Jane Ching and her colleagues at Nottingham Law School and through the Centre for Legal Education. These are facilitated workshops/roundtables. Liz is and experienced facilitator & researcher and uses conferencing approaches to facilitate. She takes a back seat with guiding questions generated by the discussion. It’s all about […]
admin 29th April 2018
This term the series has a particular focus on Syria and the Middle East, with topics covered including Iraqi migrants in Syria, Syrians working in Turkey, and Islamic traditions of refuge. We kick off with a book launch for Professor Dawn Chatty’s book Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State next week on 2 May. […]
admin 19th April 2018
In the School of Law, University of Glasgow, we are currently advertising two postdoctoral researcher positions in connection with the ESRC-Funded Project Work on Demand. The WorkOD project seeks to investigate the ever-evolving nature of contracts and contracting behaviour in the world of work – not only contracts of employment, but also those of casual, […]
admin 18th April 2018
3-5pm, Mansfield College: Opening prayers; panel discussion; survivor testimony; and candle lighting. With special guests Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda; Lord Mayor of Oxford, Jean Fooks; Antoinette Mukeshimana; Rt Revd Jonathan Ruhumuliza; John Binama; Lilian Umubyeyi; Dr Richard Benda; Dr James Smith; Ruth Barnett; Dr Zoe Norridge; and Dr […]
admin 17th April 2018
This new publication from Chris McCrudden Litigating Religions: An Essay on Human Rights, Courts and Beliefs (OUP, 2018) explores the contested relationship between human rights, religion, and litigation. It demonstrates how the renewed geo-political significance of religion and recent developments in human rights legislation have meant that conflicts are increasingly subject to judicial interpretation. Draws […]
admin 12th April 2018
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has instituted an award to honour the outstanding and dynamic scientific work, of great value to the European trade union movement, of the late labour law Professor Brian Bercusson: the ETUC Brian Bercusson Award. Through this Award, the ETUC and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) support academic research that […]
admin 10th April 2018
The Equal Rights Trust has just released its five year strategy. The report can be found here.
admin 5th April 2018
The OxHRH Publication Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The latest editions are: Nicolas Bamforth, ‘Approaching the Indirect-Direct Discrimination Distinction: Concepts, Values and Policies’ in Hugh Collins and Tarunabh Khaitan (eds.), Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law (Hart, 2018). Meghan Campbell, Women, Poverty Equality: The Role of CEDAW (Hart, 2018). […]
admin 4th April 2018
admin 2nd April 2018
Job description European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination The Utrecht University Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance seeks to fill a position for a postdoctoral researcher in the field of EU gender equality law. The successful candidate will be part of the coordination team of the gender stream of the European network of […]
admin 27th March 2018
FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY ASSOCIATE Children’s Rights Division London or Berlin Office Application Deadline: 19 April 2018 Human Rights Watch is seeking an Associate to provide administrative assistance to the Children’s Rights Division. The Children’s Rights Division focuses on issues affecting children around the world including child labor, armed conflict, migration, and juvenile justice. The […]
admin 26th March 2018
In celebration of the centenary of the women’s suffrage movement in the UK and Ireland, we ran a series of blogs on the women’s suffrage movement around the world. This series comes at a time when a global women’s movement has been revitalised. From the #womensmarch, to the #metoo movement and #rureferencelist in South Africa, […]