Women in Law: A Women’s World? Roundtable 27 January 2020
admin 11th January 2020
OxHRH Director Sandy Fredman will be moderating this roundtable.
New edited collection from OxHRH Associate Barbara Havelková
admin 24th December 2019
A new edited collection on Anti-Discrimination Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions by Barbara Havelková and Mathias Möschel has just been published. This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions. Historically, scholarship in this area has focused on the common law, which has also taken the lead in developing the […]
New Publications from OxHRH Associates
admin 23rd December 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: Mark Graham and William H Dutton (eds), Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing our Lives (2nd edn, OUP, 2019) Mark Graham, Rob Kitchin, Shannon Mattern and Joe Shaw (eds), How to Run a City Like Amazon, and […]
European Yearbook on Human Rights 2020 Special focus: Rights of the Child, Call for Contributions
admin 22nd December 2019
The European Yearbook on Human Rights explains and contextualizes key developments in human rights in the past year. With special sections dedicated to the three main organisations securing human rights in Europe (EU, Council of Europe and OSCE) as well as a section on cross-cutting issues the Yearbook provides much-needed analysis and insightful commentary. Since […]
Call for Papers: ILS Law College Pune India in Collaboration with University of Leeds International conference on “Exploring Titanic Shifts in the Human Rights Paradigm after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”
admin 16th December 2019
ILS Law College Equal Opportunity Cum Enabling Cell in Collaboration with Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds (Uk) announces a one-day International Conference on “Exploring Titanic Shifts in the Human Rights Paradigm after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” Date: 20th JANUARY 2020 Venue: ILS Law College Campus, Pune ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The United Nations convention on […]
Ageing Societies, Migration and Climate Change bring new Challenges for Gender Equality
admin 13th December 2019
On Tuesday December 10 2019, EU ministers in charge of gender equality (EPSCO) adopted Council conclusions based on our review of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). Our findings show that no EU country has yet fully implemented this blueprint for women’s empowerment, with issues such as ageing societies, migration and climate change bringing new […]
The Global Campus of Human Rights is now receiving applications for the 2020 edition of the Venice School of Human Rights
admin 8th December 2019
Human Rights Defenders play an essential role in the realisation of rights and promotion of equality. Not only do they fight for human rights in situations of oppression and abuse; they also act as monitors, drawing attention both of their respective communities and of the international community to otherwise neglected violations and threats; they assist victims […]
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Call for Applications: Oak Foundation Research Visitor Programme
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 […]
Call for Contributions: Research Roundtable on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations
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 […]
The UCU Strike: An Update
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.
Call For Papers & Participation For Remembering S.P. SATHE: 14th International Conference On Contemporary Trends In Comparative Public Law
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 […]
New book from OxHRH Associate Linda Mulcahy: The Democratic Courthouse: A Modern History of Design, Due Process and Dignity
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 […]