The Foundations of Law & Constitutional Government Seminar: The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence

admin 27th April 2017

Victor Boutros is a Founding Director of the Human Trafficking Institute and co-author with Gary Haugen of The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence (Oxford University Press). Drawing on real-world cases and extensive scholarship, The Locust Effect paints a vivid portrait of the way fractured criminal justice systems in developing countries have spawned […]

Read full article »

Call for Papers: International Conference on State Boundary Affairs

admin 26th April 2017

Read full article »

Livestream: Prosecuting and Punishing the Crimes Against Humanity or Even Possible Genocide Committed by Daesh

admin 25th April 2017

Tomorrow, 25 April 2017, a hearing on genocide perpetrated by ISIS against religious minorities will take place at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The event, a joint hearing of the Assembly’s Political Affairs and Legal Affairs Committees, will hear from Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor of ISIS’ crimes and winner of […]

Read full article »

RightsUp #RightNow Podcast-A Precarious Future? Examining the UK Human Rights Act

admin 24th April 2017

The Human Rights Act incorporated the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. In this episode, we look at the Human Rights Act in a past interview with Sir Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St. Pancras, currently Shadow Brexit Secretary, and former Director of Public Prosecutions for the Crown […]

Read full article »

OxHRH Trinity Term Card

admin 21st April 2017

The OxHRH Seminars discuss the latest developments in human rights including the protect of official data, human rights review in India and the UK and the challenges of business and human rights. There is no need to sign up and the seminars are open to members of the public. We look forward to seeing you […]

Read full article »