Prisoner Rights at the Forefront of Canadian Debates
Over the past month, two major developments have placed the constitutionally protected rights of prisoners front and centre in the Canadian press. The first of these developments is at the...
Month: January 2015
Human Rights for Future Generations-Human Rights and Budgeting Workshop
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...
Translating Questions Of Religion Conversions to Issues of Human Rights: The Proposed Ban on Religious Conversions in a Secular Indian State
In recent months, the political focus in India has shifted towards the sensitive issue of “forced religious conversions”, known as, “Ghar Wapsi” (Homecoming Ceremony). The conversions of 200 Muslims in...
Rights Protection in 2014: A Review of the Indian Supreme Court
2014 was an interesting year for protection of fundamental rights by the Indian Supreme Court. We undertook an unprecedented rights review at the Centre for Law and Policy Research. One...
More than 100 Participants from around the Globe in Right to Education Webinar
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...
Associate Director Prof Liora Lazarus Presenting at the USIAS Symposium-Democratic Security
Associate Director, Associate Professor Liora Lazarus will be one of the key speakers at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study Symposium-Democratic Security on the right ‘Righting Security or...
The Handbook of Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Where Are We Now?
Northern Ireland’s most prominent human rights NGO is the Committee on the Administration of Justice. Founded in 1981, it has played a significant role in ensuring that human rights and...
An Unsecured Commitment: Security and Justice in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Insecurity and injustice are a daily reality for large numbers of people around the world. Although gathering data on areas torn by public fear, human tragedy and below average living...
Right to Education (Prof Sandra Fredman, Oxford University)
Watch webinar here. In this webinar, Prof Sandra Fredman from the University of Oxford explores international and comparative law understandings of education as a fundamental human right. This webinar was...
Glasgow Human RIghts Network-Gradutate Conference on Human Rights: Challenges to Human Rights Theory and Practice: Call for Papers
Graduate Conference on Human Rights: Challenges to Human Rights Theory and Practice Call for Papers The postgraduate cluster of the Glasgow Human Rights Network (GHRN), based at the University of...
Reporting Restrictions in Criminal Cases Involving Juveniles
On 3 November 2014 Will Cornick was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his teacher Ann Maguire, after stabbing her in front of her...
Fiction and Human Rights Network
Fiction and Human Rights Network The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) is pleased to announce its new network, ‘Fiction and Human Rights.’ This network is primarily a collaboration...
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