Month: October 2016

Having Regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Having Regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights for the Session 2016-7 has recommended the inclusion of a clause in the Children and Social Work Bill which would...
The Historical Roots of the Equality Clause in the South African Constitution-Prof Shireen Hassim (University of Witwatersrand)

The Historical Roots of the Equality Clause in the South African Constitution-Prof Shireen Hassim (University of Witwatersrand)

South Africa has taken centre stage in most accounts of the synergistic potential of law and politics: it is seen as a case which demonstrates that human rights can be...
Invitation to Attend the Herb Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Moot

Invitation to Attend the Herb Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Moot

You are invited to attend the Grand Final and Conversazione of the Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship, which will take place from 3pm on Saturday 5th November 2016,...
Brexit: Foundational Constitutional and Interpretive Principles: II

Brexit: Foundational Constitutional and Interpretive Principles: II

This should be read with the previous posting. They are both designed to reveal underlying issues of constitutional and interpretive principle that pertain to Brexit. The previous post considered constitutional...
University of Malta: Migration, Mobility and Human Right Conference

University of Malta: Migration, Mobility and Human Right Conference

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to October 30.
Brexit: Foundational Constitutional and Interpretive Principles: I

Brexit: Foundational Constitutional and Interpretive Principles: I

The post-referendum discourse has been marked by vibrant political and legal exchange in Parliament and the courts. This is not the place for detailed engagement with all such arguments, nor...
Oxford Lawyers Against Poverty: Brexit-Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Oxford Lawyers Against Poverty: Brexit-Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Oxford Lawyers Against Poverty is an initiative set up by Legal Professionals and Students interested in the link between the rule of law and poverty in the developing world and...
Six months later: a reflection on what has changed since the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered an end to detention on Manus Island

Six months later: a reflection on what has changed since the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered an end to detention on Manus Island

On 26 April 2016, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) ruled that the detention of asylum seeker and refugee men at the Manus Island ‘regional processing centre’ (MIRPC)...
Queen’s University Belfast Conference: Intersectionality in Law, Policy and Society

Queen’s University Belfast Conference: Intersectionality in Law, Policy and Society

Ahmed v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights Still Skirting Around Jury Bias

Ahmed v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights Still Skirting Around Jury Bias

The European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) recently handed down its long-awaited admissibility decision in Ahmed v United Kingdom. It unanimously declared that the defendant’s claim, that at least one...
Amicus-US Death Penalty Training Session

Amicus-US Death Penalty Training Session

The sessions will include: powerful talks by exonerees who have each spent several years on death row; lectures by academics and capital defence experts, including current US practitioners, about the...
Ending the Perverse Culture of  Mob Justice in Nigeria

Ending the Perverse Culture of Mob Justice in Nigeria

The failure of Nigerian criminal justice institutions and agencies to prevent mob justice or punish those who engage in it, has lent an air of acceptability to the vile practice....

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