Month: November 2016

A Commentary on Recent Developments in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Standing of Legal Entities

A Commentary on Recent Developments in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Standing of Legal Entities

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) Advisory Opinion OC-22/16 examined the question of whether legal entities have standing before the Inter-American System of Human Rights. It addressed issues surrounding...
Uber, Informal Work and the Expert Working Group on Discrimination Against Women

Uber, Informal Work and the Expert Working Group on Discrimination Against Women

The decision of the London Employment Tribunal that Uber taxi drivers are employees and not self-employed is of global importance, in the face of the increase in all kinds of...
The Partnership between Health and Law to Ensure Human Rights

The Partnership between Health and Law to Ensure Human Rights

If human rights are to meaningfully alleviate poverty, we must factor in the day to day need for legal advice services. Even where there is no court or tribunal case...
Law and Politics Seminar Series

Law and Politics Seminar Series

This is a new seminar series held at St Antony’s College, and will comprise a number of special seminars on topics raising legal and political issues. The first confirmed seminar...
Right of Access to Information: An Empowering Tool for the Enjoyment of Other Human Rights in Argentina

Right of Access to Information: An Empowering Tool for the Enjoyment of Other Human Rights in Argentina

Argentina has taken a big step towards government transparency and accountability by enacting, on September 29th 2016, its very own Law on Right of Access to Information. This long-awaited law...
A Conversation with Professor Kate O’Regan and Professor Sandra Fredman: What Are Human Rights?

A Conversation with Professor Kate O’Regan and Professor Sandra Fredman: What Are Human Rights?

A conversation between Kate O’Regan, Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford, and Sandy Fredman, Professor of Law, University of Oxford and Director of...
What Are Human Rights?

What Are Human Rights?

A conversation between Kate O’Regan, Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford, and Sandy Fredman, Professor of Law, University of Oxford and Director of...
Miller: Rights and Revocability

Miller: Rights and Revocability

There has been much discussion as to whether Article 50 once triggered is revocable. There is no intention to revisit the contending arguments here, save to say that the ultimate...
OxHRH’s Submission to Women and Equalities Commission Now Published

OxHRH’s Submission to Women and Equalities Commission Now Published

Under the auspicies of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, Professor Sandra Fredman, FBA, QC (hon), Director of the OxHRH and Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and...
Miller: Alternative Syllogisms

Miller: Alternative Syllogisms

Professor Finnis posed a powerful challenge to the Miller decision by contending that the claimant’s argument was based on the following syllogistic fallacy. (1) Statutory rights enacted by Parliament cannot...
R (Miller) v The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Substance over Form?

R (Miller) v The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Substance over Form?

In a ground-breaking decision, the High Court issued a declaratory order that ‘the Secretary of State does not have power under the Crown’s prerogative to give notice pursuant to Article...
Call for Papers: Beyond Human Rights? Rethinking Gender Equality in Law and Politics

Call for Papers: Beyond Human Rights? Rethinking Gender Equality in Law and Politics

‘Beyond Human Rights? Rethinking Gender Equality In Law And Politics’, an international conference is hosted by Escola de Direito de São Paulo da FGV, Brazil; Oxford Human Rights Hub, Oxford...

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