Month: May 2018

Not There Yet and Running Against the Clock: The New Ordinance Regulating Racial Classification for Racial Quotas in Brazil

Not There Yet and Running Against the Clock: The New Ordinance Regulating Racial Classification for Racial Quotas in Brazil

On April 10th, regulatory ordinance no. 4 was signed by the Human Resource Management of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management in Brazil. The ordinance regulates the procedure of...
Friday in Focus: Farrah Raza

Friday in Focus: Farrah Raza

My time at Oxford began in 2017, when I joined as a Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law at Pembroke College. I teach Constitutional Law to first year undergraduates at Pembroke...
Call for Papers: Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Annual Conference

Call for Papers: Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Annual Conference

Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group Annual Conference 2019 Call For Papers The Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group, hosted by the Department of Law, Juridicum,...
A Cambodian Spring Film Screening

A Cambodian Spring Film Screening

A Cambodian Spring: land rights activism and Cambodia’s upcoming general election Olivia Dehnavi and Katie Johnston “They consider the people enemies, ignoring, oppressing and abusing them. They don’t care about...
The Continuing Impact of Brexit on Equality Rights’ (OxHRH, 2018)

The Continuing Impact of Brexit on Equality Rights’ (OxHRH, 2018)

Panel Discussion on Abortion in Northern Ireland

Panel Discussion on Abortion in Northern Ireland

The UK Adoption Act 1967 does not apply in Northern Ireland and access to legal abortions in Northern Ireland is very restricted. As a result, some women from Northern Ireland...
Call for Papers: Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights Law

Call for Papers: Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights Law

Saturday 1st December 2018 University of Brighton Call for Papers In the UK, and with Brexit looming, the challenges for human rights are mounting. From counter-terrorism to migration, policing to...
New Publication: Guy Davidov A Purposive Approach to Labour Law (OUP, 2018)

New Publication: Guy Davidov A Purposive Approach to Labour Law (OUP, 2018)

This new publication examines the crisis of labour law through a study of the policy aims informing legislation and the means used to achieve them. It explores the societal goals...
Refugee Studies Centre Seminar-Outsourcing Border Control: The Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco

Refugee Studies Centre Seminar-Outsourcing Border Control: The Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 5pm, Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB Seminar series convenor: Dr Ali Ali About the speaker Federica Infantino...
International Law Violations Underpin Tragedy in Gaza   

International Law Violations Underpin Tragedy in Gaza  

The death of 60 Palestinians under Israeli fire at the Israel-Gaza border fence on May 14 has sent palpable shockwaves through the international community. It is the greatest loss of...
The Irish Abortion Referendum: An Opportunity for Change

The Irish Abortion Referendum: An Opportunity for Change

Today, the Irish people will be asked to vote in a referendum on whether or not to repeal the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution which prohibits access to abortion...
Failing to Prioritise Religious Burials in London: Equal Treatment or Equality?

Failing to Prioritise Religious Burials in London: Equal Treatment or Equality?

In R (ota Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969, the High Court had to consider an application from an orthodox Jewish...

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