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Socio-Economic Rights Advocacy in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

Socio-Economic Rights Advocacy in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

South Africa, Right to Education, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

I am one of the two Oxford Human Rights Hub/Rhodes University Travelling Fellows for this year. This is the first ...

Vouchers, Performance Bonus, and Compensation: The Juridical Nature of the Salary

Vouchers, Performance Bonus, and Compensation: The Juridical Nature of the Salary

Argentina, Labour Rights

On September 1st of 2009, the Supreme Court of Argentina established in the case of Pérez, Aníbal Raúl v. Disco S. ...

Is the two-thirds gender rule discourse engendering double invisibility in public life for other vulnerable groups in Kenya?

Is the two-thirds gender rule discourse engendering double invisibility in public life for other vulnerable groups in Kenya?

Kenya, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

It is asserted that an enduring democracy is one that secures the meaningful participation of youth, women, ...

Guilty of Rape, But Not Punished

Guilty of Rape, But Not Punished

Belgium, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender

On 3 February 2016, the Criminal Division of the Court of First Instance of Ghent in Belgium found a 33-year old ...

ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue speaks on the difficulty of proving Human Rights violations in front of the “World Court” at the Oxford Human Rights Program

ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue speaks on the difficulty of proving Human Rights violations in front of the “World Court” at the Oxford Human Rights Program

United Nations, Access to Justice

By starting off with a made up case of forced disappearance that led our made up victim to flee to another country ...

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Femicide in Guatemala – Part II

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Femicide in Guatemala – Part II

American Convention on Human Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On 19 November 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) handed down a decision on gender-based ...

L’interdiction au Maroc de rompre le jeune pendant le Ramadan est contraire aux obligations internationales des droits de l’homme de ce pays

L’interdiction au Maroc de rompre le jeune pendant le Ramadan est contraire aux obligations internationales des droits de l’homme de ce pays

Morocco, Right to Freedom of Religion

Ce jeudi 16 juin 2016 d’après ce qui à été publié par le journal Marocain TelQuel, deux hommes ont été condamné à ...

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Gender Stereotypes and Lack of Justice – Part I

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Gender Stereotypes and Lack of Justice – Part I

American Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In November 2015, a decade after the sexual assault and murder of a young Guatemalan woman, the Inter-American ...

Morocco’s Prohibition on Breaking Fast During Ramadan Violates The Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief

Morocco’s Prohibition on Breaking Fast During Ramadan Violates The Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief

Morocco, Right to Freedom of Religion

On Thursday, 16th of June 2016, according to what was reported by the Moroccan newspaper TelQuel, two men have ...

The Exclusion of Romani Communities from Non-Emergency Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs

The Exclusion of Romani Communities from Non-Emergency Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs

Romania, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic Rights

One of the most pressing issues regarding Europe’s most marginalised ethnic minority remains their restricted ...

European Court of Human Rights Rules on Greek Debt Restructuring

European Court of Human Rights Rules on Greek Debt Restructuring

European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Rights

There is a seemingly endless stream of cases originating from the Greek crisis, which has preoccupied the ...

US Sanctions on North Korean Human Rights Violators: Exploring the Impact

US Sanctions on North Korean Human Rights Violators: Exploring the Impact

North Korea, United States of America, Conflict and Human Rights

On July 6, the US State Department released its report on North Korean human rights violations pursuant to its ...

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