Christine Savino

Christine Savino is a Visiting Student at Oxford studying international human rights law. Upon the conclusion of her studies, she will begin her term as a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan where she will focus on diplomacy and international human rights.

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Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not preclude it from its Principle of Non-Refoulement, or prohibition of refoulement, due to human rights protections under other ...
L’ambitieuse loi française sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme sera mise à l’épreuve : l’affaire Yemen LNG

L’ambitieuse loi française sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme sera mise à l’épreuve : l’affaire Yemen LNG

Le 22 février 2023, groupe des droits MENA a intenté une action en justice devant un tribunal parisien contre TotalEnergies, l’une des plus grandes sociétés énergétiques françaises, pour non-respect de la loi française sur le devoir ...
France’s Ambitious Business and Human Rights Law to be Tested: the Yemen LNG case

France’s Ambitious Business and Human Rights Law to be Tested: the Yemen LNG case

On February 22, 2023, MENA Rights Group filed a lawsuit in a Paris court against TotalEnergies, one of France’s largest energy corporations, for failing to comply with French Duty of Vigilance Law. This 2017 law based on the UN ...
UN Member States Vote to Oust Iran from the UN Commission of the Status of Women

UN Member States Vote to Oust Iran from the UN Commission of the Status of Women

Image description: Iran solidarity protest in Berlin, October 22, 2022. On December 14th, 2022, Iran became the first United Nations (UN) member state ousted during its 4-year elected term on the Commission on the Status of Women ...
Segundo Proyecto de Chile: una oportunidad para hacer efectivos los derechos humanos indígenas a través de la ley constitucional

Segundo Proyecto de Chile: una oportunidad para hacer efectivos los derechos humanos indígenas a través de la ley constitucional

Descripción de la imagen: Representantes indígenas se reúnen con la presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, en el Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, el 24 de junio de 2015. Dos mujeres indígenas se paran, con Bachelet entre ellas, ...
Chile’s Second Draft: an Opportunity to Enforce Indigenous Human Rights through Constitutional Law

Chile’s Second Draft: an Opportunity to Enforce Indigenous Human Rights through Constitutional Law

Image description: Indigenous representatives meet with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet on the National Day of Indigenous People's, 24 June 2015. Two indigenous women stand, with Bachelet between them, while the three of them hold ...
The Increased Imperative for International Law Protections Regarding Climate Induced Migration

The Increased Imperative for International Law Protections Regarding Climate Induced Migration

Image description: Protesters at a march with banners reading 'stop climate change'. Climate change is an increasingly grim and urgent problem with profound implications for refugee and asylum international law. Most of the ...