Claire Overman is a pupil barrister, and is a former Editor and Communications Manager of the OxHRH Blog. She studied for her BA and BCL at Keble College, University of Oxford. The views expressed in this post are her own.
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Vinter v UK and Whether Life Should Mean Life
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, in the case of Vinter and Others v United Kingdom, that whole life orders of imprisonment violate Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits ...
Fisher v University of Texas: A Glimmer of Hope for Affirmative Action in the United States?
The US Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the eagerly anticipated case of Fisher v University of Texas. It concerns the compatibility of the university’s admissions programme with the Equal Protection Clause of the ...
CSW57: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Today we continue our special themed post series focusing on CSW57. Claire Overman reflects on one of the discussions at CSW57 last week concerning the specific challenges surrounding violence against indigenous women and girls.
At ...
Eweida and Others v United Kingdom: the Use and Abuse of the Margin of Appreciation
Julie Maher’s post on the judgment handed down by the ECtHR in Eweida and Others v United Kingdom outlines the reasons which the Court gave for deciding that, while disciplinary action for wearing a crucifix necklace at a job with ...
Fisher v University of Texas: What the Judges Asked
The third installment in our affirmative action series looks at the oral arguments presented and questions asked by the bench in Fisher v University of Texas.
In this post Claire Overman takes a closer look at the transcript from ...
Fisher v University of Texas: What the Parties Submitted
The second and third posts in our affirmative action series will take a closer look at the submissions and oral arguments presented to the US Supreme Court in the landmark affirmative action case of Fisher v University of Texas. ...
A Special Relationship? Preserving the Human Rights of Terrorist Suspects in Extradition Cases
The recent case of Babar Ahmad and Others v United Kingdom represents the final stage in the European appeal process for Abu Hamza and others against their extradition to the USA on terrorism charges. Thus, the ECtHR’s decision of 10 ...
Article 14 ECHR: the Elusive Other Status
The recent judgment of Swift v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 2000 (QB) raises some interesting questions regarding the operation of article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”).
The case concerned a ...
