Natasha is a DPhil candidate in the Law Faculty at Oxford University. Her DPhil research focuses on derogation under human rights treaties. Natasha is also a Lecturer in Constitutional Law at Keble College, and she has a strong research interest in international law and human rights. She works part-time as the Research Director at the Oxford Human Rights Hub, prior to which she worked on the Hub's podcast and blog editorial teams.
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Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bedroom Tax
To politicians and lawyers, the ‘bedroom tax’ is just media shorthand for statutory rules relating to housing benefit reductions for under-occupancy of housing association property, ushered in by the Welfare Reform Act 2012. To the ...
Humanitarian Intervention? – International Law and the Non-Use of Force in Syria
The UK House of Commons voted by a slim majority (13 votes) against UK involvement in direct military action in Syria. This refusal to endorse the use of force does more to protect human rights than would support for military ...
Vinter v UK – Why The Majority Are Right To Find That Whole Life Orders Violate Article 3 ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights' recent decision in Vinter v UK will inevitably come under fire for infringing abstract notions of subsidiarity and the Court criticised for meddling in national affairs (see the prediction in Claire ...
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction under the ECHR – Smith (and Others) v MOD (2013)
In Smith (and Others) v MOD [2013] UKSC 41, the UK Supreme Court was charged with determining whether the UK government had jurisdiction over British soldiers killed while serving in Iraq.
The incidents in question raised several ...
Justice and Security Act 2013: Impact on Open Justice and Trial Rights
On the 25th of April 2013, the Justice and Security Act was granted Royal Assent after the Bill’s tumultuous progression through the parliamentary drafting stages. Part 2 of the Act regulates disclosure of sensitive material ...
International Human Rights Law and National Equality Legislation: Mapping the Gaps
On Wednesday 6th of February, the Oxford Human Rights Hub welcomed Dr. Dimitrina Petrova, founding Executive Director of The Equal Rights Trust, who delivered an engaging presentation highlighting the development of major global ...
Access to Justice for Self-Represented Litigants?
Robin Knowles CBE QC and Natasha Holcroft-Emmess add to the voices on the OxHRH Blog warning of the threat to justice posed by impending budget cuts, particularly to self-represented litigants.
On Friday 30th of November 2012, the UK ...
James, Wells and Lee v UK: Indefinite Detention and Arbitrary Deprivations of Liberty
More than 6000 UK prisoners are currently subject to indefinite detention without means of progressing towards parole. In James, Wells and Lee v UK the European Court of Human Rights held that prisoners serving indeterminate sentences ...
Scoppola v Italy (No. 3): Getting Prisoner Voting Right?
In Scoppola v Italy (No. 3) (Application no. 126/05, 22 May 2012) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights once again engaged with the vexed issue of prisoners’ voting rights.
Italian legislation permanently ...
