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Statement from the OxHRH Calling for Oxford University to Rescind the Sultan of Brunei’s Honorary Degree

Statement from the OxHRH Calling for Oxford University to Rescind the Sultan of Brunei’s Honorary Degree

We at the Oxford Human Rights Hub strongly support calls to rescind the Sultan of Brunei’s Honorary Degree in Civil Law. Oxford University should express our condemnation of the abhorrent provisions in the new Penal Code in Brunei in ...
2019 Migration Summer School Athens

2019 Migration Summer School Athens

The 3rd Migration Summer School (MIGSS): 'Moving Beyond Crisis? From exclusion to integration of migrants and refugees in Europe' is a summer program carefully designed and developed to provide participants with a comprehensive ...
Research Associate Position: Four Year Project Investigating the Use of Algorithms in the Criminal Justice System

Research Associate Position: Four Year Project Investigating the Use of Algorithms in the Criminal Justice System

Professor Karen Yeung, based at the University of Birmingham’s Law School and School of Computer Science, is currently seeking to recruit a Research Fellow to work on an exciting, innovative and cutting-edge project at the forefront ...
Article and Report: Unacceptable Forms of Work

Article and Report: Unacceptable Forms of Work

A new article in the Journal of Law and Society highlights the work of the Project on Unacceptable Forms of Work. ‘A Strategic Approach to Regulating Unacceptable Forms of Work’, by Professor Deirdre McCann (Durham University, UK) and ...
The Fairwork Foundation Releases First Set of Scores

The Fairwork Foundation Releases First Set of Scores

A team of University of Oxford academics, including OxHRH Director Sandra Fredman, have published the world’s first ever rating system for working conditions in the digital economy. The rankings look at how platforms like Uber, ...
Friday in Focus: Emilie McDonnell

Friday in Focus: Emilie McDonnell

I am currently a DPhil in Law candidate at University College. My research focuses on protecting the right to leave and related human rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants when migration control is conducted ...
Essex Summer School in Human Rights Research Methods: 1-5 July 2019

Essex Summer School in Human Rights Research Methods: 1-5 July 2019

The Essex Human Rights Centre will be offering its five day summer school in Human Rights Research Methods from 1- 5 July 2019. Now in its 5th year, this summer school explores the core methods and skills needed to carry out human ...
Sexual Harassment at Work: Unacceptable, Unlawful but Unremitting: Reflections on its Nature, Persistence and on the Changing Legal Landscape-Prof Sandy Fredman and Dame Laura Cox

Sexual Harassment at Work: Unacceptable, Unlawful but Unremitting: Reflections on its Nature, Persistence and on the Changing Legal Landscape-Prof Sandy Fredman and Dame Laura Cox

2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which made it possible for women to qualify as barristers or solicitors for the first time. We are delighted to be collaborating with the Association of ...
**New** U of OxHRH J Article-Women Are Not In The Best Positions To Make These Decisions Themselves: Gender Stereotypes in the Uruguayan Abortion Law

**New** U of OxHRH J Article-Women Are Not In The Best Positions To Make These Decisions Themselves: Gender Stereotypes in the Uruguayan Abortion Law

Lucía Berro Pizzarossa,'“Women are Not in the Best Position to Make These Decisions by Themselves”: Gender Stereotypes in the Uruguayan Abortion Law' (2019) U of OxHRH J 25 Abstract  Efforts to protect women’s rights can cast ...
Workshop: The Impact of the Medical Profession on Abortion Laws in Transitional and Post-conflict Societies

Workshop: The Impact of the Medical Profession on Abortion Laws in Transitional and Post-conflict Societies

On Thursday 4th April 2019 from 09:15-17:30pm the Institute for Global Innovation and Birmingham Law School are hosting a workshop on 'The Impact of the Medical Profession on Abortion Laws in Transitional and Post-conflict Societies'. ...
Call for Organising Committee: International Rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court, April 2019

Call for Organising Committee: International Rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court, April 2019

The International Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition are being jointly organised by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. The Moot, which aims to cultivate interest in contemporary ...
Call for Judges: International Rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court, April 2019

Call for Judges: International Rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court, April 2019

The International Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition are being jointly organised by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. The moot is a unique opportunity for students to engage in ...