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New OPBP Committee

New OPBP Committee

Rishika Sahgal (Chair) Rishika is a candidate for the MPhil in Law at Magdalen College. She came to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar from India and completed her BCL with distinction. Prior to the BCL, Rishika clerked with the Chief ...
Civil or Administrative Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Law: Why Donald Trump Will Fail in His Efforts to Sabotage Employment Discrimination Law – David Oppenheimer (Berkeley)

Civil or Administrative Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Law: Why Donald Trump Will Fail in His Efforts to Sabotage Employment Discrimination Law – David Oppenheimer (Berkeley)

In the debates over the 1964 Civil Rights Act, one of the most contentious issues was the method that would be used to enforce the employment discrimination provision (Title VII). The big fight was over whether to have an ...
Friday in Focus: Ndjodi Ndeunyema

Friday in Focus: Ndjodi Ndeunyema

I am transitioning into the DPhil Law, as a Daube Law Scholar, from the MPhil, which I am awaiting to defend. My academic research locates itself in the context of Namibia and looks at the enforceability (or otherwise) of social and ...
Submissions for Moore Prize in Human Rights

Submissions for Moore Prize in Human Rights

The Christopher G. Moore Foundation is pleased to announce that submissions are open for the Moore Prize 2018 to honour fiction that contributes to the awareness, understanding and supports the universality of human rights. This ...
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report

UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report

Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault, says UNESCO Paris 24 October – UNESCO’s 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report highlights the responsibility of governments to provide universal quality education ...
New Publications from OxHRH Team and Associates

New Publications from OxHRH Team and Associates

The OxHRH Publication Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The latest editions are: Shreya Atrey, ‘Fifty Years On: The Curious Case of ...
Video Recording Now Available: ‘Production, Reproduction and Empowerment: The Future of Women in Africa’

Video Recording Now Available: ‘Production, Reproduction and Empowerment: The Future of Women in Africa’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nn_L8oAts On Thursday, November 30th, Professor Sandra Fredman gave a talk on production, reproduction and empowerment at the Oxford Martin School along with Professor Jo Boyden (Director of Young ...
OxHRH Submission to the Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilites

OxHRH Submission to the Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilites

The Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is drafting a General Comment on the rights of persons with disabilities to equality and non-discrimination.  It notes that 'although equality and ...
Oxford Martin Seminar: Production, Reproduction and Empowerment: The Future of Women in Africa (Sandra Fredman & Jo Boyden)

Oxford Martin Seminar: Production, Reproduction and Empowerment: The Future of Women in Africa (Sandra Fredman & Jo Boyden)

November 30, 2017 17:00-18:00 Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School 34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets) Oxford OX1 3BD Many women in Africa are congregated in poorly paid and precarious work (ILO, ...
AfOx insaka

AfOx insaka

The AfOx insaka is a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research with speakers from diverse and varied academic disciplines. Register here.    Date: 24TH November, 2017         Venue: Oxford Martin ...
Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law- Submissions for Phanor J Eder Prize in Comparative Law

Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law- Submissions for Phanor J Eder Prize in Comparative Law

The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law (YCC) is pleased to invite submissions for the Phanor J. Eder LL.B./J.D. Prize in Comparative Law, in connection with its Seventh Annual Conference, to be ...
Submission to the JCHR on the Human Rights Implications of The EU (Withdrawal) Bill

Submission to the JCHR on the Human Rights Implications of The EU (Withdrawal) Bill

The EU (Withdrawal) Bill raises complex human rights issues. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR)  is scrutinising the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Committee has written to the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, ...