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Immunities, Withdrawals from the International Criminal Court, and African Discontent: Reflections on an Impasse-Max du Plessis (KwaZulu-Natal)

Immunities, Withdrawals from the International Criminal Court, and African Discontent: Reflections on an Impasse-Max du Plessis (KwaZulu-Natal)

The interpretation by the International Criminal Court of the provisions of its Statute on personal immunities has been much criticised and is of course the subject of political controversy, in particular within the African Union and ...
WATCH: A Conversation on Brexit’s Impact on Human Rights

WATCH: A Conversation on Brexit’s Impact on Human Rights

On 31 January 2017, OxHRH, together with the Public Law Discussion Group, the Programme for the Foundations of Constitutional Law and Government, and the Bonavero Insttiute of Human Rights hosted  A Conversation on Brexit’s Impact on ...
LEAD Book Forum: Gendering European Working Time Regimes

LEAD Book Forum: Gendering European Working Time Regimes

29 March 2017 Time: 4:00 - 6:00pm Venue: Room 313, Third Floor, Law Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road E1 4NS United Kingdom A new book symposium organised by the Centre for Research on Law, Equality and ...
Associate Professor Nazila Ghanea Participates in BBC Programme on Baha’i Faith

Associate Professor Nazila Ghanea Participates in BBC Programme on Baha’i Faith

Associate Professor Nazila Ghanea participates in a BBC World Service Programme 'Heart and Soul'. The Bahá'i faith is one of the youngest of the world's major religions. A faith without borders, most of the Bahá'is live outside ...
RightsUp Podcast #RightNow!-The UK Supreme Court Rules in Brexit

RightsUp Podcast #RightNow!-The UK Supreme Court Rules in Brexit

On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court ruled in the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The Court decided that the Government does not have a prerogative power to trigger Article 50 of ...
Oxford City Council Holocaust Memorial Day Service

Oxford City Council Holocaust Memorial Day Service

A short reflection service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will take place in Town Hall at 11am on Friday 27 January 2017. The public is invited to attend and arrive at 10.50am for a prompt start. The Lord Mayor of Oxford, ...
Call for Entries – The 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize 2017

Call for Entries – The 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize 2017

The 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize is the first academic writing award to be established by the Oxford Faculty of Law which focuses on legal issues affecting persons with a disability. It has been established to draw ...
New Publication: Arguments About Abortion: Personhood, Morality and Law-Kate Greasley (UCL)

New Publication: Arguments About Abortion: Personhood, Morality and Law-Kate Greasley (UCL)

Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus? Must the law of abortion presume an answer to the question of when personhood begins? Can a law which permits late abortion but not infanticide be morally ...
RightsUp Podcast #RightsNow – What to Expect When You’re Expecting Brexit?

RightsUp Podcast #RightsNow – What to Expect When You’re Expecting Brexit?

The UK Supreme Court is expected to deliver a decision on the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on January 24th. The question before the Supreme Court is whether the Government or ...
Torch Seminar Series: Fiction and Human Rights

Torch Seminar Series: Fiction and Human Rights

This is an interdisciplinary symposium at which lawyers, literary scholars, philosophers and others discuss the relationship between the novel and conceptions of ‘dignity’ in legal theory and practice. This term they will be ...
Work of Oxford Pro Bono Publico Receives Supreme Court Backing in Recent Belhaj Case

Work of Oxford Pro Bono Publico Receives Supreme Court Backing in Recent Belhaj Case

On 17 January 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Belhaj v Jack Straw & Sir Mark Allen and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence. The judgment made positive reference to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary ...
Seminars with Berkeley Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Virtual Study Group

Seminars with Berkeley Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Virtual Study Group

Participation in these workshops is open to all members of the Berkeley Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Virtual Study Group, a group of legal scholars and activists from around the globe. Persons interested in ...