Deputy-Director Dr Meghan Campbell Discusses the Future of the Human Rights Act on BCB Radio
On August 25th, 2016, Deputy-Director Dr Meghan Campbell spoke to BCB Radio on the future of the UK Human Rights Act, 1998 (HRA). Recently, Justice Minister Liz Truss confirmed the Conservative governments commitment to repeal the ...
Call for Papers-Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group Annual Conference 2017
Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group Annual Conference 2017
Call For Papers
The Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group, hosted by the School of Law, Trinity College ...
Join the Oxford Human Rights Hub Team!
The Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH) brings together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to facilitate a better understanding of human rights law and practice. Through creative uses of technology, the OxHRH has created a rich ...
Internship at the Universal Human Rights Group
The Universal Rights Group (URG) is currently seeking an intern to start in the beginning of September 2016, for a period of 3-6 months (negotiable). The successful candidate will have the chance to attend the 33rd session of the ...
New Additions to the OxHRH Publications Page
The OxHRH Publication Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The Publications Page is constantly updated with the newest innovative and ...
Prisoners’ Voting Rights: The Constitutional and Policy Case for Compliance with the Judgment of the Strasbourg Court-Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC (UCL)
The European Court of Human Rights, in the case of Hirst, has held that the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners’ voting offends Convention rights. The previous Prime Minister said that prisoners voting makes him ‘physically sick’ and the ...
The Challenge of Human Rights Advocacy-Professor Francesca Klug (LSE)
What is distinctive about human rights advocacy? Does framing an issue in human rights terms produce specific challenges? Does advocating for an ethical framework require us to think about our language, behavior and mode of ...
Public Interest Litigation and the Advancement of Constitutional Rights in India: An Appraisal-Dr Ashwani Kumar
Dr Ashwani Kumar examines the genesis of public interest litigation (PIL) and its contribution in the progressive enlargement of constitutional rights in India through an expansive interpretation of the Indian Constitution. The ...
New Publication: Non-refoulement as custom and jus cogens? Putting the prohibition to the test
OxHRH Research Associate and Andrew W Mellon Associate Professor of International Human Rights and Refugee Law, Dr Cathryn Costello along with Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Melbourne Law School, Michelle Foster have ...
New Report: The Impact of Being Wrongly Accused of Abuse in Occupations of Trust: Victims’ Voices
The University of Oxford has conducted a study into the impact of false accusations of abuse on professionals who work in positions of trust with children or vulnerable adults, or who worked with them at the time of the alleged ...
Access to Justice Foundation-Oxford Legal Walk-October 17
The Access to Justice Foundation is hosting the Oxford Legal Walk on Monday 17 October at 5pm.
The annual 10km walk around the sights of Oxford takes place after work and will raise funds for local legal advice charities to support ...
Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog on Summer Hiatus
The Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog will be on summer hiatus from July 26 to Aug 2.
We look forward to returning on August 3 to provide high-quality legal analysis on the latest developments on human rights law and practice!