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The Oxford Legal Walk: Monday October 19

The Oxford Legal Walk: Monday October 19

The Oxford Legal Walk is an 8km after work walk, on Monday October 19, around the sights of Oxford to raise funds to enable local legal advice charities to help vulnerable people in desperate need of advice. Money raised will go to ...
Gullan & Gullan Agency Becomes ‘Gold’ Member of Law Faculty Benefactors List

Gullan & Gullan Agency Becomes ‘Gold’ Member of Law Faculty Benefactors List

The Oxford University Law Faculty designated the digital design and marketing agency Gullan & Gullan a 'Gold' member of its benefactor list this year. Gullan & Gullan, based in Johannesburg, has worked closely with OxHRH ...
Fully Funded PhD at University of Liverpool: International Human Rights Law in Response to Climate Change

Fully Funded PhD at University of Liverpool: International Human Rights Law in Response to Climate Change

The University of Liverpool invites applications for a funded Doctoral Research scholarship at Liverpool Law School commencing November 2015 (flexible). You will be expected to conduct research on the role of international human ...
REDRESS Publishes Report on Victim Participation in Domestic Proceedings with OPBP’s Assistance

REDRESS Publishes Report on Victim Participation in Domestic Proceedings with OPBP’s Assistance

Human rights NGO REDRESS has published a new report on victim participation in criminal proceedings relating to international crimes ('the Report'). This is a comprehensive document juxtaposing the victim's right to participate in ...
OPBP Volunteer Wins Human Rights Essay Prize

OPBP Volunteer Wins Human Rights Essay Prize

Oxford Pro Bono Group fundee Michael Rhimes has won the essay competition run by UK human rights charity René Cassin. The competition asked the topical question – ‘Religion and human rights – compatible or conflicting?’ Entrants ...
Adam Wagner Shortlisted for Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year

Adam Wagner Shortlisted for Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year

Adam Wagner, a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row, has been shortlisted by human rights advocacy organization Liberty. Wagner is being recognized for his pioneering and innovative work on Rights Info, a website dedicated to "bringing ...
Canadian Equality Rights E-book Published

Canadian Equality Rights E-book Published

Jonnette Watson Hamilton and Jennifer Koshan, Professors at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, have compiled an ebook on equality rights jurisprudence under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that is available on their ...
Equal Rights Trust Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Inequality in Ukraine

Equal Rights Trust Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Inequality in Ukraine

On Friday 14 August the Equal Rights Trust launched its latest country report In the Crosscurrents: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Ukraine.   The report is the first time an in-depth analysis on discrimination felt ...
Summary Report from OxHRH-OSH Online Workshop on The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

Summary Report from OxHRH-OSH Online Workshop on The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

On 29th of July, 2015, the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Open Society Foundations presented a live workshop on the Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education. There were over a 100 participants ...
OLA Graudate Students Working on Access to Justice Issues

OLA Graudate Students Working on Access to Justice Issues

Throughout the 2014-2015 academic year, eight graduate students from Oxford University have been assisting Turpin & Miller LLP in providing vital access to justice services. Students have been helping Turpin & Miller with ...
Using the OxHRH Blog as Teaching Resource

Using the OxHRH Blog as Teaching Resource

Former Editor of the OxHRH Blog, Rachel Wechsler understands the potential value of the Blog as a teaching tool and has integrated it into the curriculum for the International Human Rights Law course she teaches at the West Virginia ...
New Publication: Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law-Cases, Codes, Constitutions & Commentary by Oppenheimer, Foster & Han (Foundation Press).

New Publication: Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law-Cases, Codes, Constitutions & Commentary by Oppenheimer, Foster & Han (Foundation Press).

This is a US-style “casebook” (textbook), which collects edited cases, codes, and constitutions, plus commentary from many scholars from across the globe, on critical issues of comparative equality ad anti-discrimination law. Each ...