admin

Content by Author

Sketches of Oppression: A Free Exhibit Featuring Children’s Drawings From Burma and Sudan

Sketches of Oppression: A Free Exhibit Featuring Children’s Drawings From Burma and Sudan

Sketches of Oppression is a one-day free exhibit featuring powerful drawings from Burmese children and displaced Darfuris in Chad. The drawings will be available for viewing from 10:00 to 17:00 on Friday 14 August at the Ertegun ...
Two Models of Normative Framework for Human Rights during Emergencies- James Nickel (University of Miami)

Two Models of Normative Framework for Human Rights during Emergencies- James Nickel (University of Miami)

This lecture seeks to stimulate new thinking about emergency frameworks for human rights. It suggests that the frameworks in contemporary human rights treaties are early efforts with many shortcomings.  Two models of emergency ...
Introducing a New Human Rights Blog the African Court of Human and People’s Rights Monitor

Introducing a New Human Rights Blog the African Court of Human and People’s Rights Monitor

The  ACtHPR Monitor is an exciting new blog bringing together academics, practitioners, NGOs and other stakeholders engaged with the African Court on Human and People's Rights. The Court was established in 2006 by the African Union ...
Publication Launch: Global Perspectives on Human Rights (2nd Edition)

Publication Launch: Global Perspectives on Human Rights (2nd Edition)

The Oxford Human Rights Hub is delighted to launch the Second Edition of our Global Perspectives on Human Rights: Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog 2014-2015. Inspired by the success of the First Edition, we have sought once again to ...
OxHRH Communications Manager Leads Podcasting Workshop at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

OxHRH Communications Manager Leads Podcasting Workshop at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

OxHRH Communications Manager and RightsUp podcast producer, Kira Allmann, led a workshop on 'The Art of Podcasting' at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) Public Engagement Summer School on July 29th, 2015. The ...
Over 100 Participants Worldwide Participate in OxHRH and OSF Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships and the Right to Education

Over 100 Participants Worldwide Participate in OxHRH and OSF Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships and 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. The workshop was a pioneering ...
Canadian Federal Court overturns appeal ban for nationals of Designated Countries of Origin

Canadian Federal Court overturns appeal ban for nationals of Designated Countries of Origin

On 23 July, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that denying refugee claimants from Designated Countries of Origin access to the Refugee Appeal Division was a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court ruled ...
Samuel Pisar: A Tireless Champion of Human Rights

Samuel Pisar: A Tireless Champion of Human Rights

Tributes are flowing from across the globe to Samuel Pisar, a tireless defender of human rights, whose death was announced this morning. His was an extraordinary life: after a youth of terrible suffering in the midst of the most ...
Further Background Papers on the Online Workshop: The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

Further Background Papers on the Online Workshop: The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

The Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Education Support Programme of the Open Society Foundations are getting excited for the workshop on the Challenges of Private-Public Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education. In ...
Book Launch: The Concept of the Employer by Dr Jeremias Prassl

Book Launch: The Concept of the Employer by Dr Jeremias Prassl

To launch Dr Jeremias Prassl's new book, The Concept of the Employer there will be an exciting discussion. Professor Hugh Collins, Professor Rob Stevens and Professor Judith Freedman will be discussing this new book. The panel will be ...
New Publication: ‘Sexual Orientation and Rights’ by Nicholas Bamforth (ed)

New Publication: ‘Sexual Orientation and Rights’ by Nicholas Bamforth (ed)

Debate about the rights of sexual minorities, whether individuals or members of same-sex couples, has become an important issue for legislatures and courts in many constitutional democracies. This volume 'Sexual Orientation and ...
OxHRH Deputy Directors Speak to International Human Rights Students on Human Rights in a Virtual World

OxHRH Deputy Directors Speak to International Human Rights Students on Human Rights in a Virtual World

On 16 July 2015 Dr Meghan Campbell and Dr Laura Hilly, Deputy-Directors of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, had the pleasure of engaging with graduate students on the prestigious International Human Rights Law Masters and Summer ...