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Women's and Children's Health: Evidence of the Impact of Human Rights -Prof Paul Hunt (Essex)

Women's and Children's Health: Evidence of the Impact of Human Rights -Prof Paul Hunt (Essex)

In 2011, Professor Paul Hunt (UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, 2002-2008) was asked by Dr. Flavia Bustreo (Assistant Director-General, WHO) to lead a project on the evidence of impact of human rights on aspects of women’s ...
New OxHRH Monthly Newsletter

New OxHRH Monthly Newsletter

The OxHRH has launched its new-look monthly newsletter this month - click here to read! Our new newsletters, designed by South African digital brand company Gullan & Gullan, will continue to feature a selection of the month's ...
Global Law at Reading

Global Law at Reading

The School of Law at the University of Reading has just launched Global Law at Reading (GLAR), a major new teaching and research hub for law staff and students working in public international law, EU law and human rights. The GLAR ...
A Visit to the ‘Virtual World’ of Human Rights

A Visit to the ‘Virtual World’ of Human Rights

How can online collaboration be used to enhance the understanding and protection of human rights law around the world?  What are some of the challenges involved in forging human rights networks in a virtual space?  What opportunities ...
A Visit to the 'Virtual World' of Human Rights

A Visit to the 'Virtual World' of Human Rights

How can online collaboration be used to enhance the understanding and protection of human rights law around the world?  What are some of the challenges involved in forging human rights networks in a virtual space?  What opportunities ...
OxHRH Part of Exciting New British Academy Projects

OxHRH Part of Exciting New British Academy Projects

The OxHRH was previously delighted to announce that it had secured a five-year funding grant from the British Academy. The British Academy has now recognised all five of its exciting new projects, chosen for " the excellence of their ...
Malawi's Electoral Fiasco

Malawi's Electoral Fiasco

Close to midnight on 30 May 2014, Prof Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of the fifth presidential elections in Malawi since 1994. This electoral contest was unusual in Malawi's democratic era in at least two respects. ...
OxHRH summer essay competition

OxHRH summer essay competition

Money Matters: Finance and Human Rights The OxHRH is pleased to launch its summer 2014 essay competition! One lucky winner will receive a copy of “Making Sovereign Financing and Human Rights Work,” and will have the chance to see ...
IHRL Students for Justice – 17 July 2014

IHRL Students for Justice – 17 July 2014

17 July is international criminal justice day, marking the day when the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted in 1998. The day has since been taken to celebrate international criminal justice generally. To ...
International Human Rights Law Programmes at Oxford

International Human Rights Law Programmes at Oxford

This summer, New College will be hosting two groups from the Department for Continuing Education’s International Human Rights Law programmes – the first and second year Masters students will be attending their yearly residential ...
The Zulu Case: Threats to Squatters' Rights in South Africa

The Zulu Case: Threats to Squatters' Rights in South Africa

It is trite to say that land is a contentious issue in South Africa. This encompasses not only the legacy of the unjust expropriations and arbitrary evictions of the apartheid era, but also contemporary concerns as to when landowners, ...
Rhodes House features OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes House features OxHRH and OPBP

Rhodes House has featured the work of the OxHRH and OPBP in a new video. Present and past Rhodes Scholars discuss the work of these two organisations, and the links forged with Rhodes House. To see the video, please click here or ...