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‘Women and Poverty’ Conference Begins 28 April 2014!

‘Women and Poverty’ Conference Begins 28 April 2014!

Our international conference 'Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach' begins in Kigali, Rwanda tomorrow. The conference will be formally opened tomorrow morning, 28 April 2014, by the First Lady of Rwanda, Her Excellency, ...
Comparative Equality Law – A View from the Bench

Comparative Equality Law – A View from the Bench

On 28 May, Justice Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada and Justice Baer of the German Federal Constitutional Court discussed how the concept of equality was dealt with in their respective jurisdictions. This seminar formed part of a ...
A Judicial Conversation on Identities and Judging

A Judicial Conversation on Identities and Judging

On 27 May, Justice Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada and Justice Baer of the German Constitutional Court discussed the role of intersectional identities in the judicial decision making process, as part of a series of lectures ...
La criminalización de la protesta: represión y violaciones a derechos humanos en Venezuela

La criminalización de la protesta: represión y violaciones a derechos humanos en Venezuela

En Venezuela, protestas contra el gobierno están siendo brutalmente reprimidas; muchos manifestantes han sido encarcelados, algunos incluso han sido torturados. El 12 de febrero de 2014, estudiantes universitarios opuestos al ...
Dr Chaloka Beyani – “The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system”

Dr Chaloka Beyani – “The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system”

The Oxford Human Rights Hub together with the Refugee Studies Centre was delighted to host Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to speak on: "The right to seek and obtain ...
Dr Chaloka Beyani – "The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system"

Dr Chaloka Beyani – "The right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system"

The Oxford Human Rights Hub together with the Refugee Studies Centre was delighted to host Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to speak on: "The right to seek and obtain asylum ...
Human Rights Law and the Treatment of Rape Victims

Human Rights Law and the Treatment of Rape Victims

Oxford Human Rights Hub Associate Director, Associate-Professor Liora Lazarus talks about how important it is for researchers of law to influence government policy, and how she has leveraged her own specialism in human rights to the ...
Can Courts Review National Security?

Can Courts Review National Security?

On 9th June, Dr. David Scharia gave a talk to OxHRH members on whether courts could review national security. In recent years, countries around the world introduced numerous national security programs and military campaigns. Yet, ...
New Human Rights Challenges in Countering Terrorism: a Council of Europe Perspective

New Human Rights Challenges in Countering Terrorism: a Council of Europe Perspective

The seminar looked into the changing faces of terrorism and explored the question, is it possible to perpetuate human rights while dealing with new terrorist threats? Or are we bound to face tomorrow’s challenges with yesterday’s ...
Universality or Diversity of Human Rights? Strasbourg in the Age of Subsidiary

Universality or Diversity of Human Rights? Strasbourg in the Age of Subsidiary

Judge Robert Spano will speak for the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Oxford Public Law Discussion Group on Wednesday, 30 April 2014 at 4pm. The European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg is entering a new phase in its existence. ...
Discrimination Law: Meeting the Challenges

Discrimination Law: Meeting the Challenges

The Oxford Human Rights Hub was delighted to host Professor Sir Bob Hepple (QC, FBA and Chair of the Equal Rights Trust) to give a seminar on: 'Discrimination Law: Meeting the Challenges" Abstract: Since reaching its high point ...
Michael Kirby – 'Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz'

Michael Kirby – 'Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz'

On Tuesday, 22 April 2014, the Hon Michael Kirby, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia gave a lecture for the Oxford Human Rights Hub on the topic of 'Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz'. In this ...