Parents' sexual orientation and children rights– coming out in Chile and the ICHR: Atala Riffo v Chile
Atala Riffo e hijas vs. Chile, a case in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) condemned the stigmatisation and stereotyping of homosexual parents, is one of two landmark decisions by the court this year concerning ...
OLA Partner Wins Top Award
Oxford Legal Assistance's (OLA) partner law firm, Turpin & Miller LLP, were recognised by the Law Society in its annual Excellence Awards, hosted last month. Turpin & Miller LLP were winners in the category of Excellence in ...
The Quick and the Dead in Britain's Global Future
David Cameron told the CBI on 19 November 2012 that he 'got' the need for changes of attitude in government, which he claimed were needed to strengthen Britain in a "global race", in which "you are either quick or you're dead". The ...
Prisoners' Voting Rights: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
If ‘suffrage is the pivotal right’, then it is only fitting that the issue of prisoners’ voting rights has become the turning point of the UK government’s approach to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The last time a ...
State Sovereignty v Migrants' Rights: Who Wins before the European and Inter-American Court of Human Rights?
On Tuesday this week, the Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH) in conjunction with the Oxford Migration Law Discussion Group (OxMLDG) welcomed Professor Marie-Benedicte Dembour, Professor of Law and Anthropology at the University of ...
The UK's Human Rights 'Report Card'
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) – the review of each UN member state’s human rights record – is a comparatively new process that has recently embarked upon its second cycle. With 100% ...
Getting real on children's rights: Is offshore processing compatible with Australia's legal obligations to child refugee applicants?
Amidst the fierce debate surrounding the report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers (Houston Report) and the subsequent enactment of the Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Act 2012 (Cth) (Regional ...
Australia's new offshore processing laws for asylum seekers raise doubt over Australia’s commitment to fundamental human rights and beyond
On 16 August 2012, the Migration Legislation (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 was passed in the Australian Parliament. In broad terms, the laws were introduced as a measure to reduce the number of asylum seekers who ...
The Rise of South Africa's Education Adequacy Movement
This week we feature news on recent education rights litigation in South Africa and India. In this piece, Chris McConnachie discusses the emergence of the education adequacy movement in South Africa, which is increasingly using ...
Class Action Litigation in the United States and Europe
Class Action Litigation in the United States and Europe: A study prepared by Oxford Pro Bono Publico for the Legal Resources Centre, South Africa (May 2012)
A comparative analysis of class action law in Europe and the United ...
Oxford Pro Bono Publico: 2012 Internship Fund Recipients
The following candidates (pictured above with Justice Kate O'Regan) were granted 2012 Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) Internship Fund Awards to enable them to undertake an internship at public interest organisations around the ...
Comparative Hate Speech Law: Research prepared for the Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
Memorandum and Annexure prepared for the Legal Resources Centre, South Africa (LRC) to assist in the preparation of submissions in two hate speech cases to be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal: Herselman v Geleba and Afriforum v ...
