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The ‘Burkini Ban’ – A Red Line even for the European Court of Human Rights?

European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion

The decision of several authorities in France to prohibit the wearing of the burkini on public beaches has caused ...

Canada to Hold National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Canada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On August 3, 2016, the government of Canada announced a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous ...

Socio-Economic Rights Advocacy in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

South Africa, Right to Education, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

I am one of the two Oxford Human Rights Hub/Rhodes University Travelling Fellows for this year. This is the first ...

Vouchers, Performance Bonus, and Compensation: The Juridical Nature of the Salary

Argentina, Labour Rights

On September 1st of 2009, the Supreme Court of Argentina established in the case of Pérez, Aníbal Raúl v. Disco S. ...

Is the two-thirds gender rule discourse engendering double invisibility in public life for other vulnerable groups in Kenya?

Kenya, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

It is asserted that an enduring democracy is one that secures the meaningful participation of youth, women, ...

Guilty of Rape, But Not Punished

Belgium, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender

On 3 February 2016, the Criminal Division of the Court of First Instance of Ghent in Belgium found a 33-year old ...

ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue speaks on the difficulty of proving Human Rights violations in front of the “World Court” at the Oxford Human Rights Program

United Nations, Access to Justice

By starting off with a made up case of forced disappearance that led our made up victim to flee to another country ...

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Femicide in Guatemala – Part II

American Convention on Human Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On 19 November 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) handed down a decision on gender-based ...

L’interdiction au Maroc de rompre le jeune pendant le Ramadan est contraire aux obligations internationales des droits de l’homme de ce pays

Morocco, Right to Freedom of Religion

Ce jeudi 16 juin 2016 d’après ce qui à été publié par le journal Marocain TelQuel, deux hommes ont été condamné à ...

The ‘Burkini Ban’ – A Red Line even for the European Court of Human Rights?

Canada to Hold National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Socio-Economic Rights Advocacy in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

Vouchers, Performance Bonus, and Compensation: The Juridical Nature of the Salary

Is the two-thirds gender rule discourse engendering double invisibility in public life for other vulnerable groups in Kenya?

Guilty of Rape, But Not Punished

ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue speaks on the difficulty of proving Human Rights violations in front of the “World Court” at the Oxford Human Rights Program

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Femicide in Guatemala – Part II

L’interdiction au Maroc de rompre le jeune pendant le Ramadan est contraire aux obligations internationales des droits de l’homme de ce pays

Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Gender Stereotypes and Lack of Justice – Part I

Morocco’s Prohibition on Breaking Fast During Ramadan Violates The Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief

The Exclusion of Romani Communities from Non-Emergency Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs

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