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The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Key reports, themes, and issues

The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Key reports, themes, and issues

United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Substantive Equality

The right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB) continues to be one of the most important and vulnerable human ...

Shamima Begum – A Disappointing Precedent for the Protection of Victims of Trafficking

Shamima Begum – A Disappointing Precedent for the Protection of Victims of Trafficking

Islamic State, Syria, United Kingdom, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

As the face of the UK’s counter-terrorism response, the Shamima Begum case continues to shine a spotlight on the ...

Undermining the Right to Seek Asylum: Analysing the Proposed US Border Measures’ Impact on the Fundamental Human Rights of Migrants

Undermining the Right to Seek Asylum: Analysing the Proposed US Border Measures’ Impact on the Fundamental Human Rights of Migrants

United States, Access to Justice, Immigration and Asylum, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Seek Asylum

A 370-page bill that emerged earlier this year out of backroom negotiations between the US Senate and the White ...

Discrimination Law – Part 2

Discrimination Law – Part 2

Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Oxford Human Rights Hub · Discrimination Law - Part 2 In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes ...

The Aberdeen housing crisis: Cementing housing rights in Scotland

The Aberdeen housing crisis: Cementing housing rights in Scotland

South Africa, United Kingdom, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to healthy environment, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

In February 2024, hundreds of residents of privately and council-owned houses in Aberdeen began being moved out of ...

If Frozen Embryos Are Unborn Children Then What Is IVF’s Future in the United States?

If Frozen Embryos Are Unborn Children Then What Is IVF’s Future in the United States?

United States, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive Equality

In Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v ...

The Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada

The Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada

Canada, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Intersectionality, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

The pernicious instinct to roll back the rights of trans and nonbinary folks for political gain has ...

The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Kairos: Dobbs as a window of opportunity? (Part I)

The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Kairos: Dobbs as a window of opportunity? (Part I)

France, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

On 8 March 2024, the sealing ceremony for the 25th amendment to the French Constitution of 1958 took place at the ...

The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Phronesis: after the celebration, a call for caution (Part II)

The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Phronesis: after the celebration, a call for caution (Part II)

France, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

The first part of this blog examined the process that led to the amendment that enshrined abortion in the French ...

Tide Turning on Australia’s Inadequate Climate Policy? A Challenge from First Nations Peoples in the Torres Strait

Tide Turning on Australia’s Inadequate Climate Policy? A Challenge from First Nations Peoples in the Torres Strait

Australia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Cultural rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Right to healthy environment, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality

The low-lying islands of Zendath Kes (Torres Strait) are the frontlines of the climate crisis. Without action, ...

Threats to Judicial Independence and Impartiality: The Attack on Mexico’s Supreme Court

Threats to Judicial Independence and Impartiality: The Attack on Mexico’s Supreme Court

Mexico, Access to Justice, Judges' Legacy, Role of the Judiciary,

When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his government plan, he formally promised to respect ...

AI and Global Development: The Role of Economic and Social Rights

AI and Global Development: The Role of Economic and Social Rights

European Union, Global North, Global South, United Nations, World Bank, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, , Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality, Technology and human rights

As policymakers in the Global North prepare to introduce binding horizontal AI regulation, increasing attention is ...

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