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Women in Prison: The Particular Importance of Contact With the Outside World

Women in Prison: The Particular Importance of Contact With the Outside World

Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender

“I felt isolated from the entire world. If I’d stayed any longer I’d have started eating the window bars.” – ...

Transnational Human Rights Advocacy as the Contemporary Anti-Hegemon: Human Rights Implications for the BDS Movement

United Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum

Critics have characterised the status of close to four million Palestinian refugees as "nothing short of heinous", ...

The Unified Screening Mechanism: Hong Kong to Assess Refugee Claims Alongside Torture Claims

The Unified Screening Mechanism: Hong Kong to Assess Refugee Claims Alongside Torture Claims

Hong Kong, Access to Justice, Immigration and Asylum, Right against Torture

The UNHCR previously had the role of assessing and determining refugee claims (“persecution claims”) in Hong Kong ...

‘GamerGate’ and Gendered Hate Speech

‘GamerGate’ and Gendered Hate Speech

What is ‘GamerGate’? Some say it is a movement demanding higher ethics in journalism, but this post will argue ...

'GamerGate' and Gendered Hate Speech

'GamerGate' and Gendered Hate Speech

Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

What is ‘GamerGate’? Some say it is a movement demanding higher ethics in journalism, but this post will argue ...

National Pro Bono Week – Litigating for Justice and Empowerment at the LRC

South Africa, Access to Justice

This is the fifth post in our series celebrating National Pro Bono Week. OxHRH’s sister organisation, Oxford Pro ...

Government Lodges Plans to More Than Double Oxfordshire Immigration Removal Centre

Government Lodges Plans to More Than Double Oxfordshire Immigration Removal Centre

United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum

The Home Office recently submitted plans for major expansion of Campsfield House, an Immigration Removal Centre ...

The South African Public Protector’s Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity

The South African Public Protector’s Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity

South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights

The South African Public Protector is a critically important constitutional institution. The Public Protector is ...

The South African Public Protector's Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity

The South African Public Protector's Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity

South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights

The South African Public Protector is a critically important constitutional institution. The Public Protector is ...

National Pro Bono Week – Interning to Empower Youth in Kosovo

National Pro Bono Week – Interning to Empower Youth in Kosovo

Kosovo, Conflict and Human Rights

Last week was National Pro Bono week. To celebrate the OxHRH and OPBP are running a series of posts highlighting ...

First Nations Child Welfare Funding Before National Tribunal

First Nations Child Welfare Funding Before National Tribunal

Canada, Children's Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

The fate of thousands of First Nations children is in the hands of an administrative tribunal in a decision that ...

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