Blogs by jurisdiction

Kiobel v. Cravath: An Example of How a Little-Known U.S. Law can be Used as a Pre-Litigation Tool Overseas

Netherlands, United States of America, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment

When Esther Kiobel—who believes Shell collaborated with Nigerian authorities to commit gross human rights abuses, ...

An Introduction to the OxHRH

On the fifth anniversary of the OxHRH, Director, Professor Sandra Fredman pauses to reflect on the founding vision ...

Confronting Ongoing Racial Discrimination in Schools Admissions Policies in South Africa

South Africa, Race, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Rights

I am now in my final month of working for the Legal Resources Centre and Rhodes University as the Oxford Human ...

Challenges of the EU’s Non-Accession to the ECHR – The Case of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo

European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Constitutions and Human Rights

In spite of its obligation under Art 6(2) of the Lisbon Treaty to accede to the ECHR, the EU has yet to do so. ...

Wotton v Queensland: A Milestone for Police Accountability in Australia

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

The Federal Court of Australia recently delivered a milestone judgment for police accountability in Wotton v ...

The EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Bargaining Chips on the Commons Table

European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit

On 8th February, the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, by 494 ...

Social Rights in the New Economic Architecture of the European Union

European Union, Socio-Economic Rights

What started in the United States as the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 led the European Union to fundamentally ...

The Plight of the ‘Stateless’ Rohingyas: Probing the Fate of the Rohingya Refugees in India

India, Immigration and Asylum

In the first week of 2017, a video surfaced, where the police officers in Myanmar are seen nonchalantly beating ...

The Rise of the Death Penalty in the Middle East and North Africa

Middle East and North Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty

In the six years following the Arab Spring, there has been a notable increase in death sentences and executions in ...

What’s in a name? The criminal implications of pleasantries

United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy

In September a new batch of research assistants started at the Law Commission in London. Having collected them ...

India’s Mental Healthcare Bill 2016: a step in the right direction, but no more

India, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health

The upper house of the Indian Parliament recently passed the Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 (the Bill) with the aim ...

Perpetuating Discrimination: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Framework Surrounding Leprosy in India