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COVID-19 pandemic exposes cost of MENA governments’ lack of human rights standards for businesses

COVID-19 pandemic exposes cost of MENA governments’ lack of human rights standards for businesses

Middle East, North Africa, Business and Human Rights, COVID-19

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to stand out as a region with repeated and serious abuses of ...

Forgetting liberté: France’s new security law imperils freedom of expression

Forgetting liberté: France’s new security law imperils freedom of expression

France, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On Saturday 21 November, despite a nationwide lockdown, thousands took to the streets across France to protest the ...

Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Pakistan, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Until the summer of this year, Pakistan did not have any adequate state legislation or any other mechanism in ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Reading of the Fair Housing Act: An Interpretive Approach Aligned with Legislative Policy

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Reading of the Fair Housing Act: An Interpretive Approach Aligned with Legislative Policy

United States of America, Judges' Legacy, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court produced a limited but meaningful body of work in fair ...

Racial Hierarchy and Role of Whiteness (with Savala Trepczynski)

Racial Hierarchy and Role of Whiteness (with Savala Trepczynski)

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we talk ...

New Publications from OxHRH Associates

New Publications from OxHRH Associates

The OxHRH Publications Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights ...

Mandatory corporate due diligence in Switzerland: the upcoming referendum on the Responsible Business Initiative

Mandatory corporate due diligence in Switzerland: the upcoming referendum on the Responsible Business Initiative

Switzerland, Business and Human Rights

This piece briefly contextualises and reports on the final stretch of the Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) ...

The Redundancy of Opposition: Patriots Only in Hong Kong’s “Legislature”

The Redundancy of Opposition: Patriots Only in Hong Kong’s “Legislature”

Hong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On 11 November 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) decided to disqualify four ...

Taking Free Speech Seriously: The Right to Advocate Secession in Hong Kong

Taking Free Speech Seriously: The Right to Advocate Secession in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

Tony Chung, an advocate of Hong Kong independence, has been charged with secession and conspiring to publish ...

Joint Report Examines ‘Systemic’ Corruption in the South African Water Sector—But What Of Human Rights?

Joint Report Examines ‘Systemic’ Corruption in the South African Water Sector—But What Of Human Rights?

South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, COVID-19, Right to Food and Water

A seminal joint report published by the Water Integrity Network and Corruption Watch earlier this year critically ...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion of Equality

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion of Equality

United States of America, US Supreme Court, Judges' Legacy, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September, the U.S. Supreme Court lost one of its last remaining ...

Right to a Better World: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Right to a Better World: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

In this episode of Right to a Better World, experts share challenges they have faced, and tactics they have used ...

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