Where Have All The Expatriates Gone?Scotland, Right to VoteParticipants in the 18 September 2014 Scottish independence referendum will be asked whether Scotland should ...
Inspiring Change Through Law for International Women’s DayBotswana, Canada, European Convention on Human Rights, South Africa, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationMarch 8th is International Women’s Day, formally observed by the United Nations in recognition of the fact that ...
Independent Review of Terrorism Laws: a Brief IntroductionUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorismMonitoring the activities of the secret state creates a conundrum. To be effective, a monitor needs to read and ...
The Oxford Legal Assistance Volunteer Partnership Programme with Bail for Immigration DetaineesUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Immigration and AsylumIn the 2013-2014 academic year, following the success of its existing link with award winning legal aid firm ...
From Torment to Tolerance and Acceptance to the Everyday: The Course of LGBT Equality in the UKUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationColonisation is a dodgy business. Laws are mainstreamed across the Empire. So what did the Romans, keen to ...
Throwing Away The Key – Whole Life Sentences in the Court of AppealUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureFlouting the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Vinter v UK, the UK Court of Appeal has ...
Surrogacy, Same-sex Couples and the Privatisation of Regulation in IsraelIsrael, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual OrientationOn 30 January 2014, the Israeli Government published a draft bill on surrogacy. This proposed amendment to ...
The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill: Can It Live Up to Its Name?South Africa, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill (WEGE) is currently before Parliament in South Africa. One of its ...
South African Judge Lays Down the Law on the Right to a Basic EducationSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn previous posts, Chris McConnachie has documented the rise and the successes of South Africa’s emerging ...
The worrisome casual approach to (dis)enfranchisementUnited Kingdom, Right to VoteLord Phillips’ recent lecture at Oxford (entitled ‘The Elastic Jurisdiction of the European Court of Human ...
Women’s and children’s health: Evidence of impact of human rightsUnited Nations, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsDuring 2011-13, I had the fortune to serve as a part-time Senior Human Rights Advisor to WHO Assistant ...
No Compromise on the Right to Adequate Housing: UN Condemnation of UK Austerity MeasuresUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsStatements made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, following her visit to the UK in ...