Shelby County v Holder: Disconcerting Aspects of the US Supreme Court’s Decision and its Impact on the Right to VoteUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Vote, Standard of ReviewOn the second day of what many consider one of the most eventful weeks in US Supreme Court history, the Court ...
L’écran noir: Shutting down Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (‘ERT’)Greece, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAs I am writing these lines, Greece is the only state in the Council of Europe with no public broadcast media. On ...
Alternatives to Detention: Evidence from Canada and SwitzerlandUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumThis is republished from Border Criminologies: Foreigners in a Carceral Age A new report in the UNHCR Legal and ...
The Inter-American Anti-Discrimination Conventions and the Concealed Challenges AheadOrganisation of American States, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 5 June 2013, the Organisation of American States (OAS) adopted the Inter-American Convention against Racism, ...
Failure to Protect Future Generations Undermines Universality of LawUnited Nations, EnvironmentAs environmentalists, development practitioners and concerned citizens accelerate their efforts to ...
Affirmative Action in South African Universities: What Does Race Represent?South Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEditor’s note: Following the US Supreme Court's decision last week in Fisher the OxHRH will be running a series of ...
Women’s Rights: A Look Back at Emily Wilding Davison’s LeadershipUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteEditor's Note: OxHRH is marking the recent June 8 centenary of Emily Wilding Davison's passing with this guest ...
Women's Rights: A Look Back at Emily Wilding Davison's LeadershipUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteEditor's Note: OxHRH is marking the recent June 8 centenary of Emily Wilding Davison's passing with this guest ...
Entry into force of the New Optional Protocol to the ICESCRUnited Nations, Socio-Economic RightsThe new Optional Protocol (OP) to the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) ...
The Questions Raised by Striking Down DOMAUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Standard of ReviewIn light of the release of Windsor v the United States, Karl Laird analyzes the US Supreme Court's reasoning, ...
Why Fisher v University of Texas is Irrelevant outside the USUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Standard of ReviewThe US Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v University of Texas, released on Monday, has received much ...
A Restriction of the Status Quo: Fisher v University of TexasUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Standard of ReviewMany expected a major ruling on the constitutionality of affirmative action from the United States Supreme Court ...