Human Trafficking in ScotlandScotland, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsFollowing on from her previous post on forced labour in Britain Mei-Ling McNamara takes a closer look at the ...
Lifting As We ClimbIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationUpon the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, the chosen motto read: Lifting As We ...
Jurisdiction over police failures in Khayelitsha, South Africa: the inter-governmental disputeSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn this post, Sanja Bornman, an Attorney at the Women's Legal Centre in Cape Town, provides an overview of the ...
Disappointing Departures from the Verma Committee ReportIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender The Union Cabinet of the Government of India has cleared an ordinance making changes to India’s rape ...
The Hidden Face of Forced Labour in BritainUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsAs previous posts on the OxHRH Blog have highlighted, trafficking for forced labour remains a hot-button issue in ...
Clarifying the Law on Consent in The Verma ReportIndia, GenderAfter the tragedy of the gang rape in Delhi on December 16, 2012, the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law (The ...
The Future of Human Rights on These IslandsUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsNow that the idea of a new UK Bill of Rights appears to be buried, choices re-emerge. The predicted outcome of the ...
Are only the 'discrete and insular' subject to prejudice?: An analysis of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group's brief in Windsor v United StatesUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn the wake of the introduction of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the UK last week, Karl Laird continues ...
Are only the ‘discrete and insular’ subject to prejudice?: An analysis of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group’s brief in Windsor v United StatesUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn the wake of the introduction of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the UK last week, Karl Laird continues ...
The Justice JS Verma Committee Report on Amendments to Criminal Law relating to Sexual Violence in India- Preliminary ObservationsIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderThe Justice JS Verma Committee, set up by the Government of India after the horrific gang-rape in Delhi on ...
R (Hodkin): A Signal to Rethink Religious WorshipUnited Kingdom, Right to Freedom of ReligionBy Ilias Trispiotis In R (on the application of Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages ...
Eweida and Others v United Kingdom: the Use and Abuse of the Margin of AppreciationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Standard of ReviewJulie Maher’s post on the judgment handed down by the ECtHR in Eweida and Others v United Kingdom outlines the ...