Human Rights Should not be Subject to a Popular Vote: Lessons from Romania’s Failed Anti-LGBT Referendum

Human Rights Should not be Subject to a Popular Vote: Lessons from Romania’s Failed Anti-LGBT Referendum

On 6 and 7 October, Romania held a referendum for the traditional family. Its purpose was to review the Romanian ...
Ireland Votes to Remove Blasphemy Offence from Constitution

Ireland Votes to Remove Blasphemy Offence from Constitution

The 37th Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was passed by referendum on Friday, removing the word ...
2008 Moore Prize Literature Short List

2008 Moore Prize Literature Short List

This year’s finalists for the Moore Prize are a diverse set of works that attest, individually and collectively, ...
Friday in Focus: Rory Kelly

Friday in Focus: Rory Kelly

I’m a third year doctorate student at Worcester College, and for the last two years was an editor for the Oxford ...
Mind the Gap: the Privacy Void in Brazilian’s Public Transport

Mind the Gap: the Privacy Void in Brazilian’s Public Transport

In April 2018, the agreement entered into between ADMobilize and ViaQuatro, the administrator of the yellow line ...
The Ogiek Evictions in Kenya – a failed legal solution

The Ogiek Evictions in Kenya – a failed legal solution

The Mau Forest is one of Kenya’s forest reserves, gazetted in 1954 to protect it from deforestation. In 2001, the ...
The Belgian Burkini Ban, Dead in the Water?

The Belgian Burkini Ban, Dead in the Water?

On the 5th of July, the Ghent court of first instance held a ban on burkinis in two public swimming pools to ...
A Timely Intervention: Dutch Court declares that the State has Positive Duties under the European Convention on Human Rights to tackle Climate Change

A Timely Intervention: Dutch Court declares that the State has Positive Duties under the European Convention on Human Rights to tackle Climate Change

The Court of Appeal in the Netherlands has just issued a landmark judgment concerning environmental human rights ...