Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Diluting European Supervision by ‘Robust Subsidiarity’

Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Diluting European Supervision by ‘Robust Subsidiarity’

As a prelude to the High Level Conference to be held in Copenhagen in April 2018, the Danish chairmanship of the ...
Recent Trends in Climate Change Litigation: Colombia’s Amazon and Juliana v U.S   

Recent Trends in Climate Change Litigation: Colombia’s Amazon and Juliana v U.S   

On April 4, 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court handed down an important ruling (Tutela, a rights-based injunction) ...
European Trade Union Confederation Brian Bercusson Award

European Trade Union Confederation Brian Bercusson Award

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has instituted an award to honour the outstanding and dynamic ...
The Right to Die with Dignity: The Indian Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living Wills

The Right to Die with Dignity: The Indian Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living Wills

In a landmark judgment (Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Anr.) delivered on 9th March, 2018, ...
Equal Rights Trust Five Year Strategy

Equal Rights Trust Five Year Strategy

The Equal Rights Trust has just released its five year strategy. The report can be found here.
Moving towards the recognition and protection of climate change refugees under international human rights law

Moving towards the recognition and protection of climate change refugees under international human rights law

The recent hurricanes that hit the coast of the Caribbean have renewed the fears of a global climate refugee ...
What the Right To Privacy Judgment Means for India’s Marital Rape Exception

What the Right To Privacy Judgment Means for India’s Marital Rape Exception

Following Puttaswamy v Union of India – in which the judges unanimously and  unequivocally ruled that a right to ...
Gaining More from Human Rights: Access to Health Care and Surviving Childbirth is not Enough

Gaining More from Human Rights: Access to Health Care and Surviving Childbirth is not Enough

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages. ...
New Publications from the OxHRH Team and Associates

New Publications from the OxHRH Team and Associates

The OxHRH Publication Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights ...
U.N. Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment: A Catalyst for Grassroots-Centered U.S. Reform?

U.N. Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment: A Catalyst for Grassroots-Centered U.S. Reform?

John H. Knox, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, recently issued a final report to ...
Call for Papers: The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe

Call for Papers: The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe

CRPD Committee Adopts New General Comment on Equality and Non-Discrimination

CRPD Committee Adopts New General Comment on Equality and Non-Discrimination

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its advance unedited version of the General ...