Religious symbols in schools: Passive and harmless or a powerful threat?

Religious symbols in schools: Passive and harmless or a powerful threat?

In Lautsi v Italy (2012), the applicant argued that the presence of crucifixes in state school classrooms violated ...
Persecution of rights activists and voices of dissent in India

Persecution of rights activists and voices of dissent in India

Recently, in a series of synchronized raids carried throughout India, various human rights activists and vocal ...
OxHRH and TNNLU Host Affirmative Action and the SDG of Goal of Gender Equality Conference

OxHRH and TNNLU Host Affirmative Action and the SDG of Goal of Gender Equality Conference

The Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU), in collaboration with the Oxford Human Rights Hub, United Kingdom ...
Tackling India’s Devadasi System –  A Matter of Policing and Public Order?

Tackling India’s Devadasi System –  A Matter of Policing and Public Order?

In September 2017, India’s National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the states of Andhra Pradesh and ...
Gender Recognition Reform – The Current Debate is Misconceived

Gender Recognition Reform – The Current Debate is Misconceived

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 ('GRA') allows transgender people in England and Wales to be legally recognised in ...
New book on ‘Media, Conflict and the State in Africa’ by Nicole Stremlau

New book on ‘Media, Conflict and the State in Africa’ by Nicole Stremlau

Countries emerging from violent conflict face difficult challenges about what the role of media should be in ...
Justice Kennedy’s Gay Rights Legacy

Justice Kennedy’s Gay Rights Legacy

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announced retirement left progressives reeling over what the Court’s inevitable ...
South Africa decriminalises the private use, possession and cultivation of cannabis

South Africa decriminalises the private use, possession and cultivation of cannabis

On 18 September 2018, after more than a decade of perseverance by Mr Gareth Prince, his efforts finally saw ...
Oxford Martin School Call for Expressions of Interest: Innovating for a Sustainable Future

Oxford Martin School Call for Expressions of Interest: Innovating for a Sustainable Future

The 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals making up the 2030 ...
The EU Can do More to Protect Religious Freedom

The EU Can do More to Protect Religious Freedom

On 4 September 2018, the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ...
Transformative Constitutionalism: Indian Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Morality by Reading Down Section 377

Transformative Constitutionalism: Indian Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Morality by Reading Down Section 377

In a historic judgment pronounced on 6th September 2018, the Supreme Court of India in Navtej Singh Johar vs Union ...
PhD Scholarships Available at Melbourne Law Scool on Indian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law

PhD Scholarships Available at Melbourne Law Scool on Indian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law

Applications are invited from suitably qualified scholars for a PhD scholarship at Melbourne Law School (MLS) on ...
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