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Penalising Anti-Semitism in Poland: Creating “Free Speech Martyrs”?

Penalising Anti-Semitism in Poland: Creating “Free Speech Martyrs”?

By Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias |
On a November night in 2015, an effigy of a Jew was burnt in the main market square in Wrocław, Poland, as part of ...
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The New UN General Comment And Privatisation, Part 2: Can States Entirely Privatise The Delivery Of Essential Services?

The New UN General Comment And Privatisation, Part 2: Can States Entirely Privatise The Delivery Of Essential Services?

By Sylvain Aubry |
Two weeks ago, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published the much-awaited new ...
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The New UN General Comment on Business and Human Rights, Part 1: What Regulations Must States Put in Place when Private Actors are Involved in the Delivery of Essential Services?

The New UN General Comment on Business and Human Rights, Part 1: What Regulations Must States Put in Place when Private Actors are Involved in the Delivery of Essential Services?

By Sylvain Aubry |
Two weeks ago, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published the much-awaited new ...
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Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: Does The U.S. Supreme Court Now See Separation of Church and State as a Kind of Religious Discrimination?

Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: Does The U.S. Supreme Court Now See Separation of Church and State as a Kind of Religious Discrimination?

By John E. Taylor |
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer seems modest on its facts, but it moves the Court ...
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Trillion-Rand South African Nuclear Procurement Halted By South African High Court

Trillion-Rand South African Nuclear Procurement Halted By South African High Court

By Jason Brickhill |
The South African government’s nuclear procurement programme, already mired in controversy in the media amidst ...
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First in Asia – Taiwan’s Marriage Equality Ruling in Comparative and Queer Perspectives

First in Asia – Taiwan’s Marriage Equality Ruling in Comparative and Queer Perspectives

By Geoffrey Yeung |
On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of Taiwan issued a ruling in favour of same-sex marriage (full text in ...
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The Devil’s in the Dictum: the Kenyan Court of Appeal Wishes Away the Inviolability of the Right to Hold a Religious Belief

The Devil’s in the Dictum: the Kenyan Court of Appeal Wishes Away the Inviolability of the Right to Hold a Religious Belief

By Alvin Attalo |
High school students subscribing to the Seventh Day Adventist faith have cause for celebration. In Seventh Day ...
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Limitations on the Remedial Powers of the Inter-American System of Human Rights

Limitations on the Remedial Powers of the Inter-American System of Human Rights

By Florencia Bohl |
In 2001, the Supreme Court of Argentina gave a judgment against Jorge Fontevecchia and Héctor D’Amico for ...
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Happy Fifth Anniversary to the Oxford Human Rights Hub

Happy Fifth Anniversary to the Oxford Human Rights Hub

By admin |
In 2012 the Oxford Human Rights Hub was established under the auspices of Professor Sandra Fredman. Its founding ...
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Steve Coogan in Conversation with Helena Kennedy

Steve Coogan in Conversation with Helena Kennedy

By admin |
Sunday 9 July, 7pm   BAFTA and academy-nominated writer of award-winning films and TV shows, ...
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Can President Rouhani Promote Human Rights in Iran?

Can President Rouhani Promote Human Rights in Iran?

By Saeed Bagheri |
Moderate President Rouhani was re-elected President of Iran on 19 May 2017. In spite of his biggest achievement ...
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