Brexit and Worker Rights

Brexit and Worker Rights

It is now pretty well-known that most of the employment rights in the UK are guaranteed by EU law—the principal ...
European Human Rights Advocacy Centre-Internships

European Human Rights Advocacy Centre-Internships

The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) is inviting applications from Russian speakers for a four-month ...
Abortion in Context Seminar: Politics & Abortion in Texas: State Power vs Women’s Autonomy by Susan Hays

Abortion in Context Seminar: Politics & Abortion in Texas: State Power vs Women’s Autonomy by Susan Hays

Susan Hays (Appellate Attorney, Austin, Texas & Litigation Director, Jane's Due Process) will be speaking ...
The Venice Academy of Human Rights-‘Backlash Against Human Rights?’

The Venice Academy of Human Rights-‘Backlash Against Human Rights?’

The Venice Academy of Human Rights will take place from 4-13 July 2016. The theme of this year’s academy ...
Working time and Brexit: Bad Karma?

Working time and Brexit: Bad Karma?

Imagine a Karmic invitation to be reborn as a piece of employment legislation. It is very likely that the Working ...
Conscientious Objection or Oppression: That is the Question

Conscientious Objection or Oppression: That is the Question

On 11th of August last year, the Supreme Administrative Court of Uruguay issued a judgment that recognises the ...
Brexit and the Rights of Casual Workers – Tightroping Without a Safety Net

Brexit and the Rights of Casual Workers – Tightroping Without a Safety Net

Against the chorus of ‘scaremongers’ suggesting that Brexit would have disastrous consequences for workers ...
The Hillsborough 96 and the Struggle for Truth and Justice

The Hillsborough 96 and the Struggle for Truth and Justice

On 26 April 2016, the end of the longest jury case in British legal history saw the families and supporters of the ...
Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU Law to Further Equal Rights

Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU Law to Further Equal Rights

Employment Minister Priti Patel recently likened women campaigning to leave the EU to the Suffragettes. “Emmeline ...
The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part II

The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part II

In Part I, we looked at how the UK’s “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia underpins its half-hearted approach ...
OxHRH Special Blog Series: The Implications of British Exit of the European Union for Workers’ Rights in the UK

OxHRH Special Blog Series: The Implications of British Exit of the European Union for Workers’ Rights in the UK

In the UK, the debate over Britain’s possible exit from the European Union (Brexit) is growing louder in the run ...
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