Equal Rights Trust Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Inequality in Ukraine

Equal Rights Trust Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Inequality in Ukraine

On Friday 14 August the Equal Rights Trust launched its latest country report In the Crosscurrents: Addressing ...
Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free Speech

Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free Speech

The Supreme Court of India recently concluded its hearings in Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India, challenging the ...
Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender Equality

Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender Equality

In its last session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) released ...
Long Walk to Education – Scholar Transport Now an Element of the Right to Basic Education in South Africa

Long Walk to Education – Scholar Transport Now an Element of the Right to Basic Education in South Africa

In the precedent-setting decision of Tripartite Steering Committee and Another, the Eastern Cape High Court held ...
Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong’s ‘Breast Assault’ Case: A Legal and Feminist Critique

Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong’s ‘Breast Assault’ Case: A Legal and Feminist Critique

All men are equal, but some men are more equal than others – others as in women, regrettably. It may not be ...
Summary Report from OxHRH-OSH Online Workshop on The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

Summary Report from OxHRH-OSH Online Workshop on The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Realising the Right to Education

On 29th of July, 2015, the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Open Society Foundations presented a live workshop on ...
Prisoner Voting Rights in New Zealand: Standing Up for Democracy by Way of Constitutional Shake-Up

Prisoner Voting Rights in New Zealand: Standing Up for Democracy by Way of Constitutional Shake-Up

On 24 July 2015 in Taylor v Attorney General, a New Zealand High Court Judge effectively declared that New ...
OLA Graudate Students Working on Access to Justice Issues

OLA Graudate Students Working on Access to Justice Issues

Throughout the 2014-2015 academic year, eight graduate students from Oxford University have been assisting Turpin ...
Another first: Reparations Awarded to Victims at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Another first: Reparations Awarded to Victims at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

The recent award of reparations by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the applicants in Zongo and ...
Using the OxHRH Blog as Teaching Resource

Using the OxHRH Blog as Teaching Resource

Former Editor of the OxHRH Blog, Rachel Wechsler understands the potential value of the Blog as a teaching tool ...
Spain’s Commitment to International Human Rights Law:  26 Murdered Children Isn’t Regrettable, It’s Terrifying

Spain’s Commitment to International Human Rights Law: 26 Murdered Children Isn’t Regrettable, It’s Terrifying

On 31st July 2015, the statistics on the number of children killed at the hands of their fathers during visitation ...
New Publication: Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law-Cases, Codes, Constitutions & Commentary by Oppenheimer, Foster & Han (Foundation Press).

New Publication: Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law-Cases, Codes, Constitutions & Commentary by Oppenheimer, Foster & Han (Foundation Press).

This is a US-style “casebook” (textbook), which collects edited cases, codes, and constitutions, plus commentary ...