Presumptive Costs Orders: A Threat to Public Interest Interventions (Part II)

Presumptive Costs Orders: A Threat to Public Interest Interventions (Part II)

In a previous post, I reviewed the terms of the Government’s proposed new costs rule for interventions (cl 67, ...
OxHRH Part of Exciting New British Academy Projects

OxHRH Part of Exciting New British Academy Projects

The OxHRH was previously delighted to announce that it had secured a five-year funding grant from the British ...
UN sanctions: possible changes?

UN sanctions: possible changes?

In the last 20 years, the UN Security Council has adopted numerous sanctions not involving the use of armed ...
Presumptive Costs Orders: A Threat to Public Interest Interventions (Part I)

Presumptive Costs Orders: A Threat to Public Interest Interventions (Part I)

The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords on 30 June 2014 and has now ...
Religious anti-gay refusal – valuing dissent without making it lawful

Religious anti-gay refusal – valuing dissent without making it lawful

According to Supreme Court judge, Lady Hale, the law has yet to find the right balance between accommodating ...
The Problem of Progressive Realization – Protecting the Rights of the Disabled in Jamaica

The Problem of Progressive Realization – Protecting the Rights of the Disabled in Jamaica

Jamaica boasts of being the first country in the world to both sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on ...
Malawi's Electoral Fiasco

Malawi's Electoral Fiasco

Close to midnight on 30 May 2014, Prof Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of the fifth presidential elections ...
Malawi’s Electoral Fiasco

Malawi’s Electoral Fiasco

Close to midnight on 30 May 2014, Prof Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of the fifth presidential elections ...
Professor Frances Raday Comments on SAS v France

Professor Frances Raday Comments on SAS v France

In the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of S.A.S. v. France, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a ...
OxHRH summer essay competition

OxHRH summer essay competition

Money Matters: Finance and Human Rights The OxHRH is pleased to launch its summer 2014 essay competition! One ...
SAS v France in Context: the margin of appreciation doctrine and protection of minorities

SAS v France in Context: the margin of appreciation doctrine and protection of minorities

In SAS v France the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that a French law ...
IHRL Students for Justice – 17 July 2014

IHRL Students for Justice – 17 July 2014

17 July is international criminal justice day, marking the day when the Rome Statute of the International Criminal ...