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Talk: Barristers Under Threat – How a protest by common law lawyers sparked an ongoing civil war

Talk: Barristers Under Threat – How a protest by common law lawyers sparked an ongoing civil war

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7pm on 11th March at University College in the 12 Merton Street Lecture Theatre. In 2016, barristers in an ...
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Oxford/George Washington 2020 Summer School in International Human Rights Law – admissions now open

Oxford/George Washington 2020 Summer School in International Human Rights Law – admissions now open

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We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2020 Summer School in International Human Rights Law, held at ...
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Faith, Ethics and Organ Donation Conference by the Woolf Institute

Faith, Ethics and Organ Donation Conference by the Woolf Institute

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Overview The one-day conference to be held on Monday 17 February 12-5pm will bring together medical ...
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The High Court of Malawi Nullifies May 2019 Presidential Election in Landmark Judgment

The High Court of Malawi Nullifies May 2019 Presidential Election in Landmark Judgment

By Mary Jiyani |
In a landmark judgment, Saulos Klaus Chilima & Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera v Arthur Peter Mutharika & ...
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A novel approach to Get refusal: the use of the offence of coercive control to obtain a religious divorce

A novel approach to Get refusal: the use of the offence of coercive control to obtain a religious divorce

By Tristan Cummings |
For Jewish women, obtaining a religious divorce (Get) can be life-changing. Women denied a Get are considered ...
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Release of ‘Even the Finest Warriors’ – a book on human rights defenders in Egypt and Tunisia

Release of ‘Even the Finest Warriors’ – a book on human rights defenders in Egypt and Tunisia

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More than a year and a half have passed since the start of “Even the Finest of Warriors” project, and at the end ...
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The Urgenda case: human rights obligations to reduce carbon emissions

The Urgenda case: human rights obligations to reduce carbon emissions

By Rebecca Mooney |
The Netherlands’ supreme court has ruled that the state has ‘direct legal obligations’ to reduce carbon emissions ...
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Teitiota v New Zealand: A Step Forward in the Protection of Climate Refugees under International Human Rights Law?

Teitiota v New Zealand: A Step Forward in the Protection of Climate Refugees under International Human Rights Law?

By Adaena Sinclair-Blakemore |
On 7 January 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) issued a landmark ruling in which it recognised, for the ...
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A Gay Kiss on the Internet: Can Strasbourg Litigation Help Win the War Against Homophobia?

A Gay Kiss on the Internet: Can Strasbourg Litigation Help Win the War Against Homophobia?

By Stephanos Stavros |
On 14 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of the European Convention on Human ...
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International Legal Systems Failing Child Victims of Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse

International Legal Systems Failing Child Victims of Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse

By Charlie Loudon |
The widespread and enduring problem of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers has been well documented over ...
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Counter terrorism Law & The Human Rights Violation of the Uighurs in China: An International Law Perspective

Counter terrorism Law & The Human Rights Violation of the Uighurs in China: An International Law Perspective

By Yajat Bansal |
The recently published files by the New York Times have highlighted the realities of the deplorable living ...
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