admin 18th September 2019
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is hiring a Senior Associate (Level 4) – Human Rights Monitoring Closing date: 29 September 2019 Location: Cardiff, Wales, CF14 4YJl; Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2JJ; Manchester, North West, M4 3AQ About the job We are the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We stand up for freedom, compassion and justice in changing […]
admin 18th September 2019
2020 Visiting Fellowships in Comparative Constitutional Law for female doctoral and early career scholars. Applications Close on Sunday 13 October 2019 Are you a female doctoral or early career scholar with a focus on comparative constitutional law? Please consider sharing this notice with your colleagues who might be interested or know someone else who is. Would you like to conduct research […]
admin 16th September 2019
The Global Campus of Human Rights is glad to inform you that the Call for Applications for the Training for International Electoral Observers is now open until 21 October 2019. The training will take place in Venice, at the Global Campus of Human Rights Headquarters, from 25 to 29 November 2019. The course is open […]
admin 13th September 2019
Freedom is not only a right to be left alone. The book explores how Kantian philosophy and Jewish thought instead give rise to a concept of positive freedom, whereby freedom is inextricably linked to theobligation to respect the autonomy and dignity of others. While individualism fosters detachments, positive freedom fosters relations. In law, duties are […]
admin 11th September 2019
The Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU) is happy to announce that the second issue of its online journal, the TNNLU Law Review, has been published and is available here. The issue includes special articles from the Memorial Round table celebrating the life and works of Professor Charles Alexandrowicz that was held at the University in […]
admin 10th September 2019
The OxHRH Publications Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The latest editions are: Helena Alviar García and Günter Frankenberg (eds), Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis and Critique (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) Stephen Skinner, Lethal Force, the Right to Life and the ECHR: Narratives of Death and Democracy (Hart Publishing, 2019)
admin 15th August 2019
The Equal Rights Trust is delighted to announce that the award ceremony for the fifth annual Bob Hepple Equality Award will take place at 6.30pm on Thursday 12th September 2019 at Doughty Street Chambers in London. The Bob Hepple Equality Award was established by the Equal Rights Trust in honour of our longstanding Chair and honorary […]
admin 2nd August 2019
In 2020, the Equality Act 2010 (EA) celebrates its ten-year anniversary. The UK courts have built up an extensive body of jurisprudence critically engaging with the provisions of the Act and its contribution to the right to equality. Now is an opportune moment to take stock of the successes and failures and to look towards […]
admin 17th July 2019
Helena Alviar Garcia and Günter Frankenberg have published a new edited book titled Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis and Critique. The contributions to this book analyse and submit to critique authoritarian constitutionalism as an important phenomenon in its own right, not merely as a deviant of liberal constitutionalism. Accordingly, the fourteen studies cover a variety of […]
admin 15th July 2019
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a historic resolution recognising the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education. Professor Sandra Fredman, OxHRH Director and one of the Drafting Committee members, writes that: “Everyone, whatever their economic or social circumstances, has a fundamental right to quality education. The […]
admin 12th July 2019
The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest professional faculties at the University of Toronto. Today, it is one of the world’s great law schools. The Faculty’s rich academic programs are complemented by its many legal clinics and public interest programs. The Faculty of Law is housed in the elegant, state-of-the-art Jackman Law Building, […]
admin 3rd July 2019
On 28 and 29 June 2019, Professor Julian Roberts of the Law Faculty at Oxford University, convened a seminal expert Workshop on Sentencing in East and Southern Africa. The seminar at the St Cross Building was supported by the Africa Oxford Initiative and the Centre of Criminology. The two-day Workshop brought together leading Sentencing scholars and practitioners from eight African […]