admin 9th May 2018
In the run-up to the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment due to be held on 25 May 2018 this website is a resource that seeks to answer questions about the law as it is, and the law as it is proposed to be. It is a collaboration between Professor Fiona de Londras and Máiréad Enright. Position Professor […]
admin 3rd May 2018
The Oxford Guild and its Collegium Global Network in association with the Oxford PPE Society is delighted to welcome a very special guest – Tawakkol Karman, one of the most famous and most decorated Nobel Peace Prize Winners of all time. She will be discussing ‘Terrorism – The Problems & Solutions’, sharing her insights into how to […]
admin 2nd May 2018
What are the key legal landmarks for women? What role did women and feminists play in bringing them about? What impact have they had lived experience of women? How might feminist legal history advance and transform legal scholarship? The Women’s Legal Landmarks Project is a unique interdisciplinary collaboration involving over 80 feminist legal and history […]
admin 1st May 2018
This event is organised and hosted Professor Jane Ching and her colleagues at Nottingham Law School and through the Centre for Legal Education. These are facilitated workshops/roundtables. Liz is and experienced facilitator & researcher and uses conferencing approaches to facilitate. She takes a back seat with guiding questions generated by the discussion. It’s all about […]
admin 29th April 2018
This term the series has a particular focus on Syria and the Middle East, with topics covered including Iraqi migrants in Syria, Syrians working in Turkey, and Islamic traditions of refuge. We kick off with a book launch for Professor Dawn Chatty’s book Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State next week on 2 May. […]
admin 19th April 2018
In the School of Law, University of Glasgow, we are currently advertising two postdoctoral researcher positions in connection with the ESRC-Funded Project Work on Demand. The WorkOD project seeks to investigate the ever-evolving nature of contracts and contracting behaviour in the world of work – not only contracts of employment, but also those of casual, […]
admin 18th April 2018
3-5pm, Mansfield College: Opening prayers; panel discussion; survivor testimony; and candle lighting. With special guests Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda; Lord Mayor of Oxford, Jean Fooks; Antoinette Mukeshimana; Rt Revd Jonathan Ruhumuliza; John Binama; Lilian Umubyeyi; Dr Richard Benda; Dr James Smith; Ruth Barnett; Dr Zoe Norridge; and Dr […]
admin 17th April 2018
This new publication from Chris McCrudden Litigating Religions: An Essay on Human Rights, Courts and Beliefs (OUP, 2018) explores the contested relationship between human rights, religion, and litigation. It demonstrates how the renewed geo-political significance of religion and recent developments in human rights legislation have meant that conflicts are increasingly subject to judicial interpretation. Draws […]
admin 12th April 2018
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has instituted an award to honour the outstanding and dynamic scientific work, of great value to the European trade union movement, of the late labour law Professor Brian Bercusson: the ETUC Brian Bercusson Award. Through this Award, the ETUC and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) support academic research that […]
admin 10th April 2018
The Equal Rights Trust has just released its five year strategy. The report can be found here.
admin 5th April 2018
The OxHRH Publication Page is a dynamic teaching and research resource that showcases the latest human rights publications from our global network. The latest editions are: Nicolas Bamforth, ‘Approaching the Indirect-Direct Discrimination Distinction: Concepts, Values and Policies’ in Hugh Collins and Tarunabh Khaitan (eds.), Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law (Hart, 2018). Meghan Campbell, Women, Poverty Equality: The Role of CEDAW (Hart, 2018). […]