admin 24th November 2020
Free online event via Zoom, Wednesday 2 December 2020, 6.30-7.30pm Is the necessity to prove ‘special intent’ obstructing the protection of vulnerable groups? The Genocide Convention signified an international commitment to prevent genocide and protect human groups. Yet, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, Myanmar and now the persecution of the Uyghurs illustrate a failure to realise this […]
admin 24th November 2020
We are pleased to announce that admissions for the Master’s in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford are open for the course starting September 2021. The degree is offered on a part-time basis over two academic years. Students work online in their home country from September to June each year and spend […]
admin 20th November 2020
27 November 2020 | 15.30 – 17.00 (UK time) The past 2 decades have seen growing numbers of migrants, and would-be asylum seekers, embarking on perilous sea crossings to flee violence, conflict or persecution. Private vessels have increasingly been called on to assist persons in distress. These vessels are regularly faced with delays in disembarkation of rescued […]
admin 19th November 2020
In Solidarity – The Migration Blanket is a collaborative artwork created during COVID-19 by Refugee and Asylum Seeker girls and women around the world and International Artist and Human Rights Activist, Salma Zulfiqar. The artwork shines a light on the need for compassion, tolerance and acceptance of Refugees and Migration and gives Refugee and Asylum […]
admin 19th November 2020
In 2019 the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty drew the world’s attention to an appalling reality: more than seven million children worldwide are deprived of liberty every year. Still a conservative estimate, this figure stands in direct contrast to the requirement of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), […]
admin 18th November 2020
Health is a human right, and tactics learned from the human rights movement can help ensure every person access to the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. The Oxford Human Rights Hub, World Health Organization, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and Human Reproduction Programme present a new documentary series […]
admin 13th November 2020
Both the Grand Final and Panel Discussion will take place online 14 November 2020, 2:45PM to 6:00PM. Register here for the webinar link. About The Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship: Oxford v Cambridge This prestigious moot court competition has been established by the Oxford Law Faculty to promote the intellectual study of disability and its […]
admin 13th November 2020
The Case of Judge Afiuni and the Survival of the Rule of Law in Venezuela On Thursday 12 November, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), the International Bar Associations Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) appealed to the United Nations to hold Venezuela accountable for the 11-year persecution and […]
admin 8th November 2020
The research assistant will work under the supervision of Dr Katia Bianchini, Research Fellow, Max Planck for Social Anthropology (Advokatenweg 36, 06114 Halle (Saale), Germany; bianchini@eth.mpg.de). Fixed term from 1 January 2020 to 31 August 2020 Contract type: Service contract (Werkvertrag) Salary: negotiable Hours: 8/10 hours/week Workplace: home-based Main tasks Support of empirical legal and socio-legal research in the field of […]
admin 8th November 2020
Special Focus: Human Rights in times of a pandemic The European Yearbook on Human Rights is shedding light on current human rights topics of concern and the most pressing issues that impair human rights protection, the rule of law and democracy in Europe and beyond. Large parts of 2020 have been marked by an […]
admin 2nd November 2020
The Right to Education Initiative (RTE) is hiring for three new exciting positions: A Programme Manager on Early Childhood Education. A part time Programme Officer to work on the right to public education and non-states actors involvement in education. A part time Communication Manager. RTE is a global human rights organisation focusing on the right to […]
admin 27th October 2020
On 18-26 November the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable ‘Democracy 2020: Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown, and Renewal Worldwide’ will take place as series of 9 inter-connected webinars. Featuring 50 speakers from 5 continents across 5 days, the webinars will be devoted to an array of themes including global and regional overviews, […]