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Research Assistant Position with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

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 […]

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Call for Papers: European Yearbook on Human Rights 2021

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 […]

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Job Opportunities: Right to Education Initiative

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 […]

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IACL Virtual Global Roundtable: ‘Democracy 2020’

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, […]

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WEBINAR & LAUNCH of the report ‘Access to Justice in Europe for Victims of International Crimes’ – 26 October

admin 26th October 2020

MEP Saskia Bricmont, together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and REDRESS invite you to an online webinar for the launch of the report: Breaking Down Barriers: Access to Justice in Europe for Victims of International Crimes. Drawing on two years of consultations with 140 […]

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MOOC on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights: a Global Overview

admin 14th October 2020

The Global Campus of Human Rights is glad to inform you that registrations for the MOOC on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights: a Global Overview are still open. The course provides participants with a solid basis to understand, know and stand up for human rights. It is articulated in 2 modules: Module 1 (two classes) […]

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New book from OxHRH Associate Jonathan Herring: Domestic Abuse and Human Rights

admin 12th October 2020

Jonathan Herring has written a new book: Domestic Abuse and Human Rights, published by Intersentia.  The book explores how human rights can and should be used to tackled domestic abuse. In the conclusion it is said: “Our relationships are what give meaning to our lives. They are meant to be sources of love, support and […]

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New Publications from OxHRH Associates

admin 10th October 2020

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: Gautam Bhatia, The Wall (HarperCollins 2020) Fairwork, ‘The Gig Economy and Covid-19: Looking Ahead’ (The Fairwork Project, September 2020) Imogen Goold, Cressida Auckland and Jonathan Herring (eds), Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing 2020) Laura Hoyano and John Riley, […]

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Online Talk: Baby Steps: The Gender Division of Childcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic

admin 6th October 2020

Professor Sarah smith, University of Bristol, & Professor Cameron Hepburn, INET Oxford and The Smith School. Wednesday 7 October, 4pm – 5pm BST This talk is in conjunction with The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. The nature and scale of the shocks […]

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New Book: Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law

admin 1st October 2020

Dr Catherine O’Rourke, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute and Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and International Law at the School of Law, has a new book out: Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict Under International Law (Cambridge University Press 2020). The book is an output of the Political Settlements Research Programme, funded by the UK Department for International Development. […]

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New Book – We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment

admin 16th September 2020

Professor Julie C. Suk has a new book out titled We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment. The book tells the story of the century-long struggle to enshrine sex equality in the U.S. Constitution, casting generations of women as constitution-makers. Although the ERA was presumed dead in 1982, three states revived it […]

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New Publications from OxHRH Associates

admin 7th September 2020

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: Shreya Atrey, Intersectionality and Comparative Antidiscrimination Law: The Tale of Two Citadels (Brill, 2020) Alan Bogg, Jacob Rowbottom and Alison L Young (eds), The Constitution of Social Democracy: Essays in Honour of Keith Ewing (Hart Publishing, 2020) […]

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