Brighton and Beyond – Where Next for the European Convention on Human Rights?
Two reports have been released which shine a spotlight on the relationship between national authorities (especially parliaments) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Both take stock of the...
SAJAP: Facilitating Justice in Namibia – Part II
Earlier this month we featured a reflection from Claire Palmer on her experiences working as an OPBP Intern at the Supreme Court of Namibia as part of the SAJAP programme....
Addressing the Critical Funding Gap at the UN Human Rights Office
High Commissioner Zeid Al Hussein is right to point to the shockingly low proportion of the UN budget which is allocated to his office. But he also needs to implement...
Building Institutions for the Long-Term: the Need for Normative Transparency
The Oxford Martin Programme on human rights for future generations brought together politicians, philosophers, and NGOs in its conference on ‘How can institutional mechanism safeguard for tomorrow, today?’ on 21...
Why the UK Should Embrace the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The UK evinces a certain amount of skepticism for both human rights and for Europe. There has been much publicity about the plans of a Conservative government to repeal the...
The South African Public Protector’s Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity
The South African Public Protector is a critically important constitutional institution. The Public Protector is tasked, along with other Chapter Nine institutions, with strengthening constitutional democracy in South Africa. Indeed,...
The South African Public Protector's Remedial Powers: A Need for Clarity
The South African Public Protector is a critically important constitutional institution. The Public Protector is tasked, along with other Chapter Nine institutions, with strengthening constitutional democracy in South Africa. Indeed,...
National Pro Bono Week – SAJAP: Facilitating Justice in Namibia
We continue our celebration of National Pro Bono Week (NPBW), today with a post from Claire Palmer on her experiences as an intern at the Supreme Court of Namibia in...
Human Rights in the UK Media: Representation and Reality
On 19 September, the Human Rights and International Law Unit of the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool hosted a one day seminar – part...
Is An Obsession With Foreign Investment Eroding Democracy in Papua New Guinea?
Often described as “an island of gold floating on a sea of oil”, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the top ten resource-dependent economies in the world. But robust...
Civil Society Wants its Voice Heard in Post-2015 Development
During the last week of August the UN headquarters in New York was effectively taken over by civil society. Over 4000 participants from non-governmental organisations around the world gathered for...
Charting the Future of Development: A Tale of Two Agendas
Editor’s note: this post is the winning entry for the OxHRH Summer Short Essay Competition 2014. For its sheer scale, poverty is the greatest systemic human rights violation of...
