Abortion Law Reforms in Ireland
In A, B & C v. Ireland the European Court of Human Rights held that Ireland must end its 20-year delay in ...
Gender
Women's Rights: A Look Back at Emily Wilding Davison's Leadership
Editor's Note: OxHRH is marking the recent June 8 centenary of Emily Wilding Davison's passing with this guest ...
Evolving Strasbourg Jurisprudence on Domestic Violence: Recognising Institutional Sexism
As part of a broader feminist critique of the European Convention on Human Rights, it has been argued that Article ...
Stealing Brides in Kyrgyzstan: Why Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights Make Such Uneasy Bedfellows
Liz Fouksman uses the case of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan to delve into the uneasy intersection of culture and ...
Silencing Rape on U.S. College Campuses: Evaluating the Clery Act
The Steubenville rape verdict a few months ago has sparked a broader conversation about the United States’ endemic ...
Trafficking in Human Beings and the European Court of Human Rights – In Dubio pro State?
by Marija Jovanovic -
The ECtHR in M. and Others v. Italy and Bulgaria departs from a low-threshold approach ...
Rape and Reform in India: No Legal Fix for a Systemic Problem
by Shishir Bail and Sudhir Krishnaswamy - The brutal rape and mutilation of a 5-year-old girl in Delhi last week ...
Bread, Freedom and Social Justice for Women Too?
By Rhea Fernandes -
As member states unanimously passed the final draft proposal at the 57th session ...
The Agreed Conclusion of CSW57 – Reaffirmation of the Universality of Women’s Human Rights
Last month we ran a special themed post series on the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women ...
To Whomsoever it May Concern? The Case of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013was passed by the Indian Parliament and now awaits the sanction of the ...
Engendering Social Welfare Rights
Recipients of social welfare must routinely face the fact that many in society regard them as “scroungers” who are ...
CSW57: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Today we continue our special themed post series focusing on CSW57. Claire Overman reflects on one of the ...
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