The Supreme Court of India Reiterates that Two-finger Virginity Test Must Not Be Conducted
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On 3rd October 2022, the ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Carceral State vs Indigenous Women’s Lives: Battling Contexts in the Latest Supreme Court of Canada Decision
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Which context matters in determining a breach of the right to equality? ...
Electronic Workplace Monitoring and Human Rights: The Limits to Ontario’s New Algorithmic Monitoring Legislation
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In early October 2022, Ontario became the ...
Ockenden and Beyond: The Potential for a Human Rights Approach to Tackling Obstetric Violence
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Introduction
An independent ...
X v. NCT: One Step Closer to a Rights-Based Approach to Abortion in India?
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In last ...
Obstetric Violence as a Violation of Human Rights: CEDAW’s Second Decision a Welcome Addition but Not Enough
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Cultural Genocide – Reconciliation Through Recognition?
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A Shameful Past
The ghost of ...
CEDAW, the Law and Intersectionality: Using Legislation to Improve the Health of Women Being Left Behind
The Oxford Human Rights Hub is delighted to announce our keynote speaker event for Michaelmas Term 2022: CEDAW, ...
Blasphemy, Human Rights, the Intervention of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Mansha Masih Case
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The Death Penalty and its Arbitrary Use to Punish LGBTIQ Persons
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The impact of South Africa’s employment law reform on the right to work of non-citizens
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Three ...
South African Constitutional Court Rectifies Copyright Discrimination for People with Disabilities
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