I am not here to delight you’: Indira Jaising and gender justice in India
Welcome to RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. We look at the big human rights issues of the ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
Old Problems, New Media: Revenge Porn and the Law
Welcome to RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. We look at the big human rights issues of the ...
Substantive Equality for Women: Connecting Human Rights and Public Policy
A video produced by the Communications and Outreach Unit at UNRISD, based on the workshop Substantive Equality for ...
Iran’s Citizenship Law: Political Considerations or Recognition of Inherent Human Rights?
For years the plight of thousands of children born to Iranian mothers married to foreign men has been the subject ...
Dios, No Patrias, Libertad: The Dominican Republic’s Unfolding Human Rights Crisis
The Dominican Republic’s (DR) motto proudly proclaims “Dios, Patrias, Libertad”—“God, Country, Freedom.” Yet, ...
The (Patel) Quest for Reservation
In the Indian state of Gujarat, a ‘movement’ led by a young man named Hardik Patel is demanding that the Patel ...
Recent Developments in the UN Human Rights Council: Traditional Values and Women’s Right to Equality in the Family
In recent years at the United Nation’s Human Right’s Council (UNHRC) an ideological challenge has been directed ...
High Court in Belfast Finds the Northern Irish Executive Failed its Statutory Duty to Adopt a ‘Strategy’ to Tackle Poverty Based on ‘Objective Need’
On 30 June 2015 the High Court in Belfast ruled [2015] NIQB 59 that the Northern Irish Executive failed its ...
In Memory of Bob Hepple
It is with a heavy heart that I write to say farewell to Bob Hepple, who died in the early hours of Friday 21st ...
Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender Equality
In its last session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) released ...
Prisoner Voting Rights in New Zealand: Standing Up for Democracy by Way of Constitutional Shake-Up
On 24 July 2015 in Taylor v Attorney General, a New Zealand High Court Judge effectively declared that New ...
Spain’s Commitment to International Human Rights Law: 26 Murdered Children Isn’t Regrettable, It’s Terrifying
On 31st July 2015, the statistics on the number of children killed at the hands of their fathers during visitation ...
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