Gendered Constitutionalism
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Gendered Constitutionalism In this week’s episode, we talk to Ruth Rubio, Professor in the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, about her...
South Africa
Protecting Anti-Apartheid Songs Under the Rubric of Free Speech
Image description: Crowd of women, men, and children pictured dancing to music at Umgababa, South Africa Music is a common feature of political environments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): politicians typically...
A Conversation with Justice Majiedt of the South African Constitutional Court
Oxford Human Rights Hub · A Conversation with Justice Majiedt of the South African Constitutional Court In this episode, we speak to Justice Steven Majiedt of the Constitutional Court of...
The impact of South Africa’s employment law reform on the right to work of non-citizens
Image description: Woman stands with cloth covering her head in the colours of the South African flag Three decades after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s unemployment rate stands at...
South African Constitutional Court Rectifies Copyright Discrimination for People with Disabilities
Image Description: Graphotype machines and prints, one set up with Braille type. Photo Credit: Flickr, Jenny Addison. South African Constitutional Court rectifies copyright discrimination for people with disabilities, orders ‘the...
Khalifa v Secretary for National Treasury and Planning: A New Dawn for the Right to Access of Information in Kenya
Image description: Man approaches Parliament Buildings in Nairobi, Kenya The monumental decision in Khalifa and Another v Secretary, National Treasury and Planning and 4 Others spells a new dawn for...
Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety: A Convention 190 Perspective
Image description: Woman holds a handwritten pink sign which reads ‘A woman’s body is not yours to take: I am a sexual abuse survivor and I will not be silenced’...
Plug Those Gaps: Reforms to Equality Law (Episode 3)
Human rights experts reveal how we could reform equality law to make sure it protects the most vulnerable in times of crisis. This is Episode Three of a four-part series....
The provision of stationery as a component of the right to basic education in South Africa
Image Description: Pupils in a classroom in Cape Town, South Africa. There are over 80 pupils in this classroom and there are not enough desks or textbooks for the students...
How Evictions Law Has Been Implemented in the Lower Courts in South Africa
Image description: A poster with the text, ‘decent, low-cost housing is a basic right; no more evictions; people before profit.’ The South African judicial structure begins with the lower courts,...
Spotlight on an Understudied Institution: Evictions and the Magistrate’s Court in South Africa
TRANSCRIPT: Spotlight on an understudied institution: evictions and the Magistrate’s Court in South Africa (Recorded August 2019) Rishika Sahgal (0:11) Welcome to RightsUp! RightNow, a podcast at [the] Oxford Human...
‘White Backlash’ Against Affirmative Action in the United States and South African Courts
Image description: Demonstration in support of affirmative action outside the United States Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court has recently decided to hear two cases on race-based affirmative action in...
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