The Slippery Slope of Selective Recognition: The Anti-Hinduphobia Bill of Georgia
On 4 April 2025, Georgia became the first state in the United States of America (US) to introduce a bill on anti-Hindu discrimination and Hinduphobia. The bill, SB 375, seeks...
Pouring Fuel on the Fire: Implications of Trump’s Executive Actions for Human Trafficking Victimization and Vulnerability
The second Trump administration has just passed the “first-100-days” benchmark, and there is deep concern about the devastating impact of President Trump’s executive actions on efforts to combat human trafficking....
Trump’s Tax Policy Privileges Sophisticated and Wealth Individuals and Organizations at the Expense of the Working Poor
No one enjoys paying taxes, but some level of taxation is inevitable in modern society. The question is not whether to have a tax system, but rather whether the system...
The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access
In January 2025, the newly inaugurated Trump administration reaffirmed and broadened the so-called Global Gag Rule (GGR), a policy preventing foreign NGOs receiving US funding from providing or even discussing...
Potential Human Rights Impact of President Trump’s New Policies Governing Artificial Intelligence
On January 23, 2025, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order No. 14,179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” This Order followed the January 20 rescission of the Biden...
Trump’s Education Order Undermines Trans Children’s Rights
On January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sweeping and draconian executive order purporting to address “radical indoctrination” in primary and secondary schools, with a significant focus on educators...
Gender-Affirming Care on the Chopping Block: What Tennessee’s Healthcare Ban Means for Trans Youth in America
The United States is at a critical juncture in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, as it confronts the balance between individual rights, state authority, and societal norms. On December 4,...
Women in Constitutions – Podcast Series
https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Compilation-Women-in-Constitution.mp4 Virtually all constitutions guarantee women’s right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women’s equality. This podcast...
Women in Constitutions – The US Constitution with Julie Suk
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Women in Constitutions – The US Constitution with Julie Suk Virtually all constitutions guarantee women’s right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash...
Responsabilidad Corporativa por Violaciones de Derechos Humanos Internacionales en las Cortes de los Estados Unidos: El Litigio de Chiquita Marcas
El 10 de junio de 2024, el innovador juicio federal estadounidense, Chiquita Marcas Internacional, Inc., Litigio por el Estatuto de Agravio para Extranjeros y Litigio Derivativo de Accionistas, declaró a...
Corporate Accountability for International Human Rights Violations in US Courts: The Chiquita Brands Litigation
On 10 June 2024, the groundbreaking US federal trial, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholders Derivative Litigation, found the banana corporation guilty of the deaths of eight...
Mapping the global crackdown on LGBTIQ rights
On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), thereby taking an important first step towards addressing and removing the stigma...
