This #HumanRightsDay celebrating the theme #OurEverydayRights, @OxHRH helps re-engage people with human rights by showing how they shape our daily lives. Follow us to advance understanding & protection of human rights & equality. @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk

UKSC's decision in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions prioritised proportionality review over considering disability as a suspect ground of discrimination. Mustaqim Iqbal comments on the decision. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/a-long-shado...

In June 2025, Federal Court of Malaysia in SIS Forum v Jawatankuasa Fatwa Negeri Selangor held that there couldn't be a fatwa declaring SIS as ‘deviant’ as it is a corporation & cannot profess the religion of Islam. Zheng Hong See analyses the decision. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/malaysian-fe...

Alexander Hughes analyses 2 #ECtHR decisions highlighting the Court's inconsistent approach to determining complaints made by women in the context of domestic & sexual violence. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-inconsis...

In 2025, UN Special Rapporteur on VAWG, Reem Alsalem, released a report scapegoating gender-diverse individuals for violence against women & girls. Émilie Weidl comments how the report breaches the Special Mandate Code of Conduct. bit.ly/4ozn8DZ

Sajjad Hussain Nekokara urges Pakistan to uphold and protect the right of children to legal identity, which remains a distant dream for orphans, street children, and those without parental presence. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/right-to-chi...

"Community supervision' in Australia's immigration control regime includes electronic ankle bracelets, nightly curfews, & mandatory reporting to authorities. Han Lu analyses the stakes in High Court's considerations of such unconstitutional practices. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/australias-h...

Pakistan Supreme Court's decision in Dr. Seema Hanif Khan v. Waqas Khan has come close to solving the tension between talaq, khula, & dissolution of marriage (faskh). @sufi_shahab comments on the decolonial jurisprudence emerging in this field. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/a-decolonial...

AI training leads to significant environmental costs - water use for cooling operations, high energy consumption, & increasing GHG emissions. Marco di Donato asks if AI training threatens the human right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/ai-training-...

24 hours to register ❗ Don't miss out on the chance to reflect on 25 years of the UN Palermo Protocol on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. Register here: form.jotform.com/252924497283...

Join us at Pembroke College, Oxford on November 21, 2025 to reflect on global progress in ending human trafficking & modern slavery as we mark the UN Palermo Protocol's 25th year. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

4 days to register! Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery: Looking Back, Looking Ahead 🗓️: 21st November 1-5 PM 📍: Pembroke College Oxford Register: lnkd.in/eXke3DhH

New Podcast Alert 📢 In the 2nd episode of Rights in Crisis series, Prof Anup Surendranath talks to Prof Jon Yorke on 'The Death Penalty' in a conversation moderated by Dr Aradhana CV. Listen here: bit.ly/4hUkcjf

✏️Remember to Register ✏️ Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery, Looking Back, Looking Ahead An Assessment of 25 Years under the UN Trafficking Palermo Protocol When: 21st November 1-5 PM Where: Pembroke College Oxford Register here: form.jotform.com/252924497283...

University of Pretoria Centre for Child Law and OxHRH urge the Supreme Court of Appeal to put children first in landmark class action case on the Kabwe Lead Poisoning. Read the press statement here: bit.ly/43ULWhY #environmentaljustice #leadpoisoning #kabwe #childrights

We’re proud to be taking part in this year’s #GreatLegalBake during #ProBonoWeek. @oxhrh.bsky.social bake sale will be taking place on 7th November at @OxfordLawFac to help raise funds in support of #accesstojustice. Come out and help us raise dough for justice!🍰

SAVE THE DATE🗓️ Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Looking Back, Looking Ahead: An Assessment of 25 Years under the UN Trafficking Palermo Protocol 📅21st November ⌚️1-5 PM 📍Pembroke College Oxford law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

What does it mean for hate speech & human rights law when white men were found to be the victims of hate speech by Parliamentary opposition leader Julius Malema in South Africa? Wiseman Zondi navigates the need for context and history in such decisions. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/when-context...

What role should Arabic language play in South Sudan? Justin Monyping Ater unpacks this complicated question in light of South Sudan's obligations under the ICCPR. Read his legal analysis in our latest blog: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/locating-the...

Nalinaksha Singh comments on the promising decision of the IACtHR which recognised the right to care as an autonomous & enforceable human right, hoping that this paves the way forward for women's rights globally! ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/iacthr-recog...

In July 2025, the historic ICJ Advisory Opinion on environmental law affirmed state obligations to curb climate change. But what does the opinion say on due diligence? Siobhan McInerney-Lankford answers its role within international law & human rights. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/icj-advisory...

Currently, Brazil's law does not provide sufficient protection for the non-consensual dissemination of intimate or nude images. Bruna Ferreira de Almeida comments on the law's impact balancing freedom of expression and regulation of online content. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/big-tech-the...

@hilakeren.bsky.social analyses the US v Skrmetti case which marks a significant & devastating departure from the constitutional principle of equal protection. Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...

@rishikasahgal.bsky.social & Gautam Bhatia have recently published a paper examining eviction cases in India focusing on meaningful engagement as a part of the right to housing. Read in the latest issue of Comparative Constitutional Studies Journal: www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

Surabhi Singh analyses the trend in Indian High Court’s systematic denial of petitions to protect interfaith couples to understand the norms which inhabit such cases & whose emotions prevail in decision-making. Read part 5 of the Policing Love series: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-curious-...

In the last blog of the Policing Love series, Gitanjali Joshua raises the question of queering marriage laws within the restrictive rhetoric of "love jihad" laws in India. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/queering-mar...

In Part 4 of Policing Love series, Soumya Saxena asks: Can institutions built to protect women’s rights also become instruments that curtail their autonomy? Zooming into Bhopal's One Stop Centre, she expands the normative role of such initiatives. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/from-safe-sp...

In Part 3 of the Policing Love series, Swapnil Singh unpacks how Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita impacts live-in or cohabiting relationships of choice, where the law’s reach risks enabling the misuse of criminal provisions. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/and-the-law-...

In Part 2 - Policing Love series, Nidah Kaiser presents India's laws against interfaith relationships which reinforce state’s patriarchal control & empowers family-religious institutions restricting individual freedom, esp women, to choose their partners. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-intimate...

@OxHRH along with Nidah Kaiser & Saumya Maheshwari have curated a blog series on 'Policing Love: Law, Institutions and the Limits of Autonomy'. The 6 blogs in the series engage with the question of policing of romantic sexual relationships in India. 1/6: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/policing-lov...

New OxHRH journal article out! 📄 Jacques Hartmann & Reem Alhasawi explore the evolution of int'l law on minimum legal age for marriage. Studying CEDAW & CRC, they identify 16 as the current de facto minimum legal age, with a move towards 18. Read more: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/journal-2/

While honor-based abuse primarily focuses on women, it is important to resolve the blind spot created regarding male victims by the veil of secrecy and masculine taboo. Ritabrata Roy, Sakkcham Singh Parmaar, & Ananya Singh shed light on this issue. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/when-honour-...

In July 2025, a violent vigilante attack -on rumours of a drug ring- left 3 members of a single family dead & another gravely injured in Bangladesh. Joydeep Chowdhury comments on the sharp rise of mob violence & examines the role of state to prevent them. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/mob-justice-...

A state-run institution for persons with disabilities reported 14 deaths, without any accountability from the Delhi Government. Shambhavi Singh urges for a National Disability Mortality Registry to prevent such incidents from reoccurring. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/invisible-de...

Karen Baker argues that a July 2025 law which 'permits’ unaccompanied children to withdraw their applications for admission if a perfunctory screening does not reveal dangers of trafficking/persecution will exacerbate existing perils. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/dismantling-...

The recent Ukraine & the Netherlands v Russia decision by the ECtHR broadened the jurisdictional scope of the ECHR & the standard of attribution. Atul Alexander maps the court’s treatment of the relationship between IHRL vis-à-vis IHL. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/european-cou...

Delhi High Court issued a dynamic injunction to block access to Sci Hub, Sci Net & its mirror websites on a complaint by Elsevier. Apoorv KC & Rongeet Poddar argue that copyright protection has become a smokescreen for sustaining a skewed research ecosystem. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deprivation-...

In 2021, France conducted 47 million racially profiled ID checks. In our latest blog, Samira Allioui analyses the case of discriminatory ID checks before the ECtHR. While it condemned the practice for 1 appellant, 5 other such appeals were rejected. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/systemic-rac...

Why should disaster management legislations embed a human-rights approach? Nabeela Siddiqui & Chhaya Bhardwaj make a case for human rights based disaster management in India prioritising community participation, local realities & sustainable resilience. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-disaster...

In 2020 the Delhi Police used facial recognition during anti-CAA protests to identify & track protesters. In the era of expanding use of facial recognition, Tripti Bhushan emphasises the need to balance this with constitutional protections of privacy. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/ai-surveilla...

In her new publication, Prof Sandra Fredman confronts the criticism that human rights adjudication is anti-democratic & elaborates a model of bounded deliberative democracy as a basis for democracy-enhancing human rights adjudication. Read more: doi.org/10.1017/fed....

The Right to (Queer) Family in Indian Constitutional Law Aditya Anand Singh analyses 2 landmark judgments on the rights of individuals in non-heteronormative relationships within the broader context of Indian family law & LGBTQ+ jurisprudence. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-right-to...

Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship Sergiy Panasyuk comments on the decision which recognises same-sex couple as a family even when the law bans same-sex marriage. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/legal-recogn...

Kenya’s Supreme Court Balances Islamic Law & Equality in Landmark Inheritance Ruling Joshua Kimani exemplifies the nuanced interpretation, clarifying the interplay between religious autonomy & constitutional rights, particularly equality. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/kenyas-supre...

Mahmoud v. Taylor & the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Luke A. Boso argues that the decision offers a powerful new weapon for the right-wing arsenal in efforts to roll back liberty and equality for LGBTQ people. What a difference a decade has made. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/mahmoud-v-ta...

Overlapping Sabotage Provisions in Hong Kong’s National Security Laws Celeste Lo compares Hong Kong National Security Law & the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance to show the difference in legislative language & in sentencing & judicial safeguards. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/overlapping-...

For the People, By the State: Establishing a Permanent Government Attorney Service (GAS) in Bangladesh to Ensure Human Rights & the Rule of Law Aminul Islam examines how GAS can ensure fair trials, combat arbitrary detention, & increase access to courts. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/for-the-peop...

In this 2-part blog, Elizabeth Salmón analyzes the Inter-American framework to protect liberty & explores the complementarity between IHL & IHRL regarding detention during armed conflict. Part 1: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/detention-in... Part 2: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/detention-in...

The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty Sarah Jaley makes an argument for a treaty which limits accessibility to kinetic impact projectiles such as rubber bullets used to suppress protests. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-risks-of...

Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections? Larisa Hazel Lee claims that the framework abdicates financial sector’s responsibilities to uphold human rights contradicting climate rights litigation worldwide. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/banking-on-s...