In Memoriam: Sir Joseph Hotung

Sir Joseph Hotung sadly passed away on 16 December 2021, at the age of 91. He was a benefactor of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at...

Borders of Punishment Conference

On April 19 – 20, an international conference took place in the Manor Road Building drawing together a range of scholars working on the intersections between migration, criminology, and criminal...

Prorogation of Parliament Explained

You can listen to a selection of his contributions here:BBC 5 Live Breakfast starting at 06:36BBC Radio Scotland starting at 12.20 ...

Happy Holidays from the Centre for Criminology

As 2016 draws to a close, Oxford Criminology reflects on a busy and successful year during which we celebrated our 50th Anniversary and moved buildings to sit alongside our colleagues...

Professor Christopher Hodges publishes paper on empirical evidence on US class actions

The US class action is the best-known tool of civil procedure for enforcement of mass private rights. It is intended to achieve judicial and procedural economy in civil procedure, and...

Ugochukwu Ezeh Takes Up OxHRH-Rhodes University Fellowship

The Oxford Human Rights Hub and Rhodes University are delighted to announce that MPhil student Ugochukwu Ezeh...

The Faculty strengthens its relationship with the University of Yangon

The Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford is leading higher education engagement in Myanmar, with a delegation this month visiting the University of Yangon and key justice sector...

Second Academic Workshop on Best Practices in Electronic Registry Design and Operations

The second academic workshop on best practices in the field of electronic registry design and operations was held at Harris Manchester College on 27 and 28 March 2017, as part...

Paved With Good Intentions: How the EU Legislative Process has Placed Internet Voluntary Counter Extremism Near the Edge of the Legal Wilderness

Victoria McCloud's paper on EU law and internet regulation of extremist material online ("Paved With Good Intentions: How the EU Legislative Process has Placed Internet Voluntary Counter Extremism Near the...

Surabhi Shukla contributes article to NUJS Law Review

This article looks at the issues faced by queer women in India through a legal lens. It identifies four issues for discussion­– privacy, live-in relationships, allegations of lesbianism in matrimonial...

Coup for the University of Sydney

Dr Michael Spence, the Head of the University of Oxford’s Social Sciences Division, will become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney in 2008. A Fellow of St...

MSc in Law and Finance Alumni Reunion

Allen & Overy hosted a reunion for the MSc in Law and Finance at their London offices on the 6th of October. The reunion was attended by...

Group of Oxford Public Law Lawyers Response to the Consultation from the Ministry of Justice on Judicial Review Reform

The Ministry of Justice opened a consultation on proposed reforms to judicial review.A group of Oxford Public Law Lawyers responded to this consultation. ...

Defending Human Rights During a Global Pandemic: Lessons from UNAIDS (with Luisa Cabal)

This episode is part of a special series on human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic from RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. It looks...

John Vella included in International Tax Review’s 2019 Global Tax 50

John Vella – Associate Professor of Tax Law – was recently included with the other members of the Oxford International Tax Group in the International Tax Review’s...

2nd Gibson Dunn-OSCOLA Commercial Law Moot

The second edition of the Gibson Dunn-OSCOLA Commercial Law Moot took place in Trinity Term 2021, with the public final round being held on 21 May. The...

Call for Papers: Crossing Borders

The Cooperative Institute for Transnational Studies in collaboration with the University of Aegean (Laboratory EKNEXA-Department of Sociology) are seeking special contributions from activists, volunteers and refugees. To propose a paper,...

Episode 3 of RightsUp Podcast Out Now: “I am not here to delight you”: Indira Jaising and Gender Justice in India

We are delighted to announce the launch of Episode 3 of ‘RightsUp’, a podcast series created by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.Episode 3 – “I am not here to delight...

Kofi Annan opens the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

On Friday, 15 June, Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997 to 2006) and (2001) Nobel Peace Prize winner, visited the University of Oxford to open formally the...

Listen: Jonathan Herring talks about his book 'Law and the Relational Self' in the New Books Network Podcast

Jonathan Herring was interviewed by Jane Richards on his recent book 'Law and the Relational Self' for the New Books Network Podcast.Listen here:...

Mary Bosworth and Alpa Parmar Awarded John Fell Fund Grant

The Centre for Criminology is delighted to announce that Professor Mary Bosworth and Dr Alpa Parmar’s application to the University of Oxford’s John Fell Fund for research into policing migration...