OPBP and OLA Social Event

A strong turnout from enthusiastic and committed student volunteers, and encouraging words from the Dean of the Law Faculty, Hon. Justice Kate O’Regan and Professor Sandra Fredman marked the Annual...

British Academy and All Souls Forum on Imprisonment

On Thursday 29 November 2012 a Forum on Imprisonment took place at the British Academy in London. It was co-sponsored by All Souls College and by the British Academy Policy Centre, which...

Honorary doctorate for Professor Wolfgang Ernst from the University of Edinburgh

Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh has voted to bestow upon Professor Wolfgang Ernst, Regius Professor of Civil Law, the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa). The degree...

Building project notices w/c 14 March

Please note: Phase B works are scheduled to commence next week. This will include works to the toilets on the first floor and to the JCR/ SCR area on the...

Oxford mooting fever spreads to Hong Kong

On 10 September 2011, the Inaugural Oxford-Hong Kong Mooting Competition was held at the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong. Over 40 current and former Oxford students watched the judges firing...

Recruitment Drive for UK Magistrates

Did you know that you (yes, you!) could become a magistrate?Massive recruitment drive is underway for 4,000 UK magistrates. The £1 million campaign aims to attract...

Oxford Law Alumni Event, St Petersburg, 16-20 May 2013

Professor Timothy Endicott, Dean of the Faculty of Law, will be visiting St Petersburg from 16-20 May. We will be hosting an alumni reception during his visit. More details will follow regarding the...

Our team is growing

The Border Criminologies team continues to grow and branch out from its Oxford base. We are pleased to announce that Maartje van der Woude from the University of Leiden has...

French Civil Liability in Comparative Perspective

France is in the process of rewriting its private law of obligations. In 2016, the law of contract, the general regime governing obligations and the law of...

2012-13 OHRH Annual Report


 The Oxford Human Rights Hub 2012-13 Annual Report is out now! Thank you to our sponsors, Gullan & Gullan Advertising South Africa, and Hart Publishing for making this publication possible....

Dr David Erdos joins OECD volunteer group of privacy experts

Dr David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and co-ordinator of CSLS’s  Oxford Privacy Information Law and Society (OxPILS) research programme, has been...

Is the Digital Economy Much Less Competitive Than We Think It Is?

Article in Pro-Market - The blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business...

Irwin Mitchell-University of Leicester Medical Law Mooting Competition 2013

The second annual Irwin Mitchell-University of Leicester Medical Law Mooting Competition took place on 30 November 2013. James Beeton (Exeter College) and Michelle Kang (Brasenose College) constituted Oxford’s team. Teams...

Launch of new report showing support for abolition of the death penalty among Zimbabwean opinion leaders

Time to Abolish the Death Penalty in Zimbabwe: Exploring the views of its opinion leaders draws on in-depth interviews with 42 opinion leaders on the death penalty,...

Jeremy Waldron returns to Oxford

In the academic year 2010-2011, Jeremy Waldron became the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, as successor to Gerald Cohen, Charles Taylor, and Isaiah Berlin.At the beginning of May,...

University of Exeter v University of Oxford Moots

Two moots were held on 7 and 8 of November 2012 in Exeter between Oxford and the University of Exeter. Oxford prevailed in both moots.The first moot was between undergraduates...

James Rooney and Ugochukwu Ezeh Awarded OxHRH-Rhodes University Fellowships

The Oxford Human Rights Hub and Rhodes University are delighted to announce that BCL student James Rooney and MPhil student Ugochukwu Ezeh have been awarded a six month OxHRH-Rhodes University...

What if imprisonment were abolished for property offences?

The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a landmark pamphlet 'What if imprisonment were abolished for property offences?' written by Professor Andrew Ashworth. The pamphlet, which has sparked a nationwide debate...

Faculty launches new option in Law and Computer Science

As AI and digital technology permeate more of our lives, they increasingly becomes the source of legally significant events. This means that those who study and/or practice law increasingly need...

New Scholarships Announced for the Master's in International Human Rights Law and the University of Oxford

Following an application to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, we are very pleased to report that funding has been secured for seven scholarships for candidates from developing African and South Asian...

Building project updates w/c 13 June

No works are planned for Saturday 11/Sunday 12 June.w/c 13 JuneGF / FF / SF BLL general cleaning and moving materialsGF / FF / SF BLL and Main Core possible...

The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School on the Rights of the Child

The Human Rights Law Centre Summer School on the Rights of the Child will run from 23 to 27 June 2014.
 
 The Summer School faculty are all highly experienced international experts...

Brunsfield Foundation Scholarship Announcement

Students and graduates from the University of Oxford’s Master’s in International Human Rights Law engage in a range of human rights activities worldwide, including working in refugee camps, defending detainees...

Alison Young on Radio 5 live, speaking on Brexit

Listen to the interview through iPlayer RadioAlison is on at around 9.28 on the clock....