Podcasts by RightsUp: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast

Catherine Briddick on the UK Rwanda Decision from 2023-12-05T15:02:40

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/).

Cathryn Costello on the UK Immigration Bill from 2023-03-24T11:00:31

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (Listen

Gendered Constitutionalism from 2023-01-24T12:30:41

In this week's episode, we talk to Ruth Rubio, Professor in the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, about her book, Global Gender Constitutionalism and Women...

Protests in Iran and Human Rights from 2023-01-12T11:55:39

In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Saeed Bagheri, lecturer of International Law at the University of Reading about the women-led protests in Iran, sparked in response to the arrest of Ma...

A Conversation with Justice Majiedt of the South African Constitutional Court from 2022-12-01T14:26:48

In this episode, we speak to Justice Steven Majiedt of the Constitutional Court of South Africa on the unique history of South African constitutionalism, whether the constitution can bring about...

The Cost of Living Crisis and Human Rights from 2022-11-09T12:41:49

In this episode we spoke to Allison Corkery and María Emilia Mamberti at the Centre for Economic and Social Rights about what human rights bring to the current cost of living crisis.

Gauri Pillai on the Indian Abortion Decision from 2022-10-11T13:30:33

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/).

Dobbs v Jackson: A Role for Equality?  from 2022-08-04T10:00:50

In this episode we speak to Professor Julie Suk about applying an equality lens to the right to abortion in light of the recent US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson. What do equality argum...

A Historic Moment: The Drafting of the New Chilean Constitution from 2022-07-22T09:59:40

In advance of a nationwide referendum on the new draft Chilean Constitution, scheduled for the 4th of September, Gautam Bhatia interviews Professor Roberto Gargarella about the writing of this C...

RightsUp Pops: Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez on the Burkini judgment from 2022-07-05T10:00:24

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/). 

Episode Four- “…that’s the key question”: Institutional Responsibility for Inequality from 2022-06-27T10:00:57

We ask human rights experts who has ultimate responsibility for protecting the most vulnerable in times of crisis.

This is the final episode of a four-part series. The series takes a deep...

Episode Three- “...plug those gaps”: Reforms to Equality Law from 2022-06-20T09:35:17

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 series takes...

Episode Two- “…patriarchal mentality”: The Functioning of Equality Law in Crisis. from 2022-06-13T08:00:44

Human rights experts help us determine whether equality law is set up to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis.

This is Episode Two of a four-part series. The series takes a deep...

Episode One- “I can hear another ambulance”: The Rise of Exponential Inequalities During COVID-19 from 2022-06-06T10:14:35

Human rights experts tell stories of inequalities from around the world, revealing how these inequalities have been exacerbated during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is Episode O...

Spotlight on an understudied institution: evictions and the Magistrate's Court in South Africa from 2022-06-02T08:30:19

Evictions constitute gross violations of a range of internationally recognised human rights, including the rights to adequate housing, food, water, health, education, work, security of the perso...

The Free Speech Crisis in Universities from 2021-09-14T11:00

In this episode, Gauri Pillai, Managing Editor of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, speaks to Professor Adrienne Stone, Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law ...

Understanding Institutional Racism: A Response to the Sewell Report (with Shreya Atrey) from 2021-04-13T09:27:11

In this episode, Seun Matiluko, a journalist and a current BCL student at Oxford Law Faculty, speaks with Dr Shreya Atrey, an Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at Oxford's De...

Gender in Colombia's Peace Transition (with Isabel Jaramillo Sierra) from 2021-02-12T07:00

In this episode, we speak with Dr Isabel Cristina Jaramillo from Los Andes University in Colombia about “Gender in Transition: Studies about the Role of the Law in the Distribution of Resources ...

Rhodes Must Fall (with Rekgotsofetse Chikane) from 2021-01-22T09:45:16

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, guest host Simphiwe Laura Stewart talks with Rekgotsofetse Chikane about the "Rhodes Mu...

Police Brutality in the United States (with Shea Streeter) from 2020-12-11T08:00

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we talk to Shea Streeter about the seemingly intractable issue of police brutality and ...

Racial Hierarchy and Role of Whiteness (with Savala Trepczynski) from 2020-12-04T08:00

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we talk to Savala Trepczynski about racial hierarchy and the role of whiteness in the B...

A Decolonial Approach to Education and the Law (with Foluke Adebisi) from 2020-10-30T13:01:51

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we speak with Dr Foluke Adebisi, a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bristol University in the ...

The Transformative Possibilities of a Constitution (with Joel Modiri and Gautam Bhatia) from 2020-09-25T07:00

Constitutions are the legal bedrock of many countries, but they're also political, and are produced within a specific socio-historical context, much like any text. As much as Constitutions are t...

How Our Clicks Cost the Planet: The Internet, Climate Change, and Human Rights (with Michael Oghia) from 2020-09-11T07:00

Covid-19 lockdowns worldwide have forced huge portions of our lives online, from education to work, with important human rights ramifications. But there's an argument to be made that the Covid-1...

The Politics of Global Health Data (with Sara Davis) from 2020-07-24T11:03:32

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought questions around global healthcare financing and equitable access to treatments to the fore. But this is not the first time a spotlight has been thrown on the t...

A Reason for Hope: The Pursuit of Restorative Justice in Colombia (with Julieta Lemaitre) from 2020-06-26T07:00

In 2016, a peace agreement was negotiated between the Colombian  Government and one guerrilla movement known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC. But the peace deal w...

The Impact of Covid-19 on Workers' Rights in the UK (with Michael Ford) from 2020-05-15T07:00

The spread of Covid-19 has affected many areas of our lives with major implications for our rights and freedoms. The instigation of a UK-wide lockdown has had an especially pronounced effect on ...

The Need for Empathy: Understanding India's COVID-19 Lockdown (with Kalpana Kannabiran) from 2020-05-08T10:46:38

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in many ways. States around the world have imposed restrictions of varying levels of stringency to control the spread of the virus. The Central Gover...

Defending Human Rights During a Global Pandemic: Lessons from UNAIDS (with Luisa Cabal) from 2020-04-24T07:00

In this episode, we discuss the intersection between the responses to public health crisis and human rights with Luisa Cabal, Acting Director of the Community Support, Social Justice, and Inclus...

Comparative Human Rights Law Book Launch: Sandy Fredman in Conversation with Colm O'Cinneide from 2019-12-20T09:35:07

This is a special episode of RightsUp, which takes Sandy Fredman’s new book, Comparative Human Rights Law, as a starting point for global conversation around the role of law, lawyers, courts, an...

Comparative Human Rights Law Book Launch: Sandy Fredman in Conversation with Justice S. Muralidhar from 2019-12-13T09:53:02

This is a special episode of RightsUp, which takes Sandy Fredman’s new book, Comparative Human Rights Law, as a starting point for global conversation around the role of law, lawyers, courts, an...

Comparative Human Rights Law Book Launch: Sandy Fredman in Conversation with Edwin Cameron from 2019-12-06T07:21:03

This is a special episode of RightsUp, which takes Sandy Fredman’s new book, Comparative Human Rights Law, as a starting point for global conversation around the role of law, lawyers, courts, an...

Working Together: Human Rights and the SDGs (Sandra Fredman) from 2019-01-14T10:36:42

The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. They aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all people. The goals provide policy objectives for co...

Poverty and Politics in the SDGs (Philip Alston) from 2018-09-28T06:00

SDG Goal 1 is to eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere. Poverty stands in the way of people enjoying many of their basic human rights and it can also be the product of violations of certain...

Women, Poverty, Equality: The Role of CEDAW (Meghan Campbell) from 2018-09-24T15:51:35

[Original release: 7 September 2018] Sustainable Development Goal number 1 is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. And the targets specifically state that poverty must be eliminated for all ...

Gender Equality and Female Genital Mutilation (Brenda Kelly) from 2018-09-24T15:49

[Original release: 13 July 2018] Sustainable Development Goal number 5 is to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.’ One of the targets under Goal 5 is to eliminate all harmful p...

Challenging the Death Penalty in India (Anup Surendranath) from 2018-09-24T15:43:32

[Original release: 23 April 2018] The death penalty was written into the colonial penal code in India when the country was under British direct rule, and it stayed on the books after independence. ...

Defending the Rights of Nature (Mari Margil) from 2018-09-24T15:38:41

[Original release: 10 April 2018] There is an unmistakable growing awareness of the ways in which our human lives and the environment are intertwined and interdependent. Unprecedented environmental...

Gender Equality and Economic Development (Isabel J. Sierra) from 2018-09-24T15:33:38

[Original release: 26 March 2018] Sustainable Development Goal 5 is to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.’ But gender equality cuts across many of the other sustainable devel...

Sustainable Development as a Human Right (Olivier De Schutter) from 2018-09-24T15:22:11

[Original release: 12 March 2018] In September 2015, the UN adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all people. But do we integrate human rights into dev...

Disability Law in the UK (Marie Tidball) from 2018-09-24T15:16:49

[Released: 29 January 2018] Almost exactly a year ago, in January 2017, the UK Department of Education published a report by the Disabled Students Sector Leadership Group (DSSLG) which offered guid...

Equality Rights in Northern Ireland (Evelyn Collins) from 2018-09-24T15:12:27

[Original release: 14 December 2017] UK and EU equality law has evolved very much in parallel, with regular exchange and cross-pollination. The present Equality and Human Rights Commission, which i...

Brexit and Human Rights in Northern Ireland (Colin Harvey) from 2018-09-24T15:09:22

[Original release: 8 December 2017] Just this morning, news broke that the UK has reached a deal with the EU. Theresa May announced that there would be no hard border between Ireland and Northern I...

Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights (Boni Meyersfeld) from 2018-09-24T15:05:55

[Original release: 20 September 2017] There are many ways in which private businesses hold financial and political power akin to states. They also commit violations and abuses of power akin to stat...

Coal, Campaigns and Climate Change in America (Nick Stump) from 2018-09-24T12:29:45

[Original release: 1 August 2017] Following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, what is the future of environmental justice and human rights in the ...

Transgender Rights in the United States (Corey Stoughton) from 2018-09-24T12:17:56

[Original release: 30 May 2017] In May of 2016, the Obama administration issued federal guidance that stated transgender people are protected according to United States civil rights law preventing ...

About Abortion (Carol Sanger) from 2018-09-24T10:50:40

[Original release: 12 May 2017] Since the 1973 Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, abortion has been legal in the United States. But terminating pregnancy remains a controversial issue, and it pla...

The UK Human Rights Act After Brexit (Sir Keir Starmer) from 2018-09-24T10:43:24

[Original release: 24 April 2017] The Human Rights Act incorporated the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. In this episode, we look at the Human Rights Act in...

The Contagious Diseases Acts (Anne Hanley) from 2018-09-24T10:39:58

[Original release: 11 April 2017] 'We never get out of the hands of men...' In the 19th century, the Contagious Diseases Acts were passed in the UK and Ireland to curtail the spread of venereal dis...

The Death Penalty in the Middle East (James Lynch) from 2018-09-24T10:35:11

[Original release: 10 February 2017] In the six years following the Arab Spring, there has been a notable increase in death sentences and executions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In t...

UK Supreme Court Rules in Brexit Case (Alison Young) from 2018-09-24T10:29:54

[Original release: 30 January 2017] On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court ruled in the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The Court decided that th...

What to Expect When You're Expecting Brexit (Alison Young) from 2018-09-24T10:25:51

[Original release: 20 January 2017] The UK Supreme Court is expected to deliver a decision on the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on January 24th. T...

Sex Education in UK Schools (Meghan Campbell) from 2018-09-24T10:10:55

[Original release: 16 January 2017] On 11 January 2017, members of a public bill committee in the UK parliament voted against an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill that would have made ...