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OTJR Executive Committee 2019/2020: Call for Applications

Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) is an inter-disciplinary network of academics and students working on issues of transition in societies recovering from conflict and/or repressive rule. Founded in 2007,...

Dapo Akande delivers the inaugural Thornberry Lecture in International Law and Human Rights

On April 22, Dapo Akande delivered the inaugural Thornberry Lecture in International Law and Human Rights at the University of Keele and on the topic: 'The Application of Human Rights...

Ius Commune Prize 2021 awarded to Dr Marco Cappelletti

Dr Marco Cappelletti, Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College and Research Fellow at the Institute of European and Comparative Law within the Law Faculty of the...

Classifying offenders could lead to criminal justice revolution

Peter Neyroud, one of the Centre for Criminology's Research Associates, has just embarked on a new project, noted in The Guardian....

"Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges", Dr Gilles Giacca

Dr Gilles Giacca (Programme Co-ordinator of the Human Rights for Future Generations programme) co-edited a book titled "Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges" (Oxford...

Law and Legalism in Historic Tibet: Workshop Report

The legal system of Tibet, one of the world’s most important theocratic states, has long remained elusive to western scholars. Archives of legalistic documents concerning property and...

Wolfgang Ernst, Regius Professor of Civil Law, and Birke Häcker, Professor of Comparative Law, deliver inaugural lectures

Professor Wolfgang Ernst's lecture on 'Statutory Interpretation in Roman Law' discussed methods of statutory interpretation evolve over time which mirror the contemporaneous constitutional framework. Republican lawyers overcame...

International Intellectual Property Moot 2011

The annual International Intellectual Property Moot was held on 18 and 19 March 2011. A record number of submissions were received this year. Lorna Brazell, a partner at Bird...

Joint research project examines the role treaties will play in a post-Brexit constitution.

The collaborative project, conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Bristol and the House of Commons Library, examines the role that treaties will play in the...

Oxford students finish as Semi-Finalists at the ESU-ECC National Moot 2021

The team representing the University of Oxford finished as Semi Finalists and received prizes in the English Speaking Union-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition 2021.The team, consisting of Sushrut Royyuru...

Tickets on Sale for ‘The Stars are Brighter Here’, the Queer Rural X theatrical play

Queer Rural X is a research-artistic collaboration led by CSLS postdoc researcher/artist Dr Kira Allmann and actor/director/writer Timothy Allsop, alongside the theatre and education company, Turn of Phrase, the creative...

Call for Papers: Spaces and Places of the Journey to the UK: Assessing the Legal Framework for People Fleeing Conflict

This conference is motivated by the plight of people fleeing conflict, attempting to reach Europe, and more specifically, the UK. How does the UK government govern (globally) for refugees and...

Wadham Human Rights Forum: Reporting human rights- Rwanda, Dale Farm and disability hate crime

Journalist and film-maker, Katherine Quarmby will be discussing the challneges of human rights journalims in the age of the Internet and reflecting on her expereinces from reporting on the aftermath...

Honorary Degrees awarded to The Honourable Andrew Li Kwok Nang and Dame Anne Owers

Two leading figures from the legal community have received honorary degrees at Encaenia, the annual honorary degree ceremony. The Honourable Andrew Li Kwok Nang, the first Chief Justice of the Court...

Dr Catherine Appleton, awarded the 2011 Criminology Book Prize

Dr Catherine Appleton, a former research officer and doctoral student at the Centre for Criminology, was awarded the '2011 Criminology Book Prize' for the book based on her doctoral thesis...

The Oliver Smithies Lecture Series - 14 and 16 May 2013

This year's Oliver Smithies Lectures will be given by Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and formerly Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of...

Dr Roxana Radu contributes to ‘Busted! The Truth about 50 Most Common Internet Myths’

Prof Matthias C. Kettemann (HIIG and Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)) and Dr Stephan Dreyer (HBI) have edited a book busting the 50 most common internet myths...

Wireless survey 8-9 February

A wireless survey will take place in the building on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 February. The survey will involve erecting a temporary wireless access point and taking measurements...

The International Law Association Conference took place in Oxford on 12th and 13th April 2013

On Friday 12th and Saturday 13th April 2013 Public International Law @ Oxford hosted the British Branch of the International Law Association's Conference - The Changing Face of Global...

Dr. Bettina Lange and Dr. Mark Shepheard win prestigious award

2014 Winners AnnouncedIn the first year of the Annual Richard Macrory Prize for the Best Article in the Journal of Environmental Law there were two prize-winning articles.Mulugeta Ayalew, Jonathan Chenoweth,...

Statelessness and International Law: Refugee Studies Centre Short Course

Dates: 17–18 May 2014  Location: Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK  Website: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses/statelessness    The issue of statelessness has risen considerably on the agenda of the...

Invited talk at UNCTAD E-Commerce Week 2018

Dr Ying Yu, Deputy Director of Oxford OBOR Programme, delivered a presentation on 16 April at UNCTAD E-Commerce Week 2018: 'Development Dimensions of Digital Platforms', in Geneva, Switzerland. Her talk...

Law and Computer Science: Final project presentations

What do EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Green Energy Trading Microgrid, Shareholder Proxy Voting, and Smart Tickets have in common? They have been scrutinized by our interdisciplinary teams of students as...

Bonavero Institute joins The Association of Human Rights Institutes

We are delighted to announce that the Bonavero Institute has just been welcomed as a member of The Association of Human Rights Institutes. The Association of...

CSLS hosts annual Socio-Legal Studies Association Postgraduate Conference

Every year the SLSA runs a conference for postgraduate students. This year the conference was organised by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, and took place at Manor Road Building. It...