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RightsUp - Global perspectives on human rights law

Welcome to RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. We look at the big human rights issues of the day, bringing in new perspectives from all over the world by talking to experts, academics, practicing lawyers, activists and policy makers who are at the forefront of tackling these difficult issues. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, providing global perspectives on human rights (oxhrh.law.ox.ac.uk) at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, with the support of a grant from The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), a University of Oxford initiative that seeks to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research. RightsUp is written, produced and edited by Kira Allmann, Max Harris, and Laura Hilly, with music written and performed by Rosemary Allmann. You can learn more about RightsUp, including links to background research material for each episode, by visiting the Oxford Human Rights Hub website at www.ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk and follow us on Twitter @OxHRH

Episodes

  1. 20/01/2017

    RightsUp #RightNow - What to Expect When You're Expecting Brexit

    RightsUp #RightNow https://soundcloud.com/tags/RightNow is a series of mini episodes in the RightsUp podcast series that explores current events dealing with human rights issues. 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. The question before the Supreme Court is whether the Government or parliament has the power to invoke Article 50 and start the process of the UK leaving the EU. In this episode, we talk to Professor Alison Young about the case and its implications for Brexit.

    15 min

  2. 16/01/2017

    RightsUp #RightNow - Sex Education in UK Schools

    RightsUp #RightNow, https://soundcloud.com/tags/RightNow, is a series of mini episodes in the RightsUp podcast series that explores current events dealing with human rights issues. In early 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 sex and relationship education compulsory in all schools. In this episode of RightsUp #RightNow, we talk to Dr. Meghan Campbell, deputy director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, about the implications of this decision and the need for a human rights based approach to sex education.

    10 min

  3. 08/07/2015

    'I am not here to delight you': Indira Jaising and gender justice in India

    Episode three of the RightsUp podcast series.

    31 min

  4. 21/05/2015

    'Some Kind of Monster?' The Benefits and Burdens of Human Rights For Business - RightsUp Episode 2

    Episode 2 of RightsUp from the Oxford Human Rights Hub, in which human rights and thier relationship to business are discussed.

    32 min

  5. 06/05/2015

    Old Problems, New Media: Revenge Porn and the Law - RightsUp Episode 1

    Episode 1 from RightsUp at the Oxford Human Rights Hub.

    47 min
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Welcome to RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. We look at the big human rights issues of the day, bringing in new perspectives from all over the world by talking to experts, academics, practicing lawyers, activists and policy makers who are at the forefront of tackling these difficult issues. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, providing global perspectives on human rights (oxhrh.law.ox.ac.uk) at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, with the support of a grant from The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), a University of Oxford initiative that seeks to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research. RightsUp is written, produced and edited by Kira Allmann, Max Harris, and Laura Hilly, with music written and performed by Rosemary Allmann. You can learn more about RightsUp, including links to background research material for each episode, by visiting the Oxford Human Rights Hub website at www.ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk and follow us on Twitter @OxHRH

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