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 School and Professor Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary University of London on the human rights implications of the alleged free speech crisis in university campuses.

The Free Speech Crisis in Universities

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.

The Cost Of Living Crisis and Human Rights

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’s Citizenship: A Struggle for Transformative Inclusion, published by Cambridge University Press (ISBN: 9781316630303).

Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk

Gendered Constitutionalism

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/).

Cathryn Costello on the UK Immigration Bill

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/).

Catherine Briddick on the UK Rwanda Decision

In October 2023, a historic decision was made by the Indian Supreme Court that held that there was no fundamental right to marry, denying the legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India under the Special Marriage Act. Frances Hand sat down with Devina Malaviya, to discuss the intricacies of this case Supriyo v. Union of India. Devina Malaviya is an Assistant Professor of Legal Practice and Assistant Dean in Clinical Legal Education at O.P.Jindal Global University. Devina's interests lie in the area of family law, constitutional law and criminal law. After graduating from National Law University in Delhi in2016, she worked as a law clerk, cum research assistant with Justice Kurian Joseph at the Supreme Court of India.

A Historic Moment: Indian Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision

In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law – the new, third edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022. Sandra Fredman FBA KC is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. She is joined in conversation by Rosalie Abella, formerly a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; Jayna Kothari, a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India; and Helen Mountfield KC, a barrister practising at Matrix Chambers in the UK and Principal of Mansfield College Oxford.

Discrimination Law - Part 1

Discrimination Law - Part 2

Discrimination Law - Part 3

In this special episode guest interviewer, Judy Fudge, a professor in labour studies at McMaster University, interviews Gayatri Krishna, a doctoral student in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University. Their discussion focuses on Gayatri Krishna's research on the impact of the World Bank on urban development projects and how informal workers develop livelihood strategies in resettlement townships in India.

The Role of The World Bank in Urban Resettlement in India

In today's episode, we'll be talking to Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights. Mr De Schutter was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the Human Rights Council at its 43rd session in March 2020. The discussion today focuses on his recent submission to the UN Human Rights Council on eradicating poverty beyond growth.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, https: //ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/ 

Executive produced by Meghan Campbell 
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith
Hosted by Francis Hand 
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allman

Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth with Olivier De Schutter

In today's episode we speak to Judy fudge, professor in Labor Studies at McMaster University. She is published widely in employment and labor law, feminist approaches to the law and the political economy of law. Today, we will be discussing the Dindigul agreement, and efforts to address gender based violence and harassment in supply chains in India.

This episode is produced in partnership with the University of Birmingham, and McMaster University.

Addressing Gender-based Violence in Supply Chains - Judy Fudge on the Dindigul Agreement

This is the first episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. 

Today’s podcast explores the environmental dimensions of Ukraine’s recovery led by Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia.

Joining the discussion is Anna Ackermann, a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, working on Ukraine's green reconstruction and Doug Weir, a Research and Policy Director of Conflict and Environment Observatory.

This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. 
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell. 
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith 
Hosted by Ievgeniia Kopytsia. 
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Towards Green Recovery

This is the second episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko.

Today’s podcast explores Ukraine’s recovery from a gender perspective led by Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. 

Joining the discussion is Ukrainian lawyer and an Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Kateryna Busol and, Gender Democracy Program Coordinator at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, office Kyiv Ukraine, Galyna Kotliuk.

This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Hosted by Daryna Dvornichenko.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Gender-Responsive Recovery

This is the third episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. 

Today’s podcast explores the scope of an inclusive economic recovery for Ukraine led by Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko.

Joining the discussion is Yurii Gaidai, a Senior Economist at the Kyiv-based independent think tank the Centre for Economic Strategy.

This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Hosted by Daryna Dvornichenko.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Inclusive Economic Recovery

This is the final episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko.

Today’s podcast explores the energy dimension of Ukraine’s recovery lead by Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia.

Joining the discussion is Anastasiia Zagoruichyk is a Research Associate at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Dr Vlad Mykhnenko, an associate professor of sustainable urban development at University of Oxford. 

This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Hosted by Ievgeniia Kopytsia.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Just Energy Transition

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. 

This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project.

On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Professor Julie Suk from Fordham University to discuss women in the US Constitution. 

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. 
This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham. 
Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell. 
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith. 
Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

Women in Constitutions - The US Constitution with Julie Suk

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality.

This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project.

On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Dr. Aparna Chandra, an Associate Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University, to discuss women in the Indian Constitution.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham.
Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman

Women in Constitutions - The Indian Constitution with Aparna Chandra

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality.

This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project.

On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Professor Jennifer Koshan, from the University of Calgary, to discuss women in the Canadian Constitution.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham.
Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

Women in Constitutions - The Canadian Constitution with Jennifer Koshan

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality.

This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project.

On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Judge Dhaya Pillay of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg and Durban, to discuss women in the South African Constitution.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham.
Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

Women in Constitutions - The South African Constitution with Dhaya Pillay

In this episode, Meghan Campbell talks with Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, about the concept of gender apartheid in light of the horrific denial of the equality and human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Dorothy and other members of the Working Group have been advocating for understanding this violation as gender apartheid. 

In our conversation, we explore what this concept means, what salience it has in thinking more broadly about the current backlash against women's rights and how gender apartheid can be utilized to fight for women's equality.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This episode was produced in partnership with the EUniWell Fund and the University of Birmingham.
Executive produced and hosted by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

The Dangerous Road from Gender Backlash to Gender Apartheid

In this two-part podcast series, we are exploring why efforts to mitigate climate change need to be aware of women’s equality and why efforts to achieve women’s equality must respond to the climate crisis. 

This series is a joint project from the Oxford Human Rights Hub, led by Professor Sandra Fredman, and the National Research Foundation-funded South African Research Chair in Equality, Law, and Social Justice at the University of the Witwatersrand, held by Professor Cathi Albertyn. 

The conversations in this podcast series stem from a new edited collection, ‘Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice: Rights, climate change and gender equality’, published by Edward Elgar in February 2023 and edited by Cathi Albertyn, Meghan Campbell, Helena Alviar García, Sandra Fredman, and Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice - Climate Injustice: A Gendered Global Crisis

In this two-part podcast series, we are exploring why efforts to mitigate climate change need to be aware of women’s equality and why efforts to achieve women’s equality must respond to the climate crisis.

This series is a joint project from the Oxford Human Rights Hub, led by Professor Sandra Fredman, and the National Research Foundation-funded South African Research Chair in Equality, Law, and Social Justice at the University of the Witwatersrand, held by Professor Cathi Albertyn.

The conversations in this podcast series stem from a new edited collection, ‘Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice: Rights, climate change and gender equality’, published by Edward Elgar in February 2023 and edited by Cathi Albertyn, Meghan Campbell, Helena Alviar García, Sandra Fredman, and Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice - Creating Climate Justice: Gender Equality for a More Just World

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. (https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/)

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Executive produced and hosted by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.


Melanie Field on the UK Supreme Court judgment For Women Scotland

'Rights in Crisis', is a new RightsUp series from the Oxford Human Rights Hub in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. The series will feature topics on human rights and related issues in India with experts sharing their insights.
 
In this episode Dr. Janaki Srinivasan and Prof. Sandra Feldman, moderated by Dr Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil, discuss the nature of the Indian gig economy and how it affects workers’ rights. This conversation explores the precarious conditions of gig workers in India, the legal frameworks shaping their rights, and the broader implications of platform economies on labour protections. With rising digital employment, questions of fair wages, job security, and social protections are more pressing than ever.

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This episode is hosted by Neeraj Shetye.
Executive produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Rights in Crisis - Indian Gig Economy and Worker Rights

In this episode, Almas Shaikh talks with Dr Anthony Ubani and Dr Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso discussing the book 'Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa'. 

Dr Ubani is the pioneer executive director of #FixPolitics, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administrators, author, speaker and alumnus of Manchester Business School and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Dr Otiso is the Dean, School of Law at the Chuka University in Kenya and a contributor to the book. 

This book, edited by Furaha-joy Sekai Saungweme, Carol Chi Ngang and Graham Towl, presents new research into sexual harassment and violence across Africa and foregrounds the work of African scholars. 

RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
This episode is hosted by Almas Shaikh.
Executive produced by Meghan Campbell.
Produced and edited by Sophie Smith.
Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa

Episode 2 of RightsUp (released 21 May 2015)

Interviews with: David Bilchitz, Karl Laird
Produced by: Kira Allmann, Max Harris, and Laura Hilly

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

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 countries to aspire to meet over a number of years. In this final episode of our SDG podcast series, we talk about how the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights can work together to achieve transformative change in the realm of gender equality. In order for the SDGs to be truly transformative for women, attention needs to be paid simultaneously to four dimensions of equality: first, redressing disadvantage; second, addressing stereotyping, stigma, prejudice and violence; third, facilitating voice and participation; and fourth, achieving systemic or institutional change. Professor Sandra Fredman (University of Oxford) talks about applying these dimensions of equality in her recent report for the British Academy on human rights, the SDGs, and gender equality.

**This episode is part of a special series on “Working Together: Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals,” a British Academy project led by Professor Sandy Fredman, Fellow of the British Academy and Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. As part of this project, the Academy convened a roundtable in January 2018 with academic experts, policymakers and practitioners from the UK and overseas to discuss the ways in which human rights and developmental goals can work together to achieve the SDG agenda and particularly gender equality and women’s empowerment.**

Interview with: Sandra Fredman (University of Oxford)
Produced by: Kira Allmann (University of Oxford)
Music by: Rosemary Allmann

RightsUp #RightNow - Working Together: Human rights and the SDGs (Sandra Fredman)

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 there to protect citizens, they can also exclude certain groups of people. And when a Constitution doesn't work for all, how do we best address this? To what extent can we reinterpret a Constitution so it's more inclusive? And when do we need to start again, from scratch? In this episode, Gautam Bhatia and Joel Modiri discuss these questions in the context of India and South Africa.

Transcript available: http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/media/the-transformative-possibilities-of-a-constitution-with-joel-modiri-and-gautam-bhatia/

Interview with: Gautam Bhatia and Dr Joel Modiri
Recorded by: Nomfundo Ramalekana
Produced and edited by: Christy Callaway-Gale
Executive producer: Kira Allmann
Shownotes: Sarah Dobbie
Music: Rosemary Allmann

The Transformative Possibilities of a Constitution (with Joel Modiri and Gautam Bhatia)

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 Must Fall" movement. They discuss the intersections and tensions of #MustFall with black consciousness, black feminism, and pan-Africanism, and the diverse histories of oppression and resistance across time and borders. Rekgotsofetse Chikane is the author of “Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation: The Politics Behind #MustFall”. He was one of the leading figures of the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa.

Hosted and recorded by: Simphiwe Laura Stewart
Edited by: Christy Callaway-Gale & Kira Allmann
Co-produced by: Natasha Holcroft-Emmess and Sarah Dobbie
Executive producer: Kira Allmann
Show notes by: Sarah Dobbie
Music by: Rosemary Allmann
Additional thanks to: Sandra Fredman, Meghan Campbell, Mónica Arango Olaya, and Gauri Pillai

Rhodes Must Fall (with Rekgotsofetse Chikane)

RightsUp: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast (OxHRH) aims to bring together academics, practitioners, and policy-makers from across the globe to advance the understanding and protection of human rights and equality. Through the vigorous exchange of ideas and resources, we strive to facilitate a better understanding of human rights principles, to develop new approaches to policy, and to influence the development of human rights law and practice.

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