Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

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How can employment law defend dignity, equality & freedom at work? Join us on 5 Nov at the Bonavero Institute and online for Human Rights at Work: Reimagining Employment Law. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#EmploymentLaw #FutureofWork #HumanRights

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Why do constitutions matter for women’s rights in Central & Eastern Europe?
Our symposium on 29 Oct explores reproductive rights, anti-gender backlash & the role of courts in shaping equality-bringing fresh perspectives.
For more detail: bit.ly/47x65gd
#GenderEquality #WomenInLaw #ConstitutionalLaw

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Call for Applications: Bonavero Graduate Research Residency 2026
Oxford graduate researchers in human rights, public law, international law, or the rule of law are invited to apply by 14.11.
Visit: law.ox.ac.uk/bonavero-institute-of-human-rights/graduate-research-residency-programme
#Humanrightslaw

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Pleased to welcome Jack Beadsworth as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Modern Slavery & Human Rights PEC.
His work focuses on migrant workers’ rights, labour exploitation and the intersections of labour and immigration law.

#ModernSlavery #HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #LabourRights

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Delighted to welcome Dr. Salmoli Choudhuri as an Early Career Fellow & co-convenor of the Law and Democracy Network.
Her research explores legal and political ideas that shaped modern India and contributed to global thought.

#LawAndDemocracy #AcademicResearch #GlobalThought

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From Robben Island in 1970, Mandela wrote: 'Hope is a powerful weapon even when nothing else may remain.'

Decades later, his words still inspire. Our Annual Highlights report takes hope as its theme.
#NelsonMandela #Hope #Resilience

This summer the Bonavero research team’s work was widely recognised with research published in leading academic journals including @The European Journal of International Law, The German Law Journal, Human Rights Quarterly. Find out more: bit.ly/3Kt6DLc

#LegalResearch #HumanRightsLaw #ResearchImpact

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Tomorrow: tune into the livestream of the conference marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and featuring our Head of Research, Professor Başak Çalı.

📺 Watch here: bit.ly/4q1ojxC

#HumanRights #ECHR75

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Welcome to the Bonavero Institute's new research visitors: Elizabeth Brumby, Neil Hicks, Maria Ester Jordana Santiago, Harj Narulla, Michael Pal and Lulu Weis.

Find out more about them and their research: bit.ly/46BUPim

#HumanRightsLaw #LegalResearch #AcademicResearch

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Welcome to our new Director, Rachel Murray who joins this week.

Previously, Professor Murray was co-founder and Director of the Human Rights Implementation Centre and Professor of International Human Rights Law at Bristol University.

#HumanRightsLaw #AcademicLeadership

Are you a graduate law or criminology student at Oxford with an interest in immigration and human rights law?

Apply to join one of two collaborative legal aid clinics to gain meaningful experience addressing urgent human rights needs.

Learn more: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/curr...

#LegalAidClinic

Stats from our report on the ECHR and UK immigration has been featured on Sky News. Prof Alice Donald, our partner on this research, notes much reporting has been misleading - and that leaving the ECHR would likely make only marginal difference to appeal outcomes news.sky.com/story/inside...
#ECHR

As Michaelmas Term approaches, we prepare to say goodbye to our inaugural Director, Kate O’Regan, retiring this autumn.

Read tributes from colleagues reflecting on her leadership: bit.ly/3I9LLIg

#ThankYouKateORegan #BonaveroInstitute

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Annual Highlights report front cover

Meet the artist behind our 2024–25 Annual Highlights cover: Laure Rees-Smith, a Bristol-based illustrator for environmental and social impact.

Her piece Holding Equity speaks to shared humanity and collective dignity.

#HoldingEquity #BonaveroInstitute

front cover of the Annual Highlights Report

Our 2024–25 Annual Highlights Report launches today.

As we head into a new term, we’re proud to reflect on a year of impactful events, research, and global collaboration.

Thank you to our community and partners — your support made it all possible.

📄 Download the report: bit.ly/3Kmfgac

We welcome @theobserveruk.bsky.social's piece on myths around the ECHR and UK immigration. Our research shows:
– Misreporting of court cases is common
– Successful human rights appeals are rare
– Evidence, not exaggeration, must guide policy

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

#HumanRights #Immigration

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On Thursday, our team led by Başak Çalı, with Victoria Adelmant and Alice Donald, launched a report at the Houses of Parliament. The report examines how the European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK media 🏛💻 Find out more: bit.ly/3V1ZGCZ

#immigrationlaw #humanrightslaw

“It’s like drinking from polluted water”: How the UK media gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it In the midst of bubbling unrest around immigration in the UK, some voices are calling for the country to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). These calls often appear to be ro...

"It's like drinking from polluted water"

A piece from my colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social on recent research from @bonavero.bsky.social on how UK media often gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/its-dri...

YouTube video by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Book Discussion – The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought

📢 Are we truly free to hold ideas without interference or coercion? What is the response from international human rights law? Join us on 9/9 at 11-12:30ET
🔗Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfps...
🔗Zoom: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...

Silhouettes of three people in front of a weathered British flag, with the headline: Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls to quit ECHR, Oxford report finds

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.

The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.

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The report finds that most news and commentary mentioning the ECHR in 2025 focused on immigration control, and that much of the debate has been based on misconceptions about the ECHR, misreporting of immigration tribunal cases, and mischaracterisations of the UK’s system of immigration appeals ⚖️

A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford examines how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is represented in the UK media 📄

Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr

@ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

The 'Bonavero Perspectives' is our weekly research seminar series to discuss research in progress. Researchers value the insights gained from fellow researchers and academics that further shapes their research.

Thank you to Prof Başak Çalı and Advait Tambe for organising and running Perspectives.

We hosted more than 100 events this past academic year including public lectures, book launches, roundtable workshops, and discussion groups.

Thank you to our speakers and our research and events team (pictured) who made this possible.

Catch up on events missed on our website: bit.ly/45NnksM

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Aditi Sadhu from India, is our third summer school scholarship student. She found summer school a transformative experience - "It’s making me unlearn and relearn, and making me question and challenge myself every step of the way."

Read Aditi's interview on our website bit.ly/4fx2tgJ
#summerschool

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Meet another of our summer school scholarship students, Syinat Sultanalieva from Kyrgyzstan. Syinat is a Human Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch @hrw.org.

Read about Syinat's experience on our website: bit.ly/3J3W7t4

#Summerschool #humanrightslaw

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We welcomed 3 new scholarship students to summer school this year – Geofrey Turyamusiima, a Ugandan lawyer and human rights advocate, shared:

“Every advocate, every scholar needs this course… it’s a stepping stone to helping someone.”

Read more about his experience: bit.ly/3J3W7t4
#humanrightslaw

Creation of a Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) criminal offence in… We strive for a world where people are protected from modern slavery by effective, evidence-based policies.

A new report on child criminal exploitation by our research fellow, Dr Marija Jovanović and Dr Alicia Heys of the Wilberforce Institute urges the UK Government to strengthen protections for exploited children.
Read the report: bit.ly/458liCa
#ChildProtection #modernslavery

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Good luck today and tomorrow to our Summer School students in their exams!

Those who have elected to, and are eligible, will gain credits from their participation in the summer school against their Bar exams from The American Bar Association.

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Join us today at 17:00 BST for:
"Contemporary Challenges to the Authority and Legitimacy of International Human Rights Law" 🌍⚖️

This annual memorial lecture honours the legacy of Prof. Christof Heyns—human rights advocate, educator, and friend.

Watch live: law-oxford.zoom.us/j/98792426640
#IntlLaw