Bonavero Institute of Human Rights
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The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights is committed to fostering world-class research and scholarship in human rights law, to promoting public understanding of human rights issues, and to building a vibrant community. #humanrights #humanrightslaw #edusky
What should the future of human rights and justice in the UK look like?
Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December.
@justfairuk.bsky.social
Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd
Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December.
@justfairuk.bsky.social
Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What should the future of human rights and justice in the UK look like?
Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December.
@justfairuk.bsky.social
Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd
Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December.
@justfairuk.bsky.social
Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd
How can we turn court rulings into real climate action?
Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change"
https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P
Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change"
https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How can we turn court rulings into real climate action?
Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change"
https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P
Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change"
https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P
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
#EmploymentLaw #FutureofWork #HumanRights
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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
#EmploymentLaw #FutureofWork #HumanRights
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
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
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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
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
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
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
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
His work focuses on migrant workers’ rights, labour exploitation and the intersections of labour and immigration law.
#ModernSlavery #HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #LabourRights
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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
His work focuses on migrant workers’ rights, labour exploitation and the intersections of labour and immigration law.
#ModernSlavery #HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #LabourRights
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
Her research explores legal and political ideas that shaped modern India and contributed to global thought.
#LawAndDemocracy #AcademicResearch #GlobalThought
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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
Her research explores legal and political ideas that shaped modern India and contributed to global thought.
#LawAndDemocracy #AcademicResearch #GlobalThought
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
Decades later, his words still inspire. Our Annual Highlights report takes hope as its theme.
#NelsonMandela #Hope #Resilience
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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
Decades later, his words still inspire. Our Annual Highlights report takes hope as its theme.
#NelsonMandela #Hope #Resilience
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
📺 Watch here: bit.ly/4q1ojxC
#HumanRights #ECHR75
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
📺 Watch here: bit.ly/4q1ojxC
#HumanRights #ECHR75
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
Find out more about them and their research: bit.ly/46BUPim
#HumanRightsLaw #LegalResearch #AcademicResearch
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
Find out more about them and their research: bit.ly/46BUPim
#HumanRightsLaw #LegalResearch #AcademicResearch
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
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
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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
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
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
Read tributes from colleagues reflecting on her leadership: bit.ly/3I9LLIg
#ThankYouKateORegan #BonaveroInstitute
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
Read tributes from colleagues reflecting on her leadership: bit.ly/3I9LLIg
#ThankYouKateORegan #BonaveroInstitute
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
Her piece Holding Equity speaks to shared humanity and collective dignity.
#HoldingEquity #BonaveroInstitute
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
Her piece Holding Equity speaks to shared humanity and collective dignity.
#HoldingEquity #BonaveroInstitute
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
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
September 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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
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
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
#immigrationlaw #humanrightslaw
September 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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
#immigrationlaw #humanrightslaw
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
Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr
@ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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
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.
Thank you to Prof Başak Çalı and Advait Tambe for organising and running Perspectives.
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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.
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
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
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
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
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
Read Aditi's interview on our website bit.ly/4fx2tgJ
#summerschool
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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
Read Aditi's interview on our website bit.ly/4fx2tgJ
#summerschool
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
Read about Syinat's experience on our website: bit.ly/3J3W7t4
#Summerschool #humanrightslaw
August 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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
Read about Syinat's experience on our website: bit.ly/3J3W7t4
#Summerschool #humanrightslaw
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
“Every advocate, every scholar needs this course… it’s a stepping stone to helping someone.”
Read more about his experience: bit.ly/3J3W7t4
#humanrightslaw
August 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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
“Every advocate, every scholar needs this course… it’s a stepping stone to helping someone.”
Read more about his experience: bit.ly/3J3W7t4
#humanrightslaw
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.
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.
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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.
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.
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
"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
July 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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
"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
Join us today at 17.00 BST for a thought-provoking lecture with Prof. Harold Koh: "Human Rights Under Siege in the Age of AI."
Prof. Koh, Sterling Professor at Yale, asks:
“What should we do to preserve human rights in an era of AI, authoritarianism, and global crisis?”
Watch live: bit.ly/4m6LTq6
Prof. Koh, Sterling Professor at Yale, asks:
“What should we do to preserve human rights in an era of AI, authoritarianism, and global crisis?”
Watch live: bit.ly/4m6LTq6
July 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Join us today at 17.00 BST for a thought-provoking lecture with Prof. Harold Koh: "Human Rights Under Siege in the Age of AI."
Prof. Koh, Sterling Professor at Yale, asks:
“What should we do to preserve human rights in an era of AI, authoritarianism, and global crisis?”
Watch live: bit.ly/4m6LTq6
Prof. Koh, Sterling Professor at Yale, asks:
“What should we do to preserve human rights in an era of AI, authoritarianism, and global crisis?”
Watch live: bit.ly/4m6LTq6
Our Summer School programme is an intensive immersion in international human rights law and practice for students. It prepares participants to contribute to the improvement of human rights conditions in their homelands and around the world. (Map has been corrected from a previous post).
July 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our Summer School programme is an intensive immersion in international human rights law and practice for students. It prepares participants to contribute to the improvement of human rights conditions in their homelands and around the world. (Map has been corrected from a previous post).