Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 OPENING DAY 2018 WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR The establishment of the That uncertainty is generated The Bonavero Institute’s We shall support world- Bonavero Institute would in part because the post-war link with the Faculty of Law class research in the field not have happened without commitments to fostering provides great advantages of human rights law and the generosity of our many peace, human rights, the to the Institute. It enables promote public engagement benefactors. It would also rule of law and international the Institute to collaborate in, and understanding of never have been realised institutions today are with the outstanding legal human rights law. In this, our without the extraordinary under threat from many scholars in the Faculty, many first Annual Report, you will drive and vision of Baroness quarters. The establishment of whom are leaders in learn about the programmes, Helena Kennedy QC, the of an institute dedicated to human rights and public projects and research that we Principal of Mansfield human rights research at the law research. have begun in our first year College, and the support University of Oxford is thus of operation, as well as about of the Fellows of Mansfield both timely and auspicious, The Bonavero Institute seeks our growing community. and the Faculty of Law at for it reminds us that our to bring those engaged the University of Oxford. world is made and shaped by in human rights research Kate O’Regan, Director We are grateful to them for human beings. The founders and human rights practice all their contributions and of this Institute have acted together to establish a commitment to building to support and strengthen creative conversation that a new Institute dedicated the commitment to human will foster the promotion and to human rights in our rights, peace and the rule protection of human rights uncertain world. of law. for the next century. A new Institute dedicated to human rights in our uncertain world. 11 22 INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE Universal Declaration of Human Rights Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights is a research institute within the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. Unlike the other research centres in the Faculty of Law that are housed in the Law Faculty building in St Cross Rd, the Bonavero Institute is housed in Mansfield College. The governance and structure of the It is chaired by Professor Les The termly Director’s Report as well Bonavero Institute is governed in Green and, in addition to three as the minutes of the termly meetings terms of a Constitution approved by representatives of staff of the of the Management Committee the Law Board, the managing body Bonavero, includes within its are tabled at Law Board termly. The of the Faculty of Law, which reports members the Principal of Mansfield Advisory Council is established in to the Board of the Division of Social College, Professor Hugh Collins, terms of the Constitution to provide Sciences within the University. The Professor Sandra Fredman, Mr advice to the Director. The Director Director of the Institute reports to the Nicholas Bamforth, Professor Helen proposes that the Advisory Council Dean of the Faculty of Law and to a Margetts, Professor Ian Loader and will meet annually. Management Committee, established (until October 2018) Professor in terms of the Constitution, which David Levy. meets termly. The Bonavero Institute has a website on the Faculty of Law website, as well as a Facebook page and a twitter account @BonaveroIHR. Please follow us. It is the best way to keep in touch with what is going on at the Bonavero Institute. www.law.ox.ac.uk/bonaveroihr We also have a mailing list for termly information on the Bonavero Institute. 3 Those who wish to subscribe should send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] @BonaveroIHR STAFFING ADVISORY COUNCILWELCOME The Bonavero Institute Alejandra Ancheita currently has the Is founder and Executive Director of the following posts: Mexico City-based ProDESC (The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project). She leads the fight for the rights of the migrants, Professor Kate O’Regan workers, and indigenous communities of her Director native country. Dr Annelen Micus Head of Programmes Dame Mary Arden Ms Zoe Davis-Heaney Is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England Administrator and Wales, a position she has held since 2000. She is also the Head of International Judicial Ms Sarah Norman Relations for England and Wales. Price Media Moot Programme Administrator Yves Bonavero Dr Stefan Theil Together with his wife Anne, Yves Bonavero Bonavero Post-Doctoral Fellow established the A B Charitable Trust. The Trust supports charities that defend human Mr Michael Molavi The Legal Education Foundation rights and promote respect for vulnerable Post-Doctoral Fellow individuals whatever their circumstances. Mr Oliver Butler Dame Linda Dobbs DBE Post-Doctoral Fellow Was the first non-white high court judge in Ms Emma Pruszewicz the UK, having been appointed a Deputy High Events and Communications Officer Court Judge in 2003. 5 6 ADVISORY COUNCIL Lord John Dyson Jennifer Robinson Was Master of the Rolls (President of the Is a barrister and created the Bertha Justice Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Initiative, a global programme and network Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he to support emerging lawyers into public retired in October 2016. interest law, providing support and advice to lawyers conducting strategic public law and Professor Christof Heyns human rights litigation. Is a member of the UN Human Rights Dr Miriam Saage-Maaß Committee (2017-2020). He is recognized internationally as a leading expert in the field Is a German trained lawyer and Vice Legal of international human rights law. Director at the Berlin-based European Center of Constitutional and Human Rights Baroness Helena Kennedy QC (ECCHR). Is one of the United Kingdom’s most Sir Stephen Sedley distinguished human rights lawyers. She has practised at the Bar for 40 years in the field of Was a judge on the Court of Appeal for criminal law and has conducted many of the England and Wales from 1999 to 2011. He is leading cases in those years. a Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Eric Lewis Chris Stone Has been a leading figure in international human rights. He has represented Is an independent advisor on justice reform, Guantánamo detainees and has also acted on organisational strategy, and innovation in the behalf of Afghan prisoners held by the U.S. social sector. In 2005, he received an honorary military in Afghanistan. OBE for his contributions to criminal justice reform in the United Kingdom. 7 8 ADVISORY COUNCIL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Dr Anup Surendranath Professor Les Green (Chair) Is the Director of the Centre on the Death Penalty and an Assistant Professor of Law at Is the Professor of the Philosophy of Law and National Law University (NLU), Delhi. Fellow of Balliol College. He also holds a part- time appointment as Professor of Law and Professor Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes Distinguished University Fellow at Queen’s University in Canada. Is a lawyer and is now Professor Emeritus at the National University of Colombia, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and has been a visiting professor at several universities. Is one of the United Kingdom’s most distinguished human rights lawyers. She has Vincent Warren practiced at the Bar for 40 years in the field of Is the Executive Director of the Center for criminal law and has conducted many of the Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He leading cases in those years. oversees CCR’s groundbreaking litigation and Nicholas Bamforth advocacy work. Is a Fellow in Law at The Queen’s College, Oxford. He works in the areas of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Human Rights Law and Sexuality and Law. Professor Hugh Collins (Faculty of Law) became the Vinerian Professor of English Law in 2013. He has been a Visiting Professor at New York University Law School and Boston University Law School. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. 9 10 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Professor Sandy Fredman Annelen Micus (Faculty of Law) Sandra Fredman is (Bonavero Institute, Faculty of Law) is the Head Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British of Programmes of the Bonavero Institute of Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University. Human Rights. Previously, Annelen worked She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in for two years with a Colombian human rights 2005 and became a QC (honoris causa) in 2012. organisation, the Lawyers’ Collective “José Alvear Restrepo” (CAJAR), as international Professor Ian Loader advisor on transitional justice and business and (Faculty of Law) is Professor of Criminology and human rights issues. Professorial Fellow of All Souls College. He is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Public Dr David Levy Policy Research. Has been the Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism since 2008. He Professor Helen Margetts has particular expertise in public service (Oxford Internet Institute) is the Director of the broadcasting, media regulation and the OII, and Professor of Society and the Internet. interaction between digital technology and She is a political scientist specialising in digital media regulation within the UK and Europe. era governance and politics, investigating Professor Kate O’Regan political behaviour and political institutions in the age of the internet, social media and big data. (Bonavero Institute, Faculty of Law) is the inaugural Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law at Oxford University.

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