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Human rights experts reveal how we could reform equality law to make sure it protects the most vulnerable in times of crisis.

This is Episode Three of a four-part series. The series takes a deep dive into whether equality law is cut out to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis, and if not, then why not and what can we do about it?

This podcast series is part of the Exponential Inequalities project, led by Shreya Atrey as the Principal Investigator of the British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grant on Equality Law in Times of Crisis.

Transcript and show notes available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website at ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk.

Producer, Presenter, Sound Editor: Christy Callaway-Gale

Executive Producers: Shreya Atrey, Meghan Campbell, Sandra Fredman

Assistant Producers: Mónica Arango Olaya, Gauri Pillai, Natasha Holcroft-Emmess

Transcript and show notes: Sarah Dobbie

Music: Rosemary Allmann

Human rights experts help us determine whether equality law is set up to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis.

This is Episode Two of a four-part series. The series takes a deep dive into whether equality law is cut out to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis, and if not, then why not and what can we do about it?

This podcast series is part of the Exponential Inequalities project, led by Shreya Atrey as the Principal Investigator of the British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grant on Equality Law in Times of Crisis.

Transcript and show notes available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website at ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk.

Producer, Presenter, Sound Editor: Christy Callaway-Gale

Executive Producers: Shreya Atrey, Meghan Campbell, Sandra Fredman

Assistant Producers: Mónica Arango Olaya, Gauri Pillai, Natasha Holcroft-Emmess

Transcript and show notes: Sarah Dobbie

Music: Rosemary Allmann

Human rights experts tell stories of inequalities from around the world, revealing how these inequalities have been exacerbated during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is Episode One of a four-part series. The series takes a deep dive into whether equality law is cut out to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis, and if not, then why not and what can we do about it?

This podcast series is part of the Exponential Inequalities project, led by Shreya Atrey as the Principal Investigator of the British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grant on Equality Law in Times of Crisis.

Transcript and show notes available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website at ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk.

Producer, Presenter, Sound Editor: Christy Callaway-Gale

Executive Producers: Shreya Atrey, Meghan Campbell, Sandra Fredman

Assistant Producers: Mónica Arango Olaya, Gauri Pillai, Natasha Holcroft-Emmess

Transcript and show notes: Sarah Dobbie

Music: Rosemary Allmann

Evictions constitute gross violations of a range of internationally recognised human rights, including the rights to adequate housing, food, water, health, education, work, security of the person, security of the home, freedom from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and freedom of movement. Evictions intensify inequality, segregation and ghettoization, and invariably affect the poorest, most socially and economically vulnerable and marginalised. In this episode, we speak to Nerishka Singh, a researcher at the Socio-Economic Rig​hts Institute of South Africa (SERI), and Timothy Fish Hodgson, Legal Advisor to the International Commission of Jurists on Economic, Social and Cultural rights in Africa, about eviction cases before the Magistrate’s Courts in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Magistrate’s Courts fall lowest in the hierarchy of courts in South Africa, but are most accessible to the public, and yet these are least studied by researchers. This podcast delves into cutting-edge research by SERI on how the constitutional requirements of the right to adequate housing and right against arbitrary evictions under s 26 of the South African Constitution are implemented by the Magistrate’s Courts.

Recorded August 2019. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk).

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.

Transcript available from the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk)

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.

Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.