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Addressing key challenges to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

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Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II)
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The absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is under considerable pressure.
This talk will explore how the prohibition is understood, questioned, and flouted, and trace continuities between torture and other dimensions of our securitised and unequal societies. Distilling key challenges for the prohibition, including those often overshadowed by the ubiquitous ‘ticking bomb’ scenario and ther prominent areas of concern, it will consider how those committed to the prohibition can meaningfully respond to them.

About the Speaker
Dr Natasa Mavronicola is Senior Lecturer in Law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. Prior to joining Birmingham Law School, she was a Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University Belfast (2013-16). Since 2017, she serves as Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Professor Nils Melzer. She has conducted research for the Council of Europe and the Irish legislature and has published work in journals such as the Human Rights Law Review and the Modern Law Review. Her work on the prohibition of torture includes the recent article ‘Is the Prohibition Against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Absolute in International Human Rights Law? A Reply to Steven Greer’ (2017) 17 Human Rights Law Review 479.

She completed her PhD in Law at the University of Cambridge, the BCL at the University of Oxford, and the LLB (Hons) at University College London. Her main research focus is human rights law.

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Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II)
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Natasa Mavronicola
Keywords
prohibition
public international law
torture
punishment
Department: Faculty of Law
Date Added: 23/10/2018
Duration: 00:47:42

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Global Legal Epidemiology: Developing a Science Around Whether, When and How International Law Can Address Global Challenges

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
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Professor Steven Hoffman discusses legal mechanisms available for coordinating international responses to transnational problems, their prospects, and their challenges.
Global legal epidemiology is the scientific study of international law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and promotion of outcomes around the world. It involves evaluating the effectiveness of international legal mechanisms on the basis of their quantifiable effects and drawing implications for the development of future treaties. Prof Hoffman draws on examples from public health, including tobacco control and antimicrobial resistance, identifying wider lessons for potential international treaties in other domains such as the environment, human rights and trade.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute
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Steven J Hoffman
Keywords
international law
global treaties
public health
Environment
human rights
trade
Department: Uehiro Oxford Institute
Date Added: 23/10/2018
Duration: 01:21:10

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Evidence-Informed Inspection? Research at Ofsted

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Department of Education Public Seminars
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A look at the role of research in developing the work of Ofsted as 'an intelligent inspectorate'.
In this seminar Professor Daniel Muijs will look at the role of research in developing the work of Ofsted as 'an intelligent inspectorate', including looking at the way research is done as a co-construction between researchers and inspectors at Ofsted, and at the role of research and evaluation as part of organisational strategy. In particular, he will discuss how research is informing the development of the new Education Inspection Framework, presenting some of their ongoing research projects as examples of Ofsted's approach.

Daniel Muijs is Head of Research at Ofsted, where he leads the research programme, and visiting professor at the University of Southampton. He is an acknowledged expert in the fields of Educational and Teacher Effectiveness and research methods and has published widely in these areas. He is co-editor of the journal 'School Effectiveness and School Improvement', and has held key advisory posts in a range of academic and professional organisations.

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Department of Education Public Seminars
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Daniel Muijs
Keywords
Ofsted
research
Validity
Reliability
Inspection
observation
Teacher wellbeing
curriculum
Department: Department of Education
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 01:00:39

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David Nicholls Memorial Annual Lecture, 2018: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: 'The Politics of Sex and Gender in Christian History'

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David Nicholls Memorial Trust
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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Kt, FBA, FSA, FRHistS, gives the 2018 David Nicholls Lecture, on the theme: 'The Politics of Sex and Gender in Christian History'.
Diarmaid Maculloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, is a distinguished historian, whose many publications include A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (London, 2009), which became an acclaimed TV series, and most recently, a biography of Thomas Cromwell (London, 2018).

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David Nicholls Memorial Trust
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Diarmaid MacCulloch
Keywords
religion
David Nicholls
sex
christianity
gender
Department: Kellogg College
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 00:55:54

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Why Read Frankenstein in 2018?

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Two hundred years after it was first published, Nick Groom explains the abiding appeal and extraordinary contemporary relevance of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
Far from being a supernatural Gothic fiction, he will show how deeply concerned the novel is with the most pressing scientific issues of its time, and how these continue to challenge us today in fields from artificial intelligence to medical ethics, challenging the very definition of what it is to be human.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Nick Groom
Keywords
literature
technology
science
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 00:52:03

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Is the banking sector about to change for ever?

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Futuremakers
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AI is already playing a role in the finance sector, from fraud detection, to algorithmic trading, to customer service, and many within the industry believe this role will develop rapidly within the next few years.
So what does this mean for both the people that work in this sector, and for the role banking and finance plays in society?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Professor Stephen Roberts, Royal Academy of Engineering and Man Group Professor of Machine Learning, Professor Nir Vulkan, a leading authority on e-commerce and market design, and on applied research and teaching on hedge funds, and Jannes Klaas, author of 'Machine Learning for Finance: Data algorithms for the markets and deep learning from the ground up for financial experts and economics'.

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Futuremakers
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Peter Millican
Stephen Roberts
Nir Vulkan
Jannes Klaas
Keywords
bias
automation
privacy
data
law
philosophy
Department: Oxford University Development Office
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 01:02:12

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Are all algorithms biased?

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Futuremakers
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Our lives are increasingly shaped by automated decision-making algorithms, but do those have in-built biases? If so, do we need to tackle these, and what could happen if we don't?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Dr Sandra Wachter, a lawyer and Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, Dr Helena Webb a Senior Researcher in the Department of Computer Science, and Dr Brent Mittelstadt, a philosopher also based at the Oxford Internet Institute.

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Futuremakers
People
Peter Millican
Sandra Wachter
Helena Webb
Brent Mittelstadt
Keywords
bias
automation
privacy
data
law
philosophy
Department: Oxford University Development Office
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 01:09:40

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How will the automation of jobs likely progress?

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Futuremakers
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In 2013 two Oxford academics published a paper entitled 'The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?', estimating that 47% of U.S. jobs were at risk of automation.
Since then, numerous studies have emerged, arriving at very different conclusions. So where do these estimates diverge, and where do we think the automation of jobs might be heading? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with one of the authors of that paper, Professor Mike Osborne, Dr Judy Stephenson, an expert on labour markets in pre-industrial England, and Professor David Clifton from our Department of Engineering Science.

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Futuremakers
People
Peter Millican
Mike Osborne
Judy Stephenson
David Clifton
Keywords
philosophy
politics
technology
Employment
automation
Department: Oxford University Development Office
Date Added: 22/10/2018
Duration: 01:03:29

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A Birth Charm

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
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Dphil student Sian Witherden introduces a 15th Century birthing charm, one of the items on display in the Designing English Exhibition

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
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Sian Witherden
Keywords
designing english
bodleian library
ancient books
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 18/10/2018
Duration: 00:01:43

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How to record music on the page

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
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Professor Henrike Lähnemann discusses how the challenge of recording music on the page was made in the late middle ages by inventing a musical notation system

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page
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Henrike Lähnemann
Keywords
musical notation
middle ages
bodleian library
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 18/10/2018
Duration: 00:01:53

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