Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣ As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni & currents students to highlight their contributions to securing human rights. ⭐ This month's alum is Antonia Mulvey ⭐ commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

New on the #ICwS blog: 'Slavery in the Indian Ocean World' written by Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut This new piece focuses primarily on the history of slavery in East Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world. Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Slavery #EastAfrica

📢 Community screening: People’s Emergency Briefing, a powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining the climate & nature crisis - and what it means for food, health, weather & cost of living. 📍 Beveridge Hall, Senate House 📅 21 April 2026 🕖 6pm-8:30pm 🎟️ shorturl.at/kMHWX #London #PEBuk

On 3 March 2026, the #Commonwealth Secretariat, #ICJ and #ICwS held a side event at the #UN #HumanRights Council to showcase their Practitioners’ Guide on a human rights-based approach to #criminallaw. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Poverty #Homelessness @sas-news.bsky.social

'Selective Justice is Not a Flaw of International Law. It’s the Feature.' Read this new piece by Prof Damien Short in International Policy Digest where he argues that #ecocidelaw is not a utopian plea for moral awakening. intpolicydigest.org/selective-ju... #InternationalLaw #Justice #Ecocide

Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣ As part of the 30th Anniversary of #HumanRights Education at the #ICwS, we will be profiling alumni from our MA/PhD programmes to highlight their contributions to securing human rights. ⭐ This month's alum is Shahindha Ismail ⭐ commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Applications are now open for the MA Human Rights at the University of London! Apply by 5 August for a September 2026 start: www.london.ac.uk/study/course... Join this practice-focused human rights MA to learn from human rights activists from around the world. #HumanRights #PostgraduateStudy

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner 19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom Register here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth

Apply NOW for a full scholarship to the MA Human Rights by distance learning! Apply by 31 March for the September 2026 intake. PGCert and PGDip also available. www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f... #Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #PostgraduateStudy

Commonwealth Law Ministers urged to disseminate Practitioners’ Guide on a Human Rights-based Approach to Criminal Law 👇 👇 👇 Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Commonwealth #CriminalLaw #DecriminalisationofPoverty #HumanRights @sas-news.bsky.social

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner 19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom Register here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth

🌍 Landmark vote on #ecocide in Scotland 🌍 The ICwS welcomes yesterday’s historic vote by the Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first UK nation to criminalise severe environmental destruction. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

🎓 Congratulations to all of our students graduating today at Senate House! 🎓 @sas-news.bsky.social #Graduation #HumanRights #SASGraduation

📣 We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2026 Global Minority Rights Summer School! 📣 Deadline: 9 March 2026. Jointly organised with the Tom Lantos Institute, the Ludovika University of Public Service, the Human Rights Consortium and the UNPO. shorturl.at/Uudqi

We’re delighted to announce a new module on our MA Human Rights programme starting in spring 2026 entitled Women’s Human Rights. The module will be convened by Dr Noemi Perez Vasquez. Learn more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-no... #WomensHumanRights #PostgraduateStudy

Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇👇 mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new... This edition includes Institute highlights, event recordings, Fellow updates, programme info, new scholarship student profiles and more! Subscribe here: shorturl.at/el2FJ #Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide

NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟 The recording of 'The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow' event with Sir Hilary Beckles is now available on our website: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #SirHilaryBeckles #Africa #Caribbean #ReparatoryJustice #CARICOM #Commonwealth

🌟 New Blog Post 🌟 In honour of #HumanRightsDay, we've published a new blog post entitled 'From human rights defenders in exile to human rights defenders everywhere - Voices in Exile: A Guide for Human Rights Defenders'. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRightsDefenders #HumanRights

Today is UN Human Rights Day! It marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. “Our rights, our future, right now” www.un.org/en/observanc... #UN #HumanRightsDay

Alumni Spotlight 🔦 🎓 3️⃣ 0️⃣ As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni on our MA and PhD programmes. ⭐ This month's alum is Deekshya Illangasinghe ⭐ commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #AlumniSpotlight #HumanRights #UniversityofLondon

There is still time to register for our webinar TODAY at 1pm to learn about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇 Register here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟 The recording of our fireside chat with anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa, Albie Sachs is now available online: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #AntiApartheid #HumanRights #AlbieSachs #SouthAfrica

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There’s still time to register for the 2-day hybrid conference NEXT WEEK: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House and Online commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Forthcoming hybrid event: The Legal Obligation for Genocide Prevention, Tuesday 4 November, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Room 264, Senate House and ONLINE commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Genocide #MinorityRights #HumanRights

Professor Corinne Lennox will be panellist at a hybrid webinar NEXT WEEK: 'Global caste-scapes: inequality and belonging in the 21st century' 29 October, 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT), City St George’s and ONLINE: city-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83108880169 shorturl.at/f6iGv #Inequality #HumanRights #CasteInequality

What an inspiring and joyous evening celebrating 30 years of human rights education at the #ICwS! Thank you to the current students, alumni, panellists and staff, old and new, for celebrating this momentous occasion with us. Check our website soon for the event recording: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk

Register now for this forthcoming 2-day hybrid conference entitled: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House & Online shorturl.at/av3vh #Democracy #Commonwealth #Leadership #Actvism #Empowerment

Calling all #graduates and #currentstudents of our post-graduate human rights programmes - join us this Thursday to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in #HumanRights education! 🎉 🎉 🎉 16 October, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, 6pm-9pm commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London! Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start: www.london.ac.uk/study/course... #HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning

Don’t miss this exciting in-person chat with Albie Sachs on 1st October: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Albie Sachs in Conversation, 1 October 2025, 4pm-5:30pm, Warburg Auditorium Join us for a fireside chat with Albie Sachs—anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. #SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #AlbieSachs www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The book Launch for 'Unbroken Chains: A 5,000 year history of African enslavement' written by ICwS Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut took place on 28 August 2025. This is a new, full history of slavery in Africa, from the Pharaohs to the present. shorturl.at/xqcb2 #HumanRights #Africa #Slavery

Calling all graduates and current students of our postgraduate human rights programmes - join us in London to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in human rights education! 16 October 2025, Senate House, 6pm-9pm commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRights #Alumni #CurrentStudents

SAVE THE DATE AND PRE-REGISTER NOW! 👇 👇 👇 'Ecocide, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice Conference' 31 October 2025, Senate House, London Bringing together scholars, activists, diplomats and lawmakers. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Ecocide #HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice

One day left to apply to our MA in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇 www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

Call for Papers - From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order. Deadline: 20 September 2025 From our partner: Human Rights Centre, University of Padova shorturl.at/VIpRo #GlobalGovernance #Multilateralism #HumanRights

Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇 👇 mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new... And subscribe here: shorturl.at/uhnaG #Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide

New event recording now available online from the Memorial2007 Annual Lecture featuring by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies. youtu.be/_lql4JG0sYM?... View the event details here: shorturl.at/O420Z #GlobalReparations #HumanRights #Commonwealth

Call for papers - deadline today! 👇 👇 👇 www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...

A key component of our MA in #HumanRights is the Geneva Human Rights Study Tour, held during the summer session of the UN's Human Rights Council which allows our students to apply their learning in a practical setting. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Commonwealth #Geneva #UnitedNations

For World Refugee Day, we'd like to highlight this recent #OpenAccess title in the #CriticalHumanRightsStudies series, published with @hrc-sas.bsky.social & @icws-sas.bsky.social: #Refugee Reception in Southern Africa by @nicholasmaple.bsky.social. Available here: uolpress.co.uk/book/refugee...

Hybrid event TODAY co-organised by ICwS Senior Lecturer Dr. Olivia Lwabukuna and featuring Professor Eka Ikpe "Beyond Aid: Rethinking Power, Sovereignty, Law and Development in Africa" Thursday 19 June 2025, 15:00–17:00 BST, SOAS shorturl.at/8GyyA #Africa #Politics #Economics #Law #Development

Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes 👇 👇 👇 This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice. shorturl.at/RN6XC #EnvironmentalCrimes

Join us THIS FRIDAY on 20 June 2025 from 14:00 - 15:00 (BST) at our live #RefugeeDay webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights. Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning

Call for papers – Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis - Deadline: 30 June 2025 More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour... #Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI

Join us NEXT WEEK on 20 June 2025 from 14:00 - 15:00 (BST) at our live Refugee Day webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights. Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning #RefugeeDay

Today, Professor Kingsley Abbott, ICwS Director, and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Olivia Lwabukuna, had the privilege of meeting with the new Secretary General of the #Commonwealth, the Hon Shirley Botchwey. Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRights #Democracy #RuleofLaw

Join us on 20 June 2025 at our live Refugee Day webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights. From 14:00 - 15:00 (BST) Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning #RefugeeDay