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

World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland 👇 👇👇 #Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group. Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights

Ongoing Conflict in Eastern DRC: Challenges to Governance, the Rule of Law and Development - On 30 April 2025, we co-hosted this event alongside SOAS's Africa, Law and Development Research Cluster. Read more: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #DRC #Governance #RuleofLaw #Development

New #ICwS Event Recording - 'Global Activism for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the Anthropocene', 12 March 2025 youtu.be/KNCI0WQr0Ak #IndigenousPeoples #SelfDetermination #GlobalGovernance #Pluralism #Anthropocene #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRights #ClimateAction

Webinar NEXT WEEK 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #HumanRights in the #media, 20 May 2025, 1pm-2pm BST, Online www.ibanet.org/conference-d... Co-hosted by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Human Rights Lawyers' Association (HRLA). The #ICwS are a supporting partner of this event.

Forthcoming hashtag#ICwS event: 'Revisiting Gandhi in the Age of Masculinity and Majoritarianism', 20 May 2025, 5pm - 7pm BST, Room 261, Senate House. Learn more and register here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #India #Politics #Masculinity #Hindutva #Identity #Decolonisation #Gandhi

Apply now for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!! We are delighted to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights

Forthcoming #ICwS event: 'Revisiting #Gandhi in the Age of #Masculinity and #Majoritarianism', 20 May 2025, 5pm - 7pm BST, Room 261, Senate House. Free to attend - register here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #India #Politics #Identity #Decolonisation #AnanyaVajpeyi

Congratulations to all of our students who are graduating this week! Well done on this incredible achievement 🎓 💫 🎉 #UoLGrad2025 #Graduation #UniversityOfLondon #HumanRights #DistanceLearning

Join us on 30 April 2025 (6pm-8pm, Room B202, SOAS Gallery) for a critical conversation on the Ongoing Conflict in Eastern DRC and its broader implications for governance and the rule of law. Register here: shorturl.at/d0ezA #DRC #Governance #RuleofLaw @soasuni.bsky.social @hrc-sas.bsky.social

Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎 A reminder that climate action is crucial to protecting human rights. #EarthDay2025

Read the latest #ICwS newsletter - mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new... Subscribe here: shorturl.at/1xfCO #Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression

In honour of #CommonwealthDay, Professor Sue Onslow and Dr. Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna have written a new #ICwS blog piece entitled 'Out of every crisis, an opportunity. Enter the Commonwealth?' Read it here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Commonwealth #Politics #Government

Yesterday, the Commonwealth Secretariat hosted a Round Table on Advisory Opinions on Climate Change at Marlborough House. #ICwS Associate Research Fellow Maud Sarlieve was in attendance. Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #ICJ #ClimateJustice #InternationalLaw #Commonwealth

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows, Professor Christopher Roberts Professor Roberts is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/profe... #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #WorkersRights

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows, Dr Cherisse Francis, an educator, researcher and consultant from the Caribbean. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-ch... #Commonwealth #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #DecriminalisePovertyandStatus #Poverty