UPR Info provides an invaluable service to the world’s civil society organisations in engaging with the UPR for the protection of human rights. Please share @uprinfo.bsky.social donations page to help support their crucially important work 👏❤️ upr-info.org/en/news/unit....

Our Autumn Death Penalty Training is this Friday! Sabrina Butler-Smith will be joining us virtually on the first evening of the training as our keynote speaker. A death row exoneree, Sabrina will share her powerful and inspiring story. Book here: www.amicus-alj.org/what-we-do/t...

It’s a full house in person and on Zoom today at Amicus training for @jonyorke.bsky.social’s fantastic talk on his work on the death penalty in the US 👏 www.amicus-alj.org

We're excited to announce that Margot Ravenscroft and Professor Jon Yorke will be guest speakers at Amnesty International UK's evening talk this weekend! Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-day-... @amnestyuk.bsky.social @jonyorke.bsky.social #WorldDayAgainstDeathPenalty

4th and last day of the Pre-sessions 50! In Today’s sessions, speakers will address the human rights situation of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Belarus. Follow us on twitter with #PS50 for live updates! #UniversalPeriodicReview #HumanRights #PS50

#PS50 @chreaamalawi Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance spoke on #torture, #detention and #arbitraryArrests. They recommended #Malawi to establish an independent NPM, allocate resources to improve prison conditions, and guarantee fair trials for detainees

#PS50 Aman Against Discrimination denounced racial discrimination in #Libya. They urged Libya to officially recognize cultural & linguistic minorities, to ensure universal access to education and to ease nationality acquisition procedures for stateless people.

During #PS50 CHRD talked about #HRDs, #CivilSociety, #corruption & #ClimateChange. They called on #Mongolia to support anticorruption initiatives of CSOs, to provide insurance to eliminate harms caused by natural disasters, and to encourage human rights trainings.

In a new article for the Journal of Human Rights Practice, DPRU Director Professor Carolyn Hoyle and the Death Penalty Project's Parvais Jabbar reflect on the collaborative process leading up to Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty in December 2024: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

At the U.S. UPR pre-session 🇺🇳 @norwayingeneva.norway.no raised the important issue of the federal death penalty. Our U.S. Stakeholder report on the DP can be downloaded here bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/usa-upr... @norwaymfa.government.no @dpruoxford.bsky.social

docs.google.com/document/u/0... @jonyorke.bsky.social @dranazir.bsky.social @michael-lane.bsky.social @uprinfo.bsky.social

At the USA’s UPR Pre-session 🇺🇳 the UN’s OHCHR advised that the USA will not be engaging with its upcoming Universal Periodic Review due to take place on 7th November 2025. This could have catastrophic consequences for the future of the UPR and we would encourage everyone to sign our Joint Statement⬇️

Second up 🇺🇸 UPR pre-session in U.N.🇺🇳 the room is buzzing with discussions of the US government not attending their own session 🙃

We arrived early for the UPR pre-sessions U.N. 🇺🇳 @dralicestorey.bsky.social

First up is the Jamaica 🇯🇲 UPR Pre-session @uprinfo.bsky.social

It’s the 3rd day of the Pre-Sessions 50! Join us today for sessions that will give us insights on the human rights situation in #Jamaica, #USA, #Andorra, #Panama and #Honduras. Stay tuned on twitter with #PS50! #UniversalPeriodicReview #HumanRights #PS50

A ☔️ day at 🇺🇳 today. The prospect of the U.S. attending their UPR pre-session also looks bleak @dralicestorey.bsky.social @uprinfo.bsky.social

Will the United States attend their UPR pre-session this morning at the UN in Geneva? As they did not submit their National Report to the HRC, the prospects look bleak @uprinfo.bsky.social @dralicestorey.bsky.social

Wonderful to meet with our good friends Gianni and Nicoletta @uprinfo.bsky.social in Geneva to discuss the Universal Periodic Review 😀👏 @dralicestorey.bsky.social @dranazir.bsky.social

📢 New article out where we examine bans on female migrant workers from Indonesia travelling abroad in response to executions in the Middle East. Spoiler alert - they are ineffectual & do not signal an abolitionist stance @dpruoxford.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our partners @thedeathpenalty.bsky.social are on this platform, if you’re interested in the #DeathPenalty … and why wouldn’t you be?!

"The death penalty in Kenya is literally a mental torture... The suffering is so severe, waiting for something that isn’t going to happen, that prisoners would demand to be executed." Read Willis Nandi's blog post published by @dpruoxford.bsky.social: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/death-penalt...

Sign our Joint Statement to call on the USA to engage with its upcoming UN Universal Periodic Review, which reviews all 193 UN Member States’ human rights record ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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Many thanks for the invite, Chris 👍 It was a fantastic day with so many amazing talks. You created a wonderful opportunity for the people of Worcester and our surrounding communities to learn about and discuss issues of law, rights, and justice. Bravo 👏

Thanks @amicusalj.bsky.social 👏 and looking forwards to all the presentations and discussions organised by the amazing team at the University of Worcester @michael-lane.bsky.social 👍

Looking to deepen your understanding of human rights and social justice? Visit The Hive for the Rights & Justice Festival, with the chance to meet Prof. Jon Yorke (@jonyorke.bsky.social) The event is OPEN TO EVERYONE and is FREE! Click the link to book now: lnkd.in/e7qapSiR

Later this month, I'll be giving evidence for the Joint Committee on Human Rights in Parliament on the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with @dralicestorey.bsky.social and @jonyorke.bsky.social.

A brilliant piece in @theguardian.com by @bernardharcourt.bsky.social It’s a must read for all who want to preserve the university as free and independent institutions which help us discuss and discover the best explanations of what is right and true in our world www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Another reason to be anti- #AI. #UNESCO found AI automated content may invent facts about the #Holocaust; falsify historical evidence w/Deepfake Technology; be manipulated to spread hate speech; & oversimplify history. & Algorithmic bias can spread Holocaust denial. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

The letter now has over 1000 signatories and counting lawyersletter.uk with a great range of press coverage, including in Israel e.g. www.timesofisrael.com/800-british-... Final deadline for signatures is today (Saturday) at 10pm

Reminder to register for this event happening tomorrow 22nd May (17.30 - 18.30) Note that the event will be held in Manor Road Building - Seminar Room G. More info: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even... @OxfordLawFac

It has been an honour & privilege to work with @anjliparrin.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social & Gulika Reddy @stanfordlaw.bsky.social on this brief for intervention. David Wilson is represented by the formidable Bernard Harcourt. The aim is to raise the int. law violations in David’s case. 🤞

Register now ‼️ Rights in Crisis: A Theatre of Death: Assessing the Death Penalty in India @OxHRH & @OxIndiaCentre are hosting Anup Surendranath & Jon Yorke to discuss death penalty in India. 🗓️ 22 May 2025 ⌚️17.30-18.30 📍@OxfordLawFac Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

If you are in Oxford on 22 May & interested in the problem of the death penalty, join Prof Anup Surendranath and me for ‘A Theatre of Death: Assessing the Death Penalty in India’ Hosted by @oxhrh.bsky.social & OICSD Registration details 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

The DPRU's Professor Carolyn Hoyle recently appeared on Australia's ABC Radio National to speak about #Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty - her interview on the Sunday Extra show is now online here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

*NEW* DPRU Blog post Lakshmi Menon of Project 39A on the Indian Supreme Court's attempts to reform sentencing practices in capital cases, and the futility of introducing safeguards for an inhuman punishment blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/death-penalt...

Model United Nations 🇺🇳 This is my favourite part of our course on international law 😀👏 @dralicestorey.bsky.social @unhcr.org @uprinfo.bsky.social

Global challenges and the role of the #UnitedNations. Check out UPR Info's key takeaways from the "In Conversation with the Experts: The Future of the United Nations" conference at @bcuchr.bsky.social , now available online! @jonyorke.bsky.social @dralicestorey.bsky.social bit.ly/4jeh9Sz

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

💻Book your place online for #IBAWebinar 'Healthy minds, successful futures: wellbeing in legal education' 🗓️28 April 🕓1400-1500 BST ✍️Register➡ bit.ly/IBAWebinar-2... ⭐FREE to Attend! 🔹Presented by the IBA Professional Wellbeing Commission #Law

"The legal risks are real. They are perilous, and they are alarming." Tom Durkin @tadurkin.bsky.social and I just penned an opinion piece in @theguardian.com on the ongoing threats to protected speech on campus and the universities' duty to protect their students: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UPDATE: Alabama nitrogen hypoxia method of execution litigation: the federal judge just allowed us to proceed (denying AL attorney general's motion to dismiss) on our challenge to nitrogen gas method of execution. A good day, given Louisiana. Order here: cccct.law.columbia.edu/sites/cccct....

7 UN Special Procedures sent a Communication to the US gov in the cases of Rocky Myers, David Wilson & the execution of Carey Grayson. We filed on behalf of David & have a Complaint pending with the UN’s WG on Arbitrary Detention spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas... @bernardharcourt.bsky.social

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…. and as of today, we are delighted to add to the series some reflections on why writers get stuck by Professor Graeme Laurie, University of Edinburgh! doi.org/10.53386/nil... Keep checking back for further pieces in this exciting dialogue!

We recently launched our new series, Reflections on Writing, with a piece by Professor Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto. nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... Ctd….

💻TODAY: #IBAWebinar 'Internships in law: challenges, opportunities & the path forward' 🗓️10 March 🕓1300-1400 GMT ✍️Register➡ bit.ly/IBAWebinar-10M… ⭐FREE to Attend! 🔹Presented by IBA Academic and Professional Development Committee#YoungLawyersrs

Another amazing Amicus Training organised by @margotravenscroft.bsky.social and the Amicus Team. Bravo 👏