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...

Thanks to @publiclaw.bsky.social for publishing my article on decision making under the Prevent and Channel duties. So long in the writing that the Prevent Duty guidance and definition of extremism were updated and a review of Prevent was published, which didn't slow things down further at all.

Really important ECtHR decision this morning declaring the Dalton case inadmissible. This is a really important case on human rights and the legacy of the NI conflict: hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...

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.

Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to [email protected] by 7 July.

If this thread is anything to go by, it's been a disaster for Falkner & EHRC.

Calling all colleagues working on the UN international human rights mechanisms, if you've any open access materials that might be relevant, do share!

The @ec.europa.eu fully supports the ICC and its officials. The ICC holds perpetrators of the world’s gravest crimes to account and gives victims a voice. It must be free to act without pressure. We will always stand for global justice and the respect of international law.

Today, #ICC appeal chamber judges will decide whether the Confirmation of Charges hearing for Joseph #Kony - leader of the #LRA charged with #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity in #Uganda - can go ahead in his absence.

Very excited to have edited this volume in @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social’s Leading Works series. Leading Works in the History of the Constitution will be published in August. The book launch is on 26 September, with Lady Hale delivering the keynote. www.routledge.com/Leading-Work...

High court judge blocks UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal

My colleague @mgerver.bsky.social has created this open letter to Keir Starmer opposing the measures announced in last week's Immigration White Paper, on economic, political and moral grounds. Open to all academics/researchers to sign. molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html

Flagging this open letter, by lawyers (academic and practicing) expressing grave concerns with the reasoning in the UKSC's FWS judgment, the terms of subsequent EHRC interim statement and impact on trans people. Open for signature by UK based lawyers until 4pm today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED! The deadline for abstracts for our one day workshop on Re-Imagning Counter-terrorism Law has been extended to this Friday, 2nd May. The workshop will take place in Birmingham on 12th June with Prof Conor Gearty as the keynote speaker.

Fred Cowell and I were kindly asked by the Law Society to write a short blog on our recent work on the United Nations UPR and its applicability in E&W courts. You can read it here www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/blogs...

Join us for the launch of the 2nd ed of Exploring Parliament, a new book bridging academic insights and real life experience to bring parliament to life for readers! Register via the link below to watch the event online - 15 May 5.30pm www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/online...

Calls for Papers: In the Name of National Security – The Fragility of Human Rights / UKCLA ECR workshop deadline extended ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/04/04/c...

Call for applications: International Law Commission assistants roster Secretariat launches call for qualified individuals to be included in roster of potential research assistants for Special Rapporteurs, Study/Working Group Chairs Deadline: 15 April 🔗 legal.un.org/docs/?path=....

Josie Welsh: “[No audible response]” is not how the Lady Chief Justice leads her judiciary ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/04/01/j...

Have you signed up for this Thursday’s Hart @ Home session on revising your PhD? To find out more, visit buff.ly/RzW9icd #LegalPublishing

Snap. There is also an assumption that lectures are not inclusive but (at least from what I can tell from my students) this has not been my experience at all. We shouldn't downplay the value of instruction as a pedagogical tool.

Public law colleagues: there is *one week* left to submit your abstract for the Public Law Section at this years SLS Annual Conference. Doctoral students are very welcome and encouraged to submit papers. All details below 👇 mailchi.mp/legalscholar...

📢: Amnesty International UK is commissioning research looking at the censorship of people who speak about Palestinian human rights at UK universities. If you’ve got relevant skills and are interested in this area, consider applying to do this work. www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs/terms-r...

Call for Papers: Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law Workshop Come and talk to us in Birmingham about your interesting research in the area of counter-terorrism.

Work with us! We are looking for a Researcher to join our devolution team. You will have the opportunity to engage with senior policymakers and experts from all parts of the UK. 📅 Applications close on Monday 31 March, 14:00. Find out more 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

📢We want to hear from you about UK space policy and the opportunities and challenges facing the sector. 🚀 ✍️We've launched a call for written evidence at: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... 📜 ⏰Deadline for submissions is Thursday 17 April. #space #ukspace

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….

CALL FOR PAPERS: 25 Years of the Human Rights Act (University of Leeds, 18 September 2025). Deadline for abstracts 1 April.

Two important parliamentary inquiries seeking evidence as of today: The International Agreements Committee on treaty scrutiny: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi... And the Constitution Committee on the Rule of Law: committees.parliament.uk/work/8998/ru...

All media coverage of the press conference has focused on how Zelensky 'lost his cool'. It's shameful that Trump/Vance's attacks aren't being called out.

Did anyone else find writing the book harder than the PhD thesis? The process has been way harder than I expected. It's a real grind.

A gentle reminder to colleagues that our free SLS Public Law ECR/PGR workshop takes place next Wednesday over MS Teams. We have a great selection of papers and a 'publishers panel'. Sign up here forms.office.com/e/FHcctGArpA.

New House of Commons Library paper on the law officers by two of the good guys commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be reviewing the UK's compliance with ICESCR tomorrow and Friday (both 9am), webcast live on UN Web TV. This will be the UK's first review before a UN HR body since the GE last year. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...

@chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social and I are really excited to be hosting our first event as SLS public law co-convenors for PGRs and ECRs. The schedule for our online early career workshop on the 26th Feb is below 👇 Sign up to attend (free) here: forms.office.com/e/FHcctGArpA.

@chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social and I are excited to share the Society of Legal Scholars Public Law Section Call for Papers for the Annual Conference at Leeds, 2-4th September 2024. All details here: mailchi.mp/legalscholar...

It’s here! My book, JUDICIAL INDIVIDUALITY ON THE UK SUPREME COURT will be available to buy from next Thursday! @hartpublishing.bsky.social

Conference Report: International Law in the UK: A Troubled Relationship? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/01/31/c...

1️⃣week left for public law PGRs and ECRs to get abstracts in for our SLS workshop on 26th Feb. We'd be very grateful for colleagues to come along and show their support, provide feedback on papers, and network. Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/FHcctGArpA Schedule to be released in due course.

Are you passionate about making change to ensure that children experience their rights in life? Do you have expertise in the law and in working with large volumes of data? If the answer is yes then why not check out our latest role: https://buff.ly/40pmqjw

Public Law ECR & PGRs: Still plenty of time to sign up for this. If you'd like to attend, sign up here: forms.office.com/e/FHcctGArpA. If you want to showcase your research, send Chris and I an e-mail with a title and abstract. All details below.

‘In Conversation with the Experts: The Future of the United Nations,’ BCU, 27/1/25, Registration👇 We have an incredible line-up of speakers to discuss the UN’s ‘Pact for the Future.’ If you are in Birmingham, you might like to join our conversation 😀

📢 Calling all Public Law ECRs and PhD students. There is still time to sign up to the SLS Public Law Section's Early Career Workshop. ⏰ 26th February 2025 🆓 No cost to attend 🕸️ Virtual Workshop Includes a session on publishing by Prof Se-shauna Wheatle, Prof David Marrani & Prof Chien-Chih Lin.

The article by Köhne @ 499 on the UNTBs is really interesting. Unsurprising that domestic courts, including in the UK, will give little weight to the jurisprudence of UNTBs when their legal reasoning is questionable.

Q for those researching judges: are judges associations (UK and beyond) generally receptive to researchers asking them to disseminate surveys, questionnaires etc to office holders? Does it depend e.g. on the research topic? Or is this space just a 'no go' to ensure judicial independence, etc?

Happy New Year 🎉 A reminder to all public law PGRs and ECRs to get your abstracts in for our SLS workshop in Feb. We'll be joined by a fab panel of experts. All details below.

UK's JCHR have opened an inquiry into the human rights implications of the new Mental Health Bill. Call for evidence (written submissions) are invited: committees.parliament.uk/committee/93...

Come join us at @vicuniwgtn for this important post-doc. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Some time ago I asked academic Twitter (as it then was) what artists they listened to whilst writing and I compiled a public Spotify playlist which I still listen to now. Maybe I can try again here following the mass exodus to Bsky... So, academics, what bands/artists/composers do you write to?

If you have been following today's impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, then check out Prof Youngjae Lee @fordham.edu's chapter "The Role of the Judiciary in the Presidential Impeachment Process in Korea" in "Impeachment in a Global Context" @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Impeachment-...