My chapter w/ @natasamav.bsky.social ‘Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within and beyond the penal frame’ is published in the Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations. DM me if you'd like a copy! www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

In this article @ljil-leiden.bsky.social, @mattia800.bsky.social and I challenge the punishment-as-justice perspective that dominates atrocity redress and prevention, examining, with a focus on Gaza, how it can undermine prevention and fuel problematic retaliatory impulses. bit.ly/48uKHJx

When a govt lets it be known that it's considering taking rights away from children with Special Needs, a minister doing the rounds saying he's ’not getting into the details’ has one big effect. People feel scared. They lose sleep. Once again: this is not how to do disability policy (or any policy)

Latest from me: on fears about the govt's plans for Special Needs education, with two key things that Labour ministers & MPs should think about www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's out and available open access! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pathology...

Superstars!

A must-read by @karengle.bsky.social!

Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved www.channel4.com/news/covid-i...

The UN says starvation and famine is imminent. Now some Israeli officers say the same. Mass, deliberate starvation of 2 million people. That's what's happening. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...

Starmer: this is "incalculable damage"

📄 New article: Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

We invite signatures from UK law people for our open letter on the aftermath of FWS. *Please sign and share with your networks* as we will send to the relevant parliamentary human rights bodies on closure of the letter.

The forensics don’t lie. Medics shot in the head, at close range, and more. Prima facia has to be considered a war crime. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

getting a bit tiring to think "ah yay, the worst people you know are having a great day" several times a week, every single week

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

On 8th April, I'll be speaking at VERNAC TALKS by DIGNITY Vernacular Accountability Project. My talk, Restoring Harmony, explores how Nasa Indigenous justice in Colombia offers a restorative and collective model for human rights accountability. DM me for the Zoom link. @cahr-york.bsky.social

Including judgments against Greece for death of a migrant, and against Serbia for extradition to an unsafe country

I am writing a textbook on International Human Rights Law with my amazing colleagues at bsky.app/profile/lsjl... and... it’s a bit special and I'm really excited about it. What’s so special? Well it will be completely free and open access. But for it to work I need some help...

400 years ago today, Charles I became king of England, Scotland and Ireland. It went really well for him.

An excellent piece from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in The @newstatesman.com on his family's SEND struggles. High praise for SNJ's "battle-hardened SEND veterans" ”Don’t take away children’s rights, because if you do, you'll have a hell of a fight on your hands.” www.newstatesman.com/politic...

"No return to austerity" latest

New blog post: "Spatial Justice in Eviction Cases under the South African Constitution" -- indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/g... [A guest post by Rishika Sahgal.]

Instructive to see the pushback judgment against Cyprus (M.A. and Z.R. v Cyprus) being deemed best ECtHR judgment of 2024 in the Strasbourg Observers poll: strasbourgobservers.com/2025/03/18/r... The judgment, finding violation of A3, A4P4, and A13, can be found here: hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-236141

Free speech is for ideas we like; otherwise, it's sparkling terrorism

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.

Thrilled that my article 'Border Penality as Antagonistic Politics' has been selected as Editors' Choice in the latest issue of @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social "for its innovative analysis and approach to criminology" Read it below 👇 @cahr-york.bsky.social @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, after having previously turned down many other similar challenges. The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.

The mining company is not paying its own legal fees. Burford Capital, a London- and NY-listed litigation finance specialist, has invested in the case, covering the cost of the proceedings in exchange for a share of the financial benefits if it is successful. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Important judgment against Cyprus today from the European Court of Human Rights: unanimous finding of Article 3 and 8 violations in relation to a young woman's gang rape allegations, with the Court condemning the gendered stereotypes, biases and victim-blaming in authorities' handling of the case.

Mother had carer’s allowance stopped while with disabled daughter in hospital - this is a feature, not a bug, of an inhuman system. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

You can now read the article here: www.theguardian.com/world/commen... - if of interest, please share.

The dehumanisation these stories demonstrate is staggering www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it

The Call for Applications for the 2025 LPE in Europe Summer Academy is now open💥💥💥 2-4 June, Rotterdam Deadline: 23 February. Accommodation and catering expenses are fully covered, with travel budgets also provided. See more: lpeineurope.org/wp-content/u...

One of those sad days when scholarship on state crimes and imperialism feels painfully relevant. My article, "Economic Sanctions as State Crime: Empire, Law, and the US’ Economic Warfare in Latin America," about to come out in the BJS coincides with the US's imposition of sanctions on Colombia

This was such a wonderful event!