Happy holidays from the Bonavero Institute ✨ At the end of Michaelmas term, the Institute came together to reflect on this past term, thank those who have contributed to the Bonavero community and welcome those who have recently joined the Institute.

NEW: A report from Oxford's @bonavero.bsky.social identifies, examines, and addresses the counter-arguments for ten key reasons for the UK to remain in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Find out more ⬇️ #HumanRightsDay

🚀 We’re live! Excited to kick off our Human Rights Day event to discuss why we need stronger economic, social & cultural rights protections in the UK. Looking forward to discussing how we can overcome barriers to justice and build a fairer, more equitable system. #EverydayRightsNow #HumanRightsDay

Today we celebrate #HumanRightsDay and mark 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. In our latest report, we have examined 10 reasons to stay in the ECHR, addressing a debate often dominated by widespread misunderstandings of what the ECHR does. 🔗 Read the full report: bit.ly/4a5bA7S

“Since 1980, the ECHR has found against the UK in only 13 removal cases, & just 4 of those concerned family life. In relation to immigration rules more broadly, the Court has only 3 times ruled that the UK’s immigration rules violate the ECHR in the past 45 years.” www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

What should the future of human rights and justice in the UK look like?  Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December. @justfairuk.bsky.social Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd

‘Courts have become important catalysts for climate governance.’ @bonavero.bsky.social's Prof Başak Çalı explains how judicial climate rulings could make a real difference in tackling the climate crisis ⬇️ #OxfordClimate

Register now for our upcoming seminar on 'The Human Rights Act and the Deportation of Foreign Criminals' hosted in collaboration with @bonavero.bsky.social. 🗓️ 2 December, 11:00-12:00 (GMT) 📌 LASS B63 & Online via MS Teams 🔗 Register here: human-right-act-deportation.eventbrite.co.uk

📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice. Join us and @bonavero.bsky.social on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK' 🎟️ Tickets here events.teams.microso...

How can we turn court rulings into real climate action?  Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change" https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P

📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice. Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK' 🎟️ Tickets here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/046a23...

📢 New publication! Governments are increasingly using legal and institutional tools to silence critics and shrink civic space. Our report reveals how these tactics weaken democracy and what can be done to resist them: buff.ly/De6Sxjk @bonavero.bsky.social @internationalidea.bsky.social

How can employment law defend dignity, equality & freedom at work? Join us on 5 Nov at the Bonavero Institute and online for Human Rights at Work: Reimagining Employment Law. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #EmploymentLaw #FutureofWork #HumanRights

Why do constitutions matter for women’s rights in Central & Eastern Europe? Our symposium on 29 Oct explores reproductive rights, anti-gender backlash & the role of courts in shaping equality-bringing fresh perspectives. For more detail: bit.ly/47x65gd #GenderEquality #WomenInLaw #ConstitutionalLaw

Call for Applications: Bonavero Graduate Research Residency 2026 Oxford graduate researchers in human rights, public law, international law, or the rule of law are invited to apply by 14.11. Visit: law.ox.ac.uk/bonavero-institute-of-human-rights/graduate-research-residency-programme #Humanrightslaw

Pleased to welcome Jack Beadsworth as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Modern Slavery & Human Rights PEC. His work focuses on migrant workers’ rights, labour exploitation and the intersections of labour and immigration law. #ModernSlavery #HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #LabourRights

Delighted to welcome Dr. Salmoli Choudhuri as an Early Career Fellow & co-convenor of the Law and Democracy Network. Her research explores legal and political ideas that shaped modern India and contributed to global thought. #LawAndDemocracy #AcademicResearch #GlobalThought

From Robben Island in 1970, Mandela wrote: 'Hope is a powerful weapon even when nothing else may remain.' Decades later, his words still inspire. Our Annual Highlights report takes hope as its theme. #NelsonMandela #Hope #Resilience

This summer the Bonavero research team’s work was widely recognised with research published in leading academic journals including @The European Journal of International Law, The German Law Journal, Human Rights Quarterly. Find out more: bit.ly/3Kt6DLc #LegalResearch #HumanRightsLaw #ResearchImpact

Tomorrow: tune into the livestream of the conference marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and featuring our Head of Research, Professor Başak Çalı. 📺 Watch here: bit.ly/4q1ojxC #HumanRights #ECHR75

Welcome to the Bonavero Institute's new research visitors: Elizabeth Brumby, Neil Hicks, Maria Ester Jordana Santiago, Harj Narulla, Michael Pal and Lulu Weis. Find out more about them and their research: bit.ly/46BUPim #HumanRightsLaw #LegalResearch #AcademicResearch

Welcome to our new Director, Rachel Murray who joins this week. Previously, Professor Murray was co-founder and Director of the Human Rights Implementation Centre and Professor of International Human Rights Law at Bristol University. #HumanRightsLaw #AcademicLeadership

Are you a graduate law or criminology student at Oxford with an interest in immigration and human rights law? Apply to join one of two collaborative legal aid clinics to gain meaningful experience addressing urgent human rights needs. Learn more: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/curr... #LegalAidClinic

Stats from our report on the ECHR and UK immigration has been featured on Sky News. Prof Alice Donald, our partner on this research, notes much reporting has been misleading - and that leaving the ECHR would likely make only marginal difference to appeal outcomes news.sky.com/story/inside... #ECHR

As Michaelmas Term approaches, we prepare to say goodbye to our inaugural Director, Kate O’Regan, retiring this autumn. Read tributes from colleagues reflecting on her leadership: bit.ly/3I9LLIg #ThankYouKateORegan #BonaveroInstitute

Meet the artist behind our 2024–25 Annual Highlights cover: Laure Rees-Smith, a Bristol-based illustrator for environmental and social impact. Her piece Holding Equity speaks to shared humanity and collective dignity. #HoldingEquity #BonaveroInstitute

Our 2024–25 Annual Highlights Report launches today. As we head into a new term, we’re proud to reflect on a year of impactful events, research, and global collaboration. Thank you to our community and partners — your support made it all possible. 📄 Download the report: bit.ly/3Kmfgac

We welcome @theobserveruk.bsky.social's piece on myths around the ECHR and UK immigration. Our research shows: – Misreporting of court cases is common – Successful human rights appeals are rare – Evidence, not exaggeration, must guide policy observer.co.uk/news/nationa... #HumanRights #Immigration

On Thursday, our team led by Başak Çalı, with Victoria Adelmant and Alice Donald, launched a report at the Houses of Parliament. The report examines how the European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK media 🏛💻 Find out more: bit.ly/3V1ZGCZ #immigrationlaw #humanrightslaw

"It's like drinking from polluted water" A piece from my colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social on recent research from @bonavero.bsky.social on how UK media often gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/its-dri...

📢 Are we truly free to hold ideas without interference or coercion? What is the response from international human rights law? Join us on 9/9 at 11-12:30ET 🔗Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfps... 🔗Zoom: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/book-...

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford examines how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is represented in the UK media 📄 Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

The 'Bonavero Perspectives' is our weekly research seminar series to discuss research in progress. Researchers value the insights gained from fellow researchers and academics that further shapes their research. Thank you to Prof Başak Çalı and Advait Tambe for organising and running Perspectives.

We hosted more than 100 events this past academic year including public lectures, book launches, roundtable workshops, and discussion groups. Thank you to our speakers and our research and events team (pictured) who made this possible. Catch up on events missed on our website: bit.ly/45NnksM

Aditi Sadhu from India, is our third summer school scholarship student. She found summer school a transformative experience - "It’s making me unlearn and relearn, and making me question and challenge myself every step of the way." Read Aditi's interview on our website bit.ly/4fx2tgJ #summerschool

Meet another of our summer school scholarship students, Syinat Sultanalieva from Kyrgyzstan. Syinat is a Human Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch @hrw.org. Read about Syinat's experience on our website: bit.ly/3J3W7t4 #Summerschool #humanrightslaw

We welcomed 3 new scholarship students to summer school this year – Geofrey Turyamusiima, a Ugandan lawyer and human rights advocate, shared: “Every advocate, every scholar needs this course… it’s a stepping stone to helping someone.” Read more about his experience: bit.ly/3J3W7t4 #humanrightslaw

A new report on child criminal exploitation by our research fellow, Dr Marija Jovanović and Dr Alicia Heys of the Wilberforce Institute urges the UK Government to strengthen protections for exploited children. Read the report: bit.ly/458liCa #ChildProtection #modernslavery

Good luck today and tomorrow to our Summer School students in their exams! Those who have elected to, and are eligible, will gain credits from their participation in the summer school against their Bar exams from The American Bar Association.

Join us today at 17:00 BST for: "Contemporary Challenges to the Authority and Legitimacy of International Human Rights Law" 🌍⚖️ This annual memorial lecture honours the legacy of Prof. Christof Heyns—human rights advocate, educator, and friend. Watch live: law-oxford.zoom.us/j/98792426640 #IntlLaw

Join us today at 17.00 BST for a thought-provoking lecture with Prof. Harold Koh: "Human Rights Under Siege in the Age of AI." Prof. Koh, Sterling Professor at Yale, asks: “What should we do to preserve human rights in an era of AI, authoritarianism, and global crisis?” Watch live: bit.ly/4m6LTq6

Our Summer School programme is an intensive immersion in international human rights law and practice for students. It prepares participants to contribute to the improvement of human rights conditions in their homelands and around the world. (Map has been corrected from a previous post).

Please join us for an in-person event tomorrow, Thursday 17 July, 17.00 at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford - 'Human Rights at the International Court of Justice: An Avenue for Global Justice?' See our website for more details bit.ly/3TKIa5v

Our Summer School students are experiencing life in Oxford while they study. They’re staying at New College, one of Oxford’s most historic colleges, founded in 1379. Tonight they’ll attend a welcome dinner at the College - a great start to an intellectually rich summer. #SummerSchool #NewCollege

Meet our 2025 Summer School Directors Prof. Başak Çalı (Bonavero), expert in European, UN & comparative human rights law + co-founder of the European Implementation Network Prof. Edward T. Swaine (GWU), widely published scholar of international law & foreign relations bit.ly/405yHt9 #Summerschool