Important new report from the Bingham Centre's Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice: binghamcentre.biicl.org/documents/22...

Data released this week shows that a record number of referrals were made to Prevent in the year to March 2025. The majority of referrals were made for individuals who had “no identified ideology.”

I am delighted to see this great piece in the Guardian about developments in partial ectogestation - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... - and glad to have had the opportunity to contribute some of the insights from my work over the last 8 years @durham.ac.uk

Prevent opened up to C4 News last week. This 10-minute film (from 19:30) is the result. Recommended. www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

My report of July 2025 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Full figures here www.gov.uk/government/s...

Prevent stats published today www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

A majority of #PREVENT referrals in the past year have no identifiable ideology. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

It's a tight race. Callum still needs a bit of support from Team Dog.

The IPT has dismissed complaints made by two Guantanamo Bay detainees alleging public law illegality by UK security agencies in their ill-treatment by the US: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u... The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.

📣 Call for contributors 📣 from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'. Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼

This is on now. 🤓

Giving this talk tmr!

I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair! www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

FWIW this isn’t the only systematic review of violent extremism threat/risk assessment tools. There is also this one: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

15-page pamphlet summarising the results of systematic literature review of violent extremism risk assessment tools (or threat and risk, given that most studies it examines are of TRAP-18 and that tool’s creator is emphatic about the threat/risk distinction): static1.squarespace.com/static/66895...

Public Law is looking make several appointments to its Editorial Committee - details etc ⬇️ - expressions of interest to [email protected] by 31 October 2025.

Prosecuting for Daesh crimes: debate today on JCHR’s important recent report hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0....

We are pleased to open the Call for Papers for the 2026 Public Law Conference, 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town. The theme is "Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy". Submit an abstract via Oxford Abstracts by 14 Nov 2025: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382... Details⬇️

Happy publication day! Public Law and the UK Supreme Court: www.routledge.com/Public-Law-a... Private Law and the UK Supreme Court: www.routledge.com/Private-Law-...

The next Public Law Conference will be held at University of Cape Town, 1-4 July 2026. The theme is Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy. 2026 marks the 30 year anniversary since the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. More details coming soon.

A bunch of new resources on the Australian legal definition of terrorism, and past reviews of the definition, have been added to the INSLM website: www.inslm.gov.au/reviews/defi...

This will be terrific: @bymyong.bsky.social consistently illuminates aspects of the constitution that the rest of us - unjustifiably - ignore

🚨 Exciting news for public law scholars: @icon-s.bsky.social ICON•S Annual Conference 2026 will be hosted in Dublin @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social Centre for Constitutional Studies ⬇️

A reminder

- Organisatons: ASEAN - Organisations: Commonwealth of Independent States - Bulk personal data acquisition If you would be interested in writing one of these entries for the encyclopaedia, please do get in touch. Entries should be 2,000 words long, with a deadline of 30th September.

- Defining terrorism: North and Central America - Terrorist organisations: UN sanctions regime - Police powers: comparative pre-charge detention - Emergency Powers Paradigm - The war response - The role of rights in counter-terrorism: right to life

line-up of contributors that includes @leejarvis.bsky.social @jamesfitz2.bsky.social @davidwellsct.bsky.social @rvanark.bsky.social @broderickmcdonald.bsky.social @conorgearty.bsky.social @muniramustaffa.bsky.social and many others. We have nine entries left to commission, on the following topics:

**Call for contributors to the Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law** @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic

Yesterday there was an important discussion of the legality of Palestine Action's recent proscription, hosted by John McDonnell MP. Here were some of the key issues raised -

“Lessons for #Prevent“ now published www.gov.uk/government/p...

Now published: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687611...

My report "Lessons for Prevent" will be published on Wednesday, probably late morning. My terms of reference ask me to look at the Prevent histories of the killers of Sir David Amess and the Southport girls, and draw any conclusions for the future of Prevent. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Another opportunity to join Durham Law School as a three-year career development fellow in public law. A great Law School and a vibrant public law community with opportunities to teach in both core and optional modules, and excellent support for research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX378/c...

Report on the Terrorism Acts (operation in 2023) is now published. It continues important discussions about terrorism and the internet. Glad to see discussion of young people online, and flattered to be cited on this issue! For those interested, the work cited is forthcoming with OUP 👀

Forthcoming report on Prevent may recommend an anti-violence scheme beyond extremism: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social rb.gy/ybcbpf

Happy to share that my article, 'The Securitisation of Parents: The Regulation of Parenting in the Counterterrorism Context' has been published by the CFLQ. The journal isn’t open access: feel free to ask for a copy, or alternatively you can access the article on LexisNexis here: lnkd.in/eY39bsK9

Hey abortion friends, consider submitting a proposal for my edited collection 'Abortion Within and Beyond Medico-Legal Frameworks' 👇 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/... #repro #abortion

Here I argue the Home Secretary's case that Palestine Action is concerned in terrorism is lacking in evidence, and proscribing the group is disproportionate. It will criminalise a significant proportion of civil society and be counterproductive for maintaining safety.

‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’ New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

This is a public order issue. It isn’t terrorism, and it undermines the credibility of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy to treat it as such. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a dangerous lowering of the bar regarding what counts as terrorism. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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.

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.

Public Law has entered the chat.

🚀 Join us for a reception for the launch of Diverse Voices in Health Law at @citystgeorges.bsky.social London, 16 June 5pm www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Looking forward to heading to Uni of Bham in a few weeks for the Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law workshop!