Thank you for contributing & for this excellent lens on the discussions. Externalising/othering constitutional (fundamental) rights takes the othering of the individuals they protect to an extreme. Migration debates are instrumentalised to justify a broader assault on human&constitutional rights.

Exciting times for me as my book arrives! ‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’ —Anthony Seldon ‘A tour de force’ —Matthew d’Ancona ‘Political history at its finest’ —Peter Foster ‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’ —David Kynaston

⏰ Closing tomorrow ⏰ Call for Papers: The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience – The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35. More details 👇 👇 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...

Still time to send us your abstract - CfP deadline on 4 June 👇👇

Join us for the ICLQ Annual Lecture on 13 May at BIICL in London or online

Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

Update: Members of the House are now involved in an effort to find out about the agreement that the administration made with El Salvador concerning the detention of migrants, an agreement that under federal law must be reported to Congress. democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...

Timely evidence and thread - on a day the Committee took heard more. Delighted to have had the opportunity to give evidence with @arabellalaw.bsky.social and @mariomendez.bsky.social

📢 Want to learn how to engage effectively with the UN? Join us for "Engaging with the United Nations" This session aims to equip civil society with the tools to amplify their voices and influence international human rights mechanisms. 📅 Date: 7 May 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Join us on 25 April, 1 pm UK time (BST) www.linkedin.com/events/celit...

A great initiative of a transatlantic conversation - not just for historians 👇

🌍 Exciting News! The ICLQ is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Join us for: 📚 Publication alerts with full-text articles 📰 Journal news and info 🔁 Reposts of opportunities and events in our 5 fields of interest ( #PIL, #privil, #comparativelaw, #EUlaw, #HR) Follow us and share this post with your network! 🌟

I am delighted to report that my chapter discussing "The asymmetric multilayered protection of human rights in the UK after Brexit: a fragmented human rights protection as a factor of constitutional resilience?" (in German) was published last week.

We are launching an LL.M. program in Comparative and Global Law @uni-muenster.de, which is one if the top places in Germany to study law in English, w particular strengths in comparative law & legal history.More info below, pls help spread the word! www.jura.uni-muenster.de/de/internati...

🇩🇪⚖️The annual reports of BVerfG, available in English, professionally designed, clear, concise, with data, are a stellar achievement of a court that otherwise tends to occasionally struggle with communication (the BVerfG Instagram account story will never not be hilarious)

German Federal Constitutional Court just published its Annual Report 2024 (with a helpful summary of some important cases in 2024 and a forward look to 2024) www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/P...

Moving here 👋 - long overdue. Tips on how to rebuild and settle into the new home quickly would be most welcome.