An excellent contribution as per from Richard, dissecting the Govt’s proposals to empower restrictions against cumulatively disruptive #protests, using three well worked practical examples I always forget and struggle to find Richard on here

One wonderful legal fact is that the provision effectively giving licence to agent to commit crimes abroad is... ...section 007 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/1...

Brexit has robbed young people of exciting opportunities, such as Erasmus, while also hurting our economy. Baroness Coussins: "The international experience provided by Erasmus significantly enhances future employability and language skills."

Mass protests like No Kings are a critical tool in opposing Trump and his authoritarianism. @leahgreenberg.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2019...

The Home Secretary should not be making false statements about human rights watchdogs

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

The UK Supreme Court has today begun the first of three days of hearings in a significant appeal in a case concerning controversial legislation on the legacy of the Troubles.

Identity cards - in case of interest - been here before global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Myths and misinformation - my piece on the political battle over the ECHR for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Terrible news.

I hope they do get arrested. If someone incites violence against another person, they should face the legal consequences. That’s how the law works in the UK. I think most people would agree, no?

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has passed a resolution stating that Israel’s “policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.” time.com/7313709/isra...

The ECHR is deeply embedded within the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This commitment does not allow the UK Government to formulate some version of what it regards as ECHR-equivalent protections. Read our joint statement 👇 @ppr-org.bsky.social & Human Rights Consortium NI

Significant intervention from some of NI's leading civil society groups working on rights and peacebuilding in response to today's Policy Exchange report claiming that the GFA does not restrict the UK's from withdrawing from the ECHR and on the importance of the ECHR for NI:

A man being held at the Rikers Island jail complex died on Saturday afternoon, at least the third detainee to die in city custody in recent days, New York City correction officials said.

Elaine Byrne: Commissioner Justin Kelly will have to tackle myth that gardaí are immune to consequences

Great explainer: The ECHR is protecting everyone in the UK 🚨 "Reform has touted its plan as a 'legal reset'. But it is better understood as a total rejection of the UK’s postwar international commitments to protect the human rights of everyone within its jurisdiction." https://bit.ly/3JYzaI8

I’d add two pretty obviously dubious claims in the PE report (read it carefully and you’ll see weasel words creeping in to hide the weaknesses): (1) that the (express) agreement to incorporate the ECHR into NI law with access to courts and remedies doesn’t mean “ECHR as interpreted by the ECtHR);

👮 Met Police are doubling their use of facial recognition technology But there has been ZERO govt oversight or laws to regulate this tech This is a worrying expansion of police surveillance + infringes on EVERYBODY's right to privacy news.sky.com/story/police...

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

Relevant to NI under the Windsor Framework (in terms of any diminution of rights under the Reception Conditions Directive as they stood on exit day).

As a summer of horrors unfolds in Gaza, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (Mark Stephens CBE, IBAHRI co-chair, Hina Jilani, IBAHRI co-chair and Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, IBAHRI director) asks the international community: if not now, when will it be time to act?

Irish government announces new Garda commissioner [ From BBC News NI ]

A *third* of the Commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state. Never seen anything quite like this.

This is very good: a must read by anyone concerned about the constitutional implications of this case.

For a detailed analysis of the impact of Walker Report see my book: Decades of Deceit: The Stalker Affair and its Legacy. @beyondthepalebooks.com

🎉Good news travels fast🎉 Thanks to @irishlegal.com for sharing details of Hannah's appointment. We are delighted to have her on our team!

Hannah Al-Qaryooti has joined Public Interest Litigation Support (PILS) as the non-profit’s legal support manager.

Judges order 'robust' inquiry into MI5 false evidence. Jude Bunting KC acted for the BBC, instructed by BBC Litigation. Read more here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/judges-...

You Only Lie Thrice

Important insight from Lord Anderson KC, the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation who has deep knowledge of the operation of the security and intelligence services.

This depressing story seems to indicate a need for cultural change within MI5. IPCO (which was itself misled) will no doubt comment in the report ordered by the Court. Two points made in the judgment show why this is indeed quite serious: /1

A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

"Northern Ireland will not automatically follow a ruling by the Supreme Court that sex is determined by biology - the Equality Commission has said." Praise be to the Windsor Framework! www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...

Not that Labour care about peace, the law or N. Ireland - but the ECHR is integral to the Good Friday Agreement. GFA placed a duty on UK Gov to incorporate the ECHR into N. Irish law so that people could challenge injustice in the courts if their rights were breached.

The rollout of synthetic pepper spray for use to incapacitate jailed children is “wholly irresponsible” while black and minority prisoners are more likely to be subjected to force than white inmates, a watchdog has said. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“The revelation means that MI5 has effectively given false evidence in this case to every organisation or court which is supposed to have access to the Security Service's secrets and is responsible for holding it to account” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One reason why UK cannot easily leave ECHR

The Trump administration is trying to end an immigration policy that requires govt to provide basic rights to detained child immigrants. The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A must read. Moore, a BBC journalist, exposes MI5’s attempts to cover-up abuse of boys in Kincora and a paedophile ring whose members included Mountbatten. For more on MI5’s role during the conflict in NI see my book Decades of Deceit: The Stalker Affair and its Legacy @btpbooks.bsky.social

Blogged Towards a Euro-Rwanda policy? The proposed new EU law rules on 'safe third countries': eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/towa...

We are delighted to publish a guest editorial from David Anderson KC with a strong argument on why @echr.coe.int is actually good for UK national security and why the arguments for withdrawal are unfounded. Open access brill.com/view/journal...

Lady Hale gets it: "There's nothing in that judgment that says that you can’t have gender neutral loos" www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

Never underestimate the statutory powers the police have to obtain all sorts of information - sometimes under rather old legislation.

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.

Covert surveillance of journalists by the police www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I am moving on from the Policing Board after 6 fantastic years. A great opportunity www.nipolicingboard.org.uk/human-rights...

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼