We're calling on the UK Government to finally ratify International Labour Organization Convention 189 🪧 We join migrant domestic workers and demand the UK Government recognise that domestic work is work! Find out more: www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaigns-2/...

On 4 November, 6pm at UCL, we'll hold a launch event for 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law' - many thanks to speakers Cristy of @kalayaan.org.uk , @tnovitz.bsky.social and Lydia Hayes and chair @vmantouvalou.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Book launch: Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law

Join us for a panel discussion marking the launch of 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law', organised by the Institute for Human Rights

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I wrote a short piece on 'Debating Social Rights with Conor Gearty' for a special issue of the European Human Rights Law Review that will honour Conor Gearty (1957-2025). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We're hiring an Operations and Administrations Manager (permanent) to join our small but impactful team. This role is essential to Kalayaan’s team and to our ability to transform the lives of our clients. Find out more and apply 🕛️ Deadline midnight 2 August 2026: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Loved being interviewed about my research by my colleague, Professor Judy Stephenson, for her podcast series 'A Cup of Tea with...'. on the topic 'Excluded Workers and Human Rights'. Thanks very much Judy and @uclpressjournals.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/podcast/work...

Excluded Workers and Human Rights: A Cup of Tea with Professor Virginia Mantouvalou

Profs Judy Stephenson and Virginia Mantouvalou discuss the challenges that migrant workers face in knowing and upholding their rights

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It's International Domestic Workers Day 🔊 To mark IDWD2026, we're launching our Domestic Work is Work campaign! We join migrant domestic workers and call on the UK Government to finally ratify @ilo.org Convention 189 and recognise that domestic work is real work! #internationaldomesticworkersday

My paper 'State-Mediated Structural Injustice' forthcoming in Cordelli (ed), Structural Injustice, NOMOS: Yearbook of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, NYU Press, 2027 available below. I enjoyed a brilliant conference at University of Chicago. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Go Team Kalayaan!🚶🏅 Our team completed 10km at the London Legal Walk yesterday to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services. There's still time to donate: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-... Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! 💗

Peter Mandelson was asked for his Whatsapp messages on his phone but refused to hand them over. A legal minefield: @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have written about it here in 'Bring Your Own Device — Now Hand It Over!' digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol45/...

Support Team Kalayaan and help us give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation + domestic servitude 🚶On 9th June, we'll be taking part in a 10k walk at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

London Legal Walk 2026

Thank you for supporting our team in fundraising for the 2026 London Legal Walk. We will be walking on Tuesday 9th June to give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation and domestic ser

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In 1987, we were founded by migrant domestic workers for migrant domestic workers. Our team at Kalayaan and our Campaigning Group are following in the footsteps of the campaigners of the 1980s-90s to demand justice for migrant domestic workers.   www.kalayaan.org.uk/about-us/our...

March 2026 issue now available: The March Issue of the Modern Law Review is now available. Read more: www.modernlawreview.co.uk

🚶On 9th June, our team will be taking part in a 10k at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services. We deeply appreciate any generous support you are able to give to sponsor our team at this time: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

Just voted in the UK local elections. Always crucial to vote: wheredoivote.co.uk

📣 Say it loud and say it clear: Domestic Work is Work! To mark International Workers' Day 2026, we stand alongside migrant domestic workers to call on the UK Government to recognise that domestic work is work and ratify ILO Convention 189. #IWW2026 #InternationalWorkersDay #DomesticWorkIsWork

Plus an outstanding set of over 60 confirmed presenters & panellists including the Low Pay Commission, TUC, ILO, Citizens Advice, HSE, and other leading experts from the UK and internationally, academia and well beyond. 3/3

Conference will launch a landmark study & showcase cutting-edge research & practice from around the world. Keynotes from Matthew Taylor, David Weil, Virginia Mantouvalou & Alex Bryson. 2/3 @vmantouvalou.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

Interested in workers’ rights, their protection and enforcement? Come join us at the Working Lives Conference in London on 13 & 14 May 2026, co-hosted by UCL and the Fair Work Agency. We’ve got an amazing line up for you (1/2) www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

Working Lives Conference

Working Lives: The scale and nature of precarious work and labour market non-compliance in the UK and beyond. Presented by UCL Department of Security and Crime Science.

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We may be late to celebrate this - but this is still excellent news. The book can be purchased or downloaded @uclpress.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/ucl-at-...

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A few days ago we launched our book UCL at 200: Two Centuries of Insight and Impact, which I edited with the support of a brilliant team. This book brings together more than 100 colleagues from across UCL and celebrates outstanding research of our community.

JOB! I'm hiring a Senior Research Associate in Social and Political Philosophy as part of the ERC LEAD Project. Deadline is May 3rd, and candidates would ideally begin in September 2026 or asap after. Feel free to contact me with any questions - Share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

We support Domestic Worker Rights ✊ Do you? On Monday 6th April, it's the 14-year anniversary of the changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa. That's 14 years since the UK Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their labour rights. Read our research: buff.ly/fPKM4ER

UCL Laws recently marked two centuries of leadership in expanding women's access to legal education with a powerful International Women's Day event that brought together a distinguished panel of inspiring practitioners and academics. ⚖️ 🎓 @vmantouvalou.bsky.social Read the news ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypwr2949

The Fair Work Agency launches in April & has the potential to reshape labour market enforcement. We support calls for: ✅ Proper resourcing ✅ A firewall from Immigration Enforcement so migrant workers can report abuse safely and ✅ Transparent enforcement data www.trustforlondon.org.uk/fwa-briefing

Building a Fair Work Agency that works for all

We tackle poverty and inequality in London

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A few days ago we launched our book UCL at 200: Two Centuries of Insight and Impact, which I edited with the support of a brilliant team. This book brings together more than 100 colleagues from across UCL and celebrates outstanding research of our community.

Today we had the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, giving a brilliant lecture @laws.ucl.ac.uk on People, Power and Society in the Age of AI. The text is here, which also celebrates our UCL Bicentennial: www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

Much looking forward to welcoming the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, tomorrow at 1.45pm @laws.ucl.ac.uk for the Annual Lecture of the UCL Institute for Human Rights on the topic: 'People, Power and Society in the Age of AI'. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/people-pow...

People, Power and Society in the Age of AI

This UCL200 event, organised by the Institute for Human Rights, explores how digital technologies intersect with human rights to shape a fai

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Enjoyed being interviewed for China Law Journal on 'What Can Scholars Do in the Face of Structural Injustice?' There will soon be a Chinese edition of Structural Injustice and the Law (@uclpress.bsky.social), a book I co-edited w/ @jowolff.bsky.social, with Morning Star Press, a Hong Kong publisher

Ahead of International Women’s Day, pleased to support Disay* to share her story with @thelondonstandard.bsky.social about her experiences & the changes we need in order to ensure all migrant domestic workers, a mostly female workforce, are protected & safe at work www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

The hidden scandal of modern slavery in London

Unpaid wages, 20-hour days, screaming abuse — Hannah Wallace investigates the grim reality for migrant domestic workers, helpless inside the city’s grandest addresses

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Just found out about Tap Social and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks @timcauser.bsky.social! Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.com

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Change is Brewing! Shop now for Criminally Good Beer. We’re passionate about great craft beer and social justice. Free local delivery & nation-wide shipping.

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Happy 200th Birthday, UCL! @uclnews.bsky.social An honour for me to be Lead Editor of the book UCL at 200: Two Centuries of Insight and Impact. It contains over 100 pieces on groundbreaking research from across UCL the last two centuries. It is available here www.ucl.ac.uk/about/ucls-b...