International Law in Armed Conflict | University of Essex | Essex Human Rights Centre

International Law in Armed Conflict Short Course 3-7 August 2026, in-person, University of Essex, Colchester Campus ***Deadline to apply: 17 July*** In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, unde...

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Presidents of CINGO and its Expert Council reiterate concerns about Greece’s NGO registration and Ministerial Decision No. 82876 of 8 May 2026

Strasbourg 23 June 2026

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Republicans silent as Democrats call on US cabinet to oust Trump over Iran

Lawmakers call for use of 25th amendment after president brazenly threatens to commit war crimes in Iran

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Rights groups hail acquittal after seven years of aid workers prosecuted during Greece refugee crisis

Lesbos court clears aid workers of people smuggling, a move Human Rights Watch called a vindication of their lifesaving activities at sea

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Venezuelan journalist describes moment of ‘targeted airstrikes’

A journalist in Venezuela described explosions during what she says were ‘targeted airstrikes’ on Caracas.

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‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

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Statement of Consensus, November 2025 - ILPA

We, the undersigned, as practitioners and researchers working in UK migration and asylum law, collectively observe the following issues with the UK Government’s asylum policy announcements which were ...

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More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters. At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under Labour’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety. Continue reading...

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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

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Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison - The Tufts Daily

On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I qu...

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Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism

On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

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UK considers envoy for Britons held abroad

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.

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‘Helpless and trapped’: political prisoners stuck in Tehran jail with no way to flee bombings

Families of detained activists talk of their fear and confusion as Israeli missiles strike Evin prison in Iran

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Council of Europe chief warns against politicising court of human rights

Alain Berset says no judiciary should face political pressure after nine countries make intervention over migration

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Academic Freedom: A Stocktaking

By Prof. Carla Ferstman, Director of the Essex Human Rights Centre What is academic freedom? Academic freedom is about the right of members of an academic community to teach, research and express t…

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Reporting Conflict: Ethics, Voices and Truths | University of Essex

Reporting Conflict: Ethics, Voices and Truths

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Justice Update – Who Answers for the Crimes of International Forces in Afghanistan?

How are countries reckoning with their role in the Afghanistan conflict and allegations of war crimes? We discuss various types of investigations currently taking place and what justice might look …

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ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil war

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