I've just emailed my MP to urge them to defend the European Convention on Human Rights. Use @libertyhq.bsky.social's helpful tool and call on your MP to oppose the watering down of our key protections. secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/189608/...

Tell your MP: Defend the ECHR

Urge your MP to defend our vital human rights framework.

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Celebrating our authors is one of the pleasures of being on the editorial board - looking forward to the ICLQ Annual Lecture and ECR prize talk ❤️

International & Comparative Law Quarterly@iclq.bsky.social · 6mo ago

*** ICLQ Annual Lecture - Human Rights Obligations in Maritime Search and Rescue Operations *** Presented by Dr Sofia Galani of @panteion.bsky.social. 📅 Date: 12 May 2026 🕑 Time: 5.30-7.30pm (registration from 5.00pm) 🍷 Reception: drinks reception from 7.30pm 🖋️ Registration via link below

Let's go through the Eramus statement together 1/ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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.

Mark Elliott@profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New post Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...

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...

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

In 2025, we celebrate two anniversaries, the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission. These significantmilestones will b…

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

Katja Ziegler@profziegler.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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

International & Comparative Law Quarterly@iclq.bsky.social · last yr.

Places are filling fast for the ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025! Make sure you register soon to hear Prof Benoît Mayer explore the 'Highest Possible Ambition' in #ClimateChange Mitigation. 📅 13.05.25 | Register here: buff.ly/zjVthUs #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicInternationalLaw

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...

Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI

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 ...

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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...

Meeks, Castro Send Letter to Rubio Demanding Answers on El Salvador Agreement

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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

Alexander Horne@legalmusings.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, the House of Lords International Agreements Committee published some evidence on treaty scrutiny that I jointly wrote with @hhesterm.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... (Short 🧵)

📢 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...

Engaging with the United Nations

A capacity building session on engagement with the UN international human rights mechanisms

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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 👇

Christina Morina@christina-morina.bsky.social · last yr.

Join "Historians on Democracy" @democracyhistory.bsky.social - a conversation series on democracy in past and present. Part 1: What was, what is, and what can be done?“, April 8, 11 am EST/17 CET, with: Jim Grossman, Dagmar Herzog, Jürgen Kocka, Colin Berg, Ute Frevert and myself. Reg: rb.gy/q0soa4

🌍 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)

Katja Ziegler@profziegler.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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.