Human Rights Consortium

On 29 July 2025, the #ICwS, alongside our project partners, the #ICJ and the Commonwealth Secretariat, together with local host partner, ICJ Kenya, held an Africa Launch of the Practitioners’ Guide on a #HumanRights Based Approach to #CriminalLaw in Kenya.

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Call for Papers - From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order. Deadline: 20 September 2025

From our partner: Human Rights Centre, University of Padova

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#GlobalGovernance #Multilateralism #HumanRights

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#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide

New event recording now available online from the Memorial2007 Annual Lecture featuring by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies.

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#GlobalReparations #HumanRights #Commonwealth

Call for papers - deadline today! 👇 👇 👇

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2025 Human Rights Masters Programme Study Tour to Geneva A key component of our MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights is the Geneva Human Rights Study Tour, held during the summer session of the UN Human Rights Council.

A key component of our MA in #HumanRights is the Geneva Human Rights Study Tour, held during the summer session of the UN's Human Rights Council which allows our students to apply their learning in a practical setting.

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#Commonwealth #Geneva #UnitedNations

For World Refugee Day, we'd like to highlight this recent #OpenAccess title in the #CriticalHumanRightsStudies series, published with @hrc-sas.bsky.social & @icws-sas.bsky.social: #Refugee Reception in Southern Africa by @nicholasmaple.bsky.social.

Available here:
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Hybrid event TODAY co-organised by ICwS Senior Lecturer Dr. Olivia Lwabukuna and featuring Professor Eka Ikpe

"Beyond Aid: Rethinking Power, Sovereignty, Law and Development in Africa" Thursday 19 June 2025, 15:00–17:00 BST, SOAS

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#Africa #Politics #Economics #Law #Development

Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes We are pleased to present their joint initiative to develop practical, multidisciplinary Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes.

Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes 👇 👇 👇

This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice.

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#EnvironmentalCrimes

Join us THIS FRIDAY on 20 June 2025 from 14:00 - 15:00 (BST) at our live #RefugeeDay webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights.

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#HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning

Call for papers - Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis How well-equipped is the Commonwealth to face the multiplicity of challenges posed to a rules-based international system?

Call for papers – Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis - Deadline: 30 June 2025

More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...

#Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI

Refugee Day - Friday 20 June Join us at our Refugee Day, where you will have the opportunity to find out more about our MA Human Rights and MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies degrees.

Join us NEXT WEEK on 20 June 2025 from 14:00 - 15:00 (BST) at our live Refugee Day webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights.

Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy
#DistanceLearning #RefugeeDay

ICwS meeting with the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth On 11 June 2025, Professor Kingsley Abbott and Dr Olivia Lwabukuna had the privilege of meeting with the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth, the Hon Shirley Botchwey.

Today, Professor Kingsley Abbott, ICwS Director, and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Olivia Lwabukuna, had the privilege of meeting with the new Secretary General of the #Commonwealth, the Hon Shirley Botchwey.

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#HumanRights #Democracy #RuleofLaw

Join us on 20 June 2025 at our live Refugee Day webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights.
From 14:00 - 15:00 (BST)

Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning #RefugeeDay

World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland Scotland to Introduce Ecocide Bill

World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland 👇 👇👇

#Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group.

Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights

Ongoing Conflict in Eastern DRC: Challenges to Governance, the Rule of Law and Development - On 30 April 2025, we co-hosted this event alongside SOAS's Africa, Law and Development Research Cluster.

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#DRC #Governance #RuleofLaw #Development

New #ICwS Event Recording - 'Global Activism for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Challenges and Opportunities in the Anthropocene', 12 March 2025

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#IndigenousPeoples #SelfDetermination #GlobalGovernance #Pluralism #Anthropocene #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRights #ClimateAction

Webinar NEXT WEEK 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

#HumanRights in the #media, 20 May 2025, 1pm-2pm BST, Online

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Co-hosted by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Human Rights Lawyers' Association (HRLA). The #ICwS are a supporting partner of this event.

Forthcoming hashtag#ICwS event: 'Revisiting Gandhi in the Age of Masculinity and Majoritarianism', 20 May 2025, 5pm - 7pm BST, Room 261, Senate House. Learn more and register here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#India #Politics #Masculinity #Hindutva #Identity #Decolonisation #Gandhi

Apply now for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!!

We are delighted to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake.

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#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights

Forthcoming #ICwS event: 'Revisiting #Gandhi in the Age of #Masculinity and #Majoritarianism', 20 May 2025, 5pm - 7pm BST, Room 261, Senate House. Free to attend - register here:

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#India #Politics #Identity #Decolonisation #AnanyaVajpeyi

Congratulations to all of our students who are graduating this week! Well done on this incredible achievement 🎓 💫 🎉

#UoLGrad2025 #Graduation #UniversityOfLondon #HumanRights #DistanceLearning

Join us on 30 April 2025 (6pm-8pm, Room B202, SOAS Gallery) for a critical conversation on the Ongoing Conflict in Eastern DRC and its broader implications for governance and the rule of law. Register here: shorturl.at/d0ezA
#DRC #Governance #RuleofLaw @soasuni.bsky.social @hrc-sas.bsky.social

Climate action now! We only have one home. #EarthDay

Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎

A reminder that climate action is crucial to protecting human rights. #EarthDay2025

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#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression

In honour of #CommonwealthDay, Professor Sue Onslow and Dr. Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna have written a new #ICwS blog piece entitled 'Out of every crisis, an opportunity. Enter the Commonwealth?'

Read it here:

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#Commonwealth #Politics #Government

The Growing Role of International Climate Litigation: Insights from the Commonwealth Round Table on Advisory Opinions The Commonwealth Secretariat hosted a Round Table on Advisory Opinions on Climate Change at Marlborough House.

Yesterday, the Commonwealth Secretariat hosted a Round Table on Advisory Opinions on Climate Change at Marlborough House. #ICwS Associate Research Fellow Maud Sarlieve was in attendance. Read more here:

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#ICJ #ClimateJustice #InternationalLaw #Commonwealth

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows, Professor Christopher Roberts

Professor Roberts is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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#RuleofLaw #HumanRights #WorkersRights

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows, Dr Cherisse Francis, an educator, researcher and consultant from the Caribbean.

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#Commonwealth #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #DecriminalisePovertyandStatus #Poverty