Human Rights Consortium

Forthcoming hybrid event: The Legal Obligation for Genocide Prevention, Tuesday 4 November, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Room 264, Senate House and ONLINE

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#Genocide #MinorityRights #HumanRights

Professor Corinne Lennox will be panellist at a hybrid webinar NEXT WEEK: 'Global caste-scapes: inequality and belonging in the 21st century' 29 October, 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT), City St George’s and ONLINE: city-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83108880169

shorturl.at/f6iGv

#Inequality #HumanRights #CasteInequality

What an inspiring and joyous evening celebrating 30 years of human rights education at the #ICwS!

Thank you to the current students, alumni, panellists and staff, old and new, for celebrating this momentous occasion with us.

Check our website soon for the event recording: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk

Register now for this forthcoming 2-day hybrid conference entitled: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House & Online
shorturl.at/av3vh

#Democracy #Commonwealth #Leadership #Actvism #Empowerment

Calling all #graduates and #currentstudents of our post-graduate human rights programmes - join us this Thursday to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in #HumanRights education! 🎉 🎉 🎉

16 October, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London!

Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:

www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning

Don’t miss this exciting in-person chat with Albie Sachs on 1st October: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Albie Sachs in Conversation, 1 October 2025, 4pm-5:30pm, Warburg Auditorium

Join us for a fireside chat with Albie Sachs—anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

#SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #AlbieSachs

www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The book Launch for 'Unbroken Chains: A 5,000 year history of African enslavement' written by ICwS Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut took place on 28 August 2025. This is a new, full
history of slavery in Africa, from the Pharaohs to the present.

shorturl.at/xqcb2

#HumanRights #Africa #Slavery

Calling all graduates and current students of our postgraduate human rights programmes - join us in London to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in human rights education!

16 October 2025, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #Alumni #CurrentStudents

SAVE THE DATE AND PRE-REGISTER NOW! 👇 👇 👇

'Ecocide, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice Conference'
31 October 2025, Senate House, London

Bringing together scholars, activists, diplomats and lawmakers.

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#Ecocide #HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice

One day left to apply to our MA in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇 www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

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

shorturl.at/VIpRo

#GlobalGovernance #Multilateralism #HumanRights

Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇 👇

mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new...

And subscribe here: shorturl.at/uhnaG

#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.

youtu.be/_lql4JG0sYM?...

View the event details here: shorturl.at/O420Z

#GlobalReparations #HumanRights #Commonwealth

Call for papers - deadline today! 👇 👇 👇

www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...

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.

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#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:
uolpress.co.uk/book/refugee...

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

shorturl.at/8GyyA
#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.

shorturl.at/RN6XC

#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.

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

#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.

Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#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.

Read more: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#DRC #Governance #RuleofLaw #Development

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

youtu.be/KNCI0WQr0Ak

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

Webinar NEXT WEEK 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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

www.ibanet.org/conference-d...

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.