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Apply NOW for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!!
Applicants must already have been offered a place on our MA Programme so please apply by 16 March: www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
One week left to register 👇👇👇
'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner'
Thursday 19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm
Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth
💭⚖️ W/ The Commonwealth, @icws-sas.bsky.social & the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the UN in Geneva, we held a side event during #HRC61 to discuss a #humanrights -based approach to #CriminalLaw & the #decriminalization of conduct linked to #poverty, #homelessness & #status.
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#8MPs
Today is #CommonwealthDay!
The 2026 theme is ‘Unlocking opportunities together for a prosperous Commonwealth’.
Watch the message from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey here: youtu.be/Lr8_kdeIYuU?...
Learn more here: thecommonwealth.org/commonwealth...
#Commonwealth
@unwomen The rule of law is weakening, and women and girls are paying the price.
Around the world, conflict, repression, and backlash are weakening the systems meant to protect people.
This International Women’s Day, we push for #justice that delivers: in law, in systems, in real life.
#IWD2026
On 3 March 2026, the #Commonwealth Secretariat, #ICJ and #ICwS held a side event at the #UN #HumanRights Council to showcase their Practitioners’ Guide on a human rights-based approach to #criminallaw.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Poverty #Homelessness
@sas-news.bsky.social
The ICwS would like to extend our congratulations to former Senior Fellow Sir Ronald Sanders on his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Guyana.
www.uog.edu.gy/university-g...
HYBRID side-event TOMORROW on the margins of the 61st session of the #HumanRightsCouncil: Decriminalizing homelessness and poverty as a #humanrights response, 3 March 2026, from 13:00-14:00, ONLINE and Palais des Nations, Room XI
Join online: ungeneva-vc.webex.com/ungeneva-vc/...
#Commonwealth #UN
'Selective Justice is Not a Flaw of International Law. It’s the Feature.'
Read this new piece by Prof Damien Short in International Policy Digest where he argues that #ecocidelaw is not a utopian plea for moral awakening.
intpolicydigest.org/selective-ju...
#InternationalLaw #Justice #Ecocide
Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣
As part of the 30th Anniversary of #HumanRights Education at the #ICwS, we will be profiling alumni from our MA/PhD programmes to highlight their contributions to securing human rights.
⭐ This month's alum is Shahindha Ismail ⭐
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner
19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom
Register here:
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth
Applications are now open for the MA Human Rights at the University of London!
Apply by 5 August for a September 2026 start: www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
Join this practice-focused human rights MA to learn from human rights activists from around the world.
#HumanRights #PostgraduateStudy
Please note the list of this year's eligible countries here: www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Apply NOW for a full scholarship to the MA Human Rights by distance learning! Apply by 31 March for the September 2026 intake. PGCert and PGDip also available.
www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #PostgraduateStudy
Commonwealth Law Ministers urged to disseminate Practitioners’ Guide on a Human Rights-based Approach to Criminal Law 👇 👇 👇
Read more here:
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Commonwealth #CriminalLaw #DecriminalisationofPoverty #HumanRights
@sas-news.bsky.social
Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner
19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom
Register here:
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth
🌍 Landmark vote on #ecocide in Scotland 🌍
The ICwS welcomes yesterday’s historic vote by the Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first UK nation to criminalise severe environmental destruction.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
NEW CONFERENCE REPORT ONLINE 👇 👇👇
'Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis'
Read more here:
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Commonwealth #Democracy #Activism #Conference
🎓 Congratulations to all of our students graduating today at Senate House! 🎓
@sas-news.bsky.social
#Graduation #HumanRights #SASGraduation
We are deeply moved by Senior Research Fellow Dr Carl Wright's thoughtful and generous decision to support us with a legacy.
The University learned more about his motivation in supporting the us in the interview below:
stories.london.ac.uk/teog-2024-20...
#Legacy #Commonwealth #UniversityofLondon
📣 We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2026 Global Minority Rights Summer School! 📣 Deadline: 9 March 2026.
Jointly organised with the Tom Lantos Institute, the Ludovika University of Public Service, the Human Rights Consortium and the UNPO.
shorturl.at/Uudqi
Dr Bronwen Manby will be speaking at an online webinar on ‘human rights and nationality in perspective’, hosted by Lisbon University Faculty of Law tomorrow on 28 January 2026.
For more details and to register:
lisbonpubliclaw.pt/en/eventos/o...
#Statelessness #Discrimination #InternationalLaw
Alumni Spotlight 🔦 🎓 3️⃣ 0️⃣
As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we're profiling alumni and their contributions to securing human rights.
⭐ This month's alum is Ellie McDonald ⭐
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#AlumniSpotlight #HumanRights
EVENT NEXT WEEK from the University of London👇 👇 👇
Join one of the most dynamic young voices in climate justice today, Scarlett Westbrook, in conversation with Stewart Motha, Professor of Law, Birkbeck
28 January, 6:30pm, Senate House
shorturl.at/a2nQA
#ClimateChange #Ecocide #Policy
This morning, Professor Kingsley Abbott attended the fifth gathering of the Groupe des Ambassadeurs de la Francophonie.
leading a discussion on multilateralism, power and international law - commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Multilateralism #InternationalLaw #Commonwealth #UN
The deadline to apply for the MA Human Rights programme is TOMORROW:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
Read this new piece entitled 'From Policy to Practice: Operationalising Environmental Justice' co-authored by #ICwS Associate Research Fellows Maud Sarliève and Dr. Pauline Martini.
opiniojuris.org/2026/01/09/f...
#EnvironmentalJustice #InternationalLaw #ICC #ClimateJustice
Only a few days left to apply for the MA Human Rights at the University of London!
Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
We’re delighted to announce a new module on our MA Human Rights programme starting in spring 2026 entitled Women’s Human Rights. The module will be convened by Dr Noemi Perez Vasquez.
Learn more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-no...
#WomensHumanRights #PostgraduateStudy
Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇👇
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This edition includes Institute highlights, event recordings, Fellow updates, programme info, new scholarship student profiles and more!
Subscribe here: shorturl.at/el2FJ
#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide