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The upshot is that this approach to human rights law inevitably misrecognises reproductive violence. It invisibilises forms of serious, if depressingly everyday, harm which are produced, intentionally or unintentionally...

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Centering the Protection of Maternity in Advocacy for Gendered Protections in Wartime - Doing Feminist Legal Work In recent years, attacks on maternity hospitals, fertility clinics, and women’s medical centers in sites of armed conflict are visible and undulating. In

Over the next week at The Morrigan Blog we will be publishing pieces on 25 years of #UNSCR1325 - Women Peace and Security #WPS dflw.ie/women-peace-...

1st up is @niaolainf.bsky.social on the protection of maternity in wartime

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Houston, we have a problem.

This piece is very good - blaming women for dissent into #tyranny while also saying that women in power are always #tyrants & should be deposed is long established from Ancient Greece -
but as this piece also mentions John Knox's the Monstrous Regiment of Women is one its most vindictive takes.

BREAKING: Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency in Gaza to supply aid to the war-torn territory

During Brexit - me & @colinmurray.bsky.social made this argument repeatedly - to the DFA & more widely.
Good chaps is not to be relied upon. The Irish Gov eventually changed their advice & told people to register but the initial advice was that Irish citizens didn't have to - this was bad advice👇

We've had such fun curating the Utopias Reading Group - @aoifemod.bsky.social. Now you can see the list of utopias we've discussed:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/nu-cusp/utop...

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

Still time to sign up for 👇

Still time to register for our upcoming event on the plethora of referendums that have taken places across Britain and Ireland over the past few decades - diversity of topics, forms, outcomes & maybe some complacency in some quarters

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

He's got a point #CelebrityTraitors

This is great from @alangreene.bsky.social

ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...

This is going to be an excellent event with speakers including @maireadenright.bsky.social @conorkelly.bsky.social
@dkennytcd.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @aileenmcharg.bsky.social @danielwincott.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social 📢

Reminded me of this great book on Specultive Whiteness by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social -
well worth a read particularly if you need to navigate between the use of specultive fiction as a site of feminist hope, activism & imaginary & downright racism

www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Glad you are okay Sarah.

@sarahmaintains.bsky.social is on her way home. So much relief, but also so much admiration for her bravery and the bravery of all those on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

@proftwolf.bsky.social

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

Wolfson Final Report | Conservatives Wolfson Final Report

Like most apologias, the Wolfson report isn't supposed to be read, it's just supposed to exist to provide cover. But this is really pretty limited cover. If anyone is bothered, note the utter lack of any references re the GFA.

It's all just vibes:

www.conservatives.com/wolfson-fina...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

That the Irish Government did not have to do the *exact* same thing both shows a lack of understanding of #internationallaw but also that Irish Constitutional law already contains its own Bill of Rights - that binds the Gov & unlike the UK cannot be altered without a referendum 3/3

The #Wolfson Report also argues that the #BillofRights for #NorthernIreland was intended to replace ECHR rights at some point - there is no evidence for this - it was intended to extend and be contextual to Northern Ireland 2/3

The Wolfson Report treats #NorthernIreland and the international legal commitments of the UK Government - which are very clearly spelled out in the #1998Agreement - as mere political agreements.
Once again it is a Treaty & requires #ECHR rights - not UK versions of them
1/3

Ehm...

1) Because it is an integral part of the UK - not an overseas territority etcs., - & UK wide law applies to it

2) Direct Rule is always a possibility

3) Nice to the Conversative & Unionist Party looking for yet another sea border, as that is so popular.

See caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Detailed response and corrections here to the argument that withdrawal would not have an impact on the GFA by @colinmurray.bsky.social and @aoifemod.bsky.social

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

I posted about me & @ruthhoughton.bsky.social blogs on how dangerous #Project2025 is ... & how very clearly they set out their plan

I know a bit about how tyrants often present themselves in what otherwise would be seen as comedy/extraordinary/weird outfits - AI brings this to a whole new level

Trump Openly Brags About Having a Project 2025 Creator on His Team Donald Trump eagerly posted that he and Russell Vought are getting ready to gut “Democrat agencies” during the shutdown.

As #Project2025 's manifesto continues to be implemented by the #Trump Administration

Blogs by me & @ruthhoughton.bsky.social

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criticallegalthinking.com/2025/06/02/p...

on (un)democracy & blueprints to dismantle constitutions

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