International Law in Armed Conflict Short Course 3-7 August 2026, in-person, University of Essex, Colchester Campus ***Deadline to apply: 17 July*** In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, unde...

Strasbourg 23 June 2026

Lesbos court clears aid workers of people smuggling, a move Human Rights Watch called a vindication of their lifesaving activities at sea

A journalist in Venezuela described explosions during what she says were ‘targeted airstrikes’ on Caracas.

We, the undersigned, as practitioners and researchers working in UK migration and asylum law, collectively observe the following issues with the UK Government’s asylum policy announcements which were ...

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters. At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under Labour’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety. Continue reading...

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I qu...

On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.

Families of detained activists talk of their fear and confusion as Israeli missiles strike Evin prison in Iran

Alain Berset says no judiciary should face political pressure after nine countries make intervention over migration

By Prof. Carla Ferstman, Director of the Essex Human Rights Centre What is academic freedom? Academic freedom is about the right of members of an academic community to teach, research and express t…

Reporting Conflict: Ethics, Voices and Truths

How are countries reckoning with their role in the Afghanistan conflict and allegations of war crimes? We discuss various types of investigations currently taking place and what justice might look …

United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil war

Strasbourg 24/03/2025

In its resolution S35/1, on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Human Rights Council on 24 November 2022 decided to establish an independent international ...

Watching Bishop Budde stand up to Trump was inspirational

Iranian authorities have detained British and dual nationals on various charges in recent years, including espionage. The exact number of those detained is not published because some choose to avoid p...

The UK government has been criticised for bringing in new guidance which effectively bans refugees who entered the country illegally from acquiring British citizenship. #EuroVerify

Delayed introduction of England’s campus free speech act will help scholars confront bias confirmation propagated by social media bubbles, argue Carla Ferstman and Faten Ghosn

Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

Ahmed al-Doush has been held for more than four months without charge and has been given no reason for his arrest

In 2024 there are more than 100 conflicts ongoing, worldwide. A record number of aid workers have been killed.

Bashar al-Assad’s apparatus ran more than 100 detention facilities where it tortured indiscriminately.

Malala Yousafzai is involved in a new film documenting the lives of Afghan women under Taliban rule.

At least 10 people were killed and blackouts will be imposed throughout Ukraine on Monday.