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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday evening, the Institute was delighted to host an event with speaker, and Senior Research Fellow, Prof Luis Franceschi. He guided the audience in exploring an important topic on #InternationalLaw and the Art of the Possible. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Diplomacy #Peacebuilding

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

FORTHCOMING EVENT IN 2 WEEKS👇 👇 👇 International Law and the Art of the Possible with Luis Franceschi, 30 September 2026, 6pm-8pm, The Senate Room, First Floor, Senate House commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #InternationalLaw #Commonwealth #Diplomacy #Peacebuilding #Multilateralism

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From 17–21 August 2026, Institute of Commonwealth Studies PhD researcher Joe Ruzvidzo attended the Utrecht Summer School course “Advocacy for Academic Freedom and Human Rights” at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #AcademicFreedon #Democracy #HumanRights

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Academic Freedom and Human Rights in Focus at Utrecht Summer School

From 17–21 August 2026, Institute of Commonwealth Studies PhD researcher Joe Ruzvidzo attended the Utrecht Summer School course “Advocacy for Academic Freedom and Human Rights”.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Forthcoming event 👇 👇 👇 International Law and the Art of the Possible with Professor Luis Franceschi - 30 September 2026, 6pm-8pm, The Senate Room, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #InternationalLaw #Commonwealth #Multilateralism

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🌎 Study Human Rights from anywhere! 🌏 DEADLINE NEXT WEEK! Apply by 5 August for a September 2026 start. www.london.ac.uk/study/course... #HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #UniversityofLondon #DistanceLearning

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🌎 Study Human Rights from anywhere! 🌏 Apply by 5 August for the MA Human Rights by distance learning at the University of London! www.london.ac.uk/study/course... 1/3

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

⭐ Save the Date ⭐ An evening with the CARICOM Reparations Commission and other Guests, 13 July 2026, 6pm-8pm, Chancellor's Hall, Senate House sas.sym-online.com/registration... #CARICOMReparationsCommission #ReparatoryJustice #CARICOM #Reparations #CaribbeanHistory #Commonwealth

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🌟 GENEVA STUDY TOUR 2026 🌟 Another sunny day in Geneva for our MA and PhD Human Rights students there for their annual Study Tour this week. Here is the group enjoying an al fresco picnic by Lake Geneva! #HumanRights #Geneva #StudyTour #UnitedNations @sas-news.bsky.social @hrc-sas.bsky.social

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🌟 GENEVA STUDY TOUR 2026 🌟 Our MA and PhD Human Rights students are enjoying their annual Geneva Study Tour this week! Here are a couple of pictures from their trip, with the group jumping for joy at the gates of the UN Palais des Nations! #HumanRights #Geneva #StudyTour #UN #Commonwealth

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Join us on 18 June 2026 from 2pm-3pm (UK time) to hear about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights by distance learning from Programme Director Prof Corinne Lennox. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning @sas-news.bsky.social

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Congratulations to all of our students graduating this week! #UoLGrad2026 #HumanRights @uolondon.bsky.social

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

⭐ SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE MA HUMAN RIGHTS ⭐ ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY! We're honoured to offer the Yusuf Ali #Scholarship to students resident in #India, #Pakistan and #Bangladesh to enable one individual to study on the MA #HumanRights. www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

⭐ SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE MA HUMAN RIGHTS ⭐ We're honoured to offer the Yusuf Ali Scholarship to students resident in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to enable one individual to study on the MA Human Rights. www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f... #Scholarship #HumanRights #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣ As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni & currents students to highlight their contributions to securing human rights. ⭐ This month's alum is Antonia Mulvey ⭐ commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New on the #ICwS blog: 'Slavery in the Indian Ocean World' written by Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut This new piece focuses primarily on the history of slavery in East Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world. Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #Slavery #EastAfrica

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 Community screening: People’s Emergency Briefing, a powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining the climate & nature crisis - and what it means for food, health, weather & cost of living. 📍 Beveridge Hall, Senate House 📅 21 April 2026 🕖 6pm-8:30pm 🎟️ shorturl.at/kMHWX #London #PEBuk

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

'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

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Selective Justice is Not a Flaw of International Law. It’s the Feature.

International law was built to constrain the weak more than the powerful, and today vulnerable states are using tools like ecocide law to push back against that imbalance.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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/...

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Alumni Spotlight - Shahindha Ismail

Shahindha Ismail has advocated for hundreds of protesters arbitrarily detained and tortured during the movement for democracy in the Maldives from 2004.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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

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MA Human Rights

Designed and run by activist scholars based at the Human Rights Consortium, this practice-based online Master's will develop you as a human rights practitioner.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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

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Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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

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Commonwealth Scholarships

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships offer full fee waivers for residents of developing Commonwealth nations studying the MA Human Rights programme

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🌍 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/...

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Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

The Scottish Parliament will advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first nation in the UK to criminalise severe environmental destruction.

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Human Rights Consortium @hrc-sas.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎓 Congratulations to all of our students graduating today at Senate House! 🎓 @sas-news.bsky.social #Graduation #HumanRights #SASGraduation

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Human Rights Consortium @hrc-sas.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

📣 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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇👇 mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new... 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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟 The recording of 'The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow' event with Sir Hilary Beckles is now available on our website: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #SirHilaryBeckles #Africa #Caribbean #ReparatoryJustice #CARICOM #Commonwealth

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🌟 New Blog Post 🌟 In honour of #HumanRightsDay, we've published a new blog post entitled 'From human rights defenders in exile to human rights defenders everywhere - Voices in Exile: A Guide for Human Rights Defenders'. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #HumanRightsDefenders #HumanRights

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Today is UN Human Rights Day! It marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. “Our rights, our future, right now” www.un.org/en/observanc... #UN #HumanRightsDay

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Alumni Spotlight 🔦 🎓 3️⃣ 0️⃣ As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni on our MA and PhD programmes. ⭐ This month's alum is Deekshya Illangasinghe ⭐ commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #AlumniSpotlight #HumanRights #UniversityofLondon

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Alumni Spotlight - Deekshya Illangasinghe

Deekshya Illangasinghe has over 15 years of experience working for human rights, peace and democracy at the national, regional and international level.

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Human Rights Consortium @hrc-sas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

There is still time to register for our webinar TODAY at 1pm to learn about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇 Register here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟 The recording of our fireside chat with anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa, Albie Sachs is now available online: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #AntiApartheid #HumanRights #AlbieSachs #SouthAfrica

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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

👋 Hi Bluesky! The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate. Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/

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Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

There’s still time to register for the 2-day hybrid conference NEXT WEEK: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House and Online commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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/...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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

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Human Rights Consortium @hrc-sas.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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/...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Human Rights Consortium @hrc-sas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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

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