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Judith Bueno de Mesquita

@judithmesquita.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex. Working at intersection of human rights, global public health, environment, sustainability.

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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Essex unions declare ‘no confidence’ in v-c over job cuts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/essex-u...
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Essex unions declare ‘no confidence’ in v-c over job cuts
University apologises after some staff wrongly told they were at risk of redundancy but insists overall process has been ‘fair’
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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Join us for a discussion with two members of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Joo-Young Lee & Julieta Rossi) on the role of UN Treaty Bodies in norm setting and country monitoring. 🗓️ 12 March ⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 (UK time) Hybrid event Details 👇👇👇 www.essex.ac.uk/events/2026/...
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UN CESCR, norm setting and country monitoring: General Comment No. 27 and the UK review | University of Essex
UN CESCR, norm setting and country monitoring: General Comment No. 27 and the UK review.
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The University of Essex plans to close their Southend campus and cut up to 400 jobs — around one in five staff! But the staff and students are fighting back. Sign their petition to stop the cuts, save Southend, and protect education www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education
These proposed cuts mean people losing their livelihoods in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years can be dest...
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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
they’re coming for everyone but hitting the parts with the most positive social impact hardest: campus in Southend that was part of regeneration plans which trains nurses & social workers our foundation programme which does incredible work none of the rest of us *can* do
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Sophie Duroy @sophieduroy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Since they're not restructuring, they're putting us all at risk because there may be a diminished need for "teaching and research", which are... the university's missions I guess?
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Its been a while since i've posted, but coming out of social media intermission to share this devastating announcement we've had at Essex University this week - 400 proposed redundancies.
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro
We conclude that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, including mass killing, arbitrary detention and torture, meets the legal threshold for the term
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says
University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cuts
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
UNC public health students are pushing back against government attacks on their education — standing up for public health engagement with equity and social justice. www.change.org/p/stop-equit...
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Sign the Petition
Stop Equity Erasure at UNC Gillings - Reverse This Decision!
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Economic and Social Rights Academic Network, UK and Ireland @esranuki.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Welcome ESRAN to BlueSky! Please help the network by following, sharing this profile, and circulating the calls below!
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Ashfaq Khalfan @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
After two years of hard work, the legal commentary on the Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations is finally out! 🧵👇
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Administration will drive Columbia University into the ground . . . as a threat to other universities to fall in line. Democracy dies in an empty classroom.
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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Just published in @science.org: A World Less Safe & Secure We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will: * limit US leadership to protect public health & * challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
NEW in JAMA: “A World Without WHO—A Crossroads for US Global Health Leadership” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Preparing for the Trump Administration, Lawrence Gostin, Loyce Pace & I examine the consequences of US withdrawal from WHO and the imperative for continuing US leadership in global health.
JAMA Viewpoint: A World Without WHO—A Crossroads for US Global Health Leadership
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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
@judithmesquita.bsky.social, Claiton Fyock, Marina Lostal and I have submitted three different contributions to the CESCR in response to the Committee’s consultation on the draft general comment on ESCR & the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development. hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/l...
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Legal analysis from Essex Human Rights Centre for the United Nations About the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development
17 January 2025 Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Koldo Casla, Claiton Fyock and Marina Lostal, four members of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, have submitted contributions to…
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
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Brigit Toebes @brigittoebes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Excellent presentations from @roojinhabibi.org and Lisa Forman at Workshop New Horizons Global, European and Comparative Health Law in Berlin.
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Shifting to the Global Health Law landscape for commercial determinants of health, Safura Abdool Karim examines how Big Food has established a “regulatory chill” in NCD governance & how Human Rights can support law reforms – where industry efforts to undermine the NCD response infringe human rights.
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Benjamin Mason Meier @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
With the Global Health Law Consortium continuing debates on @who.int Global Health Law reforms, @roojinhabibi.org examines the political standards for determining both a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and now a “Pandemic Emergency.”
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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · 02/12/2024
Brilliant opening panel to the MPIL/Global Health Law Consortium conference on “New Horizons in Global, European and Comparative Law” with @brigittoebes.bsky.social & @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social on defining the field, community of practice and regime interactions with global health law
Photo of panellists at New Horions of Global,European and Comparative LawPanel 1 list of panellists on “Exploring the Foundations of Global Health Law”
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Very excited to be in Berlin for 4(!) days of workshop, conference and meetings with excellent colleagues from global health law. I haven’t yet worked out how to use this platform properly and hopefully someone else will write a coherent post I can repost !
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Imagine a cancer conference run by or dominated by tobacco industry How is that different from Climate conferences run or dominated by fossil fuel industry?
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Judith Bueno de Mesquita @judithmesquita.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... . Absolutely staggering …. Such important research ….
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UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds
Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked disease
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