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Kasey McCall-Smith

@kmccallsmith.bsky.social
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Professor of International Law and Human Rights at University of Edinburgh Law School•LLM in Human Rights director•Global Justice Academy director• Arkansas native in Scotland•Mother of two normal nuts.

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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The government drinks from that poisoned chalice…again. #EndTorture
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Prof @kmccallsmith.bsky.social presents at AHRI in Lima Peru with Kathryn Nash on the rights of persons detained by the state and on conditions of detention
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Special rapp on terrorism ben saul presents now at AHRI in lima peru on links with human rights and organised crime, with moderator @kmccallsmith.bsky.social
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The 25th Association of Human Rights Institutes annual conference kicks off in Lima Peru! Focus is on human rights and organiser crime
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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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Council of Europe @coe.int · 31/08/2025
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Today is publication day for John Ryan - my good friend in exploring the legal quagmire that is #Guantanamo. Everyone should check out his book 'America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay'. A must read! www.amazon.com/Americas-Tri...
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America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay
America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay [Ryan, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our #EnvironmentalConditionsofDetention project (@ecd-rights.bsky.social) is working to pull together as much learning as possible on these conditions. The aim is to guard against all forms of #torture. @uknpm.bsky.social Read our recent practice notes: detentionconditions.org/project-comm...
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Project Practice Notes – Environmental Conditions of Detention
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
If you are at the @edfringe.bsky.social and interested in #HumanRights, check out Dreams of Peace & Freedom - at the Central Quaker Meeting House. Beautiful music and poignant readings from David Maxwell Fyfe's papers. A moving hour. @songsotpeople.bsky.social www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Hurry! The deadline is tomorrow!
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
24 hours late to #ISA2025 (London fog) but off to a fantastic start with the @peacerep.bsky.social reception. Wonderful to see colleagues and friends old and new at this kick-off event. Lots of chat about PA-X & impressive graphics. Great showing team! @uoelawschool.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
Photo of PeaceRep colleagues
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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Global Justice Academy @globaljusticeed.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📢 Scottish Premiere: Devi 🎥 Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka. 📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025 🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise 🍽 Refreshments on arrival
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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert – ‘Stolen voices and parameters for uncertainty’ @weekofsound.bsky.social A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins. 7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
A yellow square graphic. In the lower left corner there is a circle of white dots, in a pattern similar to that seen on a loudspeaker. There's a UNESCO week of sound logo in the bottom right.
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Global Justice Academy @globaljusticeed.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If you couldn’t make it to the From Rights to Contracts event, our latest blog post has you covered. Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic... #HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
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Log in - Your University Login - The University of Edinburgh
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Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) @together-sacr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
📣@childlawcentre.bsky.social recruiting for "Chief Executive Officer" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025 ✨Full-time 📍Belfast View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Megaphone in the middle. Graphic.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
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U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
BREAKING NEWS from Guantanamo Bay: The U.S. military has just delivered 11 Yemeni prisoners to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
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U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
'The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University in any research area in which we can offer supervision.'
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
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Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
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Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes
The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.
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UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Our copies of the Guidance on the Environmental Conditions of Detention arrived today! All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
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UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The UK NPM was glad to contribute to this guidance by @kmccallsmith.bsky.social @campaignbear.bsky.social - understanding the huge impact environmental conditions can have on a person who cannot leave that environment is a core part of preventive scrutiny
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. We expect a 0900 start of another brief pretrial hearing in the USS Cole case, possibly to include prosecutors arguing not for the first time to pre-admit evidence before there's an actual jury in the box. www.nytimes.com/article/sept...
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Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Bay
The case against the men accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
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UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🌍 This #HumanRightsDay marks 40 years of the UN Convention Against Torture & 15 years of the UK NPM working to prevent ill treatment in places of detention. We celebrate progress but reaffirm our commitment to addressing issues in today’s blog nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/news/blog-ce...
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Blog: Celebrating 40 years of the Convention Against Torture and 15 years of the UK NPM – National Preventive Mechanism
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In advance of #HumanRightsDay I’m proud to join @campaignbear.bsky.social & @UKNPM.bsky.social in launching the 1st phase output from our #EnviroConditionsOfDetention project. Ending #torture & #CIDT requires taking care to pay attention to the smaller details in all detention settings.
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Human Rights Consortium Scotland @hrcscotland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The Scottish Human Rights Commission's new report on the Highlands and Islands is hard to read - and impossible to ignore. Too many are facing hunger, homelessness, and barriers to healthcare. Remote communities, but rights that should never be out of reach. 🧵
Screenshot of report cover: "SHRC: Scottish Human Rights Commission. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands. November 2024."
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