Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It was a pleasure to welcome our newest cohort of students to the University of Nottingham this morning, and to introduce them to the work of the Human Rights Law Centre. We offer a range of opportunities for students to engage with our activities each year. More information here: lnkd.in/edJPrS6n 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Earlier this summer, Ujjaini Chatterji was recognised as one of the 2026 University of Nottingham Alumni Award winners. As we start the new academic year, now feels like a great time to revisit her speech on the “secrets of success”. Congratulations, Ujjaini! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYql...youtube.comUjjaini Chatterji | Alumni Award winner | University of NottinghamYouTube video by University of Nottingham 001
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Read the latest by by HRLC member Dr Victoria Miyandazi (co-authored with Munene Njoroge) on the Kenyan High Court’s decision on the two thirds gender rule, in which they consider whether the 120 day deadline set by the Court can succeed. Full article here: www.iconnectblog.com/120-days-to-... 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A new guest editorial by Professor Aoife Nolan, Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, has been published in the latest edition of the European Convention on Human Rights Law Review. 🔗 Read here: brill.com/view/journal... 032
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We've had an amazing two days at the 2026 UoN International Criminal Justice Conference. Thanks to all our speakers & session chairs - & to our organisers @hemimistry.bsky.social & @olympiabekou.bsky.social without whom this wonderful event wouldn't have been possible. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We return with coverage of the second day of of Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference 2026 #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice Follow along here for updates 🧵⤵️ 113
Reposted by Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)Olive Welch @olive-the-above.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Hugely excited to be attending and supporting this wonderful event for the third consecutive year. Looking forward to listening to (and live posting about) some very interesting conversations surrounding intl criminal law over the next couple of days! #UoN_ICJ2026 #IntlCrimJustice 043
Reposted by Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)Hemi Mistry @hemimistry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026So delighted to kick off the third Nottingham ICL Conference. It's a real highlight of our year and it's wonderful to catch up with old ICL friends and colleagues and new 022
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We’re excited to kick off our third annual Nottingham International Criminal Law Conference this morning, bringing together leading academics, practitioners & policymakers to discuss current issues and recent developments in the field. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice For updates, follow along here 🧵⤵️ 154
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026🚨 IMPORTANT UPDATE: NOW ONLINE 🚨 The HRLC Annual Conference (25 June, 15:00–18:30) will now take place fully online due to travel disruption & weather conditions. There's still time to register and join us remotely ⬇️ 🔗 evidence-in-human-rights-law.eventbrite.co.uk Join us online this Thursday! 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026On this World Refugee Day, we are reminded of the urgent need to uphold the right to seek asylum and to ensure that legal systems protect, rather than undermine, the rights of those in need of refuge. Refugees are human beings. They deserve to be treated with empathy, dignity, and respect. 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🚨 There's just one week left to register for our upcoming Annual Conference on 'Evidence in Human Rights Law' Join us in-person or online on Thursday, 25 June from 15:00-18:30 BST. Register now: lnkd.in/dQCDVwgY 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026📢 Meet our speakers for the 2026 HRLC Annual Human Rights Conference 🔹 Keynote: Ionnis Ktistakis, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 🔹 Panel One: Aidan Flegg | Lucía Gómez | Héloïse Lauret 🔹 Panel Two: Mavis Machirori | Hannah Matthews | Sissy Katsoni 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/evmcsiNR 011
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Registration is now open for the 2026 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference! 📅 14-15 July 2026 📍 University of Nottingham 🔗 Register before 7 July: lnkd.in/eaTaSG5R For more details, including the full conference programme, please visit: lnkd.in/eFMaGwER 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026We’re delighted to share the programme for our upcoming Annual Human Rights Conference, this year on the theme of 'Evidence in human rights law: From technicality to core substance?' For more information and to register, please visit: lnkd.in/dQCDVwgY 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We’re delighted to share and warmly congratulate our Director, Professor Aoife Nolan, on her nomination as Ireland’s candidate for membership of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Elections to the UNCRC will take place on 23 June 2026. For more information, please see: lnkd.in/dH69ZaUq 030
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Join the Human Rights Law Centre for our upcoming Annual Conference: Evidence in Human Rights Law: From Technicality to Core Substance? 📅 Thursday, 25 June 🕒 15:00–18:30 (BST) 📍 Highfield House & Online For more information & to register, please visit: evidence-in-human-rights-law.eventbrite.co.uk 011
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026There’s still time to register for our upcoming webinar: Corporate Climate and Human Rights Responsibility: A Business and Human Rights Perspective 🗓️ Friday, 8 May ⏰ 10:00–11:00 BST 📍 Online via MS Teams For more information and to register, please visit: lnkd.in/eYZGBCNx 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Join the HRLC for our upcoming webinar 'Corporate Climate and Human Rights Responsibility: A Business and Human Rights Perspective'. 🗓️ Friday, 8 May ⏰ 10:00–11:00 BST 📍 Online via MS Teams Register now: corporate-climate-and-human-rights-responsibility.eventbrite.co.uk 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Are you interested in a career in human rights law? Join us for our event: 'Careers in Human Rights Law - Diverse Perspectives from Practice' in collaboration with the Lawyers Without Borders Society. 📅 Wed, 6 May 🕡 18:30 📍 Council Room, Trent Building For more details, visit: lnkd.in/esRth2uk 012
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026This week the European Committee of Social Rights will be hosting the High-Level Conference on the European Social Charter in Chisinau. @aoifenolan.bsky.social, Director of the HRLC and ECSR President, highlights the importance of social rights for democratic security in Europe: lnkd.in/eiHtHxDRsocialeurope.euLiberal Democracy Depends on Social RightsDemocratic backsliding and rising social insecurity have gone hand in hand. 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026📢 Call for papers now open! Join the HRLC and the University of Nottingham School of Law for the third annual Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, from 13-14 July 2026. 🗓️ Deadline: 22 April 2026, 5pm 📌 Submit your paper here: bit.ly/4s9OHWP For more information: lnkd.in/ez9nuUh4 040
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Join us for a screening of All Static & Noise, a documentary examining testimony from Uyghur & Kazakh survivors of China’s network of “re-education camps”. 🗓️ 19 March ⏰ 17:30–19:30 📍 Hallward Library LG140 Hosted in collaboration w/ Nottingham Students for Scholars at Risk & @amnestyuk.bsky.social 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Join us for a special LGBTIQA+ History Month film screening 🎬🏳️🌈 🗓 Friday, 27 February ⏰ 14:00-16:00 (GMT) 📍 Hallward Library Screening Room (LG140) The HRLC, in partnership with the @uonlaw.bsky.social invites you to a screening of Paris Is Burning, which will be followed by a moderated discussion. 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026From 19–31 Jan 2026, delegations met at the UN for the first PrepCom toward a Crimes against Humanity Convention. HRLC member @olympiabekou.bsky.social, participated as Chair of the ILA Study Group Drafting Committee and spoke at a UN side event on capacity building. Read more: lnkd.in/e6jjfqM6 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026We’re delighted to host the HRLC Annual Lecture today w/ keynote speaker Michael Fakhri, UNSR on the Right to Food. His lecture, The Right to Food and the Global Order, explores systems shaping the realisation of the right to food worldwide. Follow this thread for highlights of the lecture ⬇️ 120
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Today is the final day to register for our Annual Human Rights Lecture on 'The Right to Food and the Global Order' w/ keynote speaker Professor Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Join us online tomorrow (27 Jan) at 17:30 GMT. Register ➡️ hrlc-right-to-food.eventbrite.co.uk 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Tomorrow, @aoifenolan.bsky.social (HRLC Director) will deliver the keynote address at the one-day symposium 'Re-Opening the Door: Litigating Positive Rights under the Charter' hosted by @aspercentre.bsky.social. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3NjFtIc 📰 View the full programme here: bit.ly/45NolAP 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026HRLC Director @aoifenolan.bsky.social & Ambassador Dastid Koreshi feature in the latest episode of the Europe Explained podcast, in which they discuss the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on social rights & the role of the European Social Charter Full episode: bit.ly/4pErt9sbit.lyThe Vital Role of Social Rights and the European Social Charter in Europe - Portal - www.coe.int<p>How the Council of Europe acts to protect social rights in our continent.</p> 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026There's still time to register for our upcoming Annual Lecture with @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food! Join us in-person at the University of Nottingham or online on 27 January at 17:30 GMT. Reserve your ticket now: hrlc-right-to-food.eventbrite.co.uk 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We are delighted to announce that for our 2026 Annual Lecture we will be joined by @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Join us for his talk on 'The Right to Food & the Global Order'. 🗓️ 27 Jan 17:30 GMT 📌 Nottingham & Online 🔗 hrlc-right-to-food.eventbrite.co.uk 053
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025There's still time to register for our upcoming seminar on 'The Human Rights Act and the Deportation of Foreign Criminals'. Join us, online or in-person, on the 2nd of December from 11:00-12:00 GMT. 🔗 Register here: human-right-act-deportation.eventbrite.co.uk 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025🚨 There's less than 2 weeks to apply for the University of Nottingham's Commonwealth Shared Scholarships! Don't miss the application window for a fully funded place on our LLM in Human Rights Law! 🔗 For more information on eligibility & for details on how to apply, please visit: bit.ly/4ahbSIG 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Writing for @juristnews.bsky.social, Dr Alexus McNally warns that the UN's new Gang Suppression Force risks replicating the failures of the Multinational Security Support Mission unless Haiti's governance crisis & the influx of US firearms are addressed. Read the full article here ⬇️ bit.ly/4pxMlzpjurist.orgHaiti Needs Governance, Not Guns: New UN Haiti Force Risks Repeating Old FailuresIt has been almost two years now since my father and his wife fled from Haiti. Men and boys, armed with assault rifles, descended upon their home in the middle of the night and riddled it with bullets... 031
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Register now for our upcoming seminar on 'The Human Rights Act and the Deportation of Foreign Criminals' hosted in collaboration with @bonavero.bsky.social. 🗓️ 2 December, 11:00-12:00 (GMT) 📌 LASS B63 & Online via MS Teams 🔗 Register here: human-right-act-deportation.eventbrite.co.uk 022
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025📢 Exciting opportunity: The University of Nottingham is offering a Master's scholarship for students from the Commonwealth to study the LLM Human Rights Law! Apply for the scholarship until 9 December 2025! Details on eligibility can be found here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/fund... 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Today, we were delighted to host @profgsgordon.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion about his new book, 'Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor', which explores the life of Benjamin Ferencz & the pivotal role he played in shaping international criminal law. You can find the book here: bit.ly/498pvJI 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This Friday, the HRLC is delighted to be joined @profgsgordon.bsky.social for the launch of his new book, Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice. 🕐 12:00-13:00 GMT 📌 C14, Monica Partridge Building 🔗 For more info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/eventsh... 021
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Yesterday, the HRLC hosted a workshop exploring the Framework Convention on AI & Human Rights, Democracy & the Rule of Law. Huge thanks to our speakers, Mario Hernandez Ramos, Amit Thapar & Lorna McGregor, & to our event chair, @rachovitsa.bsky.social. For more events, please visit: bit.ly/3JBZY16 011
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025📢 There's still time to register for our upcoming workshop on AI and Human Rights! Join us, online via MS Teams, on Wednesday, 29 October from 13:00-15:00 (GMT). Register here: ai-risks-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk 010
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025On 4 Nov, HRLC Deputy Director @rachovitsa.bsky.social will present at a panel event on "Age Assurance: Addressing Non-compliance, Circumvention & Unintended Consequences" hosted by the Law & Technology Research Centre. 🕐 12:30-14:00 GMT 📌 Online & in-person 🔗 For more information: bit.ly/4qnQebgbit.ly LTRC Panel Event: Age Assurance: Addressing Non-compliance, Circumvention, and Unintended Consequences - The University of Nottingham 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025In her recent piece for JURISTnews, HRLC Member Dr Alexus McNally argues that failures in Trinidad & Tobago’s justice system, alongside its withdrawal from international oversight, have created a situation in which the accused are held for years without trial. Read the article here 🔽 bit.ly/4nRaobyjurist.orgJustice Delayed is Justice Denied: Pretrial Detention in Trinidad and TobagoIt was a cold case. Fifty-four-year-old Esther Williams was found dead at her home on April 28, 2014, in Cumuto, Trinidad. Her common-law husband and daughter, Sewak Jagroo and Shastri Jagroo, told po... 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Register now for our upcoming workshop on 'Forging a Path for Human Rights Law into the AI Risks Conversation'. We are delighted to be joined by expert speakers: Mario Hernandez Ramos, Amit Thapar & Lorna McGregor. 🗓️ 29 October, 13:00-15:00 (GMT) 📌 Online 🔗 ai-risks-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk 000
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025In July, UNSR on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata presented his report to the HRC on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Our 2025 HRLC interns, Joline-Sophie Klein & Aline Pereira, supported its preparation through research & a formal submission cited in the final text. 🔗 bit.ly/3VcBCxd 020
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025This week, HRLC Director @aoifenolan.bsky.social joined the Law at the End of the World podcast to discuss childrens rights, the rights of future generations & socio-economic justice - as well as her approach to policy engagement & her advice to early career researchers. Watch here ➡️ bit.ly/3VK8Ynabit.lyRights of the child, future generations, and care (with Aoife Nolan) - Law at the End of the WorldIn this episode, Cristy Clark and Elizabeth Macpherson explore the intersections of climate change with the rights of children, future generations, and to care, as well as the question of how to have ... 041
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025In December, HRLC Member, @victorkattan.bsky.social, appeared before the UK Foreign Affairs Committee to provide evidence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Committee has since quoted Dr Kattan in their recent & highly anticipated report on the conflict. Read more below ⬇️ 021
Reposted by Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)GATE - Global Action for Trans Equality @gateorg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Amid the rise of anti-gender movements globally, lets remember "Trans Human Rights Advocacy: Strategies Around the World" which explored key challenges, opportunities & strategies for advancing trans and gender diverse rights. www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/events/...nottingham.ac.uk Trans Human Rights Advocacy - Strategies around the World - The University of Nottingham 041
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Read the latest from HRLC Director, Prof Aoife Nolan (@aoifenolan.bsky.social) on the treatment of future generations in the recent Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency & human rights ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/3GYbNgN 010