Pleased to have accessed new funds to pursue long term interests in the relationship between confinement and subjectivity. With a fantastic team. Luisa Schneider Tomas Max Martin Samantha Jeffries #prisons #migrants #peopleonthemove #tortureprevention

'We want to find new ways of talking about confinement to contribute to a world that is more just.'

This is our researchers Steffen Bo Jensen, Tomas Max Martin and Andrew M. Jefferson mission together with partners as they received a #ERCAdG European Research Council (ERC).

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Hvordan påvirker vold og indespærring mennesker og deres familier?

Det undersøger forskere DIGNITY og Aalborg Universitet i NYT internationalt forskningsprojekt, som får 18,6 mio. European Research Council (ERC) 🙌

➡️Læs: dignity.dk/nyheder/det-eu…

#dkaid #dkviden #dkforsk

Don't forget to share in your networks and send in statements of interest by 5th April. DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture IHRP Mahidol FORUM-ASIA Geneva Women's League of Burma This Life #togetheragainstrepression

Open access review of 'Torture and Torturous Violence' (by Pau Pérez-Sales)

After publishing it last year I took time out - it's a heavy research area - and didn't do much to promote, so big thanks to IRCT for having it in the current issue 👇🏾

tidsskrift.dk/torture-journa…

Indeed! And most importantly we need to find ways to keep women out of prison. Decriminalize and decarcerate!

Calling activists & researchers in SE Asia striving for justice & human rights under constrained conditions DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture Tomas Max Martin IHRP Mahidol Dr Justine Chambers @GrantShubin Helene Maria Kyed ANU Myanmar Research Centre Please share...

5pm today live at Lancaster University Ill be part of Victoria Canning’s inauguration as professor. Looking forward to reflect aloud on years of mutual learning. DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture #againstgenderedharm #stateviolence #torturousviolence

Only a couple of days now until this eagerly anticipated event!

📕🗣️Outstanding opportunity to publish in any language on #Southern #Decolonial #State #Crime #Criminology . Let us broaden our knowledge frontiers 🙌🏽🙌🏽

Strong analysis from Ye Myo Hein on the Myanmar junta’s conscription law: ‘The general’s program will only hasten the military’s demise, worsen the public’s suffering and exacerbate the regional crisis.’

NEW REPORT: Hundreds of incarcerated transgender people share their experiences in state prisons across the US—and provide their recommendations for reducing harm and prejudice behind bars.

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Two weeks today in Lancaster:

1) Andrew M. Jefferson from Danish Institute against Torture - Detoxifying Torturing Societies, 12-1

2) My inaugural lecture (*hits panic button*) - Abolitionist Agendas, Feminist Philosophers and Zemiological Futures , 5-7

7th March Lancaster University

What is happening in #Myanmar ?

The junta faces widespread armed resistance to its rule after seizing power from an elected civilian government, and recently suffered a series of stunning losses to an armed alliance of ethnic minority groups.

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The junta's conscription laws have sparked panic among the public, leading to a huge influx of migration. This news shows long queues at the Thai Embassy for visa applications as people rush to leave the country. This reaffirms that the junta is the agent of chaos in Myanmar.

The junta's decision to enforce the conscription law, says Dr Justine Chambers from DIIS Denmark: is a way to remove the young people spearheading the revolution from the civilian population and put them in positions where they likely will to be killed abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…

🚨 Exciting Intl Criminal Justice job:
Head of International Accountability Platform for Belarus @iapbelarus that collects, preserves and analyses evidence of torture and other intl crimes in #Belarus to advance accountability. 👉 dignity.dk/en/job-opening… International Legal Jobs

Interviews conducted with former prisoners suggest that prisons in Myanmar between 2015 and 2019 were harsh, intimidating and degrading places where every aspect of a prisoner’s life was subject to control.

Andrew M. Jefferson:
himalmag.com/politics/myanm…

'Torture thrives because of the compromised circumstances that characterize our shared world because commonly used “as if” and “if only” logics don’t promote radical change, because difference is too often denied or erased through structural bias...'
www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vo…

New article out today rethinking torture prevention. Open access.
www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/pa…