Looking fwd to this workshop with colleagues in Essex on the intersections of human rights and post/de-growth.
Lots of great speakers, and def. more work on this topic to be done! 🐌✊
Register below!

Guest Essay by UN Syria Commission of Inquiry Commissioners
in The New York Times

Under Gaza’s Shadow, Syria Faces a New Welter of Conflict

nytimes.com/2024/02/08/opi…

Reminder ⌚️ SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law's event on 29 February on Big Tech and Human Rights👇

Curious about the implications of the South Africa v. Israel International Court of Justice ruling on international law and human rights protection? Read the insights from @SOASLAW Professor Lutz Oette and Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall in their latest blog: ow.ly/ShS750QxjLS

📢EVENT: Come hear about authoritarianism and constitutionalism. SOAS' Ben Lawrence speaks about the recent constitutional history of Cambodia.🇰🇭📜

Tomorrow, 14:00, SOAS Library, full details below

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'We implore the international community to not lose sight of the Syrian crisis [...] after nearly 13 years of conflict, it needs a nationwide cease-fire now.' write Prof. Lynn Welchman (SOAS Law) and her co-members of the UN Syria Commission of Inquiries.

📢Event🪧SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law are hosting an event on #bigtech and #humanrights later this month.
No need to register, just come along!
#bizhumanrights

Happy and proud! Join us at SOAS University of London next Tuesday, 6 February for the launch of my book with a panel gathering (some of the most) brilliant scholars in critical, feminist and queer approaches to international law.

BOOK LAUNCH: Join us for the launch of 'Sex, Gender and International Human Rights' by Giovanna Gilleri on Tue 6 Feb.

Reception from 5pm, Paul Webley Wing, Senate House SOAS, and the panel discussion is from 6pm at Brunei Gallery.

More on the book: tinyurl.com/4ycja25y

EVENT: Accountability in DPRK: Where to from here?

Defunding UNRWA 🤔

SOAS Law's Prof. Lutz Oette and Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall argue that :

'All other states, due to the erga omnes nature of the obligation to prevent genocide, must refrain from any acts that might aid and assist its commission.'

twitter.com/soasLAW/status…

Curious about the implications of the South Africa v. Israel CIJ_ICJ ruling on international law and human rights? Then check out this analysis by @SOASLAW's Professor Lutz Oette and Dr. Michelle Staggs Kelsall (@MSKelsall) in their latest blog post: ow.ly/8BmZ50QwH4s

Announcing the first event of our new policy roundtable series:

Join us this Friday to hear from leading international law scholars discuss the ICJ’s landmark interim ruling on Israel and its war on Gaza.

Click here to register your place today:
theICJruling.eventbrite.com

Ahead of tomorrow's ICJ ruling, some informative threads from Dr Nimer Sultany 🧵👇

BLOG: Ahead of tomorrow's ICJ ruling, check out Prof. Lutz Oette and Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall's blog post contextualising the case and discussing its implications for international law and human rights protection.

soas.ac.uk/study/blog/sou…

Excited to be hosting this tomorrow at SOAS from 5pm, with Phyllis Omido, who has been fighting w/communities in Kenya for over a decade to secure land and environmental rights. The event is hybrid, see the tweet below for a link.

More about Phyllis here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Dr Nimer Sultany speaks to the BBC on the destruction of educational institutions in Gaza.

9 in every 10 schools have been significantly damaged, and nearly 100 university professors in Gaza have been killed, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students.