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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social Challenging corruption, strengthening integrity, and fighting for a fair society based on the rule of law.
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) @biicl.bsky.social An independent legal research institute with charitable status, undertaking applied research, publications, training and events.
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social Jonathan Hall KC
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Dr Ewelina U Ochab @ewelinaochab.bsky.social IBAHRI senior programme lawyer, co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response, deputy director of Refcemi, Forbes contributor, writer...
Raphael Viana David @vdraphael.bsky.social 🇧🇷🇫🇷 in Geneva. Programme Manager at the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) @ishr.ch
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David Lidington @davidlidington.bsky.social Chair: RUSI, Conservative European Forum, Koenigswinter Conference & Aurora Forum. Trustee, Institute for Govt. History, singing & hill walking enthusiast. Ex-Minister & MP.
Patrick Butchard @patrickbutchard.bsky.social International Law, House of Commons Library
Director, International Justice & Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University
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https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/patrick-butchard
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Arj Singh @arjsingh.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow
Paul Yates @probonopaul.bsky.social Counsel & pro bono head @Freshfields, tweeting about access to justice, modern slavery & other human/fundamental rights. Chair @AIRECentre. Personal account.
Andrew Geddes @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social Professor of Migration Studies/Director @mpc-eui.bsky.social part of @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
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Narinder Kaur @kaurnarinder.bsky.social Social and political commentator
As seen on @gmb @@JeremyVineOn5 @bbc
Olivia Clark @ocrls.bsky.social Executive Director at Refugee Legal Support https://refugeelegalsupport.org/
Sadiq Khan @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social Londonmaxxing since 2016
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Chris Simmonds @csimmonds.bsky.social Non-practising solicitor and Assistant Professor in Housing Law at Northumbria University. Research focus on AI and legal education. Also gay and in a very happy relationship - and may not care who knows it! 🙂
Bianca Jagger @biancajagger.bsky.social Founder, President & CEO The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation #BJHRF
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Also on:
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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards @lalyawards.bsky.social We are unlike any other legal awards! The LALYs are a non-profit-making, grassroots celebration of the life-changing work of social justice lawyers. Organisers @wearelapg.bsky.social @ChrisLAPG @FionaBawdon.bsky.social
Dr Charles Smith @smith-brocca.bsky.social Heddwch Paz Peace
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Political Economist
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Clwb Alawon Cefn Cribwr
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Dorothea Endres @endresdo.bsky.social Interested in LegalTheory, ICL, HumanRights, BHR and so much more.
at Université de Genève and Swiss Federal Supreme Court, formerly at IHEID
REDRESS Trust @redress.org We help torture survivors obtain justice and reparation.
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#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium Member
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
https://www.nandosigona.info
https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
#runner
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
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Suzanne Young @suzyoung.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Justice Education. School of Law, University of Leeds
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/751/professor-suzanne-young
Peter Whelan @profpeterwhelan.bsky.social Professor of Law (Leeds); PhD (Cambridge); New York Attorney; Managing Editor, Oxford Competition Law (Oxford University Press); and ICN Non-Governmental Advisor. https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/242/professor-peter-whelan
Subhajit Basu @subhajitbasu.bsky.social Professor of Law and Technology with a focus on the intersection of law, innovation, and society. Fellow of the RSA and Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Law, Computers & Technology.Passionate about #data, #privacy #GlobalSouth and #AI
Prof Pınar Akman @profakman.bsky.social Competition Law Professor, University of Leeds - Judge, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal - Member, Innovation Advisory Group, Financial Conduct Authority - https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/175/professor-pinar-akman
Rita de la Feria @delaferiar.bsky.social Professor of Tax Law, University of Leeds| Advisory Panel, UK OBR | Tax Law, Policy and Enforcement | New book: "Taxation and Inequalities" (2025)
Lydia Bleasdale @parkendlydia.bsky.social Professor of Legal Education. Mum of two small humans and one (slightly) bigger one. Everton STH. Advocate of pockets for women. Own views.
Sophie Barrett-Brown @sophiebarrettbrown.bsky.social Senior Partner & Head of UK Practice @ Laura Devine Immigration
Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social Human rights lawyer | Director of Prevention & Accountability @dignitydk.bsky.social | Steering Committee @IAPBelarus.org | @coe.int European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
Wade Poziomka @wpoziomka.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer (Hamilton & Toronto). Chair of Canadian Bar Association’s Constitutional and Human Rights Section. Law degrees - U of Toronto (JD) and Cornell Univ (LLM). Chair of the Niagara Community Legal Clinic Board. Partner at Ross & McBride LLP.
Samir Jeraj @sajeraj.bsky.social Reporter and author. Writing on policy for The New Statesman. Commissioning editor for Hyphen. Senior Fellow John Schofield Trust. Swimmer with locs
Simon Hoffman @bromebyd.bsky.social Promoting social & economic rights for all. Dignity is not optional.
Hyphen @hyphenonline.com hyphenonline.com | The leading media platform on Muslim life in the UK and Europe
Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: catherinebaksi@hotmail.com.
Mohammad Nayyeri @mhnayyeri.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at Brunel University of London; PhD from King's College London; interested in human rights law & philosophy, legal theory, EU law, int'l law, public law; views mine
Website: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/mohammad-nayyeri
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence @caseforthedefence.bsky.social Shami Chakrabarti and her new book Human Rights: The Case for the Defence. Cares about people. Likes: rights and freedoms. Dislikes: false dilemmas and straw men.
Sam McIntosh @sammac1.bsky.social Professor of Law, UK Politics and Economy at GBZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Any expertise really limited to first of those things. Interests are #HumanRights, #Inquests, #Coroners' Courts, Deaths at the Hands of the State & #TransitionalJustice
SOAS University of London @soasuni.bsky.social Inspiring the next generation to develop ideas for a fairer world. Follow us for tweets about SOAS life, news and events. #WeAreSOAS
Jed Pennington @jedcpennington.bsky.social Partner, joint head of public law & human rights, Wilson Solicitors London
https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/our-people/jed-pennington
Toufique Hossain @toufiquehossain.bsky.social Director of Duncan Lewis, Public Law
https://bsky.app/profile/dlpubliclaw.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/show/600daseJRW7AMQEaCNvX7W?si=0niEubN0SBaybjw75nu4fw
Nicolette Busuttil @nikkibusu.bsky.social Lecturer in Law (SOAS University of London) researching the intersection of disability human rights with migration & refugee law | EU Law & IHRL
Food-obsessed Southern Mediterranean immigrant (still) acclimatising to life in London.
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou @dzehtsiarou.bsky.social Professor in Human Rights Law at the University of Liverpool. Usually discussing anything related to the Council of Europe. Editor of the European Convention on Human Rights Law Review.
ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social Together with those affected and partners worldwide, ECCHR uses legal means to hold state and non-state actors accountable for human rights violations.
🔗 https://www.ecchr.eu/
Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
🔎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
⚠️ CoE/ECHR ≠ EU
BAILII (The British and Irish Legal Information Institute) @bailii.bsky.social BAILII (www.bailii.org) provides FREE online access to case law, legislation, and other legal materials from the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Europe, and several other jurisdictions.
Politics and International Law @politicsintllaw.bsky.social Teaching support for: "Politics and International Law: Making, Breaking, and Upholding Global Rules" by Leslie Johns, Professor of Political Science and Law, UCLA
John Wadham @john-wadham.bsky.social Human rights lawyer
Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
Chris Mommers @chrismommers.bsky.social Advisor to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
Views my own.
Joe Wills @drjoewills.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Leicester. Research interests: animal rights law, human rights law, legal theory. 🌱
Paul Magrath writer @maggotlaw.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor. Law Reports editor at The Times.
Also Transparency Project @seethrujustice.bsky.social and Courts and Tribunals Observers' Network.
Currently doing MA Creative Writing at City, University of London
Press Recognition Panel (PRP) @prpanel.bsky.social The independent body set up following the Leveson Inquiry to ensure regulators of the press and news publishers are able to protect the public.
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
Tara John @tarajohn.bsky.social Senior reporter at CNN covering international news and politics. When not doing that, I can be found in a park with my dog.
Nicholas Gervassis @lochvegas.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Law, father, part-time music builder, missing the seaside
Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism
Part of the 10 @bylinesnetwork not for profit volunteer led news publications.
Regulated by IMPRESS
Contact: editor@centralbylines.co.uk
Alison Padfield KC @alisonpadfield.bsky.social Commercial barrister • 🏳️🌈 ally • Former chair, Bar Council Pro Bono Committee & COMBAR Equality & Diversity Committee • Posts periodically deleted
Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social CEO @bestforbritain.org
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
Roger Masterman @rogermasterman.bsky.social prof at durham law school; helps edit @publiclaw.bsky.social
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes ≠ endorsements, obv. Story? 👇👇👇
Michael.savage@theguardian.com
Need a secure way to contact me? Signal username: word_builder.20
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Founder of the Bylines Network.
Founder of Scientists for EU.
Lover of science, Europe and humanity. 🙌
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Geri Scott @geraldinescott.co.uk Assistant political editor at The Times.
Aletha Adu @alethaadu.bsky.social I write about politics for the Guardian. Also gym rat, musician and amateur yogi
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
Europe‘s Human Rights Watchdog @europewatchdog.info Independent educational website on the Council of Europe, founded in 2007.
Human rights - Democracy - Rule of law
#CouncilOfEurope #ECHR #ECtHR #CoE
www.europewatchdog.info/en
Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social Human rights expert/academic | Director Essex Human Rights Centre https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/ferst81809/carla-ferstman | Recent Books: Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment & Control; Int'l Organizations & the Fight for Accountability
Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, UCL. Irishman in London (and sometimes Brussels).
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social Human rights lawyer.
Rory O'Connell @rjjoconnell.bsky.social Professor of Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Posts on human rights, equality & constitutional law. Posting in personal capacity.
Council of Europe Media Freedom @coemediafreedom.bsky.social Council of Europe's Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and other CoE work on media freedom #EuropeForFreeMedia #pressfreedom https://fom.coe.int/
Dimitrios Kagiaros @dkagiaros.bsky.social Associate Professor in Public Law and Human Rights at Durham Law School. Interested in the ECHR, & Article 10 ECHR. 🏳️🌈 He/him
Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol. Views my own.
Yulia Ioffe @yuliaioffe.bsky.social Associate Professor in Law @UCL
Public international law, children’s rights, forced migration, treaties, Ukraine
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/84647-yulia-ioffe
Bernard Ryan @bernardryan.bsky.social Professor of migration law, based in Leicester. For social equality, multiculturalism and anti-colonialism. Now more than ever.
https://le.ac.uk/people/bernard-ryan
DSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social Immigration team at Doughty Street Chambers. Human Rights specialists with a reputation for excellence in asylum and immigration matters.
Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bosky.social | ex-Open Society Foundations | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane