Virginia Mantouvalou

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 9d

30 years ago (1996) I published An Introduction to Political Philosophy. I thought I had about 5 years until something came along that would replace it. Well, very proud to say it's still standing. Now in 4th edition. The final chapter changes with each edition but the rest much the same.

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 9d

I have a new article in the Howard Journal of Crime & Justice: 'The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales'.

Thanks to Rob Jones & Greg Davies for inviting me.

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales

This article presents the 2024 Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, entitled ‘Contemporary Forms of Slavery as Affecting Currently and Formerly Incarcerat...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18d

Just published, my “The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted the World.”Philosophy and Society 36 (4): 985–1000. Open access.

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View of The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted the World

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Dec 15

Warmest congratulations to Jack Beadsworth who successfully defended his PhD at @laws.ucl.ac.uk with two incredible examiners, @cbarnard.bsky.social & ACL Davies.

It was an absolute joy to be Jack's supervisor on 'Migrant Labour Law' with Nicola Countouris.

Congratulations again, Dr Beadsworth!

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Dec 11

Congratulations to Professor @vmantouvalou.bsky.social for being selected Runner Up at the @innertemple.org.uk Book Prize 2025, a major triennial competition for outstanding authorship. ⚖️ 📖
➡️ Read the news story: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/pr...

Virginia Mantouvalou (right) is receiving an award from HRH The Princess Royal.

Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Dec 5

A huge thank you to @hinabokharild.bsky.social for tabling & helping pass the London Assembly motion calling for more rights for migrant domestic workers to help them avoid exploitation! Thanks also to the other members for voting in support! Read the motion here: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Dec 3

We were presented with our prizes by Princess Anne (more photos to follow!) in a delightful ceremony.

Warmest congratulations to @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social for the main prize, to Sean Coyle and Liron Shmilovits who also received prizes, and to Brooke Marshall for the new author prize.

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Dec 3

Truly honoured that my book Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights was selected as Runner Up for the @innertemple.org.uk book prize, a major triennial competition for outstanding authorship.

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Nov 25

This Thursday we're celebrating the work of Honorary Professor Lord Hendy in our event 'Class Struggle and the Law'. Join us.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Class Struggle and the Law: An evening in conversation with Lord Hendy KC

A joint UCL Labour Rights Institute - Institute of Employment Rights (IER) event

www.ucl.ac.uk

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · Nov 19

Judgments from the @echr.coe.int have influenced policy in areas like mental health, reproductive rights and access to essential medical treatments.

Leaving the #ECHR would be a blow for health, justice and accountability, writes @martinmckee.bsky.social👇

🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/... via @bmj.com

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Nov 17

A video of our UCL event on 'Reforming Human Rights after the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act' is available below.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Reforming Human Rights after the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act

Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · Nov 12

I've been investigating the huge levels of exploitation faced by workers on the seasonal worker visa for the last few years, and have often asked myself why the trade union movement has ignored these workers.

So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.

opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · Nov 12

‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers

Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · Nov 7

New post

Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate.

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The ‘othering’ of human rights and the agenda underlying calls for UK withdrawal from the ECHR

A recent conference marking the 75th anniversary anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights provided a sobering opportunity for reflection on possible trajectories of human rights prote…

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Nov 5

Two weeks left to apply for a PhD at UCL Laws — ranked the UK’s top law school for research quality (REF 2021). 🎓

Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
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Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Nov 5

And in relation to it, much looking forward to this event in Oxford tonight:

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Symposium on 'Human Rights at Work: Reimagining

About the event Employment today is marked by deepening tensions: between worker autonomy and

www.law.ox.ac.uk

UK Labour Law Blog @labourblog.bsky.social · Nov 5

NEW Blog Post!

”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social

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The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life – by Virginia Mantouvalou

Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay 1. Introduction Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in co…

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Nov 5

I wrote a blog post for the @labourblog.bsky.social on “‘The Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life”

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The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life – by Virginia Mantouvalou

Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay 1. Introduction Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in co…

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Nov 5

Join UCL Laws for an upcoming UCL Labour Rights Institute event:

📢 Class Struggle and the Law: An evening in conversation with Lord Hendy KC

📅 27 November 2025 | ⏰ 6pm | 🏛️ UCL Laws

🔗 Book for free www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 28

Join us at UCL on Monday 17/11, 1-2pm, for an exciting event on 'Cities and Human Rights', with Marius Pieterse as a speaker, and Elena de Nictolis as commentator. I'm very much looking forward to chairing it.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Cities and Human Rights

Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 22

Join us for symposium on our book Human Rights at Work (with @thebigbogg.bsky.social, H Collins, ACL Davies) on 5 November, at the Bonavero Institute, Oxford, with Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Claire Darwin KC & Kate O' Regan. Chaired by @marijajovanovic.bsky.social

www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Symposium on 'Human Rights at Work: Reimagining

About the event Employment today is marked by deepening tensions: between worker autonomy and

www.law.ox.ac.uk

Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Oct 16

Very proud of Joy* a long-standing member of Kalayaan's campaign group, winning the Human Trafficking Foundation Award for Best Opinion Piece on Modern Slavery in parliament earlier this week.

Read Joy's story here:

metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...

#AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 3

A typically powerful and very alarming piece by Conor Gearty on domestic courts and the Human Rights Act:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Sep 25

A true honour that my monograph, Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights, is shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, a triennial book prize for outstanding authorship.

It is shortlisted with three other outstanding books by Sean Coyle, @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social &Liron Shmilovits

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Sep 13

We will miss you greatly, our brilliant, charismatic friend.

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I met Conor Gearty more than 20 years ago, when I was a PhD student at LSE and have been fortunate to work with him in one way or the other all these years. A hugely intelligent critical thinker… | Vi...

I met Conor Gearty more than 20 years ago, when I was a PhD student at LSE and have been fortunate to work with him in one way or the other all these years. A hugely intelligent critical thinker, gene...

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FairChecks @fairchecks.bsky.social · Sep 1

A snippet from our short film by One Umbrella Productions, featuring the talented Kellie Shirley. 💙

Watch the full short film here: fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...

#FairChecks #CriminalRecords #Justice

FairChecks | A short film - #FairChecks

A short film highlighting the experiences of those facing the life-long barrier of a criminal record. Join our campaign for criminal records reform today.

fairchecks.org.uk

Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Aug 29

Do you want to help transform the lives of migrant domestic workers? Kalayaan is recruiting for 6 types of volunteer roles this autumn. If you are passionate about justice and human rights, we want to hear from you: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Volunteer for Kalayaan | Kalayaan

Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

www.kalayaan.org.uk

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Aug 18

Grateful for such a thoughtful review of my monograph on Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights, together with Robert Goodin's and @maevemckeown.bsky.social's books on structural injustice, by Ashley Dodsworth in the European Journal of Political Theory.

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New approaches to structural injustice - Ashley Dodsworth, 2025

This piece seeks to explore three recent works on structural injustice: Virgina Mantouvalou’s Structural Injustice and Worker’s Rights (2023); Robert Goodin’s P...

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jul 11

Last month @kalayaan.org.uk had a special event in Parliament, "Breaking the Silence". Domestic workers under the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa shared their experience on the effects of the visa and the need for change. Grateful to all speakers and to Lord German who opened the afternoon.

michael veale @michae.lv · Jul 7

We're hiring at @laws.ucl.ac.uk: full rank search in corporate and financial law, from lecturer (assistant prof) to associate and full prof. Multiple posts. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Professor / Associate Professor / Lecturer in Corporate and / or Financial Law

Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 26

Great to see the Overseas Domestic Worker visa and the work of Kalayaan covered in ITV news with such a powerful clip.

Very grateful also to Baroness Helena Kennedy for her support.

Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Jun 25

Powerful footage from @itvnews.bsky.social shows exploitation suffered by migrant domestic workers inLondon due to the terms of their visa. Thanks to Ronke Phillips for highlighting scale of injustice & Helena Kennedy for explaining how amendments to Govts Borders Bill would create much neededchange

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