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Housed within the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, we support academic and policy work on human rights globally. PGCert/PGDip/MA in Human Rights offered online | Part of School of Advanced Study, University of London. http://www.commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/hr
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Read the latest #ICwS newsletter 👇 👇👇

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This edition includes Institute highlights, event recordings, Fellow updates, programme info, new scholarship student profiles and more!

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#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟

The recording of 'The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow' event with Sir Hilary Beckles is now available on our website:

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#SirHilaryBeckles #Africa #Caribbean #ReparatoryJustice #CARICOM #Commonwealth
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🌟 New Blog Post 🌟

In honour of #HumanRightsDay, we've published a new blog post entitled 'From human rights defenders in exile to human rights defenders everywhere - Voices in Exile: A Guide for Human Rights Defenders'.

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#HumanRightsDefenders #HumanRights
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Today is UN Human Rights Day! It marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.

“Our rights, our future, right now”

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#UN #HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Alumni Spotlight 🔦 🎓 3️⃣ 0️⃣

As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni on our MA and PhD programmes.

⭐ This month's alum is Deekshya Illangasinghe ⭐

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#AlumniSpotlight #HumanRights #UniversityofLondon
Alumni Spotlight - Deekshya Illangasinghe
Deekshya Illangasinghe has over 15 years of experience working for human rights, peace and democracy at the national, regional and international level.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
There is still time to register for our webinar TODAY at 1pm to learn about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇

Register here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
ONE WEEK LEFT until our live Human Rights Day webinar!

Join us on 10 December 2025 from 1pm-2pm (UK time) to hear about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights.

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#HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning #HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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NEW EVENT RECORDING AVAILABLE 📹 👇 🌟
The recording of our fireside chat with anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa, Albie Sachs is now available online:

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#AntiApartheid #HumanRights #AlbieSachs #SouthAfrica
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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👋 Hi Bluesky!

The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.

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Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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There’s still time to register for the 2-day hybrid conference NEXT WEEK:

"Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House and Online

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Register now for this forthcoming 2-day hybrid conference entitled: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House & Online
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#Democracy #Commonwealth #Leadership #Actvism #Empowerment
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Forthcoming hybrid event: The Legal Obligation for Genocide Prevention, Tuesday 4 November, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Room 264, Senate House and ONLINE

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#Genocide #MinorityRights #HumanRights
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Professor Corinne Lennox will be panellist at a hybrid webinar NEXT WEEK: 'Global caste-scapes: inequality and belonging in the 21st century' 29 October, 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT), City St George’s and ONLINE: city-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83108880169

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#Inequality #HumanRights #CasteInequality
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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What an inspiring and joyous evening celebrating 30 years of human rights education at the #ICwS!

Thank you to the current students, alumni, panellists and staff, old and new, for celebrating this momentous occasion with us.

Check our website soon for the event recording: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Register now for this forthcoming 2-day hybrid conference entitled: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House & Online
shorturl.at/av3vh

#Democracy #Commonwealth #Leadership #Actvism #Empowerment
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Calling all #graduates and #currentstudents of our post-graduate human rights programmes - join us this Thursday to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in #HumanRights education! 🎉 🎉 🎉

16 October, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

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October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London!

Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:

www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Don’t miss this exciting in-person chat with Albie Sachs on 1st October: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Albie Sachs in Conversation, 1 October 2025, 4pm-5:30pm, Warburg Auditorium

Join us for a fireside chat with Albie Sachs—anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

#SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #AlbieSachs

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September 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Albie Sachs in Conversation, 1 October 2025, 4pm-5:30pm, Warburg Auditorium

Join us for a fireside chat with Albie Sachs—anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

#SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #AlbieSachs

www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The book Launch for 'Unbroken Chains: A 5,000 year history of African enslavement' written by ICwS Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut took place on 28 August 2025. This is a new, full
history of slavery in Africa, from the Pharaohs to the present.

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#HumanRights #Africa #Slavery
September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Calling all graduates and current students of our postgraduate human rights programmes - join us in London to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in human rights education!

16 October 2025, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

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#HumanRights #Alumni #CurrentStudents
September 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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SAVE THE DATE AND PRE-REGISTER NOW! 👇 👇 👇

'Ecocide, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice Conference'
31 October 2025, Senate House, London

Bringing together scholars, activists, diplomats and lawmakers.

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#Ecocide #HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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One day left to apply to our MA in Human Rights 👇 👇 👇 www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
July 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Call for Papers - From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order. Deadline: 20 September 2025

From our partner: Human Rights Centre, University of Padova

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#GlobalGovernance #Multilateralism #HumanRights
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #Ecocide
July 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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New event recording now available online from the Memorial2007 Annual Lecture featuring by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies.

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View the event details here: shorturl.at/O420Z

#GlobalReparations #HumanRights #Commonwealth
July 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM