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Amicus ALJ @amicusalj.bsky.social · 1d

We're excited to announce that Margot Ravenscroft and Professor Jon Yorke will be guest speakers at Amnesty International UK's evening talk this weekend!

Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-day-...

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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · Aug 29

4th and last day of the Pre-sessions 50!

In Today’s sessions, speakers will address the human rights situation of #Croatia, #Bulgaria, and #Belarus. Follow us on twitter with #PS50 for live updates!

#UniversalPeriodicReview #HumanRights #PS50

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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · Aug 26

#PS50 @chreaamalawi Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance spoke on #torture, #detention and #arbitraryArrests. They recommended #Malawi to establish an independent NPM, allocate resources to improve prison conditions, and guarantee fair trials for detainees

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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · Aug 26

#PS50 Aman Against Discrimination denounced racial discrimination in #Libya. They urged Libya to officially recognize cultural & linguistic minorities, to ensure universal access to education and to ease nationality acquisition procedures for stateless people.

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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · Aug 27

During #PS50 CHRD talked about #HRDs, #CivilSociety, #corruption & #ClimateChange. They called on #Mongolia to support anticorruption initiatives of CSOs, to provide insurance to eliminate harms caused by natural disasters, and to encourage human rights trainings.

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Death Penalty Research Unit, Oxford @dpruoxford.bsky.social · Aug 28

In a new article for the Journal of Human Rights Practice, DPRU Director Professor Carolyn Hoyle and the Death Penalty Project's Parvais Jabbar reflect on the collaborative process leading up to Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty in December 2024:

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

New article on abolition in Zimbabwe in Journal of

In August 2025, Professor Carolyn Hoyle, Director of the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), and

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

At the U.S. UPR pre-session 🇺🇳 @norwayingeneva.norway.no raised the important issue of the federal death penalty. Our U.S. Stakeholder report on the DP can be downloaded here bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/usa-upr... @norwaymfa.government.no @dpruoxford.bsky.social

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Dr Alice Storey @dralicestorey.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Joint Statement: Concerns Over USA's Engagement with the UN UPR

CONCERNS OVER USA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Joint Statement of the UPR Project at BCU and UPR Academic Network regarding the United States of America’s ...

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Dr Alice Storey @dralicestorey.bsky.social · Aug 28

At the USA’s UPR Pre-session 🇺🇳 the UN’s OHCHR advised that the USA will not be engaging with its upcoming Universal Periodic Review due to take place on 7th November 2025. This could have catastrophic consequences for the future of the UPR and we would encourage everyone to sign our Joint Statement⬇️

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Themes presented by CSOs in the US’s 🇺🇸UPR pre-session 🇺🇳; increased surveillance structures,

Permanent mission questions - Norway provides a question on the federal death penalty

The Head of OHCHR - stated its disappointment of the US not submitting its UPR National Report.

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Themes presented by CSOs in the US’s 🇺🇸UPR pre-session 🇺🇳; the right to food, climate change, poverty, SOGI, access to abortion and reproductive health, racism, immigration and asylum, FGM/C, child marriage, online sexual exploitation, the shrinking space for CSOs, increased internal terror policy

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

US pre-session is now open. The US gov is a no-show but 6 CSOs are presenting

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Room XXV 🇺🇳 is now full for the no-show of the US government for it’s own UPR pre-session @bernardharcourt.bsky.social @dralicestorey.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Second up 🇺🇸 UPR pre-session in U.N.🇺🇳 the room is buzzing with discussions of the US government not attending their own session 🙃

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

We arrived early for the UPR pre-sessions U.N. 🇺🇳
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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jamaica Ambassador states since the 3rd UPR cycle the government has improved services and support for persons with disabilities @uprinfo.bsky.social

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

First up is the Jamaica 🇯🇲 UPR Pre-session @uprinfo.bsky.social

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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s the 3rd day of the Pre-Sessions 50!

Join us today for sessions that will give us insights on the human rights situation in #Jamaica, #USA, #Andorra, #Panama and #Honduras. Stay tuned on twitter with #PS50!

#UniversalPeriodicReview #HumanRights #PS50

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

A ☔️ day at 🇺🇳 today. The prospect of the U.S. attending their UPR pre-session also looks bleak @dralicestorey.bsky.social @uprinfo.bsky.social

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

@dralicestorey.bsky.social and I are at the U.N. today for the US’s pre-session and we’ll post what happens @amnesty.org @hrw.org

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Will the United States attend their UPR pre-session this morning at the UN in Geneva? As they did not submit their National Report to the HRC, the prospects look bleak @uprinfo.bsky.social @dralicestorey.bsky.social

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wonderful to meet with our good friends Gianni and Nicoletta @uprinfo.bsky.social in Geneva to discuss the Universal Periodic Review 😀👏 @dralicestorey.bsky.social @dranazir.bsky.social

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Lucy Harry @lucyharry.bsky.social · Jun 11

📢 New article out where we examine bans on female migrant workers from Indonesia travelling abroad in response to executions in the Middle East. Spoiler alert - they are ineffectual & do not signal an abolitionist stance @dpruoxford.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Permanent Maid Moratorium: The Death Penalty in The Middle East and Female Migrant Workers From Indonesia

While existing research has examined travel bans as a result of the abuse of migrant workers, here they are analysed in relation to capital punishment. Focusing on female migrant workers travelling t...

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Death Penalty Research Unit, Oxford @dpruoxford.bsky.social · Aug 2

Our partners @thedeathpenalty.bsky.social are on this platform, if you’re interested in the #DeathPenalty … and why wouldn’t you be?!

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The Death Penalty Project @thedeathpenalty.bsky.social · Aug 6

"The death penalty in Kenya is literally a mental torture... The suffering is so severe, waiting for something that isn’t going to happen, that prisoners would demand to be executed."

Read Willis Nandi's blog post published by @dpruoxford.bsky.social: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/death-penalt...

A decade on death row in Kenya

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