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Koldo Casla

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Leire eta Nahiaren aita; Dad of two • Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School & Human Rights Centre @universityofessex.bsky.social • Politics, Law, Social Rights • My next book: 'The Social Right to Property: Social Function & Human Rights' ✍️ 📖

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Jul 19

Barcelona & Madrid, 18th & 25th Sept.
Discussing strategic litigation on the progressive realisation of economic, social & cultural rights.
Barcelona, English, info here www.ub.edu/portal/web/d...
Madrid, castellano, regístrate aquí forms.office.com/pages/respon...
cc @universityofessex.bsky.social

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · 10d

‘Total panic’: the effect of no-fault evictions on renters in England #EndSection21 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

‘Total panic’: the effect of no-fault evictions on renters in England

Section 21 evictions enable private landlords to oust tenants, even if they have done nothing wrong

www.theguardian.com

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · 20d

Germany’s government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created “Citizen’s Income” with a more punitive “New Income for Jobseekers”.

These plans will increase poverty.

Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

A single mother in low-wage work shows her monthly household budget to Human Rights Watch during an interview, Baden-Württemberg, February 2023.
© 2023 Kartik Raj/ Human Rights Watch

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you @koldocasla.bsky.social and University of Essex and Barcelona colleagues, for the opportunity to discuss strategic litigation and other avenues to make progress in realizing ESC rights. Great to meet and work with @observadesca.bsky.social @rightohousing.bsky.social @gentium.bsky.social

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · 22d

What if the hallucinations are intrinsic to the AI business model? theconversation.com/why-openais-...

Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow

The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.

theconversation.com

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 22d

The decline remains shocking.

The UK shed public wealth at 7.4% of national income per year from 1981 to 1996.

Gross public wealth fell from the highest in the G7 to the lowest, where it has stayed ever since.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 22d

Its scale was unprecedented.

Post-1980, the only advanced economies that experienced a faster and deeper decline in public wealth were those affected by the “shock therapy” of the post-Soviet transition.

Britain’s public wealth collapsed.

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · 23d

Misinformation and myth: the UK’s phoney war over human rights - Rachel Sylvester @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Misinformation and myth: the UK’s phoney war over human r...

The debate over the future of the European Convention on Human Rights will shape conference season and beyond

observer.co.uk

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Waltzian neorealists see a bipolar world as being more stable than a multipolar one. But for rising states with expanding ambitions, three great powers are preferable to two." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/g...

Why the Global South Won’t Quit Russia

For rising states with expanding ambitions, three great powers are preferable to two.

foreignpolicy.com

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yesterday Basque people managed to stop La Vuelta (the Spanish cycling tour) in protest for the whitewashing of the Palestinian genocide with the participation of an Israeli team.🚴‍♂️ 🍉
Hope the organisers and others (FIBA, UEFA…) learn their lesson and apply the Russia rule.

Diario Público @publico.es · Sep 3

Las protestas propalestinas en Bilbao obligan a terminar la etapa de La Vuelta tres kilómetros antes
Imágenes: Fuente I RTVE

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 21

Authorities could issue Empty Dwelling Management Orders. But they are reluctant. Only 66 EDMOs were approved by the competent first-tier residential property tribunal between 2004-12. In response to a FOI request from me, the Gov said they do not hold more recent data. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Empty home crisis: Why aren't they being used to solve shortages?

There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists - so why aren't we better using one to help solve the other, and is it a case of a missed opportunity?

www.bbc.com

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 19

Has extreme poverty really plunged since the 1980s? New analysis suggests not. By ‪@jasonhickel.bsky.social, Dylan Sullivan & Michail Moatsos on @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/has-extreme-...

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 15

Between rigid respect for international law and judicial deference: Front Polisario I and Front Polisario II - Marek Szydło - Modern Law Review 🇪🇺 🇪🇭 doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 14

The erosion of democracy in an age of wealth inequality: Unravelling the impact of subjective socioeconomic stratification | Seungwoo Han | British Journal of Politics and International Relations journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 13

Do not even try, “for U-speakers never make mistakes”. unherd.com/2025/08/lang...

Language is the last class marker

unherd.com

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 13

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen theconversation.com/gaza-isnt-th...

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid responsibility for, atrocities committed by those it supports.

theconversation.com

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEW RESEARCH: The richest households in England will be eight times more likely to benefit from the government’s expanded programme of funded childcare hours. 1/8

Image of mother and baby looking at a laptop screen. Text reads: Childcare inequality in England. New analysis reveals who really benefits from government support.

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · Aug 4

💰 How much public wealth do you think was given away for free via Right to Buy?

1bn? 10bn? 100bn?

Try 200 BILLION pounds.

🧵 Here's how Britain’s most infamous housing policy became its biggest housing disaster — and near the largest privatisation in British history.

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Aug 6

The number of English youth centres run by local authorities almost halved between 2012 and 2023.

Youth centres are vital for young people's life chances, especially in the poorest areas. Reversing this damaging legacy of 2010s austerity can't come soon enough!

ednews.bsky.social @ednews.bsky.social · Aug 6

Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones | The Guardian

Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones

Keir Starmer says £88m package will help tackle trend of young people becoming ‘disconnected from their communities’

www.theguardian.com

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 9

“the Private Rented Sector database represents a rare opportunity to introduce a national, consistent framework to support local enforcement while raising expectations of landlord behaviour.” @neweconomics.bsky.social research neweconomics.org/2025/07/deta...

Detailing the database

How the private rented sector database can support enforcement and drive up standards

neweconomics.org

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Aug 6

🎲 NEW REPORT | Fairer gambling taxes could raise £3.2bn to scrap the two-child limit & benefit cap, lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. The plan targets the most harmful, least-taxed parts of the industry. Find out more: www.ippr.org/articles/reforming-gambling-taxation

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Aug 6

🗣️ Gordon Brown: “If gambling firms can afford sky-high pay-outs and sponsorships, they can afford to help fund the war on child poverty.”
Our latest report lays out exactly how we can make that happen: www.ippr.org/articles/reforming-gambling-taxation
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The gambling industry is a licence to print money. Tax it properly – and turbocharge the fight against child poverty | Gordon Brown

New thinking is urgent now. I have not seen such deep poverty since I grew up in a mining and textiles town blighted by unemployment, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Aug 2

AI is too intellectually predigested to be the Second Enlightenment. By David A. Bell www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/o...

Opinion | A.I. Is Shedding Enlightenment Values

www.nytimes.com

Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Jul 26

Climate change on trial: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ opinion on global warming | César Rodríguez-Garavito | OpenGlobalRights www.openglobalrights.org/climate-chan...

Climate change on trial: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ opinion on global warming

What the Inter-American Court’s recent advisory opinion tells us about the past, present, and future of climate change policy and litigation

www.openglobalrights.org

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YERUN @yerunnetwork.bsky.social · May 14

📣We are thrilled to share the 4th edition of YRMA Voices, where we highlight the inspiring journeys of Dr. Koldo Casla(universityofessex.bsky.social) and Dr. Jingjing Wu (University of Southern Denmark).

🔍Read the full edition and get inspired👇
yerun.eu/2025/05/yrma...

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Jul 24

Very concerning.
I have an idea.
Two, in fact.
Give asylum seekers the right to work.
And increase the restrictions to betting shops. (Or close them down, ideally.)

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Home Office has launched an investigation after PolHome found that asylum seekers nationwide have been using taxpayer-funded payment cards for gambling

"The Home Office has begun an investigation into the use of Aspen cards"

The cards are intended for essentials like food, toiletries & clothes

Asylum Seekers Using Taxpayer-Funded Payment Cards To Gamble

The Home Office has launched an investigation after PoliticsHome revealed that asylum seekers across the UK have been using taxpayer-funded payment...

www.politicshome.com

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