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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 26d

This latest "barrister meets AI" disaster is something all stage 1 law students should read. It is vital about the key skill of case reading - you mustn't use AI to substitute for the skill of being able to find cases and find key content in cases:

tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...

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Mitchell Lennan @mitchlennan.bsky.social · 27d

Really enjoyed being a part of this! Thanks so much to the panelists for their insightful viewpoints. Learned a great deal.

GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 29d

Concluding the dialogue of Day 1⃣ of the UN Forum on #HumanRights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the third panel will feature an expert discussion on reimagining climate governance.

▶ genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/fifth...
📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · Sep 29

Literally everyone I know with indefinite leave to remain is either in the NHS or education - so I’m not sure how they can prove they’ve contributed more to society than they’ve always done. They’ve certainly done more than any no mark Labour politician whose sat on their lazy arse their entire life

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Sep 21

Why recognize the State of Palestine?

Isn't it pointless?

Mere symbolism?

Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?

Or even a trap?

Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.

digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · Sep 12

A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social

voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...

“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1

Defining Away Palestine

voelkerrechtsblog.org

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Sarah Zarmsky @szarmsky.bsky.social · Aug 28

Turns out it’s very easy to entertain a law of the sea academic in Belfast @mitchlennan.bsky.social

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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · Aug 13

I used to go at enormous lengths debating my fellow Ukrainians (especially pro-Israel ones) telling them that if we lose the war, our situation will be very much like that of Palestine. People laughed at me.

Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Aug 13

"Russia and the United States have discussed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank as a model for ending the war in Ukraine"

“Ukraine will never give up its sovereignty. But the reality is it’ll be occupied territory and the model is Palestine.”

An abomination.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Aug 16

"We cannot afford to despair. Plastics producers know that change is possible and that the case for it grows stronger by the day. They have fought it off for now, but they must not prevail."
Read more in @theguardian.com bit.ly/4lB2CBl

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Aug 16

People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.

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Mitchell Lennan @mitchlennan.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Dr Juliette McIntyre ☯︎🩷💚 🏳️‍🌈 @drnajimagi.bsky.social · Jul 23

To be honest so far the Opinion could be summed up as OBEY THE LAW ASSHOLES

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Mitchell Lennan @mitchlennan.bsky.social · Jul 23

UNTVlLivestream constantly cutting out is not doing wonders for my nerves right now.

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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · Jul 7

Two key #ClimateChange & #HumanRights developments from last week's #HRC59

‼️ The Marshall Islands proposed an amendment on #FossilFuels to the resolution on human rights and climate change - being negotiated this week

🌐 Dominican Republic & Malta announced resolution on #SeaLevelRise at #HRC60

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Jul 2

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 2

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds

Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’ UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report. The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · Jun 26

For those who are interested in human rights and climate change this Advisory Opinion is one to watch, so please mark Thursday 3 July 5pm UK time in your diaries.

Keeping fingers crossed for a really strong opinion.

javier palummo @palummo.bsky.social · Jun 21

🌎 The #CorteIDH has set a date to issue its Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency and human rights. This marks a milestone for the region and for strengthening inter-American standards on climate justice.
#ClimateJustice #DESCA #CorteIDH

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · Jun 23

I missed this really good piece yesterday about the repeal of Section 28 in Scotland, one of the very first acts of the then-new Scottish Parliament. Moments like this are always worth looking back on to remember how legislation can and should change before opinion does www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Section 28: Death threats and Holyrood's 'first culture war'

Wendy Alexander recalls being at the centre of the bitter fight over the controversial law, 25 years on.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Jun 18

Labour "We are committed to defending the ECHR, so long as we can ignore and circumvent it. It needs to change to suit what we want"
Leave the ECHR or "cause it to evolve", the outcome is you deliberately deny human rights to certain groups based on your priorities, nullifying them being universal.

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our latest on the seasonal worker visa.

What jumped out at me when reading this government-commissioned report is that farm-owners will quite openly say that they prefer migrant workers to accrue huge levels of debt, because this pushes them to work harder so that they can pay it off.

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · May 28

Over 200 lawyers, academic and practising, signed the following letter to the UK Govt and parliamentary committees (Westminster and devolved) expressing our concerns over the FWS decision, its implications for trans rights in the UK, and the EHRC approach to it:

www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · May 28

⚡️ ⚖️ Precedent-setting #climatelitigation victory this morning in #SaulvsRWE
🙌 🎉 A victory for #climatejustice and corporate accountability
🧵🧑‍⚖️ A short thread to unpack the key legal principles reaffirmed by the judges of the Higher Court of Hamm 🇩🇪 ⬇️ 1/8

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 20

Given that we’re a nation of nature lovers, whose conservation charities are among the world's biggest membership organisations, Keir Starmer’s repeated attacks on voters who want to protect the living planet, calling us “time-wasting nimbys”, “blockers” and “zealots”, is frankly idiotic.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 15

NEW: Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social

After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans

Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earl...

www.propublica.org

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Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · May 15

TIL there was a Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and it produced this image

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · May 16

you do not actually need to debate fascists what's more you should not debate fascists & you should definitely definitely definitely not think that debating fascists online is a form of activism or organising because it is not

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · May 16

the right will not be defeated in the marketplace of ideas mostly because like the marketplace of ideas is very much a *market* and like all markets it's not actually particularly meritocratic or democratic hope that helps

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Mar 11

In retrospect we should have reacted much more strongly to people being like “you’re just virtue signaling, you’re just saying you have virtue, you’re just treating virtue like it’s a good thing for an adult human being to have, you just want to run around everywhere having morality and being good”

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