Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Senior Research Fellows - Dr Basuli Deb, a Global Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers where she co-founded the international Research Group on Dalit and Adivasi Studies.

Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-ba...

‼️ SCREENING RESCHEDULED - DATE CHANGE ‼️

Due to the tube strike, tomorrow's screening has been rescheduled for 2nd June 2026.

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WATCH THE TRAILER HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaI-...

#PEBuk #London #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRights

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows - Laura Baron-Mendoza, a Colombian lawyer with a Doctorate in Law from McGill University and an LL.M. from the Geneva Academy of #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and #HumanRights.
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Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows - Dr Makanatsa Makonese

She is a human rights lawyer, researcher, and published author with over 20 years of experience across #SouthernAfrica.

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#HumanRights #Democracy #Law

‼️ DATE CHANGE ‼️

Join us on 2nd June for a special community screening: THE PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING.

Watch the Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaI-...

Seats are free but limited so please book in advance: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#PEBuk #FilmScreening #London #ClimateChange

⭐ SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE MA HUMAN RIGHTS ⭐

We're honoured to offer the Yusuf Ali Scholarship to students resident in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to enable one individual to study on the MA Human Rights.

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#Scholarship #HumanRights #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh

People's Emergency Briefing - Teaser Trailer YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing

Join us on the 21st of April for a special community screening: THE PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING.

Watch the Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaI-...

Seats are free but limited so please book in advance: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#PEBuk #FilmScreening #London #ClimateChange

Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣

As part of the 30th Anniversary of Human Rights Education at the #ICwS, we are profiling alumni & currents students to highlight their contributions to securing human rights.

⭐ This month's alum is Antonia Mulvey ⭐

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New on the #ICwS blog: 'Slavery in the Indian Ocean World' written by Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut

This new piece focuses primarily on the history of slavery in East Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world.

Read more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#Slavery #EastAfrica

📢 Community screening: People’s Emergency Briefing,
a powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining the climate & nature crisis - and what it means for food, health, weather & cost of living.

📍 Beveridge Hall, Senate House
📅 21 April 2026 🕖 6pm-8:30pm
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#London #PEBuk

Peter Lyon prize - The Round Table This is an annual prize by Routledge, the publishers of The Round Table, for the best policy-oriented article on a theme of significance for the contemporary Commonwealth published in the

We congratulate to Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut on being awarded The Round Table’s latest Peter Lyon prize for his article, ‘Widening the reparations debate’, from the June 2025 issue of The Round Table.

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#Commonwealth #Reparations #Policy

Apply NOW for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!!

Applicants must already have been offered a place on our MA Programme so please apply by 16 March: www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner

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'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner'
Thursday 19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm
Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom

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#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Decriminalizing Conduct Associated with Poverty and Status | ICJ On 3 March 2026, the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Institute of Commonwealth Studie

💭⚖️ W/ The Commonwealth, @icws-sas.bsky.social & the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the UN in Geneva, we held a side event during #HRC61 to discuss a #humanrights -based approach to #CriminalLaw & the #decriminalization of conduct linked to #poverty, #homelessness & #status.
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#8MPs

Today is #CommonwealthDay!

The 2026 theme is ‘Unlocking opportunities together for a prosperous Commonwealth’.

Watch the message from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey here: youtu.be/Lr8_kdeIYuU?...

Learn more here: thecommonwealth.org/commonwealth...

#Commonwealth

@unwomen The rule of law is weakening, and women and girls are paying the price.

Around the world, conflict, repression, and backlash are weakening the systems meant to protect people.

This International Women’s Day, we push for #justice that delivers: in law, in systems, in real life.

#IWD2026

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Decriminalizing Conduct Associated with Poverty and Status The ICwS and partners presented at a recent side event at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council.

On 3 March 2026, the #Commonwealth Secretariat, #ICJ and #ICwS held a side event at the #UN #HumanRights Council to showcase their Practitioners’ Guide on a human rights-based approach to #criminallaw.

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#Poverty #Homelessness

@sas-news.bsky.social

The ICwS would like to extend our congratulations to former Senior Fellow Sir Ronald Sanders on his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

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HYBRID side-event TOMORROW on the margins of the 61st session of the #HumanRightsCouncil: Decriminalizing homelessness and poverty as a #humanrights response, 3 March 2026, from 13:00-14:00, ONLINE and Palais des Nations, Room XI

Join online: ungeneva-vc.webex.com/ungeneva-vc/...

#Commonwealth #UN

Selective Justice is Not a Flaw of International Law. It’s the Feature. International law was built to constrain the weak more than the powerful, and today vulnerable states are using tools like ecocide law to push back against that imbalance.

'Selective Justice is Not a Flaw of International Law. It’s the Feature.'

Read this new piece by Prof Damien Short in International Policy Digest where he argues that #ecocidelaw is not a utopian plea for moral awakening.

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#InternationalLaw #Justice #Ecocide

Alumni Spotlight - Shahindha Ismail Shahindha Ismail has advocated for hundreds of protesters arbitrarily detained and tortured during the movement for democracy in the Maldives from 2004.

Alumni Spotlight 🎓 🔦 3️⃣ 0️⃣

As part of the 30th Anniversary of #HumanRights Education at the #ICwS, we will be profiling alumni from our MA/PhD programmes to highlight their contributions to securing human rights.

⭐ This month's alum is Shahindha Ismail ⭐

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Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner

19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom

Register here:
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#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth

MA Human Rights Designed and run by activist scholars based at the Human Rights Consortium, this practice-based online Master's will develop you as a human rights practitioner.

Applications are now open for the MA Human Rights at the University of London!

Apply by 5 August for a September 2026 start: www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

Join this practice-focused human rights MA to learn from human rights activists from around the world.

#HumanRights #PostgraduateStudy

Please note the list of this year's eligible countries here: www.london.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Commonwealth Scholarships Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships offer full fee waivers for residents of developing Commonwealth nations studying the MA Human Rights programme

Apply NOW for a full scholarship to the MA Human Rights by distance learning! Apply by 31 March for the September 2026 intake. PGCert and PGDip also available.

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#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #PostgraduateStudy

Commonwealth Law Ministers urged to disseminate Practitioners’ Guide on a Human Rights-based Approach to Criminal Law 👇 👇 👇

Read more here:

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#Commonwealth #CriminalLaw #DecriminalisationofPoverty #HumanRights

@sas-news.bsky.social

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery - Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Tony Warner

19 March 2026, 6pm-8:30pm, Woburn Suite, Senate House and ONLINE via Zoom

Register here:
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#Slavery #Caribbean #Commonwealth

Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill The Scottish Parliament will advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first nation in the UK to criminalise severe environmental destruction.

🌍 Landmark vote on #ecocide in Scotland 🌍

The ICwS welcomes yesterday’s historic vote by the Scottish Parliament to advance the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, placing Scotland on track to become the first UK nation to criminalise severe environmental destruction.

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NEW CONFERENCE REPORT ONLINE 👇 👇👇
'Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis'

Read more here:

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#Commonwealth #Democracy #Activism #Conference

🎓 Congratulations to all of our students graduating today at Senate House! 🎓

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#Graduation #HumanRights #SASGraduation