Ahmed Ellaboudy
@aellaboudy.bsky.social
Lawyer, PhD candidate @TCDLawSchool Researching Counterterrorism Laws & Fundamental Rights| Focus: Emergencies, Constitutional Theory & HRL (Global South Critique)
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Ahmed Ellaboudy
@aellaboudy.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Anti-Terror Legislation and Property Rights in Egypt: How Counter-Terrorism Regimes Impinge on Property Rights and the Rule of Law
In January 2023, the Egyptian cabinet introduced a new bill for parliamentary discussion proposing the establishment of a new body to manage seized funds and assets confiscated by the state, including...
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My blog post on @verfassungsblog.de shows how Anti-terrorism legislation impinge on property rights to a degree that is constitutionally unacceptable. These observations are linked to my PhD project looks at interactions between preventive justice, countering terrorism, and property rights.
The programme is here! TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop features 6 brilliant ECRs tackling diverse research inquiries, with expert feedback from leading constitutional law academics - plus a keynote session by Prof. Leah Trueblood. @tricondublin.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The programme is here! TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop features 6 brilliant ECRs tackling diverse research inquiries, with expert feedback from leading constitutional law academics - plus a keynote session by Prof. Leah Trueblood. @tricondublin.bsky.social
Deadline for submission of abstracts July 31st!
Submissions are open for the 'TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop'. An excellent opportunity for PhD candidates & ECRs in Ireland working on public/constitutional law to get expert feedback on their research. @tricondublin.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Deadline for submission of abstracts July 31st!
The Righteous Community www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jackson Lears · The Righteous Community: Legacies of the War on Terror
Once the US became the world’s only superpower, universalist fantasies proliferated. But after 9/11 they widened,...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Righteous Community www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Submissions are open for the 'TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop'. An excellent opportunity for PhD candidates & ECRs in Ireland working on public/constitutional law to get expert feedback on their research. @tricondublin.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Submissions are open for the 'TriCON New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop'. An excellent opportunity for PhD candidates & ECRs in Ireland working on public/constitutional law to get expert feedback on their research. @tricondublin.bsky.social
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Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect
Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect
Co-founder of protest group to be given opportunity to apply for ‘interim relief’ to prevent proscription order
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UK politics live – latest updates
Palestine Action has been granted an urgent high court hearing on Friday to try to prevent a banning order against the direct action protest group coming into effect.
An order is due to be laid before parliament on Monday which would proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation, making being a member of – or inviting support for – Palestine Action a criminal offence carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect
The potential proscription of Palestine Action is an explicit use of terrorism designation as a mode of societal control by threatening supporters with terrorism offences.
UK to ban campaign group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws
Britain said on Monday it would use anti-terrorism laws to ban the campaign organisation Palestine Action, making it a criminal offence to belong to the group after its activists damaged two UK military planes in protest at London's support for Israel.
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June 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The potential proscription of Palestine Action is an explicit use of terrorism designation as a mode of societal control by threatening supporters with terrorism offences.
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This is a dangerous lowering of the bar regarding what counts as terrorism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Government confirms it will ban Palestine Action under anti-terror legislation – UK politics live
It will become a criminal offence to belong to the campaign group which damaged two military planes last week
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is a dangerous lowering of the bar regarding what counts as terrorism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Legal positivism at its finest!
June 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Legal positivism at its finest!
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‘Most hunger strikes are undertaken by prisoners. But unlike her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, unlike the 9000-plus Palestinians prisoners on hunger strike in Israel now, unlike Bobby Sands and his comrades in the 1980s, Laila Soueif is able to play out her drama in public.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif | Day 250
Laila Soueif never normalised her son’s incarceration. Through three arrests and three trials she fought for him in...
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June 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘Most hunger strikes are undertaken by prisoners. But unlike her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, unlike the 9000-plus Palestinians prisoners on hunger strike in Israel now, unlike Bobby Sands and his comrades in the 1980s, Laila Soueif is able to play out her drama in public.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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Why the new Hungarian Transparency Bill is an attack on the foundations of the European Union:
RENÁTA UITZ on the notorious transparency bill, why constitutional democracy in Hungary is under threat — and what the European Union should do now.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-tran...
RENÁTA UITZ on the notorious transparency bill, why constitutional democracy in Hungary is under threat — and what the European Union should do now.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-tran...
May 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why the new Hungarian Transparency Bill is an attack on the foundations of the European Union:
RENÁTA UITZ on the notorious transparency bill, why constitutional democracy in Hungary is under threat — and what the European Union should do now.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-tran...
RENÁTA UITZ on the notorious transparency bill, why constitutional democracy in Hungary is under threat — and what the European Union should do now.
verfassungsblog.de/hungary-tran...
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Since the Supreme Court judgment in Akdogan, this is a strict liability offence.
British police have charged Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as 'Mo Chara', with a terrorism offence over the display of a flag supporting Hezbollah at a gig in London
Police charge Kneecap's 'Mo Chara' with terrorism offence
A member of Northern Irish hip-hop group Kneecap has been charged with a terrorism offence for displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed group Hezbollah, British police have said.
www.rte.ie
May 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Since the Supreme Court judgment in Akdogan, this is a strict liability offence.
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Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
March 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
The executive appoints the legislature and the judiciary (only for 5 years). Unchecked emergency powers. Selective/ ambiguous religious 'jurisprudence' (not principles or established rules) is the principal source of legislation.
A new one-man-rule totalitarian political project in the making.
A new one-man-rule totalitarian political project in the making.
Syria’s leader proclaims ‘new history’ after signing constitutional declaration
Syria’s leader proclaims ‘new history’ after signing constitutional declaration
Five-year transition period declared along with rights for women, freedom of expression and justice for Assad victims
Syria’s leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has hailed the start of a “new history” for his country, after signing into force a constitutional…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The executive appoints the legislature and the judiciary (only for 5 years). Unchecked emergency powers. Selective/ ambiguous religious 'jurisprudence' (not principles or established rules) is the principal source of legislation.
A new one-man-rule totalitarian political project in the making.
A new one-man-rule totalitarian political project in the making.
Delighted to present my reflections on the interactions between liberal constitutionalism, preventive justice, and property rights in legal countering terrorism at SLS Public Law ECR Workshop. Thanks @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social @michael-lane.bsky.social for the great opportunity!
February 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Delighted to present my reflections on the interactions between liberal constitutionalism, preventive justice, and property rights in legal countering terrorism at SLS Public Law ECR Workshop. Thanks @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social @michael-lane.bsky.social for the great opportunity!
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The Irish government’s plan to stimulate housing supply is to keep rents high and drive them higher, oblivious to a decade of record high rents having failed to improve supply www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Taoiseach signals major policy shift on housing with possible end to rent pressure zones and more reliance on private sector
Micheál Martin has said the State needs to ‘pivot’ to encourage more private investment in the housing market
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Irish government’s plan to stimulate housing supply is to keep rents high and drive them higher, oblivious to a decade of record high rents having failed to improve supply www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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I'm quoted in this Irish Examiner story on Elon Musk's attempt to misrepresent the Irish criminal justice system by relying on a case from over 20 years ago. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'Lying like hell': Elon Musk extends online attacks on EU countries to Ireland
The European Commission has warned Mr Musk about not breaching EU laws on amplifying harmful content
www.irishexaminer.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm quoted in this Irish Examiner story on Elon Musk's attempt to misrepresent the Irish criminal justice system by relying on a case from over 20 years ago. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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The irony of the neoliberal dispensation in a academia is the refusal to apply something like a cost-benefit analysis to competition itself
Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS
Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper
aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...
www.pnas.org
January 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The irony of the neoliberal dispensation in a academia is the refusal to apply something like a cost-benefit analysis to competition itself
A new eposide of the ongoing legitmacy concerns related to preventive counter terrorism measuers: the political nature of terrorist proscription regimes and the lack of legal reasoning in regard to listing and de-listing procedures.
According to the UK's list of proscribed terrorist organisations, Al Qaeda is now in charge of Syria.
December 9, 2024 at 10:41 AM
A new eposide of the ongoing legitmacy concerns related to preventive counter terrorism measuers: the political nature of terrorist proscription regimes and the lack of legal reasoning in regard to listing and de-listing procedures.
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It would be nice if 30+ years after I am in the ground, people were going through old harddrives to find unpublications.
But it is a bit unlikely, to say the least.
He was a lovely writer Hart.
But it is a bit unlikely, to say the least.
He was a lovely writer Hart.
wake up babe Hart's *new* paper just dropped academic.oup.com/ajj/advance-...
December 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM
It would be nice if 30+ years after I am in the ground, people were going through old harddrives to find unpublications.
But it is a bit unlikely, to say the least.
He was a lovely writer Hart.
But it is a bit unlikely, to say the least.
He was a lovely writer Hart.
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Thank you @antonhur.com for this thread
According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
December 3, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Thank you @antonhur.com for this thread
What is happening right now in South Korea is just a reminder that "well-established" constitutional democracies are not immune to the executive abuse of emergency/exceptional powers.
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
What is happening right now in South Korea is just a reminder that "well-established" constitutional democracies are not immune to the executive abuse of emergency/exceptional powers.
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The Center of Advanced Studies on Reflexive Globalization and the Law at Humboldt University, Berlin, has opened its call for residential fellowships for '25-'26, with stipends, with a focus on colonial legacies in constitutional & criminal law. Deadline Feb '25
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/reg...
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/reg...
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
The Center of Advanced Studies on Reflexive Globalization and the Law at Humboldt University, Berlin, has opened its call for residential fellowships for '25-'26, with stipends, with a focus on colonial legacies in constitutional & criminal law. Deadline Feb '25
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/reg...
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/reg...
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Building a comparative constitutional law starter pack - let me know if you’d like to be added!
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November 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Building a comparative constitutional law starter pack - let me know if you’d like to be added!
go.bsky.app/LQqBn6D
go.bsky.app/LQqBn6D
My blog post on @verfassungsblog.de shows how Anti-terrorism legislation impinge on property rights to a degree that is constitutionally unacceptable. These observations are linked to my PhD project looks at interactions between preventive justice, countering terrorism, and property rights.
Anti-Terror Legislation and Property Rights in Egypt: How Counter-Terrorism Regimes Impinge on Property Rights and the Rule of Law
In January 2023, the Egyptian cabinet introduced a new bill for parliamentary discussion proposing the establishment of a new body to manage seized funds and assets confiscated by the state, including...
verfassungsblog.de
November 23, 2024 at 1:05 PM
My blog post on @verfassungsblog.de shows how Anti-terrorism legislation impinge on property rights to a degree that is constitutionally unacceptable. These observations are linked to my PhD project looks at interactions between preventive justice, countering terrorism, and property rights.