Human Rights: The Case for the Defence
@caseforthedefence.bsky.social
Shami Chakrabarti and her new book Human Rights: The Case for the Defence. Cares about people. Likes: rights and freedoms. Dislikes: false dilemmas and straw men.
Shami Chakrabarti shared the following on the sad passing of former Victims' Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove
1/2 "The brave and wonderful soul and much-loved Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove has passed away. She was an instinctive rights campaigner..
1/2 "The brave and wonderful soul and much-loved Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove has passed away. She was an instinctive rights campaigner..
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shami Chakrabarti shared the following on the sad passing of former Victims' Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove
1/2 "The brave and wonderful soul and much-loved Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove has passed away. She was an instinctive rights campaigner..
1/2 "The brave and wonderful soul and much-loved Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove has passed away. She was an instinctive rights campaigner..
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'..the reason people are really struggling is because too much of the wealth and influence has been hoarded by a tiny, tiny percentage of people at the top' Nicola Sturgeon. Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up now to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
'..the reason people are really struggling is because too much of the wealth and influence has been hoarded by a tiny, tiny percentage of people at the top' Nicola Sturgeon. Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up now to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
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'Nobody in America would say, we had nothing to do with slavery...even Donald Trump wouldn't say that...whereas here, all of that happened abroad, or most of it.' Gary Younge
Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
'Nobody in America would say, we had nothing to do with slavery...even Donald Trump wouldn't say that...whereas here, all of that happened abroad, or most of it.' Gary Younge
Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Listen to our two launch episodes & sign up to receive an artistic treat in the coming days.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
looking for a new podcast? Today Shami launches @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social a refuge for honesty, resistance, and reflection in difficult times. Double episode released today with Nicola Sturgeon and Gary Younge. Follow it on socials and listen to it here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Shami's Speakeasy
In the world outside, dark forces rise and trouble brews - but here in the Speakeasy, we are building a refuge for honest conversation, activism and critical thinking. Hosted by Shami Chakrabarti.
Pl...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
looking for a new podcast? Today Shami launches @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social a refuge for honesty, resistance, and reflection in difficult times. Double episode released today with Nicola Sturgeon and Gary Younge. Follow it on socials and listen to it here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
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This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.
🎧: The Prospect Podcast is back from summer break! On today’s episode, Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban.
Are we losing our civil liberties?
Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.
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Very sad to hear of the untimely death of Conor Gearty, a lovely individual, one of our finest legal academics, and a central figure in promoting human rights worldwide.
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very sad to hear of the untimely death of Conor Gearty, a lovely individual, one of our finest legal academics, and a central figure in promoting human rights worldwide.
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Awful news about the death of the great Conor Gearty.
Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.
A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.
Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.
A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Awful news about the death of the great Conor Gearty.
Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.
A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.
Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.
A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.
Conor Gearty was one of the UK’s foremost legal scholars and public intellectuals. A true human rights defender and great friend, he lived the values that so many talk about. His loss is devastating to our community. Sending all love and solidarity to his partner Aoife and entire family.
September 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Conor Gearty was one of the UK’s foremost legal scholars and public intellectuals. A true human rights defender and great friend, he lived the values that so many talk about. His loss is devastating to our community. Sending all love and solidarity to his partner Aoife and entire family.
'proscription of Palestine Action is in danger of becoming a mistake of poll tax proportions' Shami Chakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Palestine Action ban ‘could become Starmer’s poll tax moment’ as backlash grows
Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech
www.independent.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
'proscription of Palestine Action is in danger of becoming a mistake of poll tax proportions' Shami Chakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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"The superinjunction is smelly... that's legalese"
Shami Chakrabarti comments on the Afghan data leak superinjunction on Politics Live.
🔗 Shami's new book "Human Rights: The Case for the Defence" @caseforthedefence.bsky.social
Shami Chakrabarti comments on the Afghan data leak superinjunction on Politics Live.
🔗 Shami's new book "Human Rights: The Case for the Defence" @caseforthedefence.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The superinjunction is smelly... that's legalese"
Shami Chakrabarti comments on the Afghan data leak superinjunction on Politics Live.
🔗 Shami's new book "Human Rights: The Case for the Defence" @caseforthedefence.bsky.social
Shami Chakrabarti comments on the Afghan data leak superinjunction on Politics Live.
🔗 Shami's new book "Human Rights: The Case for the Defence" @caseforthedefence.bsky.social
'...today's debate seems more about the challenge from those, even perhaps amongst us who seek to diminish convention rights, not enhance them.
They want to clip the wings of the court and refuse rights to non-citizens...
They want to clip the wings of the court and refuse rights to non-citizens...
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
'...today's debate seems more about the challenge from those, even perhaps amongst us who seek to diminish convention rights, not enhance them.
They want to clip the wings of the court and refuse rights to non-citizens...
They want to clip the wings of the court and refuse rights to non-citizens...
'It's one thing to be a threat to property..to be prosecuted & ..even imprisoned...but it's another thing altogether to proscribe a whole group and that means anyone..vaguely associated with it, to brand them terrorists' #ShamiChakrabarti on the proposed proscription #PalestineAction #TodayProgramme
June 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
'It's one thing to be a threat to property..to be prosecuted & ..even imprisoned...but it's another thing altogether to proscribe a whole group and that means anyone..vaguely associated with it, to brand them terrorists' #ShamiChakrabarti on the proposed proscription #PalestineAction #TodayProgramme
Shami's at the @coe.int this week....watch this space for updates #CaseForTheDefence
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Shami's at the @coe.int this week....watch this space for updates #CaseForTheDefence
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So excited to see #IAHRE2025 get going with a critique of academic human rights sceptics by by @Shami Chakrabarti on the right and left #HumanRightsTheCasefortheDefence
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So excited to see #IAHRE2025 get going with a critique of academic human rights sceptics by by @Shami Chakrabarti on the right and left #HumanRightsTheCasefortheDefence
Are you at the @ioe.bsky.social for the International Association for Human Rights Education Conference? Shami will be giving a keynote speech -a must-listen for all who care about education and rights. #CaseForTheDefence global-iahre.org/research/
2025 IAHRE Conference – 12-13 June 2025 – London
Human Rights Education and Youth Empowerment Thursday 12 June from 12.30pm and Friday 13 June 2025 9.30 – 16.00 Venue: IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0…
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June 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Are you at the @ioe.bsky.social for the International Association for Human Rights Education Conference? Shami will be giving a keynote speech -a must-listen for all who care about education and rights. #CaseForTheDefence global-iahre.org/research/
What’s at stake when human rights are under attack?
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Events - Essex Book Festival
Join leading British human rights lawyer and campaigner, Shami Chakrabarti for a powerful discussion on Human Rights: The Case for the Defence. This urgent, powerful book demonstrates why human rights...
essexbookfestival.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What’s at stake when human rights are under attack?
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Join Shami Chakrabarti this Thursday, 5 June
📍 Anglia Ruskin University
🎟️ £12 / £10 concessions
Don't miss this important conversation (and Shami will be signing books too!) #CaseForTheDefence
👉 essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-rights
Still tickets left for this How to Academy event with #ShamiChakrabarti on human rights in a time of crisis #CaseForTheDefence howtoacademy.com/events/shami....
29th May | Shami Chakrabarti – Human Rights in an Age of Crisis
Join lawyer, parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender, Shami Chakrabarti for a powerful and urgent vindication of our human rights and freedoms.
howtoacademy.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Still tickets left for this How to Academy event with #ShamiChakrabarti on human rights in a time of crisis #CaseForTheDefence howtoacademy.com/events/shami....
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Great line from Shami Chakrabarti on #BBCNewsnight. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social needs to put a "song in the heart" of the electorate... "a song of hope"
May 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Great line from Shami Chakrabarti on #BBCNewsnight. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social needs to put a "song in the heart" of the electorate... "a song of hope"
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Couldn’t be prouder of these brilliant archaeologists who graduated from our MA yesterday! I love Birkbeck grad so much. They’re already on to such wonderful things, and an honour to be there on the first day of ceremonies for our new President, Shami Chakrabarti (!)
April 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Couldn’t be prouder of these brilliant archaeologists who graduated from our MA yesterday! I love Birkbeck grad so much. They’re already on to such wonderful things, and an honour to be there on the first day of ceremonies for our new President, Shami Chakrabarti (!)
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to #ShamiChakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence book event at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social - the paperback is now out. Please support your local bookshop!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
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Record attendance at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival
A record 8,000 tickets were sold for more than 70 events at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival.
guernseypress.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to #ShamiChakrabarti #CaseForTheDefence book event at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social - the paperback is now out. Please support your local bookshop!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
guernseypress.com/news/2025/05...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/452264...
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Shami is speaking to Pam Cox, MP for Colchester, about her book Human Rights: The Case for The Defence at Anglia Ruskin University on 5 June as part of the @essexbookfest.bsky.social - get your tickets here! essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6zp724zpo
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6zp724zpo
Essex Book Festival announces Shami Chakrabarti in its line-up
The month-long festival is featuring about 250 writers and artists at venues across the county.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Shami is speaking to Pam Cox, MP for Colchester, about her book Human Rights: The Case for The Defence at Anglia Ruskin University on 5 June as part of the @essexbookfest.bsky.social - get your tickets here! essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/human-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6zp724zpo
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6zp724zpo
#ShamiChakrabarti will be talking about her new book 'Human Rights: the Case for the Defence' at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social on 25th April - get your tickets here! #CaseForTheDefence guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/human...
Human Rights - The Case for the Defence - Events - Guernsey Literary Festival
A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms from leading human rights lawyer and parliamentarian Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. Her new book outlines the historic n...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#ShamiChakrabarti will be talking about her new book 'Human Rights: the Case for the Defence' at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social on 25th April - get your tickets here! #CaseForTheDefence guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/human...
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(1/2) The UK's Baroness Shami Chakrabarti at the Council of Europe yesterday:
“Treating asylum seekers, refugees – indeed, all migrants - with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period…”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ye... (from 3:33:43)
@coe.int @pace.coe.int #ECHR
“Treating asylum seekers, refugees – indeed, all migrants - with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period…”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ye... (from 3:33:43)
@coe.int @pace.coe.int #ECHR
PACE spring session 2025 – 13th sitting – 8 April
YouTube video by PACE TV
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April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
(1/2) The UK's Baroness Shami Chakrabarti at the Council of Europe yesterday:
“Treating asylum seekers, refugees – indeed, all migrants - with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period…”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ye... (from 3:33:43)
@coe.int @pace.coe.int #ECHR
“Treating asylum seekers, refugees – indeed, all migrants - with a modicum of dignity was non-partisan for most of the post-war period…”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ye... (from 3:33:43)
@coe.int @pace.coe.int #ECHR
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The UK’s Baroness Shami Chakrabarti at @pace.coe.int:
“We should champion the European Court of #HumanRights, even, and perhaps especially, when we disagree with it.
"It’s not designed to make us comfortable. It was built to keep us free.”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqe... (from 4:20:30)
#ECHR
“We should champion the European Court of #HumanRights, even, and perhaps especially, when we disagree with it.
"It’s not designed to make us comfortable. It was built to keep us free.”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqe... (from 4:20:30)
#ECHR
PACE spring session 2025 – 15th sitting – 9 April
YouTube video by PACE TV
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April 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The UK’s Baroness Shami Chakrabarti at @pace.coe.int:
“We should champion the European Court of #HumanRights, even, and perhaps especially, when we disagree with it.
"It’s not designed to make us comfortable. It was built to keep us free.”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqe... (from 4:20:30)
#ECHR
“We should champion the European Court of #HumanRights, even, and perhaps especially, when we disagree with it.
"It’s not designed to make us comfortable. It was built to keep us free.”
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqe... (from 4:20:30)
#ECHR
In Aberdeen tomorrow and care about #HumanRights? #ShamiChakrabarti will be doing an event at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social on Thursday 17th April - contact Aberdeen Law School for more info #CaseForTheDefence
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In Aberdeen tomorrow and care about #HumanRights? #ShamiChakrabarti will be doing an event at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social on Thursday 17th April - contact Aberdeen Law School for more info #CaseForTheDefence