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Dr Guy Baldwin
@guyjbaldwin.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Lecturer in Public Law and Human Rights at Manchester. BA Japanese Studies/LLB (UNSW) PhD Law (Cambridge). NSW qualified. Views own. Website: guyjbaldwin.com
My song Without Music has been commended in the UK Songwriting Contest 😊
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A playlist of some of my songs open.spotify.com/playlist/41T...
open.spotify.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Almost 30,000 people flocked to Durham Cathedral to see three rare copies of the Magna Carta. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands visit Durham Cathedral to see 800-year-old Magna Cartas
One visitor to Durham Cathedral says she was awestruck to see the documents in pristine condition.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article)
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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ManReg and the @malg-uom.bsky.social recently co-hosted a brilliant seminar by Professor Andrew Harding (NUS), on the topic of “Common Law Transplantation and the Interface with Customary Law in SE Asia”. @uomsoss.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy to share this new paper from me www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Positive Obligations to Protect the Population under Human Rights Law
Published in Judicial Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Another trip to the Rylands imminent!
We’re making some changes in the Collections Gallery. Over the next few weeks, you’ll see new books, manuscripts and archives on display.

The gallery will be open as usual Wednesday-Saturday.

🗺️First to install today is this colourful Japanese map showing the city of Edo from 1860.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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We were delighted to host Nabil Khabirpour (Cambridge) in the ManReg Public Law Seminar Series. Nabil delivered an eloquent talk entitled “A Tale of Two Cases and a Story Yet Untold: Access to Justice and Legal Advice under the Civil Limb of Article 6 ECHR”. @uomsoss.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This arrived today. Can't wait to read!
November 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Extremely tasty cauliflower tantan ramen at New Wave Ramen
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Women's rights activists Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst (Manchester Libraries).
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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New release: 'Key Ideas in Constitutional Law' by David Feldman

Examines how constitutions, and the UK's in particular, emerge from disagreement and power tussles ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nyPUUu

#ConstitutionalLaw
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Terrifying monster in Manchester Printworks
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It would be such a twist if Macron did it
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Disabled people say no to assisted suicide" - at the People's History Museum
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Good news: carbon intensity has declined

Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP

Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%

Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Alan Turing memorial in Manchester
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is why they call Manchester the Venice of the North
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Welcome home to all the hostages 💙
October 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Seeing Downtown Abbey at the movies today. Where is the Abbey located? Is it downtown LA? I'll find out
October 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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A story from last year about your Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Please consider supporting Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation after the terror attack in Manchester www.charityextra.com/heatonpark
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation - Crisis Campaign
www.charityextra.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The ManReg Public Law Seminar Series, now in its third year, resumed for 2025-26 with a brilliant seminar by Professor @robertthomas223.bsky.social on "The Impact of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on Special Educational Needs and Disability in England". @uomsoss.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thrilled to share this call for papers for a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom at @uomlaw.bsky.social with the support of @ukcla.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/03/e...
Events: Call for Papers – The Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom
Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2026, University of Manchester, United Kingdom The public law team at the University of Manchester Law Department, in collaboration with the UK Constitutional Law A…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM