Stevie Martin
@steviesmartin.bsky.social
Law lecturer. Public law/human rights law/medical law. Co-Author "Human Rights Law in the UK" (CUP, 2025). Joint General Editor, European Human Rights Law Review. All views my own. (She/her)
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📖 @universitypress.cambridge.org has published 'Human Rights Law in the UK: Themes and Principles' by Kirsty Hughes, @steviesmartin.bsky.social and Stephanie Palmer - a rich and analytical guide to the complex landscape of human rights law
For more info: 🔗 bit.ly/48U1gPj
For more info: 🔗 bit.ly/48U1gPj
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📖 @universitypress.cambridge.org has published 'Human Rights Law in the UK: Themes and Principles' by Kirsty Hughes, @steviesmartin.bsky.social and Stephanie Palmer - a rich and analytical guide to the complex landscape of human rights law
For more info: 🔗 bit.ly/48U1gPj
For more info: 🔗 bit.ly/48U1gPj
It is finally here! It only took five years and two babies... www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
Human Rights Law in the UK | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Human Rights Law in the UK, 1st Edition, Kirsty Hughes, HB ISBN: 9781316515006 on Cambridge Aspire website
www.cambridge.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is finally here! It only took five years and two babies... www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
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It’s all but certain that by 2029 Trump will have appointed 5 Supreme Court justices, and nontrivially likely that he will have appointed 7.
December 25, 2024 at 6:14 PM
It’s all but certain that by 2029 Trump will have appointed 5 Supreme Court justices, and nontrivially likely that he will have appointed 7.
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Not convinced my musings are going to be as good as this epic poster! 🔥
But on 13th Jan, I'm looking forward to discussing with and learning from Olauluwa Oni about law, literature and (de)colonial utopias.
But on 13th Jan, I'm looking forward to discussing with and learning from Olauluwa Oni about law, literature and (de)colonial utopias.
December 21, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Not convinced my musings are going to be as good as this epic poster! 🔥
But on 13th Jan, I'm looking forward to discussing with and learning from Olauluwa Oni about law, literature and (de)colonial utopias.
But on 13th Jan, I'm looking forward to discussing with and learning from Olauluwa Oni about law, literature and (de)colonial utopias.
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The Sean Brown JR is being handed down this morning. Full judgment not yet available, but Humphreys J in the High Court has ordered a FULL PUBLIC INQUIRY as the only way to fulfill the UK's right to life obligation. Hilary Benn had previously directed the family to ICRIR:
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Judge orders UK government to set up Sean Brown inquiry
The UK government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in Northern Ireland.
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
The Sean Brown JR is being handed down this morning. Full judgment not yet available, but Humphreys J in the High Court has ordered a FULL PUBLIC INQUIRY as the only way to fulfill the UK's right to life obligation. Hilary Benn had previously directed the family to ICRIR:
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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@finishedloading.bsky.social and I look at the Brown judgment from yesterday, in which the NI High Court granted mandamus compelling the holding of a public inquiry for the first time in a Troubles-related case.
Far from being radical, we think it was entirely in keeping with recent UKSC authority.
Far from being radical, we think it was entirely in keeping with recent UKSC authority.
‘A proper application of legal principle’: Mandatory orders to hold inquiries into Troubles-related atrocities administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/a...
‘A proper application of legal principle’: Mandatory orders to hold inquiries into Troubles-related atrocities
It is “highly unusual; indeed, truly exceptional” for a judicial review court to grant a mandatory order compelling a public authority to hold a public inquiry – so said Scoffield J in Re Finucane’…
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December 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM
@finishedloading.bsky.social and I look at the Brown judgment from yesterday, in which the NI High Court granted mandamus compelling the holding of a public inquiry for the first time in a Troubles-related case.
Far from being radical, we think it was entirely in keeping with recent UKSC authority.
Far from being radical, we think it was entirely in keeping with recent UKSC authority.
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The Jwanczuk case, important for many reasons including the correct approach to remedies under the HRA, will be heard from 11-12 March 2025 and will be heard by Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Stephens and Richards and Lady Simler.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
R (on the application of Jwanczuk) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) - UK Supreme Court
This appeal concerns a claim for bereavement support payment (“BSP”). BSP is a non-means-tested contributory benefit, the purpose of which is to assist with the additional expenditure typically associ...
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December 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The Jwanczuk case, important for many reasons including the correct approach to remedies under the HRA, will be heard from 11-12 March 2025 and will be heard by Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Stephens and Richards and Lady Simler.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
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Many of you asked me what I think of George Letsas’s argument that KlimaSeniorinnen was not an actio popularis because (and only because) the association represented future generations. So I did a blogpost (after a very enjoyable exchange with George himself!): www.ejiltalk.org?mailpoet_rou...
December 19, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Many of you asked me what I think of George Letsas’s argument that KlimaSeniorinnen was not an actio popularis because (and only because) the association represented future generations. So I did a blogpost (after a very enjoyable exchange with George himself!): www.ejiltalk.org?mailpoet_rou...
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Good news: "Montana’s top court on Wednesday held that the state’s constitution guaranteed a right to a stable climate system and invalidated a law barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects." #climatelitigation #Montana
Montana supreme court upholds right to ‘stable climate system’ for youngsters
Court rules in favor of 16 young people who said their health and prospects were being imperiled by climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Good news: "Montana’s top court on Wednesday held that the state’s constitution guaranteed a right to a stable climate system and invalidated a law barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects." #climatelitigation #Montana
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Very significant climate change judgment from the Montana Supreme Court. dailymontanan.com/wp-content/u...
dailymontanan.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Very significant climate change judgment from the Montana Supreme Court. dailymontanan.com/wp-content/u...
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Republicans are now making women have babies that will die because “life.”
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
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December 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Republicans are now making women have babies that will die because “life.”
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Please spread the word! We are recruiting 2 peer researchers (age 16-25) for our research project on young people’s experiences of racism and discrimination in health
All the information is available here:
raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/health-care/....
All the information is available here:
raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/health-care/....
November 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Please spread the word! We are recruiting 2 peer researchers (age 16-25) for our research project on young people’s experiences of racism and discrimination in health
All the information is available here:
raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/health-care/....
All the information is available here:
raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/health-care/....
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This blog is a must-read for anyone thinking about (the co-optation of) restorative justice in academia.
It gets to the heart of a crucial question: If we're focused on restoring a perpetrator to the position of power they abused, can we call it justice?
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
It gets to the heart of a crucial question: If we're focused on restoring a perpetrator to the position of power they abused, can we call it justice?
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
“On Cancelling and Repair”: An essay by Mary Peterson (Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Restorative Justice; Carceral Feminism; himpathy; Trauma; Universities)
"For restorative justice to work, the perpetrators’ delusions, entitlement, rationalizations, and smearing of victims must stop."
www.thephilosopher1923.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM
This blog is a must-read for anyone thinking about (the co-optation of) restorative justice in academia.
It gets to the heart of a crucial question: If we're focused on restoring a perpetrator to the position of power they abused, can we call it justice?
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
It gets to the heart of a crucial question: If we're focused on restoring a perpetrator to the position of power they abused, can we call it justice?
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-canc...
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Finland’s pushback law was greenlit by the Constitutional Law Committee despite violating the Constitution, human rights obligations and EU law.
MILKA SORMUNEN on the troubling politicization of Finland’s ex ante constitutional review process.
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MILKA SORMUNEN on the troubling politicization of Finland’s ex ante constitutional review process.
verfassungsblog.de/politicizing...
December 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Finland’s pushback law was greenlit by the Constitutional Law Committee despite violating the Constitution, human rights obligations and EU law.
MILKA SORMUNEN on the troubling politicization of Finland’s ex ante constitutional review process.
verfassungsblog.de/politicizing...
MILKA SORMUNEN on the troubling politicization of Finland’s ex ante constitutional review process.
verfassungsblog.de/politicizing...
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One of the main aims of the Legacy Act was to shut down legacy inquests in NI. It is painful to see families have to fight just to get to even get back through the doors of the inquest system with its representation for parties. This case shows why it really matters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
One of the main aims of the Legacy Act was to shut down legacy inquests in NI. It is painful to see families have to fight just to get to even get back through the doors of the inquest system with its representation for parties. This case shows why it really matters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Going to start teaching originalist tort law and just scream “vengeance!” the whole time.
I probably shouldn’t have read this from beginning to end but I did and now my day is ruined www.heritage.org/the-constitu...
December 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Going to start teaching originalist tort law and just scream “vengeance!” the whole time.
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Legislative drafting: why 2 big ideas about it don't track its reality and what that reality is (from my own doctoral research).
Thrilled to have written something about my actual thesis for once instead of tepidly shitposting about Stormont, Whitehall and the Windsor Framework.
Thrilled to have written something about my actual thesis for once instead of tepidly shitposting about Stormont, Whitehall and the Windsor Framework.
Anurag Deb: The language of laws: Situating legislative drafting in its proper context ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/16/a...
Anurag Deb: The language of laws: Situating legislative drafting in its proper context
One aspect of the recent debates surrounding the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill moved by Kim Leadbeater MP was the criticism expressed of the Bill’s drafting – that is, the actual text of…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Legislative drafting: why 2 big ideas about it don't track its reality and what that reality is (from my own doctoral research).
Thrilled to have written something about my actual thesis for once instead of tepidly shitposting about Stormont, Whitehall and the Windsor Framework.
Thrilled to have written something about my actual thesis for once instead of tepidly shitposting about Stormont, Whitehall and the Windsor Framework.
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We stand here in solidarity with 27 small island developing states threatened in their very existence - we are the third most vulnerable nation to the effects of climate change and SIDS are disproportionately affected says AG of Tonga Linda Simiki Folaumoetu'i at the ICJ.
December 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM
We stand here in solidarity with 27 small island developing states threatened in their very existence - we are the third most vulnerable nation to the effects of climate change and SIDS are disproportionately affected says AG of Tonga Linda Simiki Folaumoetu'i at the ICJ.
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On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six-mile perimeter fence of Greenham Common in protest against the UK government's decision to site American cruise missiles there. For nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. #OTD
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 AM
On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six-mile perimeter fence of Greenham Common in protest against the UK government's decision to site American cruise missiles there. For nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. #OTD
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Great @ejiltalk.bsky.social post on #Israel's use of force in #Syria, with the important point that it is not Assad or his regime that international law continuously protects from the use of military force but the state.
www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...
www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...
December 12, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Great @ejiltalk.bsky.social post on #Israel's use of force in #Syria, with the important point that it is not Assad or his regime that international law continuously protects from the use of military force but the state.
www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...
www.ejiltalk.org/israels-use-...
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“In New York, a mother with no history of drug use lost custody of her toddler and newborn for five months after she tested positive for fentanyl that the hospital had given her in her epidural.”
I had to reread this to be sure I understood since it is so Kafkaesque:
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
hospitals are giving medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for *the same medications the hospital just gave them*
End pregnancy criminalization! Hospitals reported women for positive drug tests after giving them drugs for childbirth: medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #lawsky www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/p...
December 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
“In New York, a mother with no history of drug use lost custody of her toddler and newborn for five months after she tested positive for fentanyl that the hospital had given her in her epidural.”
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Good thread on refugee law and cessation of refugee status. Some quick extra thoughts:
1. States should not revoke refugee status until it is clear that a durable solution has been reached in the country of origin.
1. States should not revoke refugee status until it is clear that a durable solution has been reached in the country of origin.
1/ Some general points about how asylum and immigration law applies when an appalling dictatorship is ousted in another country. #Syria 🇸🇾
December 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Good thread on refugee law and cessation of refugee status. Some quick extra thoughts:
1. States should not revoke refugee status until it is clear that a durable solution has been reached in the country of origin.
1. States should not revoke refugee status until it is clear that a durable solution has been reached in the country of origin.
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Watch a video interview with Romanian representatives discussing how the #IstanbulConvention has improved victims’ access to essential support and health services.
#Romania #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #VictimSupport #HumanRights #GenderEquality
#Romania #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #VictimSupport #HumanRights #GenderEquality
December 8, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Watch a video interview with Romanian representatives discussing how the #IstanbulConvention has improved victims’ access to essential support and health services.
#Romania #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #VictimSupport #HumanRights #GenderEquality
#Romania #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #VictimSupport #HumanRights #GenderEquality
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In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away
Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that…
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November 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM
In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️
Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️