Kingsley Abbott
@abbottkingsley.bsky.social
Intl lawyer | Professor of Practice | Director of @icws-sas.bsky.social
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New Report of Joint Initiative on Investigating #EnvironmentalCrimes 🌍 ⚠️
A new report of a groundbreaking new joint initiative aiming to develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes is now available!
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A new report of a groundbreaking new joint initiative aiming to develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes is now available!
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Report of Joint Initiative on Investigating #EnvironmentalCrimes 🌍 ⚠️
A new report of a groundbreaking new joint initiative aiming to develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes is now available!
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A new report of a groundbreaking new joint initiative aiming to develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes is now available!
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We're delighted to announce that Sir Hilary Beckles will be delivering an important lecture on reparatory justice next month:
The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow
17 November, 6pm-8:30pm, Senate House
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#ReparatoryJustice #Commonwealth
The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow
17 November, 6pm-8:30pm, Senate House
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#ReparatoryJustice #Commonwealth
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We're delighted to announce that Sir Hilary Beckles will be delivering an important lecture on reparatory justice next month:
The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow
17 November, 6pm-8:30pm, Senate House
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#ReparatoryJustice #Commonwealth
The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow
17 November, 6pm-8:30pm, Senate House
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#ReparatoryJustice #Commonwealth
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Every year, during Black History Month, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is proud to host the annual Memorial2007 lecture.
To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk
#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade
To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk
#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Every year, during Black History Month, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is proud to host the annual Memorial2007 lecture.
To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk
#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade
To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk
#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade
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We were honoured to be hosting a very special event this afternoon with The Warburg Institute and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Albie Sachs In Conversation.
See our LinkedIn post for key quotes from the event:
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#AntiApartheid #HumanRights #SouthAfrica
See our LinkedIn post for key quotes from the event:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AntiApartheid #HumanRights #SouthAfrica
#antiapartheid #humanrights #activism #southafrica #albiesachs | Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study
We were honoured to be hosting a very special event this afternoon with the The Warburg Institute, University of London and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Albie Sachs In Conversation.
The anti-...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We were honoured to be hosting a very special event this afternoon with The Warburg Institute and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Albie Sachs In Conversation.
See our LinkedIn post for key quotes from the event:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AntiApartheid #HumanRights #SouthAfrica
See our LinkedIn post for key quotes from the event:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AntiApartheid #HumanRights #SouthAfrica
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We’re honoured to host a special event this afternoon with @icws-sas.bsky.social & @ials.bsky.social: Albie Sachs in Conversation.
The anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge is sharing his experiences of overcoming adversity and reflecting on his time at the ICWS
The anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge is sharing his experiences of overcoming adversity and reflecting on his time at the ICWS
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We’re honoured to host a special event this afternoon with @icws-sas.bsky.social & @ials.bsky.social: Albie Sachs in Conversation.
The anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge is sharing his experiences of overcoming adversity and reflecting on his time at the ICWS
The anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former Constitutional Court judge is sharing his experiences of overcoming adversity and reflecting on his time at the ICWS
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Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London!
Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London!
Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
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Always a pleasure to listen to Albie Sachs, this evening in conversation with @abbottkingsley.bsky.social at the @icws-sas.bsky.social
His passion for the struggle is infectious, and we were delighted that he contributed a moving dedication at the start of our Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly
His passion for the struggle is infectious, and we were delighted that he contributed a moving dedication at the start of our Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Always a pleasure to listen to Albie Sachs, this evening in conversation with @abbottkingsley.bsky.social at the @icws-sas.bsky.social
His passion for the struggle is infectious, and we were delighted that he contributed a moving dedication at the start of our Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly
His passion for the struggle is infectious, and we were delighted that he contributed a moving dedication at the start of our Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly
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Call for papers – Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis - Deadline: 30 June 2025
More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...
#Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI
More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...
#Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI
Call for papers - Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis
How well-equipped is the Commonwealth to face the multiplicity of challenges posed to a rules-based international system?
www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Call for papers – Cultures of democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots activism and people empowerment in times of crisis - Deadline: 30 June 2025
More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...
#Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI
More information here: www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/jour...
#Commonwealth #CallForPapers #Democracy #Activism #SocialMedia #AI
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Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes 👇 👇 👇
This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice.
shorturl.at/RN6XC
#EnvironmentalCrimes
This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice.
shorturl.at/RN6XC
#EnvironmentalCrimes
Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes
We are pleased to present their joint initiative to develop practical, multidisciplinary Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Launch - Initiative to Develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes 👇 👇 👇
This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice.
shorturl.at/RN6XC
#EnvironmentalCrimes
This is an important step toward greater accountability for environmental international crimes and the advancement of justice.
shorturl.at/RN6XC
#EnvironmentalCrimes
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World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland 👇 👇👇
#Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group.
Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights
#Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group.
Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights
World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland
Scotland to Introduce Ecocide Bill
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May 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
World-Leading Ecocide Law introduced in Scotland 👇 👇👇
#Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group.
Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights
#Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide under a new Member’s Bill introduced by MSP Monica Lennon. Professor Damien Short was a member of the Expert Advisory Group.
Read more: shorturl.at/Cnmrn #HumanRights
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New #ICwS event recording online👇 👇👇
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
Litigating the right to a nationality: A Guide for Practitioners
This hybrid event held on 4 December 2024 launched a new guide for practitioners on litigating the right to a nationality.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
New #ICwS event recording online👇 👇👇
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
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Finally released: the recording of the launch event in December on the Guide to litigating the right to a nationality published by UNHCR & Open Society Justice Initiative - feat. @berryadrianc.bsky.social Waikwa Wanyoike of OSJI & Anne Laakko of UNHCR #statelessness section - and myself
New #ICwS event recording online👇 👇👇
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
'Litigating the right to a nationality: a guide for practitioners' commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#UNHCR #OpenSociety @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
#Statelessness #Nationality #Identity #HumanRights #Law #Litigation #InternationalHumanRightsLaw
Litigating the right to a nationality: A Guide for Practitioners
This hybrid event held on 4 December 2024 launched a new guide for practitioners on litigating the right to a nationality.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Finally released: the recording of the launch event in December on the Guide to litigating the right to a nationality published by UNHCR & Open Society Justice Initiative - feat. @berryadrianc.bsky.social Waikwa Wanyoike of OSJI & Anne Laakko of UNHCR #statelessness section - and myself
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Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Senior Research Fellows Dr. Miranda Kaufmann, the author of the Wolfson History Prize and Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize-shortlisted book Black Tudors: The Untold Story (2017).
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#BlackBritishHistory #Commonwealth
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#BlackBritishHistory #Commonwealth
March 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Senior Research Fellows Dr. Miranda Kaufmann, the author of the Wolfson History Prize and Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize-shortlisted book Black Tudors: The Untold Story (2017).
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#BlackBritishHistory #Commonwealth
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#BlackBritishHistory #Commonwealth
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Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows Kaeden Watts.
He is an Indigenous rights advocate and policy expert.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/kaede...
#ClimateChange #IndigenousSovereignty #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousHealthSystems #Commonwealth
He is an Indigenous rights advocate and policy expert.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/kaede...
#ClimateChange #IndigenousSovereignty #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousHealthSystems #Commonwealth
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows Kaeden Watts.
He is an Indigenous rights advocate and policy expert.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/kaede...
#ClimateChange #IndigenousSovereignty #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousHealthSystems #Commonwealth
He is an Indigenous rights advocate and policy expert.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/people/kaede...
#ClimateChange #IndigenousSovereignty #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousHealthSystems #Commonwealth
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Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025!
Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK.
Manchester & London, 15 & 22 May. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK.
Manchester & London, 15 & 22 May. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025!
Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK.
Manchester & London, 15 & 22 May. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK.
Manchester & London, 15 & 22 May. Register now: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows Dr John Duncan who pursued his PhD research at the School of Advanced Study. His PhD research examined the role of human rights within radical UK-based social movements.
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March 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellows Dr John Duncan who pursued his PhD research at the School of Advanced Study. His PhD research examined the role of human rights within radical UK-based social movements.
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Read the latest #ICwS newsletter - mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new...
Subscribe here: shorturl.at/1xfCO
#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression
Subscribe here: shorturl.at/1xfCO
#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression
April 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Read the latest #ICwS newsletter - mailchi.mp/sas/icws-new...
Subscribe here: shorturl.at/1xfCO
#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression
Subscribe here: shorturl.at/1xfCO
#Commonwealth #RuleofLaw #HumanRights #DigitalDiplomacy #FreedomofExpression
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Apply now for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!!
We are pleased to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake.
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#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights
We are pleased to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Apply now for a full scholarship to the MA in Human Rights by distance learning!!!
We are pleased to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights
We are pleased to be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 5 full scholarships for the September 2025 intake.
commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Commonwealth #Scholarships #HumanRights
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Forthcoming event - Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities, 17 April 2025, 18:00 - 20:00 BST, 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS. #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social will chair the event.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cicc-schoo...
#India #Labour #Commonwealth
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cicc-schoo...
#India #Labour #Commonwealth
CICC School – Panel: Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities
How did the system of Indian indenture operate in the British Empire and what are its legacies today?
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April 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Forthcoming event - Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities, 17 April 2025, 18:00 - 20:00 BST, 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS. #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social will chair the event.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cicc-schoo...
#India #Labour #Commonwealth
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cicc-schoo...
#India #Labour #Commonwealth
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On Thursday 15 May, join award-winning journalist Lindsey Hilsum for an urgent discussion about #war, #peace and the threat to #democracy, at Senate House, University of London.
She will be in conversation with #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/7HMLA
She will be in conversation with #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/7HMLA
April 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On Thursday 15 May, join award-winning journalist Lindsey Hilsum for an urgent discussion about #war, #peace and the threat to #democracy, at Senate House, University of London.
She will be in conversation with #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/7HMLA
She will be in conversation with #ICwS Director @abbottkingsley.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/7HMLA