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The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights is committed to fostering world-class research and scholarship in human rights law, to promoting public understanding of human rights issues, and to building a vibrant community. #humanrights #humanrightslaw #edusky
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What should the future of human rights and justice in the UK look like? 

Join us for the online book launch of "Access to Social Justice: Effective Remedies for Social Rights" to celebrate Human Rights Day 2025 on 9 December.

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Register: https://lnkd.in/ejGSTwvd
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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‘Courts have become important catalysts for climate governance.’

@bonavero.bsky.social's Prof Başak Çalı explains how judicial climate rulings could make a real difference in tackling the climate crisis ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Expert Comment: how can we turn court rulings into real climate
Başak Çalı, Head of Research and Professor of International Law at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, asks whether judicial climate rulings can make a real difference to the
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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Register now for our upcoming seminar on 'The Human Rights Act and the Deportation of Foreign Criminals' hosted in collaboration with @bonavero.bsky.social.

🗓️ 2 December, 11:00-12:00 (GMT)
📌 LASS B63 & Online via MS Teams
🔗 Register here: human-right-act-deportation.eventbrite.co.uk
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November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice.

Join us and @bonavero.bsky.social on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'

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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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How can we turn court rulings into real climate action? 

Join us tomorrow at 5 pm for the online launch of our latest report by Basak Cali and Marcelo Lozada Gomez: "From Litigation to Implementation: Framing Smart Remedies in Rights-Based Climate Change"

https://bit.ly/49Q0S4P
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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📉 When people can’t afford food, fuel or housing, it’s not just hardship, it’s a failure of justice.

Join us and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on 9 December for our online event - 'The future of human rights and justice in the UK'

🎟️ Tickets here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/046a23...
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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📢 New publication!

Governments are increasingly using legal and institutional tools to silence critics and shrink civic space. Our report reveals how these tactics weaken democracy and what can be done to resist them: buff.ly/De6Sxjk

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Time, Space and Information: Lessons Learned from the Abuse of Law to Attack Civic Space
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October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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How can employment law defend dignity, equality & freedom at work? Join us on 5 Nov at the Bonavero Institute and online for Human Rights at Work: Reimagining Employment Law. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#EmploymentLaw #FutureofWork #HumanRights
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October 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Why do constitutions matter for women’s rights in Central & Eastern Europe?
Our symposium on 29 Oct explores reproductive rights, anti-gender backlash & the role of courts in shaping equality-bringing fresh perspectives.
For more detail: bit.ly/47x65gd
#GenderEquality #WomenInLaw #ConstitutionalLaw
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October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Call for Applications: Bonavero Graduate Research Residency 2026
Oxford graduate researchers in human rights, public law, international law, or the rule of law are invited to apply by 14.11.
Visit: law.ox.ac.uk/bonavero-institute-of-human-rights/graduate-research-residency-programme
#Humanrightslaw
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October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Pleased to welcome Jack Beadsworth as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Modern Slavery & Human Rights PEC.
His work focuses on migrant workers’ rights, labour exploitation and the intersections of labour and immigration law.

#ModernSlavery #HumanRights #MigrantWorkers #LabourRights
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October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Delighted to welcome Dr. Salmoli Choudhuri as an Early Career Fellow & co-convenor of the Law and Democracy Network.
Her research explores legal and political ideas that shaped modern India and contributed to global thought.

#LawAndDemocracy #AcademicResearch #GlobalThought
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October 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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From Robben Island in 1970, Mandela wrote: 'Hope is a powerful weapon even when nothing else may remain.'

Decades later, his words still inspire. Our Annual Highlights report takes hope as its theme.
#NelsonMandela #Hope #Resilience
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October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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This summer the Bonavero research team’s work was widely recognised with research published in leading academic journals including @The European Journal of International Law, The German Law Journal, Human Rights Quarterly. Find out more: bit.ly/3Kt6DLc

#LegalResearch #HumanRightsLaw #ResearchImpact
New Research Publications from The Bonavero
This summer saw the Bonavero Research team’s work widely recognised with research articles published
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October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Tomorrow: tune into the livestream of the conference marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and featuring our Head of Research, Professor Başak Çalı.

📺 Watch here: bit.ly/4q1ojxC

#HumanRights #ECHR75
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October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Welcome to the Bonavero Institute's new research visitors: Elizabeth Brumby, Neil Hicks, Maria Ester Jordana Santiago, Harj Narulla, Michael Pal and Lulu Weis.

Find out more about them and their research: bit.ly/46BUPim

#HumanRightsLaw #LegalResearch #AcademicResearch
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October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Welcome to our new Director, Rachel Murray who joins this week.

Previously, Professor Murray was co-founder and Director of the Human Rights Implementation Centre and Professor of International Human Rights Law at Bristol University.

#HumanRightsLaw #AcademicLeadership
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October 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Are you a graduate law or criminology student at Oxford with an interest in immigration and human rights law?

Apply to join one of two collaborative legal aid clinics to gain meaningful experience addressing urgent human rights needs.

Learn more: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/curr...

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Current Calls for Applications | Faculty of Law
Call for Applications for Bonavero's Legal Aid Clinics Are you a graduate law or criminology student
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September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Stats from our report on the ECHR and UK immigration has been featured on Sky News. Prof Alice Donald, our partner on this research, notes much reporting has been misleading - and that leaving the ECHR would likely make only marginal difference to appeal outcomes news.sky.com/story/inside...
#ECHR
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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As Michaelmas Term approaches, we prepare to say goodbye to our inaugural Director, Kate O’Regan, retiring this autumn.

Read tributes from colleagues reflecting on her leadership: bit.ly/3I9LLIg

#ThankYouKateORegan #BonaveroInstitute
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Meet the artist behind our 2024–25 Annual Highlights cover: Laure Rees-Smith, a Bristol-based illustrator for environmental and social impact.

Her piece Holding Equity speaks to shared humanity and collective dignity.

#HoldingEquity #BonaveroInstitute
Illustrator Laure Rees-Smith at work Annual Highlights report front cover
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Our 2024–25 Annual Highlights Report launches today.

As we head into a new term, we’re proud to reflect on a year of impactful events, research, and global collaboration.

Thank you to our community and partners — your support made it all possible.

📄 Download the report: bit.ly/3Kmfgac
front cover of the Annual Highlights Report
September 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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We welcome @theobserveruk.bsky.social's piece on myths around the ECHR and UK immigration. Our research shows:
– Misreporting of court cases is common
– Successful human rights appeals are rare
– Evidence, not exaggeration, must guide policy

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#HumanRights #Immigration
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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On Thursday, our team led by Başak Çalı, with Victoria Adelmant and Alice Donald, launched a report at the Houses of Parliament. The report examines how the European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK media 🏛💻 Find out more: bit.ly/3V1ZGCZ

#immigrationlaw #humanrightslaw
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September 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"It's like drinking from polluted water"

A piece from my colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social on recent research from @bonavero.bsky.social on how UK media often gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it
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“It’s like drinking from polluted water”: How the UK media gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it
In the midst of bubbling unrest around immigration in the UK, some voices are calling for the country to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). These calls often appear to be ro...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM