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Camilla
@camillapickles.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biolaw, Durham Law School. Researching #ObstetricViolence and abuse during childbirth
The Obstetric Violence Reading Group has been busy!
We’ve explored publications by leading scholars that challenge and enrich how we think about #ObstetricViolence.
Read our reflections in our blog series on the Obstetric Violence Blog www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A very special visit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⚖️ A world-leading institution regarding #ObstetricViolence as a human rights issue.

Forming part of my research secondment to the University of Costa Rica, thanks to the IPOV: Respectful Care project: respectfulcare.eu
July 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Finally on my secondment to University of Costa Rica 🤩 working on law & human rights in the context of #ObstetricViolence
Huge privilege to have time with Gaby Arguedas & Thomas is the best touring partner. Such important work taking place on the IPOV respectful care project: respectfulcare.eu ♥️
July 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
June 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🤩 Open access!! Abortion law reform in Africa: A reproductive health and rights perspective

www.pulp.up.ac.za/catalogue/ed...
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📢New publication: My latest article, 'Emerging human rights standards on obstetric violence during childbirth', is out in Int J Gynecol Obstet!

It explores how international human rights law is evolving to address #ObstetricViolence

Open access: doi.org/10.1002/ijgo...
May 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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April 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📢New post on the Obstetric Violence Blog!

How can #Criminology & #Victimology help us rethink #ObstetricViolence beyond criminalisation? Patricia San Juan's PhD project explores alternative, victim-centred responses.

Read here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In my happy place: Taking part in the Venice Forum talking all things respectful care and #ObstetricViolence… this time in the gorgeous setting of Florence with an incredible team of people committed to social justice 🙌🏻
April 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
More books 😍
Special thanks to Marie for sending me copies of her work! #ObstetricViolence
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
March 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
March 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Such a fantastic gathering on #ObstetricViolence. So thankful to GIRE and the Uehiro Oxford Institute for the opportunity to share my research, engage with so many different perspectives, and for developing our community
March 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Oxford, stealing my academic heart once again ♥️ conferencing all things #ObstetricViolence
March 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
⭐️ New post on the Obstetric Violence Blog ⭐️ Our newly established #ObstetricViolence reading group shares its reflections on Barbosa et al’s critique of the criminalisation of obstetric violence in human rights frameworks www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And! What a beautiful and powerful dedication 💗
February 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy Friday to me!!! I just got my hands on this amazing edited collection 😍
Congrats to @ecromanis.bsky.social and everyone who contributed to developing this important resource ♥️ cannot wait to draw from it in my teaching and research 🙌🏻
February 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Merry Christmas / Mimosa Day
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December 25, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Another incredible day of feminist perspectives on violence ♥️ Special thanks to @joytwemlow.bsky.social for a great zine making experience 🙌🏻
December 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Hugely insightful day at a workshop on Feminist Perspectives on Violence: Visibility, Survival and Resistance, organised by the Group of International Politics at Durham University
December 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Very nurturing and productive writing session today with Gemma McKenzie, working on our meta-narrative review of #ObstetricViolence. Missing our co-author, Bani Rikhraj 💗

Big smiles but the literature records the horrendous landscape of dehumanisation and cruelty in childbirth 💔
December 6, 2024 at 2:55 PM
♥️ Durham showing off ♥️
December 1, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I adore a frosty Durham 🧣
November 27, 2024 at 10:17 AM