Chris Mommers
@chrismommers.bsky.social
Advisor to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; mainly asylum/migration, also other human rights issues in UK, Netherlands and Slovakia.
Academic interest in 'voluntary' return: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3264310 (open access).
Views my own.
Academic interest in 'voluntary' return: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3264310 (open access).
Views my own.
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This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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This is not the time for half measures.
@Alex__Clegg explains why the Government should fully repeal the two child limit on benefits, as part of their upcoming Child Poverty Strategy ⤵️
@Alex__Clegg explains why the Government should fully repeal the two child limit on benefits, as part of their upcoming Child Poverty Strategy ⤵️
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is not the time for half measures.
@Alex__Clegg explains why the Government should fully repeal the two child limit on benefits, as part of their upcoming Child Poverty Strategy ⤵️
@Alex__Clegg explains why the Government should fully repeal the two child limit on benefits, as part of their upcoming Child Poverty Strategy ⤵️
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This week, the ECHR turns 75. A milestone – but these are tough times for human rights.
We spoke with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY (commissionerhr.coe.int) about lasting achievements, present threats, and why not to lose hope.
verfassungsblog.de/we-must-neve...
We spoke with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY (commissionerhr.coe.int) about lasting achievements, present threats, and why not to lose hope.
verfassungsblog.de/we-must-neve...
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This week, the ECHR turns 75. A milestone – but these are tough times for human rights.
We spoke with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY (commissionerhr.coe.int) about lasting achievements, present threats, and why not to lose hope.
verfassungsblog.de/we-must-neve...
We spoke with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY (commissionerhr.coe.int) about lasting achievements, present threats, and why not to lose hope.
verfassungsblog.de/we-must-neve...
"Without the Convention, we would still have progress, but not the same protection. We would still have institutions, but not the same trust. We would still have Europe, but not the same soul."
In a speech marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the #ECHR as "the most powerful act of imagination in our continent's history".
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A Convention born of ‘fire and sorrow’ that has protected Europeans for 75 years
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most pow...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Without the Convention, we would still have progress, but not the same protection. We would still have institutions, but not the same trust. We would still have Europe, but not the same soul."
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In a speech marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the #ECHR as "the most powerful act of imagination in our continent's history".
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
A Convention born of ‘fire and sorrow’ that has protected Europeans for 75 years
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most pow...
pace.coe.int
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In a speech marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the #ECHR as "the most powerful act of imagination in our continent's history".
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
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Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a worrying step backwards
⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values
🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...
⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values
🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...
Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention – a setback for the human rights of women and girls | ICJ
Latvia should not proceed with its planned withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women an
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November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a worrying step backwards
⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values
🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...
⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values
🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...
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Celebrating today 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. Born of the ashes of WWII, the Convention affirms everyone‘s inalienable human #dignity & upholds everyone‘s #humanrights. Find out how the Convention defends your rights every day: www.coe.int/en/web/impac... #ECHR75
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int
European convention on human rights : How it changed the lives of many people across the continent.
www.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Celebrating today 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. Born of the ashes of WWII, the Convention affirms everyone‘s inalienable human #dignity & upholds everyone‘s #humanrights. Find out how the Convention defends your rights every day: www.coe.int/en/web/impac... #ECHR75
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Piece on how the British right has managed to convince a significant minority that it would be in their interests to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights. My suggestion: rather than capitulate, make human rights part of a wider politics of equality.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right | Daniel Trilling
For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Piece on how the British right has managed to convince a significant minority that it would be in their interests to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights. My suggestion: rather than capitulate, make human rights part of a wider politics of equality.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Als Nederland kritiek heeft op de rechtspraak van Straatsburg moet het zich vaker voegen in individuele zaken om dat te bepleiten '.
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Als het gaat om mensenrechten hebben landen veel meer inspraak dan ze denken
Op deze 75ste verjaardag van de mensenrechten heeft Rick Lawson, voorzitter van het College voor de Rechten van de Mens, opvallend advies voor politici.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
'Als Nederland kritiek heeft op de rechtspraak van Straatsburg moet het zich vaker voegen in individuele zaken om dat te bepleiten '.
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/a...
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/a...
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#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome.
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome.
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
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Today is sort of the 75th birthday of the ECHR and the backlash against this achievement might never have been more widespread and organized as in this moment.
@ejiltalk.bsky.social has a carefully argued piece warning against "sleepwalking towards its demise."
www.ejiltalk.org/reinforce-re...
@ejiltalk.bsky.social has a carefully argued piece warning against "sleepwalking towards its demise."
www.ejiltalk.org/reinforce-re...
Reinforce, Reform or Rupture? The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction If a week is a long time in politics, then two years is an eternity for the Council of Europe. At the Reykjavik summit in May 2023, European leaders across the political spectrum reaffir...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is sort of the 75th birthday of the ECHR and the backlash against this achievement might never have been more widespread and organized as in this moment.
@ejiltalk.bsky.social has a carefully argued piece warning against "sleepwalking towards its demise."
www.ejiltalk.org/reinforce-re...
@ejiltalk.bsky.social has a carefully argued piece warning against "sleepwalking towards its demise."
www.ejiltalk.org/reinforce-re...
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The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.
Latvia's president asks parliament to rethink Istanbul Conventon exit
The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.
l.euronews.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.
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We’re turning 60!
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📅Thursday 6 November
⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place: cpag.org.uk/60years
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📅Thursday 6 November
⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place: cpag.org.uk/60years
60 years of Child Poverty Action Group
Join us for a special online event marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, with keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
cpag.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We’re turning 60!
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📅Thursday 6 November
⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place: cpag.org.uk/60years
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📅Thursday 6 November
⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place: cpag.org.uk/60years
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This week, the European Convention on Human Rights turns 75.
We all owe a huge amount to this landmark treaty, which built a safer Europe after World War II and continues to protect the lives of ordinary people to this very day. (1/2)
We all owe a huge amount to this landmark treaty, which built a safer Europe after World War II and continues to protect the lives of ordinary people to this very day. (1/2)
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This week, the European Convention on Human Rights turns 75.
We all owe a huge amount to this landmark treaty, which built a safer Europe after World War II and continues to protect the lives of ordinary people to this very day. (1/2)
We all owe a huge amount to this landmark treaty, which built a safer Europe after World War II and continues to protect the lives of ordinary people to this very day. (1/2)
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📣 Only a few tickets left! Join us this Wed (5:15pm, St Anne’s College, Oxford) for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture. Lea Ypi will read from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflect on the enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 Only a few tickets left! Join us this Wed (5:15pm, St Anne’s College, Oxford) for the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture. Lea Ypi will read from her book Indignity: A Life Reimagined and reflect on the enduring legacies of migration, displacement, and forced removal.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/lea-ypi-rsc
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📣 Coming soon at SPUI25: Wiebe Hommes shines a new light on the pushback against European human rights. Join us at SPUI25 on 10 November
The Convention and the Kingdom
The European Convention on Human Rights is nowadays one of the most prominent human rights treaties. In particular in the Netherlands, it has become the main legal tool for fundamental rights protection. As such, it has also found itself in the spotlight: pushback has developed against its perceived excessive constraining of political options and the European Court is being criticized for interference with domestic sensitivities.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣 Coming soon at SPUI25: Wiebe Hommes shines a new light on the pushback against European human rights. Join us at SPUI25 on 10 November
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The European Convention on Human Rights turns 75 tomorrow!
The @coe.int’s foremost convention is the cornerstone of all its activities, and its ratification is a prerequisite for joining the Organisation.
📸🔙 Throwback to 1950 when the #ECHR was opened for signature in Rome!
The @coe.int’s foremost convention is the cornerstone of all its activities, and its ratification is a prerequisite for joining the Organisation.
📸🔙 Throwback to 1950 when the #ECHR was opened for signature in Rome!
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
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"The ending of the two-child limit..
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: tackling poverty is crucial to protect children’s human rights; a number of other areas also call for attention - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 08/07/2025
www.coe.int
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"The ending of the two-child limit..
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
"The ending of the two-child limit..
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: tackling poverty is crucial to protect children’s human rights; a number of other areas also call for attention - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 08/07/2025
www.coe.int
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"The ending of the two-child limit..
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
an outlier in Europe and beyond... was consistently identified by the Commissioner’s interlocutors as among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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Latvia sending ‘dangerous message’ about women’s rights, Council of Europe says
Latvia sending ‘dangerous message’ about women’s rights, Council of Europe says
If the Latvian president signs the motion, the Baltic state will become the first and only EU country to leave the convention
dlvr.it
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Latvia sending ‘dangerous message’ about women’s rights, Council of Europe says
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4.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK, and that figure is rising. We’re joining @bigissue.com and 65 other signatories in an open letter urging the government to set child poverty targets in the upcoming child poverty strategy. Read more @theguardian.com buff.ly/hoKSpVb
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
4.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK, and that figure is rising. We’re joining @bigissue.com and 65 other signatories in an open letter urging the government to set child poverty targets in the upcoming child poverty strategy. Read more @theguardian.com buff.ly/hoKSpVb
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The PACE President has expressed alarm at Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and urged that the decision be reconsidered.
"This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe" he said.
More:
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"This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe" he said.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1008...
Statement by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos on Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention
“I am deeply alarmed by the decision of the Latvian Parliament to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, just over a year after it entered into force in the country. This is an unprecedented and deepl...
pace.coe.int
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The PACE President has expressed alarm at Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and urged that the decision be reconsidered.
"This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe" he said.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1008...
"This is an unprecedented and deeply worrying step backwards for women’s rights and human rights in Europe" he said.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1008...