Colm O'Cinneide
@colmocinneide.bsky.social
Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, UCL. Irishman in London (and sometimes Brussels).
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Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
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Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
This event was organised by the Institute for Human Rights and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
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In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
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We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Looking forward to this.
📢 The Public Constitution
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
The Public Constitution
This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looking forward to this.
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
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Huh? How do you do a "balancing" program when one candidate did an insurgency trying to overturn the election and the other...didn't?
Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?
Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Huh? How do you do a "balancing" program when one candidate did an insurgency trying to overturn the election and the other...didn't?
Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?
Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?
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People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
unherd.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
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According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE.
What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife?
How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer?
Share this video &
Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121
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What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife?
How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer?
Share this video &
Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121
🧵
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE.
What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife?
How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer?
Share this video &
Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121
🧵
What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife?
How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer?
Share this video &
Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121
🧵
Such sad news to hear that Geoffrey Bindman KC has passed away. One of the architects of UK equality and human rights law, he was an inspirational figure - as well as being kind & extremely good company. www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
In remembrance of Sir Geoffrey Bindman | Bindmans
We are very sorry to announce the death of our founder, Sir Geoffrey Bindman on 4 November 2025 at the age of 92.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Such sad news to hear that Geoffrey Bindman KC has passed away. One of the architects of UK equality and human rights law, he was an inspirational figure - as well as being kind & extremely good company. www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate."
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate."
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Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
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no surprises here: a Berlin court has confirmed that the "political activity ban" on Ghassan Abu-Sittah 1,5years ago was against the law – I remember being on a train to Berlin when those news broke; infuriating like almost every encounter with the city in the last two years
Laut Urteil hätte die Ausländerbehörde dem Chirurgen Ghassan Abu-Sittah die Einreise nicht verbieten dürfen.
Wie zu Erwarten stellt das OVG Urteil eine Verletzung der Meinungsfreiheit- und Versammlungsfreiheit fest.
Wird dafür jemand zur Verantwortung gezogen @kaiwegner.bsky.social?
Wie zu Erwarten stellt das OVG Urteil eine Verletzung der Meinungsfreiheit- und Versammlungsfreiheit fest.
Wird dafür jemand zur Verantwortung gezogen @kaiwegner.bsky.social?
Auftritts-Verbot bei "Palästina-Kongress" in Berlin war rechtswidrig
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
no surprises here: a Berlin court has confirmed that the "political activity ban" on Ghassan Abu-Sittah 1,5years ago was against the law – I remember being on a train to Berlin when those news broke; infuriating like almost every encounter with the city in the last two years
Happening today 11am!
(A recording will be available later.)
(A recording will be available later.)
Between 11am and 1pm tomorrow, join Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social to discuss the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, both in Europe and the UK.
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Happening today 11am!
(A recording will be available later.)
(A recording will be available later.)
Strongly agree with this.
A core challenge of epistemology—especially political epistemology—is that the final, all things considered answer to hugely important & consequential questions is often: "we don't know, and probably can't know."
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
John sides on moderation
"I have a half-baked thesis that the more uncertainty surrounds some empirical claim, the more heated the argument. It should be the opposite, I think. If the evidence is pretty mixed or uncertain [....] The right view is basically 'it’s hard to know.' "
"I have a half-baked thesis that the more uncertainty surrounds some empirical claim, the more heated the argument. It should be the opposite, I think. If the evidence is pretty mixed or uncertain [....] The right view is basically 'it’s hard to know.' "
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Strongly agree with this.
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Between 11am and 1pm tomorrow, join Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social to discuss the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, both in Europe and the UK.
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Between 11am and 1pm tomorrow, join Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social to discuss the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, both in Europe and the UK.
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Mamdani absolutely beams with affection for New York City; that he *cherishes* it, and its people, is present in every smile, and every stride.
one factor in Mamdani's appeal is "what if I had an elected official who didn't hate my guts?"
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Mamdani absolutely beams with affection for New York City; that he *cherishes* it, and its people, is present in every smile, and every stride.
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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if you literally ignored every single poll and assumed "Democrats will overperform because Trump is an unpopular incumbent and it's an off year election", you would have nailed every single race
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
if you literally ignored every single poll and assumed "Democrats will overperform because Trump is an unpopular incumbent and it's an off year election", you would have nailed every single race
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Very much looking forward to speaking about my book 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception' on the Equality Talks series next Tuesday 11 November 2025 @5pm UK time, 6:00pm CET. For details and to join:
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Equality Talks
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking about my book 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception' on the Equality Talks series next Tuesday 11 November 2025 @5pm UK time, 6:00pm CET. For details and to join:
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
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The first talk is on 11 November at 6pm CET (5pm UK) by @catbriddick.bsky.social (@refugeestudies.bsky.social) on her new book, Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception, with @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Lourdes Peroni as discussants. Register here: uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/regi....
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Equality Talk: Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception (Catherine Briddick). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...
uni-koeln.zoom.us
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The first talk is on 11 November at 6pm CET (5pm UK) by @catbriddick.bsky.social (@refugeestudies.bsky.social) on her new book, Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception, with @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Lourdes Peroni as discussants. Register here: uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/regi....
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there is one of the largest mass hysterias i’ve ever witnessed in politics with people who hate zohran mamdani and it’s all going to be so much funnier when he wins
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
there is one of the largest mass hysterias i’ve ever witnessed in politics with people who hate zohran mamdani and it’s all going to be so much funnier when he wins
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“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
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“People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.”
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.”