Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#SilenceIsNotAnOption #IAmAnActivistLawyer - #Barrister and Human Rights Activist -Head of Immigration, Public Law & Civil Liberties @33bedfordrow-Adjunct Professor @southamptonlawschool -#LegalCommentator -- #QueerRefugees #IAmAnImmigrant- #DachshundDad 🏳️🌈
#WinterIsComing
Travelling up to Leeds for Home Office asylum interview with client.
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
Travelling up to Leeds for Home Office asylum interview with client.
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#WinterIsComing
Travelling up to Leeds for Home Office asylum interview with client.
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
Travelling up to Leeds for Home Office asylum interview with client.
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
#UKasylum ➡️ #Danishmodel?
#lbc MatthewWright
#BBCNews Catherine Byaruhanga
#Refugees #Asylum #HostileEnvironment #DanishModel
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@stevepeers.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social
#lbc MatthewWright
#BBCNews Catherine Byaruhanga
#Refugees #Asylum #HostileEnvironment #DanishModel
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@stevepeers.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#TimesRadio #breakfastshow with @StigAbell & @KateEMcCann
Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… )
£500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68517356���
2024 USDOS -torture of detainees:
state.gov/reports/2024-c…
Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… )
£500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68517356���
2024 USDOS -torture of detainees:
state.gov/reports/2024-c…
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#TimesRadio #breakfastshow with @StigAbell & @KateEMcCann
Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… )
£500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68517356���
2024 USDOS -torture of detainees:
state.gov/reports/2024-c…
Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… )
£500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68517356���
2024 USDOS -torture of detainees:
state.gov/reports/2024-c…
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
Our #BarristerSpotlight for October is Dr S Chelvan - a multi-award winning and globally recognised legal expert who, since November 2020, has served as the Head of Immigration and Public Law
Read about Chelvan's #career highlights, #expertise and #influence below.
@drschelvan.bsky.social
Read about Chelvan's #career highlights, #expertise and #influence below.
@drschelvan.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Our #BarristerSpotlight for October is Dr S Chelvan - a multi-award winning and globally recognised legal expert who, since November 2020, has served as the Head of Immigration and Public Law
Read about Chelvan's #career highlights, #expertise and #influence below.
@drschelvan.bsky.social
Read about Chelvan's #career highlights, #expertise and #influence below.
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#InMemorium
6/10/25
Mark’s 62nd Birthday - and what would have been our 24th anniversary
Top Row (left-right)
(1) 2002 (2) Mexico City June2023 (3) #LALY23
Bottom row (4) #Pride 2023 (5)Summer Rites 2004 (6) our last text message exchange (7) sharing the pain, emptiness, love and heartbreak ❤️🩹
6/10/25
Mark’s 62nd Birthday - and what would have been our 24th anniversary
Top Row (left-right)
(1) 2002 (2) Mexico City June2023 (3) #LALY23
Bottom row (4) #Pride 2023 (5)Summer Rites 2004 (6) our last text message exchange (7) sharing the pain, emptiness, love and heartbreak ❤️🩹
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#InMemorium
6/10/25
Mark’s 62nd Birthday - and what would have been our 24th anniversary
Top Row (left-right)
(1) 2002 (2) Mexico City June2023 (3) #LALY23
Bottom row (4) #Pride 2023 (5)Summer Rites 2004 (6) our last text message exchange (7) sharing the pain, emptiness, love and heartbreak ❤️🩹
6/10/25
Mark’s 62nd Birthday - and what would have been our 24th anniversary
Top Row (left-right)
(1) 2002 (2) Mexico City June2023 (3) #LALY23
Bottom row (4) #Pride 2023 (5)Summer Rites 2004 (6) our last text message exchange (7) sharing the pain, emptiness, love and heartbreak ❤️🩹
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
Dr S Chelvan will be speaking at the '9th Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies' in Vancouver - 'Through the Looking Glass – What Queer Refugees Can Focus on to Gain Sanctuary.'
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#QueerRefugees #ImmigrationLaw #SocialJustice
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#QueerRefugees #ImmigrationLaw #SocialJustice
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
Dr S Chelvan to Speak at Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies
Chambers would like to announce that Dr S Chelvan, a leading legal voice in immigration and public law, has been invited to speak at the '9th Global Summit
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Dr S Chelvan will be speaking at the '9th Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies' in Vancouver - 'Through the Looking Glass – What Queer Refugees Can Focus on to Gain Sanctuary.'
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#QueerRefugees #ImmigrationLaw #SocialJustice
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
@drschelvan.bsky.social
#QueerRefugees #ImmigrationLaw #SocialJustice
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
How to start the day …
“I am so lucky to have you today .. I can’t believe it -I saw you on tv - on Sky and BBC. - to see you advocating for human rights - this is amazing ..
“I was watching with my son and saying there is someone for us …- so our voice is heard - I thank you Dr”.
Ali #uber
“I am so lucky to have you today .. I can’t believe it -I saw you on tv - on Sky and BBC. - to see you advocating for human rights - this is amazing ..
“I was watching with my son and saying there is someone for us …- so our voice is heard - I thank you Dr”.
Ali #uber
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
How to start the day …
“I am so lucky to have you today .. I can’t believe it -I saw you on tv - on Sky and BBC. - to see you advocating for human rights - this is amazing ..
“I was watching with my son and saying there is someone for us …- so our voice is heard - I thank you Dr”.
Ali #uber
“I am so lucky to have you today .. I can’t believe it -I saw you on tv - on Sky and BBC. - to see you advocating for human rights - this is amazing ..
“I was watching with my son and saying there is someone for us …- so our voice is heard - I thank you Dr”.
Ali #uber
Not the usual Birthday (51st 1 September)
Birthday greetings at home and from abroad (Melbourne-based cousin Shevy at the Pyramids) Media interviews -4 ( see www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-s-c... ) and the drinks with friends Grant and Martin)
🙏🏾
Birthday greetings at home and from abroad (Melbourne-based cousin Shevy at the Pyramids) Media interviews -4 ( see www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-s-c... ) and the drinks with friends Grant and Martin)
🙏🏾
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Not the usual Birthday (51st 1 September)
Birthday greetings at home and from abroad (Melbourne-based cousin Shevy at the Pyramids) Media interviews -4 ( see www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-s-c... ) and the drinks with friends Grant and Martin)
🙏🏾
Birthday greetings at home and from abroad (Melbourne-based cousin Shevy at the Pyramids) Media interviews -4 ( see www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-s-c... ) and the drinks with friends Grant and Martin)
🙏🏾
#AsylumHostels
#Refugees
#HomeSecretary
(28 August 2025) BBC Radio Scotland, 7:35am regarding this morning’s hearing before the Court of Appeal (Ct 71) in the Epping Forest District Council case (from 7:35 am):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
19 August 2025 judgment
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li���
#Refugees
#HomeSecretary
(28 August 2025) BBC Radio Scotland, 7:35am regarding this morning’s hearing before the Court of Appeal (Ct 71) in the Epping Forest District Council case (from 7:35 am):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
19 August 2025 judgment
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li���
https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#AsylumHostels
#Refugees
#HomeSecretary
(28 August 2025) BBC Radio Scotland, 7:35am regarding this morning’s hearing before the Court of Appeal (Ct 71) in the Epping Forest District Council case (from 7:35 am):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
19 August 2025 judgment
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li���
#Refugees
#HomeSecretary
(28 August 2025) BBC Radio Scotland, 7:35am regarding this morning’s hearing before the Court of Appeal (Ct 71) in the Epping Forest District Council case (from 7:35 am):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
19 August 2025 judgment
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li���
#RootstoRoutes
#SAHM25
“Roots to Routes” journey meshes the personal with the professional since my entry to the UK as a four year-old on 6 September 1978. Working to empower refugees and migrants as an intersectional Queer British South Asian
🙏🏾
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
(Image via Bloomberg )
#SAHM25
“Roots to Routes” journey meshes the personal with the professional since my entry to the UK as a four year-old on 6 September 1978. Working to empower refugees and migrants as an intersectional Queer British South Asian
🙏🏾
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
(Image via Bloomberg )
Dr S Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social is featured in BCLP's display for South Asian Heritage Month.
BCLP recognised Dr Chelvan as an example of an individual who has profoundly impacted the #SouthAsian legal community.
#contribution #community #dedication
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
BCLP recognised Dr Chelvan as an example of an individual who has profoundly impacted the #SouthAsian legal community.
#contribution #community #dedication
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
August 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#RootstoRoutes
#SAHM25
“Roots to Routes” journey meshes the personal with the professional since my entry to the UK as a four year-old on 6 September 1978. Working to empower refugees and migrants as an intersectional Queer British South Asian
🙏🏾
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
(Image via Bloomberg )
#SAHM25
“Roots to Routes” journey meshes the personal with the professional since my entry to the UK as a four year-old on 6 September 1978. Working to empower refugees and migrants as an intersectional Queer British South Asian
🙏🏾
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
(Image via Bloomberg )
August 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#OldDelhi
Completed the #GoldenTriangle
Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾
Completed the #GoldenTriangle
Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾
July 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#OldDelhi
Completed the #GoldenTriangle
Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾
Completed the #GoldenTriangle
Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾
There are some destinations you only visit in your dreams … and sometimes dreams become a reality …
#TheTajMahal 🙏🏾🇮🇳🏳️🌈
#TheTajMahal 🙏🏾🇮🇳🏳️🌈
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
There are some destinations you only visit in your dreams … and sometimes dreams become a reality …
#TheTajMahal 🙏🏾🇮🇳🏳️🌈
#TheTajMahal 🙏🏾🇮🇳🏳️🌈
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
#PrideMonth2025 - Bloomberg is hosting a flagship event, exploring the importance of #inclusion of all, and the #safeguarding of #humanrights as drivers of economic growth and innovation.
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social will be part of the #Panel
Register: go.bloomberg.com/attend/invit...
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social will be part of the #Panel
Register: go.bloomberg.com/attend/invit...
June 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#PrideMonth2025 - Bloomberg is hosting a flagship event, exploring the importance of #inclusion of all, and the #safeguarding of #humanrights as drivers of economic growth and innovation.
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social will be part of the #Panel
Register: go.bloomberg.com/attend/invit...
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social will be part of the #Panel
Register: go.bloomberg.com/attend/invit...
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
Congratulations to Lucy Masoud - 33 Bedford Row Family Barrister - for being recognised as a finalist in this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards! @wearelapg.bsky.social
#Finalist #ProBono #FamilyBarrister #33BedfordRow
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
#Finalist #ProBono #FamilyBarrister #33BedfordRow
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
Lucy Masoud has been announced as a finalist in the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2025
Congratulations to Lucy Masoud <https://www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/people/lucy-masoud?preview_mode=1#content/introduction> - 33 Bedford Row Family Barrister -
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Congratulations to Lucy Masoud - 33 Bedford Row Family Barrister - for being recognised as a finalist in this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards! @wearelapg.bsky.social
#Finalist #ProBono #FamilyBarrister #33BedfordRow
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
#Finalist #ProBono #FamilyBarrister #33BedfordRow
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social was recently #interviewed on Peter Cardwell's Show for Talk TV.
The panel included Dr Chelvan and Steven Woolfe who discuss the UN Relief Chief video which shows #refugees forced to return to #Afghanistan from #Pakistan
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
The panel included Dr Chelvan and Steven Woolfe who discuss the UN Relief Chief video which shows #refugees forced to return to #Afghanistan from #Pakistan
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
Dr. Chelvan Interviewed on Talk TV's Peter Cardwell Show – Analysing the Safety of Refugees Returning to Afghanistan
Dr S Chelvan <https://www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/people/chelvan-s?preview_mode=1#content/introduction> - Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row -
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social was recently #interviewed on Peter Cardwell's Show for Talk TV.
The panel included Dr Chelvan and Steven Woolfe who discuss the UN Relief Chief video which shows #refugees forced to return to #Afghanistan from #Pakistan
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
The panel included Dr Chelvan and Steven Woolfe who discuss the UN Relief Chief video which shows #refugees forced to return to #Afghanistan from #Pakistan
www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
We are pleased to announce that Geoffrey Carr has joined 33BR as Senior Civil #Clerk. Geoff has over forty years’ experience working in barristers’ chambers and has extensive expertise in #strategy, managing teams, client #relationships and fostering #collaboration.
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We are pleased to announce that Geoffrey Carr has joined 33BR as Senior Civil #Clerk. Geoff has over forty years’ experience working in barristers’ chambers and has extensive expertise in #strategy, managing teams, client #relationships and fostering #collaboration.
Whilst the #Spring sunshine tempts more time outdoors -Nomos understands the brief - accompanied by @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social #SundayHomeworkClub is in full-swing …
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@dogs.bsky.social
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@dogs.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Whilst the #Spring sunshine tempts more time outdoors -Nomos understands the brief - accompanied by @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social #SundayHomeworkClub is in full-swing …
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@dogs.bsky.social
#BarristerLife
@33bedfordrow.bsky.social
@dogs.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
“One very important thing is education & equipping & empowering survivors … to get their stories into the right spaces, so they can start to influence those communities where we know that conversion practices and conversion ideology is absolutely rife.”
We need to keep challenging homo/transphobia.
We need to keep challenging homo/transphobia.
‘This has been a long road’: relief and excitement as NSW ban on gay conversion practices comes into effect
‘You’re not broken. You do not need fixing,’ attorney general says in welcoming legislation that makes LGBTQ+ conversion practices punishable by jail time
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“One very important thing is education & equipping & empowering survivors … to get their stories into the right spaces, so they can start to influence those communities where we know that conversion practices and conversion ideology is absolutely rife.”
We need to keep challenging homo/transphobia.
We need to keep challenging homo/transphobia.
#SpringEquinox #NationalHappinessDay
Having a very calm and relaxing few days in #RidingMill with best friend Penny and her family.
(1) and (2) Collecting freshly laid eggs from Evie and Lily; and
(3) and (4) BeadnellBeagle (Zack), @dogsoflaw Nomos and Rolo
Having a very calm and relaxing few days in #RidingMill with best friend Penny and her family.
(1) and (2) Collecting freshly laid eggs from Evie and Lily; and
(3) and (4) BeadnellBeagle (Zack), @dogsoflaw Nomos and Rolo
March 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#SpringEquinox #NationalHappinessDay
Having a very calm and relaxing few days in #RidingMill with best friend Penny and her family.
(1) and (2) Collecting freshly laid eggs from Evie and Lily; and
(3) and (4) BeadnellBeagle (Zack), @dogsoflaw Nomos and Rolo
Having a very calm and relaxing few days in #RidingMill with best friend Penny and her family.
(1) and (2) Collecting freshly laid eggs from Evie and Lily; and
(3) and (4) BeadnellBeagle (Zack), @dogsoflaw Nomos and Rolo
February 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Dr S Chelvan (he/him)
The @wearelapg.bsky.social
2025 LALY awards are GO! 🚀🚀
Nominations now open for the only awards dedicated to celebrating the life-changing work of legal aid lawyers.
lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
2025 LALY awards are GO! 🚀🚀
Nominations now open for the only awards dedicated to celebrating the life-changing work of legal aid lawyers.
lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The @wearelapg.bsky.social
2025 LALY awards are GO! 🚀🚀
Nominations now open for the only awards dedicated to celebrating the life-changing work of legal aid lawyers.
lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
2025 LALY awards are GO! 🚀🚀
Nominations now open for the only awards dedicated to celebrating the life-changing work of legal aid lawyers.
lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
#BarristerLife #Pupillage #PupilSupervisor
Had one of my former pupils message me this morning :
“… I have my first pupil starting with me today and I thought I’d message you …”
“… having a pupil is a gift. You will learn more about you and your pathway now, than you have ever done before”.
Had one of my former pupils message me this morning :
“… I have my first pupil starting with me today and I thought I’d message you …”
“… having a pupil is a gift. You will learn more about you and your pathway now, than you have ever done before”.
February 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#BarristerLife #Pupillage #PupilSupervisor
Had one of my former pupils message me this morning :
“… I have my first pupil starting with me today and I thought I’d message you …”
“… having a pupil is a gift. You will learn more about you and your pathway now, than you have ever done before”.
Had one of my former pupils message me this morning :
“… I have my first pupil starting with me today and I thought I’d message you …”
“… having a pupil is a gift. You will learn more about you and your pathway now, than you have ever done before”.