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Leading impactful research, education and collaboration on challenges to strengthen democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the modern Commonwealth and globally | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London. https://linktr.ee/icws
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Panel 4 of the Cultures of Democracy conference this afternoon entitled 'The Commonwealth, Democracy and New Technologies' was chaired by Dr Virginie Roiron with panellists:
Ashonshok Kachui, Sumit Pathak and Dr. Meera Mathew

#CommonwealthDemocracy #SocialMedia #India #Cyberspace #FreeSpeech
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Panel 3 of the Cultures of Democracy conference this morning, 'Evolving Democracies in the Commonwealth: #Commonwealth Case Studies,' was chaired by Prof Melanie Torrent, University of Jules Verne Picardie

It featured: Aliyu Ibrahim, Olakunle Michael Folami and Bodhi Ramteke

#CommonwealthDemocracy
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Day 2 of the Cultures of Democracy conference began with an engaging talk from our keynote speaker Professor Matthew Neuhaus entitled 'Reinforcing Democracy? The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) 30 Years On’ 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Panel 2 of the Cultures of Democracy conference, chaired by Dr. Cherisse Francis, featured Gargi Sakpal, Shireen Mushtaq, Kushboo Mangroo, David Jackson, and Lucy Slack.

#Democracy #Commonwealth #CommonwealthDemocracy #SocialJustice #India #SocialMedia #Government #AngloMauritianTreaty #Chagossians
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Panel 1 of the Cultures of Democracy conference 'The Commonwealth and Democracy' featured James Chiriyankandath, Andrea Sau, Syed Kamall, Christopher Wylde and Bright Chimedza

#Cultures #Democracy #Commonwealth #Activism #Empowerment #CommonwealthDemocracy #Zimbabwe #Hegemony #Gaza #Israel
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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We're delighted to be co-hosting the 2-day event on Cultures of Democracy'

Day 1 has begun with opening remarks from Prof Sue Onslow and #ICwS Director Prof Kingsley Abbott who asked "Is there room for quiet diplomacy?"

#Cultures #Democracy #Commonwealth #Activism #CommonwealthDiplomacy
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The event was recorded and will be made available on our website in the coming weeks.

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#SirHilaryBeckles #Africa #Caribbean #ReparatoryJustice #CARICOM #Commonwealth
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November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Join us on 10 December 2025 from 1pm-2pm (UK time) for our live Human Rights Day webinar to find out more about our Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights

Register your place here: www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning #HumanRightsDay
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Forthcoming event hosted by St Mary’s University 👇👇👇

Second Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on the Commonwealth of Nations, 28 November 2025

The event will cover interdisciplinary approaches to issues affecting the #Commonwealth including, #HumanRights and #ClimateChange.

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November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Forthcoming hybrid event: The Legal Obligation for Genocide Prevention, Tuesday 4 November, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Room 264, Senate House and ONLINE

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#Genocide #MinorityRights #HumanRights
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Professor Corinne Lennox will be panellist at a hybrid webinar NEXT WEEK: 'Global caste-scapes: inequality and belonging in the 21st century' 29 October, 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT), City St George’s and ONLINE: city-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83108880169

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#Inequality #HumanRights #CasteInequality
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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We're delighted to announce that the Convocation Trust has generously funded a new tuition fees #scholarship enabling one
student to undertake the MA #HumanRights via distance and flexible learning from February 2026

Learn more: www.london.ac.uk/convocation-...

#ConvocationTrust #PostgraduateStudy
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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What an inspiring and joyous evening celebrating 30 years of human rights education at the #ICwS!

Thank you to the current students, alumni, panellists and staff, old and new, for celebrating this momentous occasion with us.

Check our website soon for the event recording: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Register now for this forthcoming 2-day hybrid conference entitled: "Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth leadership, grassroots actvism and people empowerment in times of crisis" 20-21 November 2025, Senate House & Online
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#Democracy #Commonwealth #Leadership #Actvism #Empowerment
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Calling all #graduates and #currentstudents of our post-graduate human rights programmes - join us this Thursday to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in #HumanRights education! 🎉 🎉 🎉

16 October, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

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October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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We're delighted to announce that Sir Hilary Beckles will be delivering an important lecture on reparatory justice next month:

The Coming Enlightenment: Reparations Now for Tomorrow
17 November, 6pm-8:30pm, Senate House

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#ReparatoryJustice #Commonwealth
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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New Report of Joint Initiative on Investigating #EnvironmentalCrimes 🌍 ⚠️

A new report of a groundbreaking new joint initiative aiming to develop Guidelines on the Documentation and Investigation of Environmental International Crimes is now available!

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October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Applications are now open for the Human Rights programmes at the University of London!

Apply by 13 January for a February 2026 start:

www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#HumanRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Genocide #WomensRights #GenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #PostgraduateStudy #DistanceLearning
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Every year, during Black History Month, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is proud to host the annual Memorial2007 lecture.

To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk

#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Albie Sachs in Conversation - read about our forthcoming event one week from today on 1st October 2025. 👇 👇 👇

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Register for the event here:
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #HumanRights #AlbieSachs #Event #UniversityofLondon
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Albie Sachs in Conversation, 1 October 2025, 4pm-5:30pm, Warburg Auditorium

Join us for a fireside chat with Albie Sachs—anti-apartheid activist, writer, and former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

#SouthAfrica #AntiApartheid #Activist #AlbieSachs

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September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The book Launch for 'Unbroken Chains: A 5,000 year history of African enslavement' written by ICwS Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut took place on 28 August 2025. This is a new, full
history of slavery in Africa, from the Pharaohs to the present.

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#HumanRights #Africa #Slavery
September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Calling all graduates and current students of our postgraduate human rights programmes - join us in London to celebrate our 30th anniversary of excellence in human rights education!

16 October 2025, Senate House, 6pm-9pm

commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #Alumni #CurrentStudents
September 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Associate Research Fellow's Dr. Arvind Kumar

Dr Kumar is a Visiting Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at the University of Hertfordshire.

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#Politics #Criminology #Sociology #Justice #SouthAsia
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Announcing a new book out TODAY written by #ICWS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Miranda Kaufmann: 'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery'.

Learn more here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#Caribbean #Slavery #Inheritance #Marriage #Britain #Commonwealth
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM