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The #ECHR and #HRA on post-it notes.

@alicedonald.bsky.social & I on Reform's plans for the ECHR (and others) and what it will mean for everyone.

Many are commenting on the Braverman paper as a whole, but one note that - true, there is nothing to stop the GFA from being amended.

Just as nothing stops any other major international agreement from being renegotated except time, a lot of good faith, political will and mutual interest.

Not even a surprising result, it's been going down the table for the last 20 years.

There's the UK in joint 36th, nearly the bottom of the table.

Apropos of nothing in particular - one of the best odd places I've worked.

If you hear one of my podcasts, wonder if it's blanket surround sound.

A whole hard and heartbreaking history of Ireland and about Irish migration on the Tube in London.

The CEU DI Report on Rule of Law at EU level is out!

But what about the argument that this just gives ammunition to authoritarian governments' 'whataboutery' and 'double standards' accusations?

Barbara Grabowska-Moroz and I address that in our VB post:

Join us online/in Brussels at the EPC on Monday, 28 Oct as we launch the CEU DI Rule of Law Clinic report on rule of law at EU level.

www.epc.eu/en/events/Th...

And finally, while explaining public access and judicial independence, the characters suddenly become aware that they're being watched - and 'look' back at you.

Gets me every time.

Only my mum noticed, but that court showing access to justice has a wheelchair ramp up to it for accessibility.

The ordinary person thanking the narrator for answering her question on access to justice.

That smile too.

The law's ruler being bent, and the evil laugh of a government with absolute power when discussing why accountability is important.

I don't know why, but that silly laugh made me chortle every time I watched it.

The fun of a cartoon showing unstable, uncertain law.

Then, the whole ridiculous conversation between the ordinary person and the state body, as if they can hear me talking about what 'equality before the law' means.

First off - the law as a 'ruler', being held up by a state body who changes expression throughout the video.

(Try drawing that with only two lines behind glasses)

1.The UK could seek an agreement with a country that is safe.

57 countries are listed (8 for men only) in UK law. However, to date – the UK has only achieved an agreement with Rwanda.

The SC is the final court in the UK: there is no other place to go or appeal to make.

The driving force behind the Government's appeal to the SC is that, right now, Rwanda is the only country with which there is an agreement for removals.

No Rwanda, no removals.