Kasey McCall-Smith
@kmccallsmith.bsky.social
Professor of International Law and Human Rights at University of Edinburgh Law School•LLM in Human Rights director•Global Justice Academy director•
Arkansas native in Scotland•Mother of two normal nuts.
Arkansas native in Scotland•Mother of two normal nuts.
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Prof @kmccallsmith.bsky.social presents at AHRI in Lima Peru with Kathryn Nash on the rights of persons detained by the state and on conditions of detention
September 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Prof @kmccallsmith.bsky.social presents at AHRI in Lima Peru with Kathryn Nash on the rights of persons detained by the state and on conditions of detention
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Special rapp on terrorism ben saul presents now at AHRI in lima peru on links with human rights and organised crime, with moderator @kmccallsmith.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Special rapp on terrorism ben saul presents now at AHRI in lima peru on links with human rights and organised crime, with moderator @kmccallsmith.bsky.social
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The 25th Association of Human Rights Institutes annual conference kicks off in Lima Peru! Focus is on human rights and organiser crime
September 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The 25th Association of Human Rights Institutes annual conference kicks off in Lima Peru! Focus is on human rights and organiser crime
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Today is publication day for John Ryan - my good friend in exploring the legal quagmire that is #Guantanamo. Everyone should check out his book 'America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay'. A must read!
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America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay
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August 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today is publication day for John Ryan - my good friend in exploring the legal quagmire that is #Guantanamo. Everyone should check out his book 'America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay'. A must read!
www.amazon.com/Americas-Tri...
www.amazon.com/Americas-Tri...
Our #EnvironmentalConditionsofDetention project (@ecd-rights.bsky.social) is working to pull together as much learning as possible on these conditions. The aim is to guard against all forms of #torture. @uknpm.bsky.social
Read our recent practice notes:
detentionconditions.org/project-comm...
Read our recent practice notes:
detentionconditions.org/project-comm...
Project Practice Notes – Environmental Conditions of Detention
detentionconditions.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our #EnvironmentalConditionsofDetention project (@ecd-rights.bsky.social) is working to pull together as much learning as possible on these conditions. The aim is to guard against all forms of #torture. @uknpm.bsky.social
Read our recent practice notes:
detentionconditions.org/project-comm...
Read our recent practice notes:
detentionconditions.org/project-comm...
If you are at the @edfringe.bsky.social and interested in #HumanRights, check out Dreams of Peace & Freedom - at the Central Quaker Meeting House. Beautiful music and poignant readings from David Maxwell Fyfe's papers. A moving hour. @songsotpeople.bsky.social
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August 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you are at the @edfringe.bsky.social and interested in #HumanRights, check out Dreams of Peace & Freedom - at the Central Quaker Meeting House. Beautiful music and poignant readings from David Maxwell Fyfe's papers. A moving hour. @songsotpeople.bsky.social
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Hurry! The deadline is tomorrow!
We're hiring...!
Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
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Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hurry! The deadline is tomorrow!
24 hours late to #ISA2025 (London fog) but off to a fantastic start with the @peacerep.bsky.social reception. Wonderful to see colleagues and friends old and new at this kick-off event. Lots of chat about PA-X & impressive graphics. Great showing team! @uoelawschool.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
24 hours late to #ISA2025 (London fog) but off to a fantastic start with the @peacerep.bsky.social reception. Wonderful to see colleagues and friends old and new at this kick-off event. Lots of chat about PA-X & impressive graphics. Great showing team! @uoelawschool.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
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📢 Scottish Premiere: Devi 🎥
Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka.
📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025
🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise
🍽 Refreshments on arrival
Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka.
📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025
🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise
🍽 Refreshments on arrival
February 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 Scottish Premiere: Devi 🎥
Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka.
📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025
🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise
🍽 Refreshments on arrival
Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka.
📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025
🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise
🍽 Refreshments on arrival
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UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert – ‘Stolen voices and parameters for uncertainty’ @weekofsound.bsky.social
A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins.
7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins.
7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
February 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert – ‘Stolen voices and parameters for uncertainty’ @weekofsound.bsky.social
A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins.
7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins.
7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
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If you couldn’t make it to the From Rights to Contracts event, our latest blog post has you covered.
Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic...
#HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic...
#HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
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February 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you couldn’t make it to the From Rights to Contracts event, our latest blog post has you covered.
Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic...
#HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic...
#HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
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📣@childlawcentre.bsky.social recruiting for "Chief Executive Officer" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs
🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025
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📍Belfast
View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025
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📍Belfast
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January 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📣@childlawcentre.bsky.social recruiting for "Chief Executive Officer" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs
🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025
✨Full-time
📍Belfast
View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025
✨Full-time
📍Belfast
View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
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BREAKING NEWS from Guantanamo Bay: The U.S. military has just delivered 11 Yemeni prisoners to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BREAKING NEWS from Guantanamo Bay: The U.S. military has just delivered 11 Yemeni prisoners to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
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'The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University in any research area in which we can offer supervision.'
Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
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@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
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December 21, 2024 at 9:54 AM
'The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University in any research area in which we can offer supervision.'
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EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
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MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes
The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:42 AM
MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
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Our copies of the Guidance on the Environmental Conditions of Detention arrived today!
All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
December 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Our copies of the Guidance on the Environmental Conditions of Detention arrived today!
All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
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The UK NPM was glad to contribute to this guidance by @kmccallsmith.bsky.social @campaignbear.bsky.social - understanding the huge impact environmental conditions can have on a person who cannot leave that environment is a core part of preventive scrutiny
December 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
The UK NPM was glad to contribute to this guidance by @kmccallsmith.bsky.social @campaignbear.bsky.social - understanding the huge impact environmental conditions can have on a person who cannot leave that environment is a core part of preventive scrutiny
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Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. We expect a 0900 start of another brief pretrial hearing in the USS Cole case, possibly to include prosecutors arguing not for the first time to pre-admit evidence before there's an actual jury in the box.
www.nytimes.com/article/sept...
www.nytimes.com/article/sept...
Trial Guide: The Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo Bay
The case against the men accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. We expect a 0900 start of another brief pretrial hearing in the USS Cole case, possibly to include prosecutors arguing not for the first time to pre-admit evidence before there's an actual jury in the box.
www.nytimes.com/article/sept...
www.nytimes.com/article/sept...