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Natasa Mavronicola
@natasamav.bsky.social
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Human rights law academic at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. Cypriot.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/law/mavronicola-natasa
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mattia800.bsky.social
My chapter w/ @natasamav.bsky.social ‘Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within and beyond the penal frame’ is published in the Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations.

DM me if you'd like a copy!

www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
natasamav.bsky.social
In this article @ljil-leiden.bsky.social, @mattia800.bsky.social and I challenge the punishment-as-justice perspective that dominates atrocity redress and prevention, examining, with a focus on Gaza, how it can undermine prevention and fuel problematic retaliatory impulses.

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September 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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johnharris1969.bsky.social
When a govt lets it be known that it's considering taking rights away from children with Special Needs, a minister doing the rounds saying he's ’not getting into the details’ has one big effect. People feel scared. They lose sleep. Once again: this is not how to do disability policy (or any policy)
July 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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johnharris1969.bsky.social
Latest from me: on fears about the govt's plans for Special Needs education, with two key things that Labour ministers & MPs should think about www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As I watched the benefits fiasco unfolding, knowing that the special needs story would soon explode, it brought one big thought to mind. Labour needs to stop sowing fear and dread among people whose lives are already full of those things. Instead of picking on vulnerable parts of the population who already view the future with deep anxiety, they should maybe go after much more powerful interests, who might be compelled into helping the government with its financial woes. Instead, fear is swirling around parts of society that are already unable to cope. Labour governments are meant to make people feel less scared, not more. If there is going to be yet another “reset”, this is where it should be focused. There is one point that may yet bring clarity to the government’s thinking. Governing politicians habitually pretend they will win future elections. But there is now every chance that Reform UK might end up in power, possibly in partnership with whatever remains of the Conservatives. Judging by his recent pronouncements, Nigel Farage has very questionable views about special needs and disabilities. There is strong evidence that the same is true of Kemi Badenoch. The current fashion on the political right for nonsense about savagely cutting back the state would have deep implications for Send families. If Labour takes away so many children’s basic educational rights, it may well end up leaving them at the mercy of politicians who will then vandalise their lives. “No decision has been made,” say ministers. It is time they took the only morally and politically right one, and fast.
July 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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lyskulamadayil.bsky.social
It's out and available open access!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pathology...
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
natasamav.bsky.social
Superstars!
silvilunazul.bsky.social Silvana Tapia Tapia @silvilunazul.bsky.social · Apr 23
With my brilliant colleague, @mattia800.bsky.social, last week in Liverpool, at the @slsauk.bsky.social annual conference. The joy of sharing rigorous anticanceral scholarship and collectively building a critique of human rights penality 🤓
May 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
natasamav.bsky.social
A must-read by @karengle.bsky.social!
intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social International Law & Politics CRN @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social · May 22
The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court
www.cambridge.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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karengle.bsky.social
Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!
intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social International Law & Politics CRN @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social · May 22
The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court
www.cambridge.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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archiebland.bsky.social
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.

Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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channel4news.bsky.social
Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved
www.channel4.com/news/covid-i...
Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved
If the government had listened to experts and implemented the same strategies used in other countries, 180,000 lives may have been saved during Covid, the UK Covid Inquiry heard today.
www.channel4.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
The UN says starvation and famine is imminent.

Now some Israeli officers say the same.

Mass, deliberate starvation of 2 million people. That's what's happening.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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stevepeers.bsky.social
Starmer: this is "incalculable damage"
theblueststar.bsky.social Tara @theblueststar.bsky.social · May 12
I've just come from the hospital where my mam is at the moment having had a fall. The staff are Indian, Pakistani, African, Filipino, Irish, Spanish etc. in fact the hospital had an enormous drive to get people from the Philippines to move here to work.
May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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jtheilen.bsky.social
📄 New article:

Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus

Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
A screenshot of the title (“Civilizational Hierarchies and the Notion of ‘Europe’ in the European Convention on Human Rights”) and abstract of the paper available at the link above
April 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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sandraduffy.bsky.social
We invite signatures from UK law people for our open letter on the aftermath of FWS.

*Please sign and share with your networks* as we will send to the relevant parliamentary human rights bodies on closure of the letter.
May 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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niaolainf.bsky.social
The forensics don’t lie. Medics shot in the head, at close range, and more. Prima facia has to be considered a war crime.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head
The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
getting a bit tiring to think "ah yay, the worst people you know are having a great day" several times a week, every single week
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.

Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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nytimes.com
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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aclu.org
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.

The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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mattia800.bsky.social
On 8th April, I'll be speaking at VERNAC TALKS by DIGNITY Vernacular Accountability Project. My talk, Restoring Harmony, explores how Nasa Indigenous justice in Colombia offers a restorative and collective model for human rights accountability.

DM me for the Zoom link.

@cahr-york.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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stevepeers.bsky.social
Including judgments against Greece for death of a migrant, and against Serbia for extradition to an unsafe country
Screenshot of the press release summary of the two judgments. Full text in the link.
March 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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echrhawk.bsky.social
I am writing a textbook on International Human Rights Law with my amazing colleagues at bsky.app/profile/lsjl... and... it’s a bit special and I'm really excited about it.
What’s so special? Well it will be completely free and open access. But for it to work I need some help...
March 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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rebeccarideal.bsky.social
400 years ago today, Charles I became king of England, Scotland and Ireland. It went really well for him.
Portrait of Charles I
March 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
An excellent piece from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in The @newstatesman.com on his family's SEND struggles. High praise for SNJ's "battle-hardened SEND veterans" ”Don’t take away children’s rights, because if you do, you'll have a hell of a fight on your hands.” www.newstatesman.com/politic...
The special needs trap
What one parent’s experience reveals about a system on the brink of collapse.
www.newstatesman.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
"No return to austerity" latest
March 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM