Katja Ziegler
@profziegler.bsky.social
Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law Co-Director of the Centre of European Law and Internationalisation (CELI) University of Leicester
Thank you for contributing & for this excellent lens on the discussions. Externalising/othering constitutional (fundamental) rights takes the othering of the individuals they protect to an extreme. Migration debates are instrumentalised to justify a broader assault on human&constitutional rights.
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Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate.
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...
Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate.
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...
The ‘othering’ of human rights and the agenda underlying calls for UK withdrawal from the ECHR
A recent conference marking the 75th anniversary anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights provided a sobering opportunity for reflection on possible trajectories of human rights prote…
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thank you for contributing & for this excellent lens on the discussions. Externalising/othering constitutional (fundamental) rights takes the othering of the individuals they protect to an extreme. Migration debates are instrumentalised to justify a broader assault on human&constitutional rights.
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Exciting times for me as my book arrives!
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
August 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Exciting times for me as my book arrives!
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
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⏰ Closing tomorrow ⏰ Call for Papers: The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience – The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35.
More details 👇 👇
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...
More details 👇 👇
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...
Call for Papers: The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience – The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35
In 2025, we celebrate two anniversaries, the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission. These significantmilestones will b…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⏰ Closing tomorrow ⏰ Call for Papers: The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience – The ECHR at 75 and the Venice Commission at 35.
More details 👇 👇
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...
More details 👇 👇
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/02/c...
Still time to send us your abstract - CfP deadline on 4 June 👇👇
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...
Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th ...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Still time to send us your abstract - CfP deadline on 4 June 👇👇
Join us for the ICLQ Annual Lecture on 13 May at BIICL in London or online
Places are filling fast for the ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025!
Make sure you register soon to hear Prof Benoît Mayer explore the 'Highest Possible Ambition' in #ClimateChange Mitigation.
📅 13.05.25 | Register here: buff.ly/zjVthUs
#EnvironmentalLaw #PublicInternationalLaw
Make sure you register soon to hear Prof Benoît Mayer explore the 'Highest Possible Ambition' in #ClimateChange Mitigation.
📅 13.05.25 | Register here: buff.ly/zjVthUs
#EnvironmentalLaw #PublicInternationalLaw
ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025:
Tuesday 13 May 2025, BIICL, Russell Square, London and Online
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April 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Join us for the ICLQ Annual Lecture on 13 May at BIICL in London or online
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...
Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th ...
www.linkedin.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...
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Update: Members of the House are now involved in an effort to find out about the agreement that the administration made with El Salvador concerning the detention of migrants, an agreement that under federal law must be reported to Congress.
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
Meeks, Castro Send Letter to Rubio Demanding Answers on El Salvador Agreement
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov
April 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Update: Members of the House are now involved in an effort to find out about the agreement that the administration made with El Salvador concerning the detention of migrants, an agreement that under federal law must be reported to Congress.
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
Timely evidence and thread - on a day the Committee took heard more. Delighted to have had the opportunity to give evidence with @arabellalaw.bsky.social and @mariomendez.bsky.social
Today, the House of Lords International Agreements Committee published some evidence on treaty scrutiny that I jointly wrote with @hhesterm.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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committees.parliament.uk
April 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Timely evidence and thread - on a day the Committee took heard more. Delighted to have had the opportunity to give evidence with @arabellalaw.bsky.social and @mariomendez.bsky.social
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📢 Want to learn how to engage effectively with the UN? Join us for "Engaging with the United Nations"
This session aims to equip civil society with the tools to amplify their voices and influence international human rights mechanisms.
📅 Date: 7 May
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
This session aims to equip civil society with the tools to amplify their voices and influence international human rights mechanisms.
📅 Date: 7 May
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Engaging with the United Nations
A capacity building session on engagement with the UN international human rights mechanisms
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 Want to learn how to engage effectively with the UN? Join us for "Engaging with the United Nations"
This session aims to equip civil society with the tools to amplify their voices and influence international human rights mechanisms.
📅 Date: 7 May
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
This session aims to equip civil society with the tools to amplify their voices and influence international human rights mechanisms.
📅 Date: 7 May
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Join us on 25 April, 1 pm UK time (BST) www.linkedin.com/events/celit...
CELI Talk with Professor Piotr Mikuli | LinkedIn
Professor Mikuli will discuss the planned reforms of the Polish judiciary, which aim to restore the rule of law by reversing the changes introduced by the ruling politicians (The PiS) between 2015 and...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join us on 25 April, 1 pm UK time (BST) www.linkedin.com/events/celit...
A great initiative of a transatlantic conversation - not just for historians 👇
Join "Historians on Democracy" @democracyhistory.bsky.social - a conversation series on democracy in past and present. Part 1: What was, what is, and what can be done?“, April 8, 11 am EST/17 CET, with: Jim Grossman, Dagmar Herzog, Jürgen Kocka, Colin Berg, Ute Frevert and myself. Reg: rb.gy/q0soa4
April 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A great initiative of a transatlantic conversation - not just for historians 👇
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🌍 Exciting News! The ICLQ is now on Bluesky! 🎉
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April 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🌍 Exciting News! The ICLQ is now on Bluesky! 🎉
Join us for:
📚 Publication alerts with full-text articles
📰 Journal news and info
🔁 Reposts of opportunities and events in our 5 fields of interest ( #PIL, #privil, #comparativelaw, #EUlaw, #HR)
Follow us and share this post with your network! 🌟
Join us for:
📚 Publication alerts with full-text articles
📰 Journal news and info
🔁 Reposts of opportunities and events in our 5 fields of interest ( #PIL, #privil, #comparativelaw, #EUlaw, #HR)
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I am delighted to report that my chapter discussing "The asymmetric multilayered protection of human rights in the UK after Brexit: a fragmented human rights protection as a factor of constitutional resilience?" (in German) was published last week.
March 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am delighted to report that my chapter discussing "The asymmetric multilayered protection of human rights in the UK after Brexit: a fragmented human rights protection as a factor of constitutional resilience?" (in German) was published last week.
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We are launching an LL.M. program in Comparative and Global Law @uni-muenster.de, which is one if the top places in Germany to study law in English, w particular strengths in comparative law & legal history.More info below, pls help spread the word! www.jura.uni-muenster.de/de/internati...
Comparative and Global Law (LL.M.) - Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät WWU Münster
www.jura.uni-muenster.de
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are launching an LL.M. program in Comparative and Global Law @uni-muenster.de, which is one if the top places in Germany to study law in English, w particular strengths in comparative law & legal history.More info below, pls help spread the word! www.jura.uni-muenster.de/de/internati...
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🇩🇪⚖️The annual reports of BVerfG, available in English, professionally designed, clear, concise, with data, are a stellar achievement of a court that otherwise tends to occasionally struggle with communication (the BVerfG Instagram account story will never not be hilarious)
German Federal Constitutional Court just published its Annual Report 2024 (with a helpful summary of some important cases in 2024 and a forward look to 2024) www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/P...
www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de
March 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🇩🇪⚖️The annual reports of BVerfG, available in English, professionally designed, clear, concise, with data, are a stellar achievement of a court that otherwise tends to occasionally struggle with communication (the BVerfG Instagram account story will never not be hilarious)
German Federal Constitutional Court just published its Annual Report 2024 (with a helpful summary of some important cases in 2024 and a forward look to 2024) www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/P...
www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de
March 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
German Federal Constitutional Court just published its Annual Report 2024 (with a helpful summary of some important cases in 2024 and a forward look to 2024) www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/P...
Moving here 👋 - long overdue. Tips on how to rebuild and settle into the new home quickly would be most welcome.
February 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Moving here 👋 - long overdue. Tips on how to rebuild and settle into the new home quickly would be most welcome.