Ronit Matar
@ronitmatar.bsky.social
Lecturer in Human Rights Law, Queen Mary University London | Intersectional Feminist Queer and Critical Approached to Law | Previously University of Essex School of Law PhD | she/her
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Fully funded PhD position in Law and the Nonhuman to work with me at @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social
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While this doesn't cover international fees, candidates can apply for separate funding to make up the difference. See: www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/post...
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While this doesn't cover international fees, candidates can apply for separate funding to make up the difference. See: www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/post...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fully funded PhD position in Law and the Nonhuman to work with me at @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
While this doesn't cover international fees, candidates can apply for separate funding to make up the difference. See: www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/post...
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
While this doesn't cover international fees, candidates can apply for separate funding to make up the difference. See: www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/post...
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This new study invites us to challenge #youthwashing wherever it hides: in business, politics, or human rights work.
Read it here 👇
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#YouthPower #ChildRights #academicbsky
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Read it here 👇
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#YouthPower #ChildRights #academicbsky
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15/15
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November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This new study invites us to challenge #youthwashing wherever it hides: in business, politics, or human rights work.
Read it here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#YouthPower #ChildRights #academicbsky
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15/15
Read it here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#YouthPower #ChildRights #academicbsky
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15/15
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📣SAVE THE DATE 📣
📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣SAVE THE DATE 📣
📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
sites.dsu.univr.it/politesse/wp...
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We have jointly applied to the Council of Europe formally to seek re-opening of enforcement of the case of Goodwin v UK under rule 9 of the Rules for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, in the European Court of Human Rights. T
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We have jointly applied to the Council of Europe formally to seek re-opening of enforcement of the case of Goodwin v UK under rule 9 of the Rules for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, in the European Court of Human Rights. T
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ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
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Rima Hassan of the Global Sumud Flotilla speaks to +972 Magazine about the flotilla’s goals, the legality of its mission, and the resolve of those on board.
#Gaza #flotillaglobalsumud #Israel #Palestine
#Gaza #flotillaglobalsumud #Israel #Palestine
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Rima Hassan of the Global Sumud Flotilla speaks to +972 Magazine about the flotilla’s goals, the legality of its mission, and the resolve of those on board.
#Gaza #flotillaglobalsumud #Israel #Palestine
#Gaza #flotillaglobalsumud #Israel #Palestine
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Only one in four Palestinians captured by Israeli forces in Gaza were identified by the army as militants, with civilians making up the vast majority of “unlawful combatants” detained in Israeli prisons since October 7, joint investigation reveals www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees
A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza are civilians.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Only one in four Palestinians captured by Israeli forces in Gaza were identified by the army as militants, with civilians making up the vast majority of “unlawful combatants” detained in Israeli prisons since October 7, joint investigation reveals www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
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After the airstrike on Nasser Hospital, our plea is ever more urgent: Palestinian reporters need international protection now, or Gaza's voice will be silenced.
By Ruwaida Amer
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By Ruwaida Amer
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Maryam was my friend. Israel killed her and four other journalists
After the airstrike on Nasser Hospital, our plea is ever more urgent: Palestinian reporters need international protection now, or Gaza's voice will be silenced.
www.972mag.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
After the airstrike on Nasser Hospital, our plea is ever more urgent: Palestinian reporters need international protection now, or Gaza's voice will be silenced.
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/maryam-abu-d...
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/maryam-abu-d...
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"Every life - an entire world”: UK-Based Israelis staged Protest Outside Foreign Office in London yesterday to demand sanctions
*Mi-neged activists raise 98 hand-made globes, one for every person Israel killed in Gaza in 24 hours*
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*Mi-neged activists raise 98 hand-made globes, one for every person Israel killed in Gaza in 24 hours*
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August 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Every life - an entire world”: UK-Based Israelis staged Protest Outside Foreign Office in London yesterday to demand sanctions
*Mi-neged activists raise 98 hand-made globes, one for every person Israel killed in Gaza in 24 hours*
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*Mi-neged activists raise 98 hand-made globes, one for every person Israel killed in Gaza in 24 hours*
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Today, we remember Sarah Hegazi, raising the pride flag in a concert in 2017 in Egypt. That moment that cost her everything. Sarah left us 5 years ago. Her last words were: “… To the world, you have been extremely cruel, but I forgive”.
June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today, we remember Sarah Hegazi, raising the pride flag in a concert in 2017 in Egypt. That moment that cost her everything. Sarah left us 5 years ago. Her last words were: “… To the world, you have been extremely cruel, but I forgive”.
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2 new publications
'Re-thinking International Human Rights Law's Approach to Identity in Light of Surveillance and AI' @ronitmatar.bsky.social & me tinyurl.com/2arbndf4
'The Void of Surveillance: Machine Learning, Psychoanalysis, and the Misreading of Desire'-Matthew Abbey
tinyurl.com/s9wsfn8h
'Re-thinking International Human Rights Law's Approach to Identity in Light of Surveillance and AI' @ronitmatar.bsky.social & me tinyurl.com/2arbndf4
'The Void of Surveillance: Machine Learning, Psychoanalysis, and the Misreading of Desire'-Matthew Abbey
tinyurl.com/s9wsfn8h
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June 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2 new publications
'Re-thinking International Human Rights Law's Approach to Identity in Light of Surveillance and AI' @ronitmatar.bsky.social & me tinyurl.com/2arbndf4
'The Void of Surveillance: Machine Learning, Psychoanalysis, and the Misreading of Desire'-Matthew Abbey
tinyurl.com/s9wsfn8h
'Re-thinking International Human Rights Law's Approach to Identity in Light of Surveillance and AI' @ronitmatar.bsky.social & me tinyurl.com/2arbndf4
'The Void of Surveillance: Machine Learning, Psychoanalysis, and the Misreading of Desire'-Matthew Abbey
tinyurl.com/s9wsfn8h
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The Crisis of Modernity and the Turn to Time in International Law' with David Scott
Joined by @ruthfletcher.bsky.social and Tanzil Chowdhury as discussants.
Register here
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Joined by @ruthfletcher.bsky.social and Tanzil Chowdhury as discussants.
Register here
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'The Crisis of Modernity and the Turn to Time in International Law'
Staff Work-in-Progress session: 'The Crisis of Modernity and the Turn to Time in International Law'
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June 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Crisis of Modernity and the Turn to Time in International Law' with David Scott
Joined by @ruthfletcher.bsky.social and Tanzil Chowdhury as discussants.
Register here
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Joined by @ruthfletcher.bsky.social and Tanzil Chowdhury as discussants.
Register here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis...
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Happy that my article 'No future for future generations: who is international environmental law for?' is out!
It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept
www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept
www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happy that my article 'No future for future generations: who is international environmental law for?' is out!
It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept
www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept
www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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Last week I had the amazing opportunity to chat about trans rights catastrophes in the Uk with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Manon!!
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
#CalledToTheBar is out for the week! This week @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discusses the Scottish Ministers Case with @matteobassetti.bsky.social and Manon Buery. What does it mean for trans rights? And why do some courts struggle with trans rights as human rights?
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41. The Scottish Ministers Case and Trans Rights as Human Rights
This week Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Matteo Bassetti and Manon Buery to examine the UK Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. In this case the Supreme Co
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May 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to chat about trans rights catastrophes in the Uk with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Manon!!
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
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This organisation does groundbreaking, grassroots essential legal work, please support it if you can. At this time one of the worst human rights situations for a minority in the UK is happening, it affects all people, not just trans, including visitors.
www.translegalclinic.com/donate
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Donate | Trans Legal Clinic
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May 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This organisation does groundbreaking, grassroots essential legal work, please support it if you can. At this time one of the worst human rights situations for a minority in the UK is happening, it affects all people, not just trans, including visitors.
www.translegalclinic.com/donate
www.translegalclinic.com/donate
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A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
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More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
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A Law Letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers
A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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These are the reasons the Supreme Court gave for refusing to hear from the trans intervenors (whilst agreeing to hear from many transphobes).
None.
Our legal team of three barristers included two who are now KCs.
(I have redacted the Registrar's signature.)
None.
Our legal team of three barristers included two who are now KCs.
(I have redacted the Registrar's signature.)
May 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
These are the reasons the Supreme Court gave for refusing to hear from the trans intervenors (whilst agreeing to hear from many transphobes).
None.
Our legal team of three barristers included two who are now KCs.
(I have redacted the Registrar's signature.)
None.
Our legal team of three barristers included two who are now KCs.
(I have redacted the Registrar's signature.)
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Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l
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Just some small reflections on challenging sex realist feminism. I hope to share some research findings on this movement soon. Title of this one is 'inspired' by a J K Rowling tweet. For all the noisy parts out there! Keep being noisy! feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part
A Noisy Part
Challenging Sex Realist Feminism
feministkilljoys.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just some small reflections on challenging sex realist feminism. I hope to share some research findings on this movement soon. Title of this one is 'inspired' by a J K Rowling tweet. For all the noisy parts out there! Keep being noisy! feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part