Very exciting to have unboxed these earlier. Available in hard copy from next week - so do reach out to your libraries or departments to get it on their shelves, but all of the chapters are available online from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

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#PeacefulProtest

Always a pleasure to listen to Albie Sachs, this evening in conversation with @abbottkingsley.bsky.social at the @icws-sas.bsky.social

His passion for the struggle is infectious, and we were delighted that he contributed a moving dedication at the start of our Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly

In addition to the underlying story, some of the images from this piece are a visceral reminder of the policing of protest in Kenya and the need for reform
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Delighted that the pre-[print]-publication of The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly is now live.

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The chapters are already available online, but looking forward to getting them all together in hard copy later this year!

Today at 2pm GMT - the UN SR on Freedom of Assembly and the SR on Torture join representatives from the African Commission and other regional bodies to discuss developments regarding the trade in crowd-control weapons and other potentially abusive equipment

Fantastic to be participating in the 20th All-Africa Course on International Humanitarian Law, taking place in Pretoria with the @ICRC.

A great, and replicable, model for capacity building around vital protections

#ACHPR81OS is currently holding a panel commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Luanda Guidelines on Conditions of Detention, Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention in Africa and their impact, but notes the urgent need for further oversight and accountability in these contents across the continent

It was an honour to present today about #TortureFreeTrade in the margins of #ACHPR81OS.

Very encouraging to hear from the Solicitor General of The Gambia about their support for the pursuit of a new Treaty to address the scourge of the proliferation of inherently abusive equipment

Some of the images emerging from these protests prompt major questions www.the guardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/kenyas-youth-driven-protest-movement-at-crossroads-as-it-considers-future

Fact check: has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Tracy Ann-Oberman, Hannah Morrish et al. carry off a dramatic & unsanitised version of Merchant of Venice set in 1936 (currently playing in the West End)

Very reminiscent of Wesker’s Chicken Soup with Barley, culminating in the scenes of Cable St memorialised so vividly today in this mural

Looking forward to hosting the latest in CGHR’s Practitioner Series on Wednesday, when I’ll be in conversation with Victor Sibaja about his work at the International Criminal Court

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Just wrapping up Day 1 of the UNSR on freedom of assembly’s final consultation on the specific technical and practical tools to assist law enforcement in protecting rights during peaceful protest. Look out for the report and a series of helpful annexes next year!

Last month I was in Arusha for the launch of the African Commission’s Study on Use of Force by Law Enforcement

It’s available (in English and French) online: achpr.au.int/en/soft-law/...

I look forward to working with the Commission and other partners on this important topic!

#police #humanrights