The @AIRECentre has joined many of the world’s leading anti-trafficking organisations to condemn the Russian invasion of @Ukraine and warn of the heightened risk of human trafficking

I will be attending the Anti Slavery awards at the House of Commons tomorrow night as .@AIRECentre have been shortlisted in the ‘Advocacy and reducing vulnerabilities’ category for our legal advice, and litigation in both the UK and European Court

10 years since Delvigne (C-650/13) ⚖️ The #ECJ ruled that a Member State can ban nationals convicted of serious crimes from voting in European Parliament elections – but only if the ban is proportionate 🗳️👉 https://t.co/ia0x6afiYY #EUCitizenship #EUlaw

The https://t.co/Kd0wf3rwRg website has had a makeover, you can now listen to all the episodes of the podcast directly on the site as well as find an introduction to the issue of #spycops with links to the likes of @out_of_lives, @copscampaign & @UndercoverNet

Hora v UK is first election case to come before ECtHR post the enforcement steps taken by UK after Hirst - Court holds restriction on right to vote in 2019 general election did not breach rights of prisoner serving indeterminate sentence for rape

Hora v UK is first election case to come before ECtHR post the enforcement steps taken by UK after Hirst - Court holds restriction on right to vote in 2019 general election did not breach rights of prisoner serving indeterminate sentence for rape

Upper Tribunal (IAC) has dismissed a Home Office appeal which sought to argue a point not raised in the First Tier (a Bouchereau exception argument). UT said that even if the argument could now be raised, the circumstances of the case did not meet the Bouchereau threshold

Settled UK are doing an EUSS Info tour for Italian speakers. For anyone needing help with EU Settlement Scheme, events are being held at Cambridge (11 Oct), Peterborough (18 Oct) & Woking (8 Nov)! For more information, visit the London Commites website:

New composition of the Chambers of the #EUGeneralCourt 👉

Another pre-action protocol letter & another removal of no work/study prohibition imposed by @ukhomeoffice on immigration bail conditions for EEA national with EUSS. Home Offcie continues to impose the conditions even though they know they are unlawful & withdraw when challenged

.@AIRECentre intervened in FtT social security co-ordination/competent state case. FtT granted appeal & submissions made that Harrington & SE mean Reg (EC) Article 21 & 29 of 883/2004 doesn't remove entitlement for someone residing & entitled to the cash sickness benefit in UK

Under our public law contract we have been granted permission in a JR to challenge the refusal of the FtT to extend time under the Rules in order to appeal deportation decsion.

Devastating news about Prof Conor Gearty @LSELaw passing. I had the good fortune to have been taught by him, last time I spoke to him in person was @AIRECentre 30th anniversary. A brilliant teacher & writer, funny & kind. His contribution to human rights in the UK was immense

NEW 📢📢 Q: Does the ECHR stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? A: Not nearly as often as media reports suggest Read our @UKandEU explainer for facts & figures @BonaveroIHR @MDXlawss https://t.co/kFb4O7LpAe

As many as 35,000 Ukrainian children are still missing and thought to be held in Russia or Russian-occupied territories, with families saying they are being forced to take desperate and risky measures to try to rescue them.

There are approximately 140,000 ethnic Albanians in the UK, and around 1200 in prison. It is not 1 in 36 or even 1 in 50, but I’ll let you do the math!

I am reintroducing the Hillsborough Law to Parliament tomorrow. The Prime Minister promised he would do this. We are still waiting. As a Liverpool MP, the parliamentary lead for the Hillsborough Law now campaign, and a Hillsborough survivor – this is personal to me. My

Independent experts today urged the UK 🇬🇧 not to ban the “direct action” group @Pal_action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. “Acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as #terrorism.”

N.T v Cypus (.@AIRECentre intervened) Art 3/Art 8 violations after state authorites failure to properly investigate/prosecute rape allegations, and assess issue of non-consent. Also Art 14, concerning discriminatory language used by the state authorites

⚠️ Four months after the ICJ’s report on attacks on the legal profession and repeated concerns from the UN Special Rapporteur, #Eswatini has failed to take concrete measures to address the crumbling state of rule of law in the country. Learn more:

🚨 The ICJ joins 14 NGOs warning all individuals and entities involved in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s inhumane and deadly operations of potential complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide. 👉 Full statement: