Tomorrow's wrap-around front page of The National.
This is the human cost.
As the UK Government talks a big game of being ready to join the US and Israel in war, over 150 families are mourning their children.
Their little girls were mostly aged 7-12.
"We need to talk about housing as a human right and not as a commodity."
Hear from Yolander Hendler, Secretary-General of Habitat International Coalition, on why housing, migration, and the future of our cities are inseparable.
Join us at #WUF13 π: https://loom.ly/Kb6rUFk
Excited to share the front and back of my new book:
THE SOCIAL RIGHT TO PROPERTY: SOCIAL FUNCTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Out next month.
With @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
With support from @universityofessex.bsky.social
It will be #OpenAccess here: lnkd.in/e-FzjY_t
In a new post on the Strathclyde Law Blog, our Roddy Cairns has returned to the topic of Heraskevych's helmet to consider the CAS decision around his exclusion from the Winter Olympics. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
π This will be a great event with two members of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Joo-Young Lee & Julieta Rossi) and ESCR Network member Koldo Casla, on the role of UN Treaty Bodies in norm setting & monitoring.
ποΈ 12 March
β° 1-2:30
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NHS backlogs, housing shortages and rising inequality are rights issues - they won't be solved by weakening human rights.
The real pressures people face require serious rights-based policy solutions, not scapegoating universal rights.
Please watch and share:
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πͺΈ π΅οΈ Looking forward to hearing from #children & #youth about #HumanRights #Food systems on #Land and in the #Ocean and #ClimateChange! π π‘
π inspiringchildrensfutures.org/blog/call-fo...
π Scottish Government #ClimateJustice Fund & Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures π
Last week I was in #Geneva to support the preparations of a new report on #SeaLevelRise & #HumanRights to be presented in 2027 by the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuFl...
New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Roddy Cairns, on the treatment of a Ukrainian athlete who insisted on wearing a particular helmet. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l... #StrathLawBlog
News - A report examining what UK Supreme Court decisions mean for devolved law-making in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has been published. This was co-written by our Dr @chrismccork.bsky.social. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
βThe report findings are very much welcomed by the victims and campaigners who agree that the national apology falls short of international standards" Roseanna McPhee, campaigner
Read our blog on SHRC's call for "transformative reparations" for victims: makingrightsreal.org.uk/transformati...
This project was co-designed with Legal Services Agency, supervised by our Prof Katie Boyle & Dr Douglas Jack.
This is student research with the potential to drive real policy change.
Read the blog post: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
#HousingRights #ScotsLaw #SocialJustice
#HousingPolicy
π£ A couple of weeks left to contribute to my call for inputs on #Food systems including #ocean, #ClimateChange #HumanRights #CarbonMarkets
And many sincere thanks for all the contributions that have been made so far π
This promises to be a great event with @justfairuk.bsky.social and @bonavero.bsky.social , discussing matters such as the right to housing, food, fuel and social security, centring around a book that was completed at Strathclyde Law School and funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org.
Today is the one year deadline given by the UN General Assembly for withdrawal of Israel from all illegal settlements after last yearβs historic ICJ ruling which found settlements illegal. What should happen now? I discuss in an opinion piece.
www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/o...
Weβre representing a family fighting for their home and way of life.
βοΈ This is the first civil court case to test how Scotlandβs new UNCRC law works in practice.
π It also relies on Article 8 of the ECHR - the right to respect for private and family life.
π www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Government has condemned the increase in dangerous rhetoric against asylum seekers, saying "refugees must not be scapegoated"
The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Peoplesβ Tribunal is out. The Tribunal is a milestone in the struggle towards justice for the Palestinians and for all of humanity.
gazatribunal.com/the-sarajevo...
In the new issue of the Edinburgh Law Review, Jill Robbie and I consider the unsuccessful judicial review of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, and what this could mean for any future A1P1 challenges of property-related legislation www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Our Professor Katie Boyle will be giving evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee on the Civil Legal Aid Inquiry tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. The papers and agenda are available online. www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
There's an appalling 10,360 children trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland, thanks to a broken housing system that failed them. π«£
How long would it take to talk to all of them? The answer will shock you! π€― #HousingEmergency
New from me on the intricacies of devolved legislatures incorporating international human rights instruments after Scotland's UNCRC Act. Should be coming out in the NILQ later this year. In short, the major blockages in the NI Assembly are political, not legal:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Regulator finds βserious failingsβ at Perth and Kinross Council Gypsy/ Traveller sites -- you can read MRR's blog here: makingrightsreal.org.uk/regulator-fi... and read what Scottish Human Rights Commission has to say here: www.scottishhumanrights.com/news/scottis...
#HumanRights #HousingRights
π£οΈ βHere, itβs like a modern prison β¦ We donβt do anything β no work, no learning, just sit in the hotel. I canβt live in my country and I canβt live in another country.β
Our Refugee Support Service works in hotels across Scotland and this report rings very true.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
There are over 10,110 children living in temporary accommodation in Scotland. How can a family feel safe and secure knowing they might have to move again?
Unless Scotland gets the social homes we so desperately need, that number will only grow.
βοΈ act.scotland.shelter.org.uk/official-rec...
Just arrived! New book - access to #socialjustice from a social #rights ( #housing, #food, #fuel #socialsecurity) perspective
Prof Katie Boyle @katieboyle.bsky.social @lawstrath.bsky.social
Diana Camps, @kenglish.bsky.social @joedsonferrie.bsky.social, Aidan Flegg, @gauravmkjee.bsky.social
