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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 1d

The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights - @pwielt.bsky.social on the importance of the ECHR and HRA for workers' rights, giving example of recent Mercer case re carer suspended for her role in industrial action, found to violate Art 11 www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/conser...

The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights

The Conservative Party’s latest flirtation with withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not just a reckless political stunt, it’s a direct threat to the rights and freedoms ...

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 1d

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The Age of Backlash: The European Convention on Human Rights and the new Political Reality | DELI

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Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to this conference on the ECHR at 75 years tomorrow in Berlin. I’ll be discussing migration before the @echr.coe.int with @danielthym.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and Catharina Ziebritzki @mpil.de - all infos and livestream here www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/V...

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 1d

The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR

Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 3d

I just contributed to the Brummies United Against Racism and Hate campaign, which aims to spread messages of unity and hope throughout Birmingham. Every donation helps print more posters and stickers that will be shared for free in the community! gofund.me/cfcfd1517

Donate to 'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' Poster Campaign, organized by Brummies United

Help Us Flood Birmingham with a Message of Unity and Hope … Brummies United needs your support for 'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' Poster Campaign

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 6d

I look forward to it very much!

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 8d

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

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Just Fair @justfairuk.bsky.social · 7d

At our recent event, our trustee @alicedonald.bsky.social spoke about the power of economic and social rights, not just to protect people in times of hardship, but to help everyone thrive.

At Just Fair, we believe these rights should work as both protection and empowerment. 🌍⚖️

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 10d

In jumping off the precipice of ECHR withdrawal, the Conservative Party is aping - and legitimising - a policy which in the rest of Europe is only espoused by the far right verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dis...

A Badge of Dishonour

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 10d

And here's a simple explainer too of the relationship between the ECHR/GFA with @alicedonald.bsky.social.

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 10d

*From availble data, we know the number of successful appeals was 0.73% of the total sentenced foreign national offenders.

See the latest @bonavero.bsky.social report on misrepresentation of human rights and migration, led by @alicedonald.bsky.social, @victoriaadamant.bsky.social & Başak Çalı.

Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls

A new report from the University of Oxford's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 10d

Simple explainer of the law, and the statistics that are available* with @alicedonald.bsky.social

Explainer: Does the European Convention on Human Rights stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan, Alice Donald and Victoria Adelman examine the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law.

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 10d

"Does the ECHR stop states from controlling their borders?"

No. The ECHR Court emphasises migration policies are up to states themselves.

"But the ECHR stops the UK from deporting foreign criminals."

No, it doesn't.

Successful human rights-based appeals against deportation are very rare.

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 12d

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Alice Donald on X: "The UK debate on the #ECHR is riven with misconceptions. This matters more and more as politicians discuss the extreme option of withdrawal. @bbcnickrobinson interviews on @BBCr4today yesterday contained three errors that go to the heart of this debate 1/10" / X

The UK debate on the #ECHR is riven with misconceptions. This matters more and more as politicians discuss the extreme option of withdrawal. @bbcnickrobinson interviews on @BBCr4today yesterday contained three errors that go to the heart of this debate 1/10

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 14d

Important to hear Hilary Benn affirm, in his Labour Conference Speech, that the official position is that the UK leaving the ECHR would indeed undermine the UK's commitments under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998:

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 15d

The Conservatives look set to announce withdrawal from the #ECHR as policy.

This reckless move would fly jn the face of evidence both as to the benefits of ECHR membership and the costs of withdrawal - including to efforts to control irregular migration
verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dis...

A Badge of Dishonour

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 16d

Starting this Sunday, the UK Conservatives will hold their annual party conference and possibly adopt a new flagship policy: withdrawal from the ECHR.

That would legitimise the playbook of the far-right, warns ALICE DONALD (@alicedonald.bsky.social).

verfassungsblog.de/badge-of-dishonour/

Quote from our post by Alice Donald: “Pushback against the ECtHR over immigration is neither new nor confined to the UK. But what once sounded like fringe rhetoric is now being echoed at the very centre of British Politics.”

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 22d

For a clear explanation of the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this from @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social 👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Alice Donald @alicedonald.bsky.social · 28d

This outstanding point-by-point rebuttal is the final word in correcting the foolish and nonsensical Policy Exchange report - thank you @colinmurray.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 28d

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 28d

A must read from @colinmurray.bsky.social and @aoifemod.bsky.social correcting the record on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 28d

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 29d

Vernon Bogdanor isn't wrong to flag the ECHR's importance given the minimal constraints on Westminster's legislative power. And that rights matter for minorities. But they matter for everyone - they are a cornerstone to the legitimacy of a system of government:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 13

🚨 USEFUL EXPLAINER 🚨

@joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social explain the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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beebwatch.bsky.social @beebwatch.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨New report finds UK media often misleads on immigration & the ECHR.
From the bogus “chicken nuggets” deportation story to judges labelled “enemies of the people,” coverage creates a toxic “data fog.”
We ask co-author Prof. @alicedonald.bsky.social can PSBs cut through the pollution? 🎙️

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 14

There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die"

= Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 13

The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment

Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Sep 13

Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.

"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Reform has touted its plan as a “legal reset”. But it is better understood as a total rejection of the UK’s postwar international commitments to protect the human rights of everyone within its jurisdiction."

Treaties like the ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants

These commitments have cemented the UK at the heart of the rules-based international order.

theconversation.com

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