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Kasey McCall-Smith
@kmccallsmith.bsky.social
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Professor of International Law and Human Rights at University of Edinburgh Law School•LLM in Human Rights director•Global Justice Academy director• Arkansas native in Scotland•Mother of two normal nuts.
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · Sep 12
Prof @kmccallsmith.bsky.social presents at AHRI in Lima Peru with Kathryn Nash on the rights of persons detained by the state and on conditions of detention
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · Sep 13
Special rapp on terrorism ben saul presents now at AHRI in lima peru on links with human rights and organised crime, with moderator @kmccallsmith.bsky.social
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · Sep 11
The 25th Association of Human Rights Institutes annual conference kicks off in Lima Peru! Focus is on human rights and organiser crime
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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · Aug 30
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · Aug 12
Today is publication day for John Ryan - my good friend in exploring the legal quagmire that is #Guantanamo. Everyone should check out his book 'America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay'. A must read!
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · Aug 11
Our #EnvironmentalConditionsofDetention project (@ecd-rights.bsky.social) is working to pull together as much learning as possible on these conditions. The aim is to guard against all forms of #torture. @uknpm.bsky.social
Read our recent practice notes:
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Project Practice Notes – Environmental Conditions of Detention
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · Aug 11
If you are at the @edfringe.bsky.social and interested in #HumanRights, check out Dreams of Peace & Freedom - at the Central Quaker Meeting House. Beautiful music and poignant readings from David Maxwell Fyfe's papers. A moving hour. @songsotpeople.bsky.social
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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Mar 20
Hurry! The deadline is tomorrow!
thehowardleague.bsky.social The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Mar 11
We're hiring...!

Could you be our Communications Coordinator?

This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.

Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.

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OPPORTUNITY: Would you like to be our Communications Coordinator?
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · Mar 3
24 hours late to #ISA2025 (London fog) but off to a fantastic start with the @peacerep.bsky.social reception. Wonderful to see colleagues and friends old and new at this kick-off event. Lots of chat about PA-X & impressive graphics. Great showing team! @uoelawschool.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · Feb 21
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.

H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · Feb 16
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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Global Justice Academy @globaljusticeed.bsky.social · Feb 13
📢 Scottish Premiere: Devi 🎥

Join the Global Justice Academy, @peacerep.bsky.social, and @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social for the multi-award-winning documentary on Devi Khadka.

📅 Date: 27 Feb 2025
🎬 Screening + Q&A with director Subina Shrestha & expert Laura Wise
🍽 Refreshments on arrival
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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Feb 10
UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert – ‘Stolen voices and parameters for uncertainty’ @weekofsound.bsky.social

A concert of electroacoustic music and sound art from projects by the late Rebecca Collins.

7pm, Tue 18 Feb, West Court. Free and open to all. Book now: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
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Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social · Feb 8
They certainly need to be breaking down the damage that is being done in a way that communicates better than they did during the election. Everyone, not just democrats, needs to be doing so. Folks may not listen-yet-but they will. Everyone that isn’t a millionaire in the US is going to hurt.
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Global Justice Academy @globaljusticeed.bsky.social · Feb 5
If you couldn’t make it to the From Rights to Contracts event, our latest blog post has you covered.

Catch up on the key takeaways & explore the model clauses here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/globaljustic...

#HumanRights #RightToHealth #GlobalJustice #ContractLaw
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Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) @together-sacr.bsky.social · Jan 15
📣@childlawcentre.bsky.social recruiting for "Chief Executive Officer" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs

🗓️Closing Date: Noon, Monday 10 February 2025
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Jan 10
NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Jan 6
BREAKING NEWS from Guantanamo Bay: The U.S. military has just delivered 11 Yemeni prisoners to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Dec 21
'The James McCune Smith Scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the University in any research area in which we can offer supervision.'
uofglasgow.bsky.social University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Dec 20
Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.

12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Dec 18
EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see.
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Prisoner’s Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
“This is what his nightmares are all about,” said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at Guantánamo Bay.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Dec 18
MORE BREAKING NEWS: The United States has repatriated two Malaysian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, concluding a secret military operation. The rare transfer, a day after the Pentagon delivered another prisoner to Kenya, reduced the detainee population to 27 men.
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Pentagon Repatriates Malaysian Prisoners Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes
The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali.
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UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social · Dec 16
Our copies of the Guidance on the Environmental Conditions of Detention arrived today!
All NPM monitors can look out for their copies in the new year - raising awareness of how environmental conditions of places of detention may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture
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UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social · Dec 16
The UK NPM was glad to contribute to this guidance by @kmccallsmith.bsky.social @campaignbear.bsky.social - understanding the huge impact environmental conditions can have on a person who cannot leave that environment is a core part of preventive scrutiny
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