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Virginia Mantouvalou
@vmantouvalou.bsky.social
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Professor of Human Rights& Labour Law at UCL; Articles Editor, Modern Law Review; Co-Editor, UK Labour Law Blog; Chair of Kalayaan

https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/22589

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 2d
This Thursday we're celebrating the work of Honorary Professor Lord Hendy in our event 'Class Struggle and the Law'. Join us.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Class Struggle and the Law: An evening in conversation with Lord Hendy KC
A joint UCL Labour Rights Institute - Institute of Employment Rights (IER) event
www.ucl.ac.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Virginia Mantouvalou

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 8d
Judgments from the @echr.coe.int have influenced policy in areas like mental health, reproductive rights and access to essential medical treatments.

Leaving the #ECHR would be a blow for health, justice and accountability, writes @martinmckee.bsky.social👇

🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/... via @bmj.com

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 10d
A video of our UCL event on 'Reforming Human Rights after the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act' is available below.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Reforming Human Rights after the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15d
I've been investigating the huge levels of exploitation faced by workers on the seasonal worker visa for the last few years, and have often asked myself why the trade union movement has ignored these workers.

So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.

Reposted by Brian Sloan, Virginia Mantouvalou

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 20d
New post

Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate.

publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...
The ‘othering’ of human rights and the agenda underlying calls for UK withdrawal from the ECHR
A recent conference marking the 75th anniversary anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights provided a sobering opportunity for reflection on possible trajectories of human rights prote…
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Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 22d
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 22d
And in relation to it, much looking forward to this event in Oxford tonight:

www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Symposium on 'Human Rights at Work: Reimagining
About the event Employment today is marked by deepening tensions: between worker autonomy and
www.law.ox.ac.uk

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UK Labour Law Blog @labourblog.bsky.social · 22d
NEW Blog Post!

”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social

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The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life – by Virginia Mantouvalou
Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay 1. Introduction Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in co…
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 22d
I wrote a blog post for the @labourblog.bsky.social on “‘The Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life”

uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life – by Virginia Mantouvalou
Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay 1. Introduction Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in co…
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Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 22d
Join UCL Laws for an upcoming UCL Labour Rights Institute event:

📢 Class Struggle and the Law: An evening in conversation with Lord Hendy KC

📅 27 November 2025 | ⏰ 6pm | 🏛️ UCL Laws

🔗 Book for free www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Chess pieces on a chessboard.

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 28
Join us at UCL on Monday 17/11, 1-2pm, for an exciting event on 'Cities and Human Rights', with Marius Pieterse as a speaker, and Elena de Nictolis as commentator. I'm very much looking forward to chairing it.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Cities and Human Rights
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 22
Join us for symposium on our book Human Rights at Work (with @thebigbogg.bsky.social, H Collins, ACL Davies) on 5 November, at the Bonavero Institute, Oxford, with Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Claire Darwin KC & Kate O' Regan. Chaired by @marijajovanovic.bsky.social

www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Symposium on 'Human Rights at Work: Reimagining
About the event Employment today is marked by deepening tensions: between worker autonomy and
www.law.ox.ac.uk

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Oct 16
Very proud of Joy* a long-standing member of Kalayaan's campaign group, winning the Human Trafficking Foundation Award for Best Opinion Piece on Modern Slavery in parliament earlier this week.

Read Joy's story here:

metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...

#AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Oct 3
A typically powerful and very alarming piece by Conor Gearty on domestic courts and the Human Rights Act:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Sep 25
A true honour that my monograph, Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights, is shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, a triennial book prize for outstanding authorship.

It is shortlisted with three other outstanding books by Sean Coyle, @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social &Liron Shmilovits

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Sep 13
We will miss you greatly, our brilliant, charismatic friend.

www.linkedin.com/posts/virgin...
I met Conor Gearty more than 20 years ago, when I was a PhD student at LSE and have been fortunate to work with him in one way or the other all these years. A hugely intelligent critical thinker… | Vi...
I met Conor Gearty more than 20 years ago, when I was a PhD student at LSE and have been fortunate to work with him in one way or the other all these years. A hugely intelligent critical thinker, gene...
www.linkedin.com

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Aug 29
Do you want to help transform the lives of migrant domestic workers? Kalayaan is recruiting for 6 types of volunteer roles this autumn. If you are passionate about justice and human rights, we want to hear from you: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
Volunteer for Kalayaan | Kalayaan
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.
www.kalayaan.org.uk

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Aug 18
Grateful for such a thoughtful review of my monograph on Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights, together with Robert Goodin's and @maevemckeown.bsky.social's books on structural injustice, by Ashley Dodsworth in the European Journal of Political Theory.

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New approaches to structural injustice - Ashley Dodsworth, 2025
This piece seeks to explore three recent works on structural injustice: Virgina Mantouvalou’s Structural Injustice and Worker’s Rights (2023); Robert Goodin’s P...
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jul 11
Last month @kalayaan.org.uk had a special event in Parliament, "Breaking the Silence". Domestic workers under the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa shared their experience on the effects of the visa and the need for change. Grateful to all speakers and to Lord German who opened the afternoon.

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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michael veale @michae.lv · Jul 7
We're hiring at @laws.ucl.ac.uk: full rank search in corporate and financial law, from lecturer (assistant prof) to associate and full prof. Multiple posts. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 26
Great to see the Overseas Domestic Worker visa and the work of Kalayaan covered in ITV news with such a powerful clip.

Very grateful also to Baroness Helena Kennedy for her support.
kalayaan.org.uk Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Jun 25
Powerful footage from @itvnews.bsky.social shows exploitation suffered by migrant domestic workers inLondon due to the terms of their visa. Thanks to Ronke Phillips for highlighting scale of injustice & Helena Kennedy for explaining how amendments to Govts Borders Bill would create much neededchange

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Jun 25
Powerful footage from @itvnews.bsky.social shows exploitation suffered by migrant domestic workers inLondon due to the terms of their visa. Thanks to Ronke Phillips for highlighting scale of injustice & Helena Kennedy for explaining how amendments to Govts Borders Bill would create much neededchange

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 22
Today I donated to MamaSuze to honour the memory of Annabel Rook, who dedicated her life to helping others.

MamaSuze support survivors of displacement and domestic violence through workshops.

Read about Annabel Rook and donate if you can:

www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
Donate to For MamaSuze: In Memory of Annabel Rook, organized by Alex Bloom
Annabel was a shining light who dedicated her life to supporting others. She spent … Alex Bloom needs your support for For MamaSuze: In Memory of Annabel Rook
www.gofundme.com

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 17
Watch this video by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to learn more about migrant domestic workers in the UK and the work of @kalayaan.org.uk

Thank you for you support, Zoe.

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 16
Thanks so much for joining us today, Zoe, and for making this video.

Happy International Domestic Workers Day!

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · Jun 16
Thank you so much for joining us at today’s event to mark #DomesticWorkersDay, Hina.
hinabokharild.bsky.social Hina Bokhari OBE AM @hinabokharild.bsky.social · Jun 16
Great to be at House of Lords today for #DomesticWorkersDay. Migrants who enter legally for work often face illegal exploitative employment with no path to identity recognition. Lord German's amendment on right to work is crucial - we need government to show humanity and care.
Lord German with group of event attendees posing in front of a Kalayaan banner in ornate room in House of Lords. Hina Bokhari and Zoe Gardner smiling in front of Kalayaan banner

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Jun 16
Happy International Domestic Workers Day
to @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19w...
Did Labour FORGET about domestic workers?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Hina Bokhari OBE AM @hinabokharild.bsky.social · Jun 16
Great to be at House of Lords today for #DomesticWorkersDay. Migrants who enter legally for work often face illegal exploitative employment with no path to identity recognition. Lord German's amendment on right to work is crucial - we need government to show humanity and care.
Lord German with group of event attendees posing in front of a Kalayaan banner in ornate room in House of Lords. Hina Bokhari and Zoe Gardner smiling in front of Kalayaan banner

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · Jun 15
We've had a wonderful afternoon celebrating #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay with our community and allies @focusonlabour.bsky.social @effat.org @zrinka.bsky.social & others. Stay tuned for more from us this week as we continue our work to restore rights to this workforce 💪

Reposted by Virginia Mantouvalou

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jun 13
📗 Hot off the UCL Press! This week marked their 20 millionth download, and it was 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 co-edited by UCL Laws' @vmantouvalou.bsky.social along with @jowolff.bsky.social.
🔓 The book is available via Open Access @uclpress.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...
Structural Injustice and the Law
In developing her conception of structural injustice, Iris Marion Young made a strict distinction between large-scale collective injustice that results from the normal functions of a society, and the ...
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