Virginia Mantouvalou
@vmantouvalou.bsky.social
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
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/22589
A video of our UCL event on 'Reforming Human Rights after the Independent Review of the Human Rights Act' is available below.
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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
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
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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.
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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…
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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...
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...
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The seasonal worker visa’s structure impedes union organising, with workers in the country for no longer than six months. But with the scheme ongoing since the 2019 pilot and looking like it’s here to stay, it makes sense to ask whether major unions could be doing more to overcome these challenges
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.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The seasonal worker visa’s structure impedes union organising, with workers in the country for no longer than six months. But with the scheme ongoing since the 2019 pilot and looking like it’s here to stay, it makes sense to ask whether major unions could be doing more to overcome these challenges
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NEW Blog Post!
”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social
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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November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
NEW Blog Post!
”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
”’The Coldplay Incident: Work and Private Life” by Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
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We have this very interesting new post on @labourblog.bsky.social
exploring the fairness of people losing their jobs over activities that take place outside work (like the unfortunate Coldplay couple) and its implications for the right to private and family life under Article 8 ECHR
exploring the fairness of people losing their jobs over activities that take place outside work (like the unfortunate Coldplay couple) and its implications for the right to private and family life under Article 8 ECHR
I wrote a blog post for the @labourblog.bsky.social on “‘The Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life”
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
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…
uklabourlawblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We have this very interesting new post on @labourblog.bsky.social
exploring the fairness of people losing their jobs over activities that take place outside work (like the unfortunate Coldplay couple) and its implications for the right to private and family life under Article 8 ECHR
exploring the fairness of people losing their jobs over activities that take place outside work (like the unfortunate Coldplay couple) and its implications for the right to private and family life under Article 8 ECHR
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November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Two weeks left to apply for a PhD at UCL Laws — ranked the UK’s top law school for research quality (REF 2021). 🎓
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
I wrote a blog post for the @labourblog.bsky.social on “‘The Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life”
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
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…
uklabourlawblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wrote a blog post for the @labourblog.bsky.social on “‘The Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life”
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
uklabourlawblog.com/2025/11/05/t...
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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
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📢 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/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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/...
📢 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/...
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/...
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Cities and Human Rights
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
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
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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
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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...
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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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
Read Joy's story here:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...
#AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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
Read Joy's story here:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...
#AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership
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...
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
October 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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
It is shortlisted with three other outstanding books by Sean Coyle, @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social &Liron Shmilovits
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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
It is shortlisted with three other outstanding books by Sean Coyle, @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social &Liron Shmilovits
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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
August 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
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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August 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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.
July 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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.
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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/...
July 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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/...
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.
Very grateful also to Baroness Helena Kennedy for her support.
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
June 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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.
Very grateful also to Baroness Helena Kennedy for her support.
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-...
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
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June 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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-...
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-...
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.
Thank you for you support, Zoe.
Happy International Domestic Workers Day
to @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19w...
to @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19w...
Did Labour FORGET about domestic workers?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
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June 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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.
Thank you for you support, Zoe.
Thank you so much for joining us at today’s event to mark #DomesticWorkersDay, Hina.
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.
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Thank you so much for joining us at today’s event to mark #DomesticWorkersDay, Hina.
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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 💪
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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 💪
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📗 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...
🔓 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 ...
uclpress.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📗 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...
🔓 The book is available via Open Access @uclpress.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...
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Some lovely news. @uclpress.bsky.social has just had its 20 millionth open access download. And the download in question was Structural Injustice and the Law, edited by @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and myself.
uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...
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 ...
uclpress.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Some lovely news. @uclpress.bsky.social has just had its 20 millionth open access download. And the download in question was Structural Injustice and the Law, edited by @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and myself.
uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...
uclpress.co.uk/book/structu...