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David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · 25d

#Australia, #Canada & #UK's joint action today brings #Commonwealth State recognition of #Palestine to 80%. It must now accept its special urgent responsibilities, set up a support Fund & revive Palestine's 1997 membership application: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... bsky.app/profile/leah...

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25d

⚠️ Prime Ministers of the UK, Canada, and Australia announce their countries’ recognition of the State of Palestine:

Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer
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Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine.
8:11 AM • 9/21/25 • 356K Views

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Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.
Office of the Prime Minister
Cabinet du
Premier Ministre
Canada recognises the State of Palestine
"Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel."

Anthony Albanese
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My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
JOINT STATEMENT
ANTHONY ALBANESE
Prime Minister of Australia
PENNY WONG
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Minister fot Foriegn Affairs
Effective today, Sunday the 21st of September 2025, the Commonwealth of Australia formally recognises the independent and sovereign State of Palestine.
In doing so, Australia recognises the legitimate and long held aspirations of the people of Palestine to a state of their own.
Australia's recognition of Palestine today, alongside Canada and the United Kingdom, is part of a co-ordinated international effort to build new momentum for a two-state solution, starting with a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages taken in the atrocities of October 7, 2023.
Today's act of recognition reflects Australia's longstanding commitment to a two-state solution, which has always been the only path to enduring peace and security for the Israeli and the Palestinian peoples.
The international community has set out clear requirements for the Palestinian Authority.
The President of the Palestinian Authority has restated its recognition of Israel's right to exist, and given direct undertakings to Australia, including commitments to hold democratic elections and enact significant reform to finance, governance and education.
The terrorist organisation Hamas must have no role in Palestine.
Further steps, including the establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of embassies, will be considered as the Palestinian Authority makes progress on its commitments to reform.
Already, crucial work is underway across the international community to develop a credible peace plan that enables the reconstruction of Gaza, builds the capacity of the state of Palestine and guarantees the security of Israel.
The leadership of the countries of the Arab League and the United States is vital to this task.
Australia will continue to work with our international partners t…

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25d

⚠️ Prime Ministers of the UK, Canada, and Australia announce their countries’ recognition of the State of Palestine:

Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer
Follow
Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine.
8:11 AM • 9/21/25 • 356K Views

Mark Carney ©
@MarkJCarney
Follow
Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.
Office of the Prime Minister
Cabinet du
Premier Ministre
Canada recognises the State of Palestine
"Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel."

Anthony Albanese
@AlboMP
Follow
My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
JOINT STATEMENT
ANTHONY ALBANESE
Prime Minister of Australia
PENNY WONG
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Minister fot Foriegn Affairs
Effective today, Sunday the 21st of September 2025, the Commonwealth of Australia formally recognises the independent and sovereign State of Palestine.
In doing so, Australia recognises the legitimate and long held aspirations of the people of Palestine to a state of their own.
Australia's recognition of Palestine today, alongside Canada and the United Kingdom, is part of a co-ordinated international effort to build new momentum for a two-state solution, starting with a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages taken in the atrocities of October 7, 2023.
Today's act of recognition reflects Australia's longstanding commitment to a two-state solution, which has always been the only path to enduring peace and security for the Israeli and the Palestinian peoples.
The international community has set out clear requirements for the Palestinian Authority.
The President of the Palestinian Authority has restated its recognition of Israel's right to exist, and given direct undertakings to Australia, including commitments to hold democratic elections and enact significant reform to finance, governance and education.
The terrorist organisation Hamas must have no role in Palestine.
Further steps, including the establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of embassies, will be considered as the Palestinian Authority makes progress on its commitments to reform.
Already, crucial work is underway across the international community to develop a credible peace plan that enables the reconstruction of Gaza, builds the capacity of the state of Palestine and guarantees the security of Israel.
The leadership of the countries of the Arab League and the United States is vital to this task.
Australia will continue to work with our international partners t…

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Not least given British mandate origins of today’s conflict, the #Commonwealth has a special responsibility. There’s more background, including the Commonwealth’s advocacy between 1967 and 1997 for a just resolution in Palestine in my open-access article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Palestine and the modern Commonwealth: past engagements and future membership?

All Commonwealth summit communiqués from the late 1960s through to the mid-1990s maintained a focus on the Palestinian conflict and highlighted approaches that could lead to its just resolution. Wh...

www.tandfonline.com

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 8

In midst of #Gaza horror &⬆️Recognition of #Palestine by Members (up to 80% by end Sept & 🤞more soon) it's good to see Stuart Mole, former Head of it's Secretary-General's Office, call for Palestine #Commonwealth membership pathway (paused since 1997) www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/poli...

An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah after Israeli forces withdrawal Source: UNRWA

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 3

Instead, these omissions relate to ICO’s extreme reluctance to exercise its formal #dataprotection powers and functions, a reality which led to no UK #GDPR enforcement notices and just 2 fines (compared to >250 in eg Germany) in 2024/25. An in-depth & independent investigation would add value.

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 3

New Blog: In wake of #Afghan #databreach which put 100K at grave UK #GDPR risk ICO didn't obtain a full timely notification, engaged in no investigation or enforcement & recorded no decisions. The super-injunction protected its position so can't justify this ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/03/d...

David Erdos: How Exposed? The Information Commissioner’s Office and the Afghan Spreadsheet Data Breach

On 17 August 2023 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) put the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on broad notice about the devastating failure of data protection that is now generally known as the A…

ukconstitutionallaw.org

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noyb @noyb.eu · Sep 2

📰 "The Austrian data protection authority has ordered YouTube to give users access to their personal data, enforcing data access rules contained in the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."

www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Austria's privacy watchdog tells YouTube to give users access to their data - Euractiv

But the decision by the Austrian authority comes more than five years after privacy group Noyb filed the data access complaint

www.euractiv.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Sep 1

UK will follow through on vow to recognise Palestine over Israeli policies, Lammy says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-will-follow-through-threat-recognise-palestine-over-israeli-policies-lammy-says

UK will follow through on vow to recognise Palestine over Israeli policies, Lammy says

Foreign Secretary says Israel has shown no sign of meeting British conditions to stop recognition of Palestinian state

www.middleeasteye.net

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Invoking "economic growth" & the vaguest of claims about #AdTech the UK Information Commissioner plans to explicitly “enable” non-compliant business models. Even partial Responses (by 7 Sept 25) pushing back on this erosion of rights & democratic processes would be good! ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

Annotated extract from ICO AdTech consultation

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 1

The UK Parliament had a full opportunity to recalibrate #dataprotection & #ePrivacy compliance for #AdTech in Data (Use and Access) Act & did so. In immediately eroding these rights, the ICO’s stance would seriously undermine both the rule of law and democratic processes. 3/3

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 1

It is against the ICO’s Growth Duty, the Statutory Guidance being that “[n]on-complaint activity…harms the interests of legitimate businesses that are working to comply with regulatory requirements, disrupting competition and acting as a disincentive to invest in compliance” 2/3

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Invoking "economic growth" & the vaguest of claims about #AdTech the UK Information Commissioner plans to explicitly “enable” non-complaint business models. Even partial Responses (by 7 Sept 25) pushing back on this erosion of rights & democratic processes encouraged. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

Annotated extract from ICO AdTech consultation

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David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 30

New Working Paper: Pleased to post first comprehensive historical and comparative #law & #policy analysis of #Commonwealth #citizenship from end of WWII to present, also looking at its possible future faciliating short-term mobility especially for #business purposes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Infographic summary of history and trajectory of Commonwealth citizenship from end of Second World War to the present

Reposted by David Erdos, Peter Van Elsuwege, Andrew Duff , and 1 more David Erdos, Peter Van Elsuwege, Andrew Duff, Jana Javornik

EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · Jun 5

#ECJ #AG Ćapeta: Hungary breached #EUlaw by banning or limiting access to #LGBTI content 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne

Court of Justice of the European Union

curia.europa.eu

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 25

Good to see coverage of ICO's UK #GDPR & #ePrivacy track-record including (slightly sensationalised) analysis of decisionmarketing.co.uk/top-story/la... of my blog piece ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d... Momentum is building for parliamentary scrutiny: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 23

Even before inaction on 2022 #Afghan UK #GDPR #databreach, which put many lives at ↑ risk, civil society groups like @openrightsgroup.bsky.social were saying that those who have experienced #dataprotection violations were more likely to win lottery than get meaningful redress from ICO.

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 23

The ICO's failure to enforce UK #GDPR is at odds not just with #EU comparators like #Germany, #Spain & #Italy but with UK #regulation protecting people. Eg #dataprotection complaints are c. 70% those of #food hygiene yet formal action is at c. 0.3% level. See ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d...

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks Andrew. The resourcing comment wasn't specific to #FoI as this is essentially a #dataprotection and #ePrivacy piece.

by Colin Murray — Reposted by David Erdos

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Jul 22

Here @daviderdos.bsky.social reflects upon the ICO's lack of enforcement of data protection rules, but his main thrust, on the hollowness of the UK's regulatory agencies, extends across public life (especially with no EU Commission oversight post-Brexit):

ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d...

David Erdos: The UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: Surveying a Systematic Trend Away from Adequate Enforcement

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe and serious weakening of information rights regulation compared to the s…

ukconstitutionallaw.org

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 22

The ICO's hyper-discretionary & hyper-selective approach to regulatory action (often to near vanishing point) must change if the “strong enforcement” promised in the law is to be delivered & UK can answer the serious questions which EU should raise in #adequacy renewal this year.

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 22

My new blog exploring Information Commissioner's 2024/25 Annual Report shows that inaction on 2022 #Afghan UK #GDPR #databreach was sadly in line with poor & starkly declining track-record in formal monitoring & enforcement of UK #dataprotection & #ePrivacy: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d...

ICO data protection enforcement statistics 2024/25 alongside regulatory comparisons and legal standards

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks very much Mark - much appreciated!

by Mark Elliott — Reposted by David Erdos

Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very timely piece by @daviderdos.bsky.social highlighting, against the background of the absence of any formal regulatory action in respect of the Afghan data breach, the ICO's 'doubling down' on 'its hyper-selective and hyper-discretionary approach' to enforcement.

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · Jul 22

David Erdos: The UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: Surveying a Systematic Trend Away from Adequate Enforcement ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d...

David Erdos: The UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: Surveying a Systematic Trend Away from Adequate Enforcement

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe and serious weakening of information rights regulation compared to the s…

ukconstitutionallaw.org

by Mark Elliott — Reposted by David Erdos

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · Jul 22

David Erdos: The UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: Surveying a Systematic Trend Away from Adequate Enforcement ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/22/d...

David Erdos: The UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024/25: Surveying a Systematic Trend Away from Adequate Enforcement

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe and serious weakening of information rights regulation compared to the s…

ukconstitutionallaw.org

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 19

First look at @iconews stance on MoD #databreach, which put up to 100K #Afghans at grave risk, incl. its relationship to other MoD UK #GDPR violations, the lack of any formal ICO investigation, regulatory action or even reprimand & the need for action now: inforrm.org/2025/07/19/t...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office and the 2022 Afghan Relocations UK GDPR Data Breach: Regulatory Action Is Necessary – David Erdos

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has some history of failing to learn the lessons from its past information governance mistakes, even seeking to present these as a testament to succes…

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 19

First look at @iconews stance on MoD #databreach, which put up to 100K #Afghans at grave risk, incl. its relationship to other MoD UK #GDPR violations, the lack of any formal ICO investigation, regulatory action or even reprimand & the need for action now: inforrm.org/2025/07/19/t...

David Erdos @daviderdos.bsky.social · Jul 16

In 2023 the UK Information Commissioner stated that it was "necessary" "to apply the full sanctions" where UK #GDPR breaches "put people's lives at risk" x.com/ICOnews/stat... But today no regulatory action (DPA 2018 s160) results from #databreach that placed +18K at risk & perhaps caused death

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