Curious about how international law navigates the intersection of modern elections and digital technology? In Part II of our Elections Special, recorded for the ⁠⁠⁠ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024⁠⁠⁠, we delve into the legal frameworks that address electoral interference through cyber-operations and targeted digital campaigns, the use of personal data in electoral campaigns and algorithmic transparency, freedom of speech and the rise of disinformation campaigns, and the responsibilities...

Are you still confused about how the US electoral system works? Have you been invited to an election night party by your American friends but not quite sure what makes swing states such a big deal? Are you trying to keep up with the latest on the presidential candidates and the global debates that will shape the outcome and aftermath of the election? Are you curious about fake news, online influencers, and personal data in political campaigns?  In Part I of this special double episode,...

From the French Revolution and the women's suffrage movement to the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, social movements and protests have served as catalysts for some of the most important events in world history. Still today, social and political change is sought through local and global collective action, such as the ‘Occupy’ or the LGBTQ+ rights movement, the Black Lives Matter, the Rhodes Must Fall, or Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. These movements and the means employed...

This episode discusses the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, which was introduced by the UK government in December 2023 and is currently discussed in the House of Lords. It unpacks the legal issues that arise from the Bill from an immigration, human rights, and public law perspective, and discuss the politics of asylum in the UK and their practical implications for migrants and asylum-seekers.  In this talk, the hosts are joined by Jonathan Collinson and Sam Guy, Lecturers in...

This episode of our rapid response event and podcast series unpacks the recent judgments of the International Court of Justice (available here and here) in the disputes initiated by Ukraine against Russia in respect of the latter’s military operations in Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, under the Genocide Convention, the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It addresses the decision of Ukraine to...

On January 26 the International Court of Justice handed down its order on provisional measures in the case brought by South Africa challenging Israel’s military operations in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. In this first episode of our new rapid response event and podcast series, we are joined by Dr Awol Allo, Senior Lecturer in Law, and Dr Emma Heywood, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Radio, and Communication. The episode explains how the...