It is rare for books on Sri Lanka to speak potently to its history of violence. 'Where God Began' by Appadurai Muttulingam, translated by Kavitha Muralidharan, and 'Brotherless Night' by V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan reveal the enduring impact of conflict in Sri Lanka. Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 @EkaWestland

A (longish) thread about the Online Safety Act NOT including the amendments mandated by the Supreme Court in its Special Determination. I usually don't talk about cases i have appeared in, but this raises several interesting constitutional law issues #lka (1/17)

Attention📢Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal Invites Submissions for a Special Issue! Proposals should consist of three to five papers that address a topic of high current interest in the field of international, regional, comparative or national human rights law.

Academics win claim against Oxford University over ‘sham contracts’ theguardian.com/education/2024…

🥳 We are hosting a workshop on 21 June 2024 in Oxford for early-career researchers in international law in honour of Professor Theodor Meron. The deadline for abstracts is 17 April 2024: law.ox.ac.uk/content/news/c…

Bangladesh fire: At least 43 dead in Dhaka building blaze bbc.in/3UYXk8P

Asian Law Junior Scholars Workshop Yale Law School, August 22-23, 2024   Applications due by May 20, 2024   A group of scholars working on Asian Law have come together to organize a rotating workshop for prospective law teaching job market candidates who write in this field. The

ANALYSIS: High inflation means many workers' HECS debts are growing faster than they can pay it off. It shows why calls for change have grown so loud that the prime minister has all but confirmed there will be HECS relief in the budget. ab.co/4b6qEzj

Is this still going on Dialog Axiata? I wrote this in 2016! "Sri Lanka’s Mobile Service Providers (MSP) have fleeced millions of customers through third-party billing, a practice by which they are charged for value-added services they did not knowingly enlist for." Article follows.

**Call-for-Papers** Asian Law & Society Annual Conference 13-14 December at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, Korea (in person) Deadline for paper and panel proposals: 24 June alsa.network/alsa-meetings

(Post) May day reflections for building more equitable work and labour bargaining spaces.

Verbatim record of Israel's argument available here: icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

We received over 1000 applications for 3 PhD positions (I know!🤯) Since not too long ago, I was on the other side of the table... I want to share 3 basic general tips for those applying for PhD positions and postdocs! 🧵

My thoughts on the proposed labour law reforms in Sri Lanka, what it means for the workers and what more needs to be done.

We have just hired a 10-month teaching post to replace me while I am on my Leverhulme Fellowship. A thread of advice for applicants in this difficult UK landscape right now: 1. get in touch with the named person on the job spec. Ask a Q, get your name under their eyes.

Now #OpenAccess: my article Twists & Swirls: Caregiving & Sexualization—Femininity Construct in Gendered Migration from Nigeria to Italy. In this article, I explore how social contexts in Nigeria influence the gendered labour migration of a particular migrant corridor to Italy

It was an honour to pen this outcome document capturing the essence of the Global Tribunal of Women Workers. The report draws from the voices of 73 women workers and their representatives from 24 countries. Special thanks to the IWRAW Asia Pacific team. iwraw-ap.org/resources/glob…

#ICYMI The outcome document of the Global Tribunal of Women Workers hosted in 2022 is now live on our website! Centering the stories of the women workers who broke their silence, the document captures their testimonies & the Tribunal's recommendations: iwraw-ap.org/resources/glob…

📢All HDRs and ECRs doing law & society research in 🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿 Join us for a full-day workshop on doing law and society research in Australia and New Zealand   🗓️ 13 (Friday) September 2024 🕘 8.45 am – 4 pm (AEST) 🧑‍💻Delivered on Zoom ✍️ lsaanz.org/event-pg-works… Contact me for❓