.Dominic Grieve hits the nail on the head, once again, on #trump, #JDVance and #Zelenskyy. But even worse than the ever deteriorating state of international politics that Trump has brought about is the apotheosis of this appalling behaviour in the right wing stratosphere.

In a new open-access paper in Human Rights Law Review, Roxanna Dehaghani & I survey recent jurisprudence on the right to a fair trial (Art 6) to understand how "vulnerability” is constructed by the ECHR. Huge thanks to Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos & Professor Yvonne Daly for comments: academic.oup.com/hrlr/article/2…

Dr Cassandra Wiener The City Law School & Professor Professor Katrin Hohl OBE City Uni Sociology & Criminology, both of the Centre for Justice Reform, comment in The Observer today. On controlling or coercive behaviour (CCB), a still little understood and underreported crime. theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Keir Starmer suggests adjustments are needed to how Art 8 ECHR is applied in the UK in migration cases, falling into Reform's trap (adopting the same populist narrative?) that Art 8 and the ECtHR are to blame for the level of net migration in the UK. #migration #ECHR Council of Europe

A privilege and an inspiration to take part in this. Brilliant co-panellists Dr Felicity Gerry KC and Adam Wagner KC, w/ Baroness Helena Kennedy KC as Chair, such an honour. Thank you v much Shoaib M Khan for invitation and expert co-chairing. Urgent action needed from all human rights activists

My son, Hugo Haag, releases his debut album on 20 June. Played with the wonderful Boris Kucharsky, Thomas Caroll & Gorka Plada Giron. It's a wonderful album. If you would like to review please DM me and I will get the full download sent. A taster; enjoy! open.spotify.com/track/0h4r1Nnv…