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Ruvi Ziegler at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference
Ruvi Ziegler was at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference where he hosted a well-attended ‘in conversation with Alistair Carmichael MP’, the party’s spokesperson on home affairs, to discuss asylum policy with a focus on the illegal migration bill.
Ruvi also spoke at the debate on an emergency motion calling on the government to scrap this bill, which was adopted unanimously – the speech runs for approximately 3 minutes.
Ruvi Ziegler talks about the Israeli government’s plan to reform the judicial system
The invite to the interview was prompted by the following quote from Ruvi posted in the Jewish News
‘‘The Israeli government states that it seeks to ‘reform’ Israel’s legal system. In reality, the legal changes it seeks to implement will significantly weaken constitutional review of human rights violations, leaving Israel’s already vulnerable minorities subject to the exercise of untrammelled power by its majority.” He said the changes would also “undermine the independence of the judiciary by altering a long-standing balanced Judicial Appointment Committee, handing over absolute power to the government of the day.” ”Given the severity of the threat to Israel’s democratic character, it is vital to speak out against these dangerous proposals.’’
Listen to Ruvi’s interview on Good Morning Scotland
The segment starts at 1h 45min in.
Ruvi joins a protest against the proposed judicial reforms in Israel
Dr Ruvi Ziegler joined a demonstration against the judicial ‘reforms’ in Oxford on March 12th.
Ruvi Ziegler is interviewed regarding the legality of the UK’s ‘illegal migration bill’
New University Research Awards open for entries
Entries are encouraged from all research themes and associated professional functions (for example technical staff, museums staff, research services staff) across the University.
The awards are open to individuals or groups and activities of any scale will be welcome.
Winners will receive £1000 towards their next engagement activity.
Entries must be received by 12 noon on Friday 31 March.
Please read the entry guidelines and eligibility criteria fully before entering at:research.reading.ac.uk/engagement-and-impact/2023- research-awards/
Ruvi Ziegler is quoted widely on recent protests outside Israel’s London Embassy against the Israeli government’s planned legal reforms
Dr Ruvi Ziegler is quoted by The Guardian, Yahoo!, Arab News, News Deal, Jewish News (in print), and The Observer (in print) on recent protests outside Israel’s London Embassy against the Israeli government’s planned legal reforms.
Ruvi is quoted in the above sources as saying:
“The demonstrations are a very patriotic act because they are an attempt to save Israel from making substantive mistakes that would ultimately change its character. They are anything but hostile to the Israeli state.
Since this government was formed, it has given many reasons for people in the diaspora to find themselves alienated from it.
In the past, faced with certain expressions of antisemitism, many Jews have felt the need to defend Israel, right or wrong. That sentiment may be weakening, but ultimately the blame for that lies squarely with the current government.”
Professor Marko Milanovic – ‘Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law’
In his inaugural lecture delivered on Wednesday 22nd February 2023, Professor Milanovic argued that coercion can be understood in two different ways or models. First, coercion as extortion, as a threat to engage or continue engaging in some activity (which itself may be lawful or unlawful) in order to extract some kind of concession from the victim state – in other words, an act targeting the victim state’s will or decision-making calculus. Second, coercion can be understood as the actual deprivation of the victim state’sability to make its sovereign choices, which may be done even through acts like cyber operations that the victim state may be unaware of. Professor Milanovic argued that many of the difficulties surrounding the notion of coercion arise as consequence of failing to distinguish between these two different models.
Follow the link below to listen to Marko’s lecture delivered on Wednesday 22nd February 2023.
Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law
Key court challenge to powers of Minister of Home Affairs stripping South Africans of their citizenship looms
An identity document is scanned. (Photo: Deaan Viviers/Gallo Images/Foto24)|People wait in long queues at Soweto Regional Home Affairs Office(Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)|The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.Photo:Supplied| Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi.(Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)
Read the op-ed by David Bilchitz and Ruvi Ziegler published by the Daily Maverick.
Professor Mike Schmitt is awarded the Serge Lazareff Prize
Mike Schmitt has been awarded the Serge Lazareff Prize – Legal Services by the NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO) Office of Legal Affairs. The prize was awarded for “outstanding support and cooperation with the NATO legal services.”