Climate Change and Reparations


Climate Change Reparations

Dr Vicky Kapogianni will be participating in the Conference on Climate Change and Reparations, an event organised in collaboration with the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and International Restorative Justice, The Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and the Centre de recherche en droit public, with the support of the Law Commission of Canada.

Register for the event here.

Ruvi Ziegler at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens’ Rights

Ruvi - APPG meetingDr Ruvi Ziegler as Chair of New Europeans UK convened a meeting in Parliament on 25 March 2025 of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens’ Rights to highlight on-going risks to vulnerable EU citizens in the transition from pre-settled status to settled status.

Speakers outlined the sub-groups of EU citizens who are facing difficulties in securing their immigration status in the UK, the challenges they face, and the challenging circumstances arising from cuts in funding for advice/assistance services.

Speakers includes Anna Yassin, Migrant Services and Advocacy Manager, Glass Door; Chris Benn, Legal and Policy Manager, Seraphus; Fiona Costello, EU Migrant Worker Project and Cambridge University; Andrew Jordan, Senior Immigration Advisor, Settled.

Between The Hague and Jerusalem: The International Legal Arena with Ruvi Ziegler

Between The Hague and Jerusalem

Between The Hague and Jerusalem

The online event will take place on Monday, 3rd February  7:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

On 29 December 2023, South Africa brought a case before the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s conduct in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, following the attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October 2023.

On 20 May 2024 Prosecutor, Karim Khan KC asked the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri and Ismail Haniyeh, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Ruvi Ziegler is a speaker at the event which will discuss international law and legal questions arising in the courts in The Hague.

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Ruvi Ziegler speaks at the inaugural meeting of the All-Parliamentary Party Group on citizens’ rights

Ruvi Ziegler speaks at the inaugural meeting of the All-Parliamentary Party Group

Ruvi Ziegler, as Chair of New Europeans UK (a citizens’ rights charity), spoke on 15 January 2025 at the inaugural meeting of the re-constituted All-Parliamentary Party Group on citizens’ rights (chair: Manuela Perteghella MP) where he presented the rationale for establishing overseas constituencies to represent British citizens living abroad (under the current model their representation is fragmented across the 650 territorial constituencies. The meeting also addressed the postal votes scandal, resulting in effective disenfranchisement of the majority of registered Britons living overseas. Other speakers: Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy; Mike Tuffrey, Trustee of the British Overseas Voters Forum; Sue Wilson MBE, Chair of Bremain in Spain; Clarrisa Kilwick, co-founder of Beyond Brexit -UK citizens in Italy.

 

NEUK’s campaign webpage and the APPG meeting feature in the forthcoming February edition of The Connexion – newspaper for Britons in France…

Click on the image to go to the online version of the newspaper.

connexionfrance.com