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15 Dec, 6 tweets, 5 min read
#Uyghurs The implications of this new evidence, impacting 20% of the world’s cotton: Companies must consider all cotton produced in Xinjiang *may* be tainted with forced labor.

This has immediate implications for supply chains across the fashion industry.

#bizhumanrights
The this new evidence on forced labour in #Xinjiang to produce cotton should impact govts considering implemention of new human rights due diligence laws, to ensure companies can no longer turn a blind eye to abuses in their supply chains. #modernslavery bbc.co.uk/news/extra/nz0…
Today I am giving evidence to @CommonsForeign on accountability in international law for atrocities in Xinjiang against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.

This new evidence on #forcedlabour shows again why govts must take concrete steps to ensure corporate accountability too.
This is the report we @BarHumanRights published in July on the responsibility of states under international law to Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in light of credible allegations of grave abuses. #internationallaw #humanrights #accountability barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-publishes…
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For those interested in understanding the issues on accountability in international law for what is happening in Xinjiang, I did a podcast with @AgnesCallamard for @BHumanPodcast with @AdamWagner1 earlier this year. #Uyghurs #humanrights

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10 Dec
There might have been a Brexit without setting fire to everything. At each critical stage, May and Johnson have chosen to take the sharpest non-conciliatory red lines.

This govt *chose* not to extend the transition period in the middle of a global pandemic.

So here we are.
None of this charade is in the national interest - whether you voted Leave or Remain.

None of this uncertainty & disruption begins to represent the 2016 or 2019 promises of this Leave govt.

This is the hijacking of our collective future by a fanatical and incompetent minority.
So much wasted time & resource. To fix a problem created by internal dynamics of the Conservative party.

We could have faced the many real challenges - of climate, health or equality - confronting us.

But those leading created a new problem to distract & drain for a long time.
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6 Dec
Meanwhile: Up to 4million people caught up #claddingscandal as govt heaps contempt upon contempt on innocent homeowners whilst developers, builders & freeholders profit despite systemic failures.

Thanks to those who won’t let this awful story disappear.
thetimes.co.uk/article/govern…
This by @PeteApps is excellent on the astonishing evidence that emerged in the Grenfell Inquiry this week.

“The picture the inquiry is painting is not yet complete. But it is already starting to look like one of the great corporate scandals of our time.”
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“Thousands of people are trapped in their homes, unable to sell and facing crippling bills for repairs. More fires and more deaths are by no means impossible.” @PeteApps

What will it take to make this govt think seriously and act swiftly and fairly on the #claddingscandal?@mhclg
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6 Dec
One of the strangest things about the terms of this Brexit is our apparent adoption of a collective national shrug to the prospect of serious economic damage and job loss, fragility and fear in N Ireland, looming Union break-up, medicine and food shortages & massive disruption.
No doubt there are many explanations, including collective exhaustion after years of toxic division, a largely disinterested media in educating people on the detail, and of course the pandemic.

But, importantly, where do people express & register opposition to what’s happening?
The Opposition should be a forum for this. But Labour’s own divisions are making this a calibrated political analysis rather than a focus for opposition.

Too much of our media has remained enthralled to the personality and drama, rather than educating people on what this means.
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25 Oct
Proud to be amongst many signatories to this letter today.

Power doesn’t entitle a govt to abuse our most vulnerable, or to endanger the lawyers who seek to protect their rights in law.

The govt’s language is irresponsible, inflammatory & dangerous.
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
A copy of our letter, and the signatories, is here. Words matter. Consequences exist. The rule of law is our foundational principle. At the highest levels of govt, this doesn’t seem to matter.

defendlawyers.co.uk
With apologies to those asking if they can add their names, the organisers have relayed to me that it is unfortunately not possible. But it’s excellent to have your show of strong support here in spades against this shameful govt conduct.
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16 Oct
Utter condemnation from @HLConstitution of the Government's #InternalMarketBill.

The AG & Lord Chancellor should be ashamed, as should a Prime Minister and Foreign Sec who claim to be committed to both the union & to Britain's reputation abroad. #ruleoflaw #devolution
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It damages not only our crucial work abroad as part of an international order but also the very foundations of our democracy, and societial consent for our norms.
Our system has Law Officers to ensure that we abide by the rule of law. These aren’t political games. These are essential offices to maintain the norms by which our democratic society functions, by advising the govt & maintaining public confidence. And yet...
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#RuleofLaw This important meeting has just begun. I understand there is a very high level of registrations. The speakers - former President of UK Supreme Court Lord Neuberger, Dominic Grieve QC, Joanna Cherry QC, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC - are now joined by Lord Howard. #IMBill
This meeting is not about political views, which are irrelevant . Defending the rule of law is “activist” for the benefit of every person in the country, whatever their political views.

The issues today surmount politics: @JMPSimor
The #IMBill gives Ministers the powers to make their otherwise illegal acts, legal in whatever way they choose. This is an astonishing idea: @JMPSimor
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