Dr Claire Methven O'Brien

Proposed conversion practices bans may seem harmless. In reality they are a wildly illiberal intrusion into family life that threatens to turn Britain into a Stasi state. Link to my article (from June) for the Daily Mail here: dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Great show running through Saturday @edfringe Tickets here edfringe.com/tickets/whats-o… EWD RIP

Women prisoners: human rights framework My slides on this topic from @LWDScotland event held on 4 March 2026 now posted (video, no audio) here claireob1.substack.com/p/wom…

Women and girls participation in sport: A human rights perspective I spoke on this topic @WRNScotland event earlier this year along with @TessWhiteUK @TracyEdwardsMBE @MaryHowden and Prof Sarah Pedersen. Slides (posted as video, no audio) include references to legal standards others may find useful. claireob1.substack.com/p/wom…

Random playground in Denmark. Europe, have we hit rock bottom yet? Getting close?

4 June 2026: Scottish Court finds that failure to provide single sex toilets in schools (both cubicles and washbasins) discriminates against girls on grounds of sex, with reference to - privacy - dignity - safety - health and hygiene - sex-based vulnerability, anatomical and experiential differences as between girls and boys. There should be no mistake about what this judgment shows. Reliance on gender-neutral and unisex toilets in schools subjects girls -- en masse -- to degradation and increased risk of physical harm, on grounds of sex. Besides being unlawful under the Equality Act 2010, this undoubtedly breaches the human rights of girls under the ECHR, UNCRC, CEDAW, and probably also the Istanbul Convention. Governments and public authorities that fail to restore single-sex toilets in schools will, on this basis, be responsible for human rights violations. And those who encourage them will be complicit. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/mv5d…