JD, PhD (Law) @monashlaw @EleosJustice specialising in women's human rights
Joined July 2022
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10 October is #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty. 500+ executions were reportedly carried out in #Iran since Jan '24. This includes the use of #CapitalPunishment against women activists &supporters of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. I join the call to end #DeathPeanlty in this📹
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#Iran: UN experts alarmed by surge in executions, and demand moratorium on death penalty. #DeathPenalty
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Thrilled to be joining @BirkbeckUoL from Feb 2025 as Director of @ICPRtweet . Looking forward to working with brilliant criminologists at @ICPRtweet @ICPSLONDON. Very grateful to Birkbeck for supporting my role as UN Special Rapporteur on Islamic Republic of Iran.
We'd like to congratulate Dr Mai Sato on being appointed as the new Professor and Director of Birkbeck’s @ICPRtweet as of February 2025! As ICPR Director, Mai will lead and oversee ICPR’s programme of academically grounded, policy-oriented research on crime and justice. 👏
ALT Dr Mai Sato
lea retweeted
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🚨
Partake in our MIS/CONCEPTIONS project by sharing your photographs, artworks, and written pieces on the death penalty now! #DeathPenalty
Submit here: forms.gle/FBwXHjntVW5sJDWTA
See you all tomorrow for this event!
#righttofood #deathrow #DeathPenalty
@EleosJustice @MonashLawSchool
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Register now for this upcoming Eleos Justice event examining the death row experience through a right to food lens.
1 week to go! Don't miss this insightful examination of the death row experience through a right to food lens.
📅 Thursday 1 August
⏰ 12pm AEST
Register now 👇 #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #RightToFood
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lea retweeted
Congratulations @drmaisato on your appointment as Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran. 'Mai is an incredibly dedicated and compassionate anti-death penalty advocate' says @KMooreGilbert. We are so proud of you, Mai. @EleosJustice iranintl.com/en/202407110893
lea retweeted
Very pleased that Mai Sato will be the next UN Special Rapporteur on Iran. I have no doubt that Mai will continue the excellent work of Javaid Rehman in calling the regime to account for their litany of egregious human rights abuses
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lea retweeted
#IvoryCoast: Cote d'Ivoire has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, affirming its commitment to abolition of the death penalty. It becomes the 17th African country to join the Protocol. #DeathPenalty
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Don't forget to register to the Eleos Justice upcoming event "Food Experience on Death Row: The Right to Food and the Right to Life" on 1 August at 12 P.M.
4 weeks to go!
Register now 👇 #DeathPenalty #RightToFood #HumanRights @MonashLawSchool
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lea retweeted
4 weeks to go!
Register now 👇 #DeathPenalty #RightToFood #HumanRights @MonashLawSchool
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SAVE THE DATE:
@EleosJustice event probing the pains of death row using food as a lens; & exploring the content and contours of the right to food as applied to the death row context
(1 August 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST) @MonashLawSchool
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As we mark #InternationalWomensDay 2024, @leavides01 reviews the intersectional impact of capital drug laws on foreign national women.
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MELBOURNE! We've just released a handful of additional tickets for TONIGHT'S event.
Ticket sales close at 3pm - don't miss out 🎟️👇 See you tonight!
#WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty #NoDeathPenalty
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On #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty 2023, we reflect on the relationship between the #DeathPenalty & the prohibition on torture & ill-treatment.
BLOG ✏️ @Chris_Alexandr on why no method of execution is viable under int'l human rights law 👇 #NoDeathPenalty
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lea retweeted
"Abolition of the death penalty is the only viable path for States to fully respect the human rights of convicted persons."
UN experts call for universal abolition of the death penalty in statement marking #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty 👇
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For everyone out there who has ever gone through - or is still going through - dark times. May you find the light within.
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lea retweeted
"The execution of women has often captured the imaginations of people to support death penalty abolition."
Our Director @drmaisato on recent drug executions in #Singapore.
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'Preventable deaths in custody are State-sanctioned homicides.'
In our latest blog, @Chris_Alexandr reviews the headline findings and recommendations of new @UN_SPExperts report on the prevention and investigation of deaths in prisons. #HumanRights
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Sharing my new article where I argue that women's food insecurity should be approached from a broader formulation of the right to food that is informed by a substantive equality perspective.
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