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The No Walls Podcast, led by Public Law Director Toufique Hossain, returns featuring special guest, human rights defender Helen Duffy.

This episode casts a spotlight onto significant challenges and obstacles faced by everyone working within international human rights litigation.

Helen is a Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University of Leiden and runs her own international law practice Human Rights in Practice (HRiP) specialising in strategic litigation – with cases from Guantanamo Bay to Palestinian land rights.

Season 3: Episode 5, along with all previous episodes, is available to stream on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts and Instagram now.

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Season 3 so far:

Episode 4: As the UK's House of Lords currently debates the 'Safety of Rwanda Bill', this episode returns to Rwanda. We hear from Michela Wrong, an award-winning journalist and author who has spent over two decades writing about Africa

Episode 3: This episode explores International Criminal Law, including the avenues for international criminal accountability and the role and power of the International Criminal Court. We hear a fascinating interview with Toby Cadman, barrister and co-founder of The Guernica 37 Group and Joint Head of Guernica 37 Chambers.

Episode 2: This episode dives into International Humanitarian Law, specifically in the context of what is happening right now in Gaza especially as Israel resumes its offensive.

Episode 1: The No Walls co-hosts debrief on the UK Supreme Court unanimously deciding the Secretary of State's Rwanda policy to be unlawful. The episode discusses the process running up to the hearing and what it was like to be in the Courtroom when Lord Reed read out those words.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Duncan Lewis has the leading public law and immigration practice in the UK. It is ranked and recommended as a top tier practice by The Legal 500. The team frequently takes on and successfully brings challenges in some of the most high profile cases in the UK, including in relation to the Rwanda plan – for which it won Outstanding Cases of Year at the Modern Law awards 2024 - Manston House and Brook House.

The firm is renowned for its exceptional legal services and commitment to justice. The company employs a team of highly skilled solicitors offering top-tier representation in 25 fields of law, and ranked as top tier by the Chambers and the Legal 500 legal guides, and as one of the top 250 law firms in the country by the Times.

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