Virginia Mantouvalou

@vmantouvalou@someone.elses.computer
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Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law, UCL, Faculty of Laws. Working on workers’ rights, human rights, structural injustice, prison labour, domestic labour, privacy etc.

My book Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights is coming out with OUP in early 2023 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/structural-injustice-and-workers-rights-9780192857156

Websitehttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/people/professor-virginia-mantouvalou
UK Labour Law Bloghttps://uklabourlawblog.com/
Virginia MantouvalouMar 14, 2024

Our book on Structural Injustice and the Law, co-edited with Jo Wolff, with an outstanding list of contributors, has a beautiful cover.

It is coming out later this year open access with UCL Press.

Virginia MantouvalouJul 4, 2023
Just finished an incredible two day workshop on ‘Prison Labour in Europe’ at UCL with brilliant speakers. It was a true delight to host it & start an important discussion that we’ll continue.
Virginia MantouvalouJul 2, 2023

Hosting a workshop at UCL on the ‘Labour and Social Security Rights of Working Prisoners in Europe’ on Monday and Tuesday.

Very much looking forward to the discussions on this important topic.

Show threadVirginia MantouvalouMar 6, 2023
Here is a discount code for my book: ALAUTHC4
Virginia MantouvalouMar 2, 2023

The first copies of my book on Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights are here!

Official publication date is the 10th of March but the book can be pre-ordered on the @OUPLaw website. I’ll share discount codes soon. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/structural-injustice-and-workers-rights-9780192857156

#WorldBookDay

Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights

When discussing exploitation in workplaces, governments typically deploy a rhetoric of personal responsibility: they place attention on employers who take advantage of workers, or on workers who choose non-standard, precarious work arrangements.

Virginia MantouvalouJan 30, 2023

RT @Kalayaan@twitter.com

⚠️URGENT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Survivors of trafficking cannot access the NRM, the **ONE & ONLY SYSTEM** the UK has to safeguard and support them. The @ukhomeoffice@twitter.com must act NOW. Our announcement on our website sets out how. Please RT. 

http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Kalayaan/status/1620029126668345344

Kalayaan | Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

Virginia MantouvalouJan 23, 2023

RT @UKandEU@twitter.com

🗨️ "There seems to be both industrial and diplomatic conflict ahead, as the Sunak government confronts not only strikers but European and international obligations."

🚨 New from @TNovitz@twitter.com on the Strikes Bill, minimum service levels & European comparisons.

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/minimum-service-levels-legislation-in-conflict-with-strikers-and-with-europe/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UKandEU/status/1617449872566751234

Minimum service levels legislation: in conflict with strikers and with Europe? - UK in a changing Europe

Tonia Novitz examines the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill which would allow ministers to set minimum service levels during strikes.

UK in a changing Europe
Virginia MantouvalouJan 20, 2023

Here is a hard copy of the Big Issue that recognises the work of @Kalayaan@twitter.com as one of the 100 change makers in Employment in 2023.

Congratulations @Kalayaan@twitter.com on all the great work on the rights of domestic workers!

Virginia MantouvalouJan 18, 2023

RT @andrew_cutting@twitter.com

The European Court of #HumanRights has updated its factsheets on past and pending cases related to trade union and work-related rights:

https://bit.ly/3GPt3AT (pdf)

https://bit.ly/3XzJyrl (pdf)

#ECHR

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/andrew_cutting/status/1615637455306203139

Virginia MantouvalouJan 17, 2023
What a great start for the UCL Institute for Law Politics and Philosophy today, with a superb paper by Niki Lacey on ‘Criminal Justice and Social (In)justice’. Great job also by @markedsouza1@twitter.com as commentator and @HelenCoverdale@twitter.com as chair.