Melissa Bone

The paperback version of my book is available now for a rather more affordable price! 😀 👇 routledge.com/Human-Rights-a… #HumanRights ✊👊 #drugpolicy

What next after the Post Office scandal? On 6th March, the MoJ launched a public consultation on regulating private prosecutions (consult.justice.gov.uk/++preview++/di…). Responses are invited by 8 May 2025. The main issues are discussed in the blog on our website (clrnn.co.uk/blog/clrnn-pro…)

Soliciting a sexually explicit deepfake is set to become a criminal offence in the UK, thanks in part to a CLRNN project. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

** Published Today ** Following the success of our first volume in 2018, this new collection provides a series criminal law reform proposals for 2024. Each chapter is accompanied by an expert commentary, providing context and debate.

Have you listened to the new episode of the Drug Science podcast yet? 😆 Prof Val Curran tells us why she believes the Misuse of Drugs Act has failed us, alongside experts Prof Alex Stevens and Roz Gittins. drugscience.org.uk/podcast/drug-s… @ProfValCurran @Roz_Gittins @AlexStevensKent

Researchers @khorsey @DrKatherineWade & @surrogacyreform have published findings from their project ‘Children’s Voices in #Surrogacy #Law’. This is the first time children’s views of surrogacy have been included in a study. Read the full story here: ow.ly/ElNq50MHFtX

BREAKING Liberty and @Privacyint win case against MI5 and the Home Office MI5 agents have UNLAWFULLY SPIED ON THE PUBLIC FOR YEARS

MI5 and Home Office acted unlawfully But tribunal rules that a public finding of ‘serious failings’ is punishment enough New post, free to read: rozenberg.substack.com/p/mi5-and-home…

🚨BREAKING🚨 Today we can expose... the #MinistryOfTruth Secretive government units & the British Army have been spying on the public, academics, journalists, human rights campaigners & MPs in the UK... under the guise of combatting ‘misinformation’. ➡️minitruth.co.uk

Really looking forward to discussing benefits of resolving crime without going to court #diversionsummit. To whet the appetite we've released podcast on out of court disposals & diversion with speakers Pav Dhaliwal @RevDoors & @pwneyroud of @policingworks anchor.fm/transform-just…

Have you missed our amazing #talkingaboutmethods podcast? We are back with a new fascinating episode on #FrontiersCSLS. Listen to @lindaMulcahy7 talking to Professor Sarah Radcliffe about decolonising Research Questions: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/decolonising-r…

Calls for law change to make sex by deception illegal #Echobox=1674051043" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

CLRNN committee gathered for the launch, and a good number of people arriving for the talks.

Great to hear ⁦@HWistrich⁩ speaking about the need for a new deception offence. With CLRNN directors and ⁦@VeraBaird⁩, Sandra Paul, Tryone Steele ⁦⁦@JUSTICEhq⁩

At the CLRN Network report launch. Many thanks ⁦@JoshuaRozenberg⁩ for blogging about the proposal and the need for reform

Outline of today's @CLRNNetwork report by project lead Paul Jarvis. Sex, lies, and law reform: When should we criminalise sex by deception? lawgazette.co.uk/practice-point…

Tricked into having sex. Law reform campaigners call for new offence. New post, free to read: rozenberg.substack.com/p/tricked-into…

New event from the CLRNN: Reforming the Relationship between Sexual Consent, Deception, and Mistake Wednesday 18th January 2023 clrnn.co.uk/clrn-network/c… #Spycops

We’re looking forward to @CLRNNetwork launch of report on consent laws. If those of us deceived by #spycops had been given the freedom & capacity to make a choice, we would not have consented. Sex by deception is not consensual. The law must be reformed: clrnn.co.uk/clrn-network/c…

The current law on deceiving victims into having sex is confusing for the courts & is failing victims. The @CLRNNetwork report launched today seeks to address this by creating a new deception offence 👇

Legal experts call for new UK offence of inducing sexual activity by deception #Echobox=1674000169" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…