Writing in Counsel Magazine, Celestine Greenwood asks what individual barristers and chambers can and must do to combat VAWG — arguing that the fight against gender-based violence begins in our own professional practice.
Drawing on her doctoral research and two decades at the family Bar, Celestine Greenwood argues that the public law family justice system urgently needs better data — and that without it, the reform that children and families need cannot happen.
On Slavery Remembrance Day 2025, Celestine Greenwood reflects on the deep entanglement of Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds with the transatlantic slave trade — and reaffirms the obligation of those who practice law in those cities to champion racial equality.
On World Day for International Justice, Celestine Greenwood reflects on Srebrenica, the ICC’s record and limitations, and the duty of lawyers to advocate for justice — for those for whom the law has come too late, as well as those still waiting.
On the International Day of Families 2025, Celestine Greenwood sets out a principle that her practice and research compel her to state plainly: poverty should never be a reason for separating families. The separation of children from their families on economic grounds is a human rights violation.
Can — and should — judicial activism protect humans from the serious danger of climate change? Celestine Greenwood examines the ECtHR’s landmark KlimaSeniorinnen ruling and asks whether courts have both the legitimacy and the obligation to act where democratic institutions have failed.
Celestine Greenwood asks: what are girls’ human rights, why are they routinely denied — even in the UK — and what can lawyers and citizens do about it? Drawing on her work with the Cambridge Girls Human Rights Hub.
On the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Families, Celestine Greenwood examines the threats facing the modern family: the law’s failure to keep pace with changing structures, the mounting crisis of poverty, and the existential challenge of climate change.
On Slavery Remembrance Day, Celestine Greenwood reflects on Liverpool’s deep entanglement with the transatlantic slave trade — and the obligations that history places on those who practice law in its shadow today.
On Care Day 2022, Celestine Greenwood reflects on what it means to be a family lawyer whose work determines the futures of children in the care system — and on the obligations we all share toward those children.