nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/93beff7f75650055 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251222s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/93beff7f75650055 doi eng 342 23 Southey, Safia Author aut When Universities Govern - Why the UN Columbia Letter Reframes Campus Power Southey, Safia Verfassungsblog 2025-12-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When UN Special Rapporteurs send an allegation letter to a university, international law is doing something unusual. On 14 October 2025, five mandate-holders addressed such a letter to Columbia University, raising concerns about protest policing, disciplinary sanctions, surveillance, and the treatment of non-citizen students and scholars in connection with Gaza-related expression and assembly. The letter does not resolve disputed facts. Its importance lies elsewhere: it reflects a shift in how international human rights law responds to the privatisation of coercive governance. CC BY-SA 4.0 Columbia Columbia University | New York NY Governance International Law UN Human Rights Council UN Special Procedures Universities Völkerrecht (DE-588)8599-6 gnd Columbia University | New York NY (DE-588)4063693-8 gnd Völkerrecht Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/universities-international-law/ raw object