This was the year a taboo broke against seeking changes to human rights treaties considered pillars of international law since they were agreed in the aftermath of the second World War. The year 2025 saw a shift in the political mainstream in Europe and the United States towards open calls for the reform of treaties including the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which were drawn up with the aim of avoiding a repeat of the 20th century’s worst horrors. “A taboo has broken around the 1951 Refugee Convention,” said Dr Sophie Capicchiano Young, a...