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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Last week I was asked by a journalist about the legal significance of Trump's threats against Iran. I decided to develop my answer into a Substack post. Link and summary of conclusions below. ...1/5

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Another open-access article recently published: "A Mandate in Syria for the International Court of Justice: Hope for Justice Revived by Canada and The Netherlands," by Gaelle Foucault. Link and abstract below 👇

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another open-access article from the symposium on "Canada Before International Courts and Tribunals": an analysis of the lawfulness of the exception in Canada's State Immunity Act for state-sponsored terrorism, by William Dodge. Link and abstract below 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is pretty disturbing upon opening an international newspaper to see that someone you know well, and a human rights scholar to boot, has been arrested for trying to exercise her constitutional right to freedom of expression. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Palestinian American activist arrested and ‘charged for trespassing at a public hearing’

Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bonds

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now available for download on our website as a "first view article," by Francisco Hernández Fernández: "The WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge: Miracle or Mirage?". Abstract/résumé and link 👇

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Registration for CCIL annual conference 2026 is now open! Link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thoughts on the illegitimacy and arguably the unlawfulness of the US attacks on the ICC, and why Canada and Japan should be doing more to defend their judges, the court, and the int'l rule of law. Link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This looks so interesting papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This ratcheting-up of an AI arms race, with headlong development outstripping governance and guardrails, increases the danger that AGI and other and unforeseen AI-related risks pose to humanity. Link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Very good piece detailing the chaotic changes in AI policy within the Trump administration. Link 👇

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/08/2026

Canada's A.I. strategy, released in June, gestures toward the principle that ought to be at the center of A.I. governance -- the rule of law, write @craigxmartin.bsky.social and @michaeljkelly.bsky.social. They outline what other middle powers can learn from Canada's approach to A.I.:

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The Global Significance of Canada’s New AI Strategy

Other middle powers should emulate Canada’s focus on the rule of law as a central principle of A.I. governance.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Soooo…Canada should be sanctioning the US as the largest contributor to climate change, rather than the US sanctioning Canada for its smoke, yes? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Out in @justsecurity.org today, @michaeljkelly.bsky.social and I examine national approaches to AI governance, and explain why Canada's new AI strategy is really significant - because it is grounded in rule-of-law principles...1/3

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

CYIL research assistant and JD/MA candidate Aryan Gupta, has a short but incisive case note on the recent Ont. CA decision in Matiko John v. Barrick Gold posted on our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/pulse/barric...

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Barrick Gold and the Procedural Limits of Nevsun's Promise

by Aryan Gupta* Six years after the SCC’s landmark decision in Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya, the ONCA’s decision in Matiko John v Barrick Gold Corporation raises a consequential question: even where C...

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CYIL - ACDI @cyilacdi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are pleased to announce the appointment of 3 new members to the editorial board: Prof. David Hughes of Trinity College, @utoronto.ca ronto.ca; Prof. Ryan Liss of @westernu.ca; and Prof. Gleider Hernández of @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social. Join us in welcoming them to the team!

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Mark Carney suggested that the war against Iran was “worth it,” though it was unlawful. When are violations of int'l law justified or “worth it”? I have posted an older essay that addresses the question, which now seems all the more relevant in its concern for the international rule of law…link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

An experiment - an AI generated digest of int'l & comparative law blog posts published in the last 48 hours, to try to and keep up with the firehose of information! Curious if this will be helpful...

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In case there was some residual doubt...

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Excellent piece in the @articlesofwar.bsky.social on the issues of accountability under IHL raised by the design choices and methods of deploying drone swarms in armed conflict. Link below.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An informative and helpful post by Noah Tan on Just Security on the need for more precise definitions relating to the governance of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS), explaining both the differing systems and the ambiguities in the current definitions. ... 1/3 Link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This incident should terrify everyone - an experimental OpenAI agentic model not only hacked into another system on its own volition, but escaped a purportedly safe and secure laboratory sandbox to do so. A wake up call on the risks of AGI research, and need for governance! Link 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In November a 3-year mandate for parties to the CCW to negotiate a treaty on autonomous weapons will expire. Over 70 states now support the negotiation of a binding treaty. A small group, led by the US and Russia, opposes. 🧵... 1/8

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Important collection of expert views, on Just Security, on the Trump Administration's statement this week on "dismantling" the ICC - the latest US gov't effort to destroy the international legal system that the US helped to build, and undermine the international rule of law more generally.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Canada has signed an MOU with Australia and India on technology and innovation, which includes AI policy exchanges, collaboration on AI adoption and AI risk-mitigation, and establishes a working group to implement the MOU...1/2

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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A severe heat wave is mixing with toxic wildfire smoke in Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies to make a dangerous combination. Canada needs to renew and strengthen its plan to protect Canadians from climate-driven impacts and reduce future damages. ow.ly/cJbv50ZnNE0

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The country is sweltering under heat. This is how Ottawa can protect Canadians from the new reality — and save billions

Ottawa was supposed to institute adaptations to climate change but has failed to follow through on mitigating risks from things like wildfires, flooding and heat.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Reminder: world’s oceans absorb 90% of global warming; this massive heat buffer is now almost completely saturated. 🚨 “Nearly 40% of oceans worldwide undergoing marine heatwaves, with intense hot patches in Mediterranean Sea & Pacific Ocean >10F hotter than usual”. grist.org/climate/heat...

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The oceans are full of heat, and it's coming ashore

The oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat from global warming. It doesn't all stay there.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

CIGI (the Canadian Centre for International Governance and Innovation) has published by Policy Brief on Canada's position on Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS) within the CCW. Canada has been on the fence regarding support for a new treaty to govern AWS ....1/2

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Good piece on @justsecurity.org by Andrea Katz and Jane Manners, regarding the mis-use of history by SCOTUS. Reminiscent of Margaret McMillan's book"The Uses and Abuses of History," except one would least expect it from a top court.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Great to hear that the Gov't of Canada intends to prioritize the defence of international law, but the comment that no one is "attacking humanitarian law," doesn't inspire much confidence. Moreover, Canada is not doing enough to call out and condemn violations.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For those who may have missed it over the weekend ;-)

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Canada's new AI Strategy is out and a must read - but it makes no mention of Canada's position on the development, use, or global governance of autonomous weapons systems, which reinforces Canada's studied ambiguity on AWS governance. ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/si...

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The House just directed Trump to obtain Congressional approval for war on Iran or end it. The underlying question is centuries old: who should decide when a democracy goes to war? Kant and Madison had strong views. Evidence and modern theory suggest they were right. I explain in a Substack post 👇

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Over 200 people have now been murdered in the American unlawful extra-judicial killings in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Where is the international condemnation and outrage?! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US military strikes another boat in Pacific, bringing death toll above 200

Three men killed in third attack this week amid Trump administration’s campaign against alleged drug boats

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Ah, the ironies...raising barriers against immigration just as the country confronts the crisis of a rapidly declining and aging population...

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I return to the subject of Japan's constitution in this chapter, published as the proceeds of a conference at the Univ. of Milan, which examines the impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine on the pacifist principles in the constitutions of Italy and Japan. Abstract 👇 and link in reply.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some good climate news, and how it is being distorted and weaponized by the climate sceptics. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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The Worst-Case Climate Scenario Is Dead — and Still Spurring Debate

RCP8.5 is officially retired, scientists say.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wilful blindness…and a violation of the obligation to investigate possible violations of IHL.

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