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Eliana Cusato

@ecusato.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor @Amsterdam Law School, academic coordinator of LLM in PIL, international law, political economy and ecology, critical theory. Editor @Leiden Journal of International Law.

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
📢 Join us for the @ejiltalk.bsky.social Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture! Prof. Susan Marks (LSE) on “If the World is a Family, What Kind of Family is It?” 🗓 16 June, 16:15 via Zoom 🔗https://loom.ly/cScT7K8
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EJIL Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture
Distinguished Lecture by Professor Susan Marks (LSE Law School)
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Emily Jones @emilyjones.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Happy that my article 'No future for future generations: who is international environmental law for?' is out! It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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Dr. Jessie Hohmann @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The amazing @emilyjones.bsky.social's important article on rights of future generations is out. And its open access www.elgaronline.com/view/journal... Looking forward to reading this.
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Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This week! The workshop interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality. @uvalawschool.bsky.social, 5-6 June. Together with a community of brilliant colleagues and critical thinkers, we’ll explore some of the most pressing questions in int'l law. acil.uva.nl/content/even...
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International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (De-)Coloniality - ACIL
Please join us in interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality during a two day workshop on the 5th & 6th June 2025 at Amsterdam Law School. The workshop is generously sponso...
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Karen Engle @karengle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!
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International Law | Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad-law.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🌟 After days of intense debates, the workshop on Double Standards in IL has been concluded! 🌍 We received scholars from around the world discussing the implications of double standards in relation to great power competition, climate change, HRL, IHL, ICL, int'l trade, among many other topics.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/05/2025
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp warned that the EU needs to urgently review its association agreement with Israel to make sure it’s in line with rules on respecting humanitarian law, in a leaked document obtained by POLITICO.
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EU-Israel deal must be reviewed over Gaza aid dispute, urges Dutch minister
Caspar Veldkamp warns he will not support the renewal of an EU-Israel deal unless humanitarian law is taken into account.
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Patryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We convene in Geneva later this week for some difficult conversations about double standards and international law 👇 Grateful to the Geneva Graduate Institute, Swiss National Science Foundation, Harvard Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School.
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Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh @mwewerinke.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Delighted to share that SEVEN - the University of Amsterdam's new #climate institute - is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for our 2-year project on the Fairness of Climate Solutions. Applications close on 15/5 – full details here: tinyurl.com/ypjx3fjj
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Vacancy — Post-doc Fairness of Climate Solutions
Would you like to contribute to interdisciplinary research on Fairness of Climate Solutions? And are you keen on working with societal stakeholders? SEVEN, the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) new inte...
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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 02/05/2025
Working in #internationallaw or related areas? Browse this collection of free articles from @ajil.bsky.social, the Leiden Journal, @iclq.bsky.social, CYIL, AsianJIL, TEL, EJRR, the German Law Journal, IRRC, BHRJ, and many other leading academic law journals: 🌐 cup.org/3GONhy5
stock image of the world at night, with lights visible in densely populated areas. An overlay text says International Law from Cambridge, ASIL 2025
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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Come and work with us - recruitment of Assistant/Associate Professor with priority in Tort or Global health at Warwick Law School. Deadline is Monday. Happy to chat about how it is to work at Warwick; am not involved in the hiring committee. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) - University of Warwick
Title: Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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ESIL IG on Critical Approaches to International Law @cailesil.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Dear friends, dear colleagues, after receiving multiple inquiries about the venue of our pre-conference workshop, we are sharing the information about our decision to proceed with the organization of our event. We are also extending the deadline to submit your abstracts to April 27 🚨
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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🚨 Ahmed Memon's masterclass has been postponed to next week due to the walkout organized by UvA Staff for Palestine🍉 happening tomorrow (April 10) at 12:30! 🚨 📅 New date: 17 April 2025 🕐 Same time: 13:00-15:00 📍 New room: A2.15! 🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/34h3hc6t
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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The International Law & Politics CRN team @ LSA is now on Bluesky! Follow here for updates on all things Chicago 2025: bsky.app/profile/intl...
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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Join us for a keynote lecture by Layal Ftouni, Assist. Prof. at Utrecht University, in conversation with Hala Shoman, PhD from Newcastle University. 📅 Friday, 28 March 🕓 16:00 – 18:00 📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam 🔗 Sign up here: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 13/03/2025
‘While Giorgia Meloni has proved to be shrewd on the national and the international stage, she is also operating in a country where the normalisation of the far right has been advancing for decades.’ Jan-Werner Müller on Italy’s far-right president: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Jan-Werner Müller · No one is further right than me: Mussolini to Meloni
Great significance has been attributed to the government of Giorgia Meloni, who became Italy’s prime minister in 2022...
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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as the new academic director and chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, starting 1 July 2025. Her leadership, together with the managing director Kasper Vrolijk, will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Institute. 🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1
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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🏛 #OpenAccess in the new #ZaöRV: Hilary Charlesworth analyzes the relationship between #InternationalLaw and progress. She identifies a relationship that is not cursed, not charmed, but complicated—and constantly being renegotiated. Read and share: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Very much look forward to teaching human rights and the environment today @uvalawschool.bsky.social and discussing with our LLM students the work of my favourite scholars, such as @emilyjones.bsky.social @juliadehm.bsky.social, Tendayi Achiume, and Carmen Gonzalez!
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Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Exploring the intersections of international law and time bringing together theory and practice. 11 March 15:00 @tmcasser.bsky.social With the brilliant @ecusato.bsky.social, Geoff Gordon and Manasa Venkatachalam. Registration: www.asser.nl/research/res...
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Renske Vos @renskevos.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Cameo Appearance at @acil-uva.bsky.social ‘s Decolonial Futures with @drqv.bsky.social , @ecusato.bsky.social and @sofiastolk.bsky.social OA Linkt to the piece in the background, Come walk with me through Brussels and check-out the EU’s architecture: research.vu.nl/ws/portalfil...
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Association of Young International Law Scholars @ajv-ayils.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
with contributions by Hilary Charlesworth, Angelika Nußberger, @giuliaraimondo.bsky.social, Julian Hettihewa, @ecusato.bsky.social, Tania Atilano, Janina Barkholdt, Sissy Katsoni, Martin Schwamborn
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I am a signatory of this letter, but I am also a keen observer of my field since the genocide started in 2023. The gap opening between parts of my field is massive and does not follow prior methodological divides. International law is a discipline in crisis. voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
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Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
How to find hope in those disconcerting times? I found it among the convicts of Sing Sing. A beautiful, powerful, hopeful film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3dX...
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Sing Sing | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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Marie Petersmann @mariepetersmann.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Our latest #Underworlds episode is now out 🎙️ *Hope* as Site and Struggle of Global Dis/Ordering with Claire Colebrook and David Chandler: open.spotify.com/show/7Ao1I3Q... On what expressions of hope—speculative, pragmatic or nihilist—are foregrounded against the receding horizon of liberal hope.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Good morning. The #Netherlands is cutting its #DevelopmentAid by 2.4 billion. 50% cut to #Unicef. #WomensRights, #GenderEquality, #Education, #Climate, you name it. Gone. As a country, we are so wealthy, and yet...We keep cutting taxes for the rich. #Nederland nos.nl/artikel/2556...
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Bezuinigingen Klever bekend: alleen nog ontwikkelingshulp in Nederlands belang
Nederland stopt alle projecten op het gebied van vrouwenrechten, gendergelijkheid, beroeps- en hoger onderwijs en sport en cultuur.
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Dr Michelle Coleman @michellecoleman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Looking for a PhD in #democracy #criminallaw #sentencing #ruleoflaw? Tom Hannant and I are advertising a fully funded PhD student to study incarceration's collateral consequences for democratic rights and participation. Deadline: 24 February 2025 www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Law: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Democratic Participation and Prisoners (RS780) - Swansea UniversityMenu
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Scholarships! ARC Discovery Project PhD Scholarship in the Protection of Human Rights at Sea at UNSW Sydney Deadline 31 March www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...
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ARC Discovery Project PhD Scholarship Protection of Human Rights at Sea | Law & Justice - UNSW Sydney
UNSW Law & Justice wishes to offer a PhD Scholarship for an applicant with outstanding research potential and a demonstrated interest in international human rights law and the law of the sea.
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
One of the coolest calls for paper I have seen in a while and it is for a conference in Trento 👇
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Jacob Katz Cogan @jkatzcogan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Call for Submissions: Strategic Litigation in International Law – Concepts, Actors, and Impact
The Italian Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for a special issue on "Strategic Litigation in International Law – Concepts, Actors, and Impact." The call is here.      
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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We're proud to announce the first event in our Masterclass Series, featuring our visiting scholar @drqv.bsky.social. 🥳 The class is aimed at UvA PhDs and postdocs, building a community of visiting researchers and emerging talents in the field. 🔗More info & registration: tinyurl.com/bdd9drhb
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Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Huge topic here from un cerd - general comment on #reparations for #slavery call for input www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
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OHCHR | Call for inputs on CERD General Recommendation regarding reparations for the historical injustices from the chattel enslavement of Africans, and the ensuing harms and crimes to people of Afric...
Africans and people of African descent were victims of enslavement, treated as chattel, and colonialism, with millions being violently uprooted from Africa for sale and enslavement. The transatlantic ...
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ESIL-SEDI @esil-sedi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🆕📃 New ESIL Reflection by @ecusato.bsky.social and Sofia Tamburello (@uvalawschool.bsky.social) on "Ecological Violence Fast and Slow: International Law, Natural Resources in the OPT, and the ICJ Advisory Opinion”. 🌎💡 Read the full paper on our website ➡️ bit.ly/3CpVIhL
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Cris van Eijk @crisveijk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This article explores a microhistory of space lawmaking from 1957-1967, and in the process speaks to wider trends in the making of international law more generally. Factors like UN documentation procedure, US racial segregation, and embassy staffing trends had material impacts on who participated.
The exclusive making of space law
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Newcastle Law School
Email: c.van-eijk2@ncl.ac.uk

Abstract: The commons are defined by non-excludability – the idea that none can exclude another from access or use. Likewise, space lawyers portray their discipline’s origin story as uniquely egalitarian and inclusive, in part because of how it was made. The 1963 Principles Declaration and 1967 Outer Space Treaty were drafted by a committee of 28 states that decided by consensus – the first permanent UN body to do so. They worked in the midst of significant colonial and Cold War tensions to form a body of law which implicated the interests of every state. This article argues that the lawmaking which made space ‘common’ was made possible by excluding the Third World. It uses historical sources from 18 archives to shed new light on the process of making space law from 1957 to 1967. Based on this, it explores various factors, from UN documentation practices to American racial segregation, that cumulatively prevented Third World representatives from meaningful participation in space lawmaking. These factors had broad impacts on the drafting committee’s membership, attendance, decision-making procedure, and final products. By seeking to understand this ‘small history’ of a niche field at a specific historical moment, this article also adds to ongoing work that questions the axioms by which international lawyers interpret treaties today.

Keywords: exclusion; global commons; law and history; lawmaking; space law
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Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín @drqv.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Decolonial Futures (@uvalawschool.bsky.social) is proud to announce the first event in our Masterclass Series: "Architecture, International Law, and the Construction of Post-Imperial Regional Orders," featuring Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín. decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A short piece co-authored with one of my fantastic LLM students @uvalawschool.bsky.social, Sofia Tamburello, on the ecology of occupation, natural resouce exploitation and water rights in Palestine. thanks to @esil-sedi.bsky.social editorial team, reviewers and friends for their engagement with it!
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Vladimir Bogoeski @vbogoesky.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This year we will be having a stream on food, please share with PhDs working on anything LPE food
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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🙋🏾‍♀️🦋 Hi Bluesky! We're the Decolonial Futures Research Priority Area. Our 5-year initiative spans Humanities, Law, and Social Sciences, fostering collaborations on decolonial research at the University of Amsterdam. 🔗 Learn more about the RPA on our website: decolonialfutures.uva.nl
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Decolonial Futures
The Decolonial Futures Research Priority Area establishes collaborations on decolonial research across the Humanities, Law, and Behavioural and Social Science Faculties. The RPA understands ‘coloniali...
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Law and Political Economy in Europe @lpeineurope.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The Call for Applications for the 2025 LPE in Europe Summer Academy is now open💥💥💥 2-4 June, Rotterdam Deadline: 23 February. Accommodation and catering expenses are fully covered, with travel budgets also provided. See more: lpeineurope.org/wp-content/u...
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Catching up with the oral arguments before the ICJ.The presentations of the state of Palestine and its counsels is a must for those interested in relationships btw violence, militarism, and ecological harms, including to the climate. I wished this gem was available 10 years ago when I wrote my PhD.
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Anna Saunders @annasaunders.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The editors of Völkerrechtsblog are calling for blog posts for the fourth 'Women in International Law' symposium - this year with a particular focus on women and armed conflict, but submissions on any topic are welcome. Deadline 3 February 2025. voelkerrechtsblog.org/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: Women in International Law Vol. 4
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Job alert! Pacific Island Forum is looking for a Legal Counsel to work in Suva, Fiji. careers.forumsec.org/job/legal-co...
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Legal Counsel
The Pacific Islands Forum The Forum (PIF) is an Employer of Choice in the region, aiming to recruit and employ staff based on merit and organisational needs,...
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Blue Ocean Law filed a complaint with the U.N. Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples on behalf of youth from Palau who say U.S. militarization in their islands is violating their rights. “We’re consistently taking on the U.S. empire in all of these cases,” Aguon said. grist.org/indigenous/j...
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This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world's highest court
Growing up on Guam, Julian Aguon saw the law used against Indigenous peoples. Now he's fighting back.
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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Join us in Amsterdam on 16 December for the first Decolonial Futures Annual Lecture with the fabulous Tendayi Achiume🔥🔥 More info and registration link at: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...
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Decolonial Futures Annual Lecture: E. Tendayi Achiume - Decolonial Futures
E. Tendayi Achiume delivers the Decolonial Futures RPA's first Annual Lecture, titled 'Border Imperialism(s): A View from Law'
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Marco Longobardo @marcolongobardo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Statement of the editors of the LJIL on a very controversial article recently published:
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Hemi Mistry @hemimistry.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
A statement from the Editors of Leiden Journal of International Law.
The text of a statement by the editors of the Leiden Journal of International Law.
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