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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Hands off the ICC, and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order." Finally. The words I've been waiting to hear from the Prime Minister of the ICC's Host State for a long time. Great speech, @robjetten.bsky.social #UNGA81 www.rijksoverheid.nl...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026

An alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy, from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. On @firinglineshow.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/4okBq3W_E-o

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Anne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 03/09/2026

Today's volatility is fuelling sovereignism and attacks on the European Court of Human Rights. But adjusting protections or creating a hierarchy of rights holders will not solve our crises. National security is at its best when it embraces human security for everyone. Read my full keynote lecture ⬇️

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Reclaiming international human rights law amid conflict and volatility – keynote lecture at ESIL Annual Conference

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Mine tippoldeforeldre jobbet for å bygge ut jenters og kvinners utdanning fra 1860-årene til tidlig på 1900-tallet og bodde i toppetasjen på skolen de eide og ledet, Nissens Pikeskole. Her er de fem barna deres med studenterluer i 1905. George, Louise, Augustin, Henriette & Nikolai Nissen Paus.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Since taking over Afghanistan five years ago, the Taliban has imposed a brutal and misogynistic regime. As I wrote in the @financialtimes.com today, international courts are their only avenue for justice. But at the same time, international justice is under attack.

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Kamilla Stølen @kamillastolen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Godt å jobbe for ein slik arbeidsgivar i desse tider. Bli med på Litteraturhuset i Bergen i morgon for ein samtale om anti-rettigheitsrørsler og korleis vi kan motarbeide dei!

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RAV @rav-ev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mittlerweile fordern über 1.000 Jurist*innen die Einleitung eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens beim Bundesverfassungsgericht. Diese Stimmen müssen gehört werden! Vielen Dank an alle, die das unterstützt haben ❤️! #noAfD @afdverbotjetzt.bsky.social PM von heute: www.rav.de/publikatione...

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Mittlerweile fordern über 1.000 Juristinnen und Juristen die Einleitung eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens beim Bundesverfassungsgericht

Pressemitteilung, 3.8.2026

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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Spreading lies to stir up fear and hatred. It's long past time that more people saw through the far-right's sickening tactics. Here's a useful burst of truth from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu to help.

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Therese Bertheau var allerede en legendarisk fjellklatrer da hun klatret sammen med George Wegner Paus og andre representanter for det unge klatremiljøet som troppet opp på Turtagrø rundt århundreskiftet. Hun var lærer ved Nissens Pikeskole, der George vokste opp.

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Pionerene som erobret de norske tindene

William Slingsby klatret alene til toppen av Store Skagastølstind og skrev seg inn i norsk fjellhistorie. Les om pionerene som gikk først.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21/07/2026

fellow millennials, let's take a second to appreciate how great it feels to be in the prime marketing demographic catered to by all of the culture. I get now why boomers wanted it to last forever

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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I Trumps USA har justitiedepartementet inrättat en särskild insatsgrupp för att jaga vänsteraktivister. Nu avslöjas att den federala åklagaren som leder insatsgruppen deltog i kuppförsöket den 6 januari 2021. Helt normalt och inga konstigheter talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6

On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like...

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Erik Holten @holtenher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Odysséen, tykkjer eg, tek seg heilt fantastisk godt ut i Arne Garborgs attdiktning. Men boka kom berre ut i åra 1918–1919. Difor har eg tilrettelagt henne som ebok. Ei tidleg utgåve av epubben er no på plass, og ein skrivarvennleg pedeff er på veg. Alt gratis, sjølvsagt. github.com/holten/odyss...

Kvadratisk tittelside med John Flaxmans portretteikning av ein laurbærinnkransa Odyssevs i profil frå 1793. Tekst: Odyssevskvædet. Homer / A. Garborg.

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Mina Draugen🎃 @nominasjon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Eg ventar i spenning på om regjeringa faktisk kjem til å ta dette på alvor, eller om me nok ein gong må brette opp erma og kjempe for å reversere kutt i statsbudsjettet for kompetansehevingstiltak på hatkrim som råkar skeive.

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Ny rapport om hatefulle ytringar mot lhbt+-personar i Noreg

Noreg har eit godt utgangspunkt i arbeidet mot hatefulle ytringar, men det er framleis rom for å styrkje innsatsen vidare. Det går fram av ein ny rapport frå Europarådet om hatefulle ytringar baserte ...

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Ine Harsten 📎 @iharsten.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hei @sigbjornjohnsen.bsky.social ! Siden jeg vant veddemålet; og ikke klarer å få sendt DM til deg for Vipps info, foreslår jeg vi løser dette, med at du sender NOK 200,- til Amnesty. Håper dette er akseptabelt. Med de beste hilsener, Ine amnesty.no/sudan

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Stå opp for kvinner og jenter i Sudan

En brutal borgerkrig fører til enorme lidelser for sivile i Sudan. Fanget i konflikten står jenter og kvinner, som utsettes for seksuell vold.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just cracked the sentence that I think defines the thing I'm writing. "The stories we choose to tell in our laws define us as a state and as a people."

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"US diplomats may have little more insight into Trump's foreign policy than their foreign counterparts." An insane and true statement.

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I love that they’re scared of the ICC. They know what they’ve done. They’re panicking. I hope to see them all in The Hague.

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Todd Stein @toddstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

we so need these small doses of hope

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is such an important point.

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Forsberg™ @magnusforsberg.no · 19/06/2026

Transpersoner trenger de vår fulle støtte og solidaritet, helt til den dagen «transdebatt» fremstår like upassende og meningløst som å ha en «homofilidebatt». Veldig bra, @eivindtraedal.bsky.social!!!

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De transkjønnede trenger oss nå

En dag vil «transdebatten» fremstå like upassende og meningløs som å ha en «homofilidebatt». Men før den tid trenger transpersoner vår solidaritet og støtte.

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In 1961, my grandparents lived in West Berlin, on a street named after the British humanitarian and publisher Victor Gollancz. It was about 500 meters from where the Berlin Wall was built that year. Victor Gollancz said: "I am only one thing: I am pro-humanity."

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 04/06/2026

when the Tories were polling at late 2010's levels, you had a lot of bright, normal centre-right people who wanted to join the party, and get selected, and run the think tanks, and generally be around - those people just......haven't existed in nearly a decade now

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 20/05/2026

In Editorial #52 Aurelio J. Corneo describes his positive experience of working with and around international lawyers. voelkerrechtsblog.org/editorial-52...

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Editorial #52: Kindness Comes On Top

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"Europeans may imagine that the EU is a mere bureaucratic inconvenience. But the Russians have never believed that. On the contrary, the Russian president has long understood that when unified, Europe can resist Russian influence and Russian corruption." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day

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A Speech to Europe 2026 »The European Moment« - ERSTE Foundation

In her speech »The European Moment«, Anne Applebaum warns of global threats to democracy and the EU and calls for greater European sovereignty and cohesion.

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Anders Heger @andersheger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Minner om denne

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Forsberg™ @magnusforsberg.no · 15/05/2026

Minner om at det ikke finnes en debatt om «trans», det finnes bare en debatt om mennesker. Og du kan velge å være på siden som vil at de menneskene skal ha rettigheter og få leve livene sine i fred, eller du kan være på den andre sida. www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/me...

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Miljøpartiet De Grønne @mdg.no · 15/05/2026

Wunderbar! Nå kommer det direktetog til Berlin! 🚆💚 Mindre flykaos. Mer frihet til å reise grønt. Nå kommer Europa litt nærmere og klimavennlige valg blir litt enklere. Dette er politikk MDG har presset på for lenge. Mehr Bahn, bitte!

Bilde av et tog med teksten «Direktetog til Berlin, MDG-seier!»

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Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

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Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Today is World Press Freedom Day, a reminder of how vital free and independent journalism is to democracy and open societies globally.

Press freedom is a cornerstone of democracy and open societies. Amid democratic backsliding and rapid industry transformation, our impact investing arm, the Soros Economic Development Fund, has invested in the Media Development Investment Fund. This fund has supported over 140 editorially independent media outlets in 46 countries that reach more than 330 million people each year.

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 29/04/2026

12 years ago, Völkerrechtsblog intended to provide a different platform for international legal discourse in a form of a “slow blog” dedicated to expanding access and providing an alternative to traditional publishing. This book explores how the blog’s mission has persisted and changed over 10 years

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A Canon Event

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.38 🗳️ The crushing defeat of #Orbán’s #Fidesz in Hungary’s elections gives the EU a rare opportunity to reform its enlargement policy, argues Iveri Gustafsson of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social. 📈 This moment could help accelerate candidates’ path to membership. 👉️ bit.ly/49jSJEB

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🧭 Post-Orbán EU: a window for reforming enlargement policy

The crushing defeat of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz in Hungary’s 2026 elections gives the EU a rare opportunity to reform its enlargement policy. Iveri Kekenadze Gustafsson argues that this moment can accele...

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Min gamle skolekamerat Numa snakker med #Lindmo om skoledagene våre på #Steinerskolen – og hovedrollen vi delte som Tamino i Tryllefløyten siste året på videregående, med vår fantastiske klassekamerat Jørgen Backer som Sarastro. (Meg på bildet under) tv.nrk.no/serie/lindmo...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/04/2026

Hungarian oligarchs begin fleeing the country, transferring assets, in anticipation of corruption investigations giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

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Hungary’s business elite pivots away from Viktor Orbán

Several loyalists have moved overseas while others vow to form ‘constructive co-operation’ with incoming premier

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Jeg husker jeg var på pressekonferanse i Miljøverndepartementet en gang. Jeg skulle bare snakke med Erik Solheim etter konferansen, så jeg satte meg bakerst i lokalet. Da havnet jeg ved siden av Heidi Sørensen. Alle visste at det var hun som gjorde jobben i departementet, uten å være statsråd.

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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"No, we are not in a world without law, or in a post-rules world. We are, however, in a world in which some would like to strip back or do away with certain international rules, and that is the struggle which is underway" An important reminder by Philippe Sands www.biicl.org/documents/13...

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Shouts - Music from the Rooftops! @shoutingmusic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A powerful new Iranian protest song “Man Zendeam Hanooz” (“I Am Still Alive”), composed by Adib Ghorbani has become a symbol of resilience for Iranians protesting repression and demanding freedom. See the full article and hear the song in the link below. ➡ shoutsmusic.blog/man-zendeam-...

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I Am Still Alive: New Protest Anthem By Adib Ghorbani Arises In Iran

Adib Ghorbani’s protest song “Man Zendeam Hanooz” captures the resilience of Iran’s pro-democracy movement, echoing the message: even under repression, we are still alive.

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Sophie Duroy @sophieduroy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Important remarks on legal advisers' duty to say no @ejiltalk.bsky.social: www.ejiltalk.org/when-governm... I'd also encourage everyone to read David Luban's article on Lösener and von Moltke: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2368/ & Lavinia Parsi's excellent article: doi.org/10.1093/jicj...

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When Government Lawyers Say No

There are times when government lawyers (including military legal advisors) are faced with a stark choice. Their political masters (or their superiors in the military) are clearly set on pursing a cer...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Just horrifying to watch once excellent universities voluntarily destroying themselves.

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

From Italy to France, Germany to Hungary, far-right governments and politicians are targeting media with the same playbook www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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Can Europe’s public service media survive attacks by the far right?

From Italy to France, Germany to Hungary, nationalist governments and politicians are targeting media with the same playbook

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 16/04/2026

Last night’s Russian massive attack on #Ukraine injured & killed dozens of civilians, including children. CoE member states must stand united in ensuring accountability. We need broad support for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression. See my Memorandum: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

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