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Imogen Saunders

@imogenmarjorie.bsky.social
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International law, books, food, Canberra, longing for a beach.

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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This was a wonderful experience to record: I learned a whole lot and had a great time doing so.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I had a wonderful time at the Kelvingrove art gallery in Glasgow today, but I do feel the caption writer was out of puff for this one… #wedontknow
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This was a great workshop to attend and I think the roadshow episode captures a flavour of the fantastic discussions that were had. Important for Australia and others looking forward to the future of the UNSC...
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I find this so fascinating - the men basically said yes of course, even though the reporter was baiting otherwise. Of course we all know that the 'tradwife' stuff is nonsense but great to have actual video evidence of the fact. Gender roles have been nonsense forever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhfn...
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Should husbands help with the weekend housework? (1961) | RetroFocus
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I'd like to see the revolt when banh mi and espressos get forcibly taken from Australian hands. PUT DOWN THE HALAL SNACK PACK, WE ARE A MONOCULTURE! Ridiculous.
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Angus Taylor refuses to commit to a multicultural Australia
The opposition leader, pressed multiple times on whether his party still supported multiculturalism or endorsed One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's vision of a "monoculture", refused to commit to eithe...
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New #CalledToTheBar: international law in domestic courts! @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social speaks with Michael Kirby & @cward-int-law.bsky.social about dualism, international crimes, human rights, and why international law increasingly matters before national courts. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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77. International Law in Domestic Courts
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Imogen Saunders is joined by the Honourable Michael Kirby AC and Christopher Ward SC to discuss the role of international law in Au
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Budget response from Angus Taylor says the quiet bit out loud: "Growth has been driven by 1.4 million migrants at a time when our fertility rate has hit a low of 1.4 births per woman, we’re not having enough children to replace ourselves" It's not that growth is bad just... #auspol
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A discussion we hope will be useful to anyone interested in immunities in international law!
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
(Not so) Hot take: The economic, security and social benefits of renewable energies are so apparent that the *only* reason anyone can be opposed is if they have a vested interest in fossil fuels. Those opposing are seeking to maximise returns from their investment in an industry that is dying.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 07/05/2026
Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Late night musings, partly prompted by reflecting on the impact of AI on my teaching and our lives in general: I think the two most true things about humanity are love and curiosity. Both are important. (1/4)
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you're following the news on the returning #ISISbrides and want some legal analysis of the situation, a reminder we have a Called to Bar episode out doing just that! soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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74. Isis Brides: Children of Nowhere and the Limits of Citizenship
In this episode Associate Professor Imogen Saunders is joined by Dr Rumyana van Ark and Professor Kim Rubenstein to discuss citizenship, security, and the rights of children in the context of Australi
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This was a great episode to record, although difficult subject matter at times. Recommend a listen if you’re interested in issues of security, citizenship and rights of children.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Academic selfie: almost the entire #CalledToTheBar crew together for dinner after the Kirby lecture with @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social, @drnajimagi.bsky.social, and @djag2.bsky.social (we miss you @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social) edition
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Really, ABC? This clown driving an unnecessary 130km to a charging station he didn't bother downloading the app for first is like a petrol owner vehicle whinging because they didn't learn how to pump petrol or how to open the fuel cap. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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I drove an EV for three days. It saved me money but cost me time
With no end in sight to soaring fuel prices, 7.30 decided to take an EV for a test drive to see how far it could take our reporter, and if Australia's EV charging network stacks up.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A tale of two futures...
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
have never seen a better approximation of sitting through a interminable university committee meeting than the poor Artermis II crew dealing with Trump’s call in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQSQ...
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Trump speaks with Artemis II crew after moon flyby: 'Made all of America really proud'
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Talking about Australian comedians tonight I accidentally said a spoonerism and came up with possibly the best niche drag name ever. Give a big round of applause for…. Klitty Fanagan!!
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Tell me again how AI is going to take all our jobs..
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Delighted that my piece with Jolyon Ford on 'International Law as Geology' - looking at ideas of core/non-core, selectivity, subjectivity and international law and what on earth is the 'rules based order' - is now open access. Available here: www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law
In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
One of those instances where circumstances make your work more useful than you hoped it might be…
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
An unplanned episode in our summer hiatus... please world let us get through the rest of January without needing to do another one!
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New Called to the Bar episode: the full crew unpacks the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro. UN Charter violations, head of state immunity, and why Washington no longer seems troubled by illegality. Bleak, sharp, and very 2026. #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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63. Bombing Caracas: The Use of Force, Abducting a Head of State, and the Unravelling of International Law
In this special bonus episode of Called to the Bar, the full podcast crew assembles to confront the legal fallout from the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of its sitting president, Nicolás M
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The second last episode of season 2 of #CalledToTheBar is now out where we reflect on the gangsterism of current int relations. Thanks to @drnajimagi.bsky.social, @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social, @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social, and @djag2.bsky.social for another year on.soundcloud.com/sgJtpt0AHC1d...
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61. End of year drinks: gangsterism as international law
In the penultimate episode of Season 2, host Douglas Guilfoyle brings together the full Called to the Bar team — Tamsin Paige, Ntina Tzouvala, Juliette McIntyre, and Imogen Saunders — for their end-of
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New #CalledToTheBar! Imogen Saunders chats with editors from the American Journal of International Law, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Australian Yearbook of International Law about publishing, peer review, & what makes a great article. Essential ECR listening! soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks
A podcast of informal conversation about topical issues in international law, life in academia and whatever else is on our mind. Hosted by Douglas Guilfoyle, Juliette McIntyre, Tamsin Paige, Imogen Sa
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Episode 60 of Called to the Bar is out! I talk to senior editors Ingrid Brunk (American Jnl of International Law), Jolyon Ford (Australian Yearbook of International Law) and Liz Fisher (Oxford Jnl of Legal Studies) about publishing and what they wish we all knew… on.soundcloud.com/bp0fbjO0I1UX...
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60. Publishing, Peer Review and What Editors Wish You Knew
In Episode 60 of Called to the Bar, host Imogen Saunders (ANU) sits down with three leading journal editors — Prof Ingrid Brunk of the American Journal of International Law, Prof Liz Fisher of the Oxf
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Showing that it's apparently far worse to point out political point scoring over a death than doing the political point scoring in the first place... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled from air over 'insensitive' Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night talk show's host suggested during a monologue earlier this week that Charlie Kirk's alleged killer may have been a pro-Trump Republican.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I’m watching the footy and amusing myself by sorting the teams into category by name. No surprise the bird category is out on top with 5 teams but a surprisingly strong showing from the people/mythic category, tying with cats (house & great) with 4 teams apiece. #afl
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Somehow we got to 50 episodes….!? This one was a cracker to record and hopefully fun to listen to as well.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The 2026 #Jessup problem looks at What are “the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations”?. I do have a book on this, inspired by my own Jessup experience in 2003 where I kept asking the same question and no-one had a satisfactory answer! www.bloomsbury.com/au/general-p...
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General Principles as a Source of International Law
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of an often neglected, misunderstood and maligned source of international law. Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of th…
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Send me your burning international law (or other!) questions as we plan to bumble our way through a Q&A for our 50th episode...
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The court recalls that these AO are unlike any brought before it. But the CT can only act within its legal functions. Questions brought by the UNGA are much broader. Existential & self afflicted. Requires all humans and all human knowledge. Change our habits, comforts and way of life.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
IL friends watching/waiting up for the #ICJAO - I join you! What better do at 11pm on a Wednesday night in Canberra....
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This was a lot of fun to record - and thanks to the awesome ANZSIL crowd who came out and stopped us having to talk to an empty room...
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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#ANZSIL2025 #CttB A rare live recording of Called to the Bar at the ANZSIL conference. From left: @utsintlaw.bsky.social @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, @djag2.bsky.social and @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social. @drnajimagi.bsky.social is at the edge of the shot
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great to meet in person and even better to podcast together in person soon too!!
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I had a blast chairing this discussion on Rocks or Islands with @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social, @proftimstephens.bsky.social, and @djag2.bsky.social. Come for the Rock DJ joke, stay for the excellent conversation
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This week's #CalledToTheBar is live! When is a rock an island, and why does it matter? A discussion chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social , featuring me and @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social with special guest @proftimstephens.bsky.social ! soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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45. Paper, Scissors - Rock or Island?
Do you want a rock, DJ - or an island? This week the panel discusses the difference between rocks and islands in international law and why it matters, with special reference to the South China Sea cas
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
It appears the (wholly illegal under IHL) strike from Iran on an Isreali hospital is escalating the situation. But where was the outrage when Gaza hospitals were targeted by Israel? I am not doing whataboutisms. Both are heinous. Both are war crimes. And innocent people are suffering from both.
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just 13 sleeps to ANZSIL 2025, the world's best-sized public international law conference! Updated program available! anzsil.org/resources/Do...
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A poem about robot dogs and reality...
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Genevieve Williams - Shakespeare Adjacent out now @rimrunner.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Alleged theft of goods from a supermarket should never end in death. This is horrific. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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Crowds attend Sydney vigil for young Warlpiri man's death in custody
The 24-year-old Yuendumu man died last week after being restrained by police officers on a supermarket floor following an altercation.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
My 16 year old son has - to my delight - requested a hand knit jumper with specific design elements (cherry blossoms, close fit, low collar). Which is why, after much text consultation, I have bought one book and two patterns to frankenjumper together. Next step - colour and yarn choice!
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The BRS appeal is a doozy of a read. But basically, he's guilty as f**k and I hope the war memorial responds appropriately. www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
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Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (Appeal) [2025] FCAFC 67
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Good to see ICAO finding Russia responsible for the downing of MH17. Will be very interesting to read the formal decision, esp state responsibility arguments & findings... www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pag....
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ICAO Council vote on Flight MH17 case
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Israel is now openly saying they will capture and occupy all of Gaza. For an 'unspecified amount of time'. People there will be 'moved, for its own protection'. But it's not genocide, of course not. I'm sure the people are being moved to nice comfy hotels, really safe places.
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
We will also have the Kirby lecture in international law delivered by Phoebe Okowa, Prof of IL at Queen Mary University and Kenya's nomination for ICJ judge. Plus the dinner and the ever popular trivia!
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Imogen Saunders @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
For those who haven't registered yet for this year's ANZSIL (ahem, me... darnprocrastination!) a reminder early bird rates close 9th May this week!! Come join @djag2.bsky.social, me and a raft of others inc. keynotes @profjmcadam.bsky.social and Tembeka Ngcukaito SC: anzsil.org.au/event-6142429
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Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Limited - ANZSIL 32nd Annual Conference|International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance
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