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Sophie Schuberth

@sophieschuberth.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in international law at Freie Universität Berlin & Law Clerk at Higher Regional Court Berlin Interested in international law, especially peremptory norms, duty to cooperate, occupation, state responsibility, IHL, use of force, ICJ

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Sabine KräuterStockton📎 @sakrsto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In der 58. Folge von „Justitias Töchter“ sprechen Dana und Selma mit der Expertin Valentina Chiofalo über das Gutachten der GFF zur Frage, ob die Partei „AfD“ verfassungswidrig ist im Sinne von Artikel 21 Absatz 2 des Grundgesetzes und vom BVerfG verboten werden könnte. www.djb.de/podcast/deta...
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Folge 58 (Juni 2026): Ist die AfD verfassungswidrig?
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
An der FU suchen wir eine neue Moot Court Betreuung! Hier ist die Ausschreibung: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
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intRecht @intrecht.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Freie Universität Berlin, Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Heike Krieger, sucht eine wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit. Die Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich des allgemeinen Völkerrechts, dem humanitären Völkerrecht und dem Menschenrechtsschutz. Bewerbungsfrist: 20.7.2026, www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“The sanctions regime punishes Judges Prost, Bossa and Alapini-Gansou for having done nothing more than... faithfully discharge their judicial offices by rendering decisions with which the administration disagrees." Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York: www.courthousenews.com/sanctioned-i...
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Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York
Three International Criminal Court judges filed the first lawsuit by sanctioned ICC judges themselves, saying U.S. measures targeting their work are unlawful and threaten judicial independence.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/05/2026
Spurning just war, Pope Leo ends Catholic 'permission slip' for conflicts reut.rs/3S7e1Q1
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Spurning just war, Pope Leo ends Catholic 'permission slip' for conflicts
Pope Leo this week repudiated a major teaching used by the Catholic Church since at ​least the fifth century to evaluate when countries might be justified in waging wars, in a move experts said could have long-reaching impact ‌for global powers.
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Interested in IHL and Courts? Submit an abstract to the most recent call for papers of the Yearbook of IHL! For further information, see here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume 29 (2026) – Call for Abstracts
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Out now and in open access: academic.oup.com/book/62553 A huge thank you to all authors involved in the project and, in particular, to Asli Ozcelik Olcay, Giedre Jokubauskaite and Andreas Buser for the great cooperation over the years.
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From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace?: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and International Law
Abstract. Across the globe, the number of protracted armed conflicts is rising, with many societies enduring the consequences of violence and conflict-rela
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
18.3.26, 19:30 Uhr Cumberlandsche Bühne Völkerrecht oder Recht des Stärkeren? „Die „Chronik der laufenden Entgleisungen“ fragt nach der Schamlosigkeit der Macht - mit der Rechtsprofessorin Heike Krieger und der Leiterin des Instituts für Internationale Beziehungen der TU Braunschweig, Anja Jakobi.“
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 17/03/2026
Die Bundesregierung bezeichnet den Krieg gegen den Iran weiterhin nicht als völkerrechtswidrig. Zahlreiche Wissenschaftler:innen aus dem Völkerrecht und den internationalen Beziehungen fordern eine Rückkehr der dt. Außenpolitik zur UN-Charta und zum Grundgesetz: verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Happy to share that I submitted my doctoral thesis 'The Duty to Cooperate in the Law of State Responsibility: Bringing Serious Breaches of Peremptory Norms to an End During Occupation' in December! 📖 ✏️ /1
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Dr Yusra Suedi @yusrasuedi.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Yes, it did. www.simplelaw.blog/p/3-ways-bad...
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The End of an Era? On US Intervention in Venezuela and Its Consequences by Helmut Aust, Claus Kreß and myself verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
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The End of an Era?
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Unseren Beitrag gibt es jetzt auch Online (allerdings hinter Paywall) www.faz.net/einspruch/ex...
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Trump und das Völkerrecht: Das Ende einer Ära?
Das amerikanische Eingreifen in Venezuela hat langfristige Folgen für die völkerrechtliche Ordnung. Die Europäer sollten sich auf ihre Stärken besinnen.
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Gemeinsam mit Helmut Aust und Claus Kreß haben wir unsere Überlegungen zu den Folgen der US Außenpolitik für den Umgang mit dem Völkerrecht in der heutigen FAZ veröffentlicht.
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The vote in the UN 3rd Committee on Nov. 20, on a recurring resolution to reaffirm the jus cogens prohibition against torture, which has been typically adopted by consensus. This year a vote was required, and 3 states voted no...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 24/11/2025
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is. The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
If you are in Berlin, please join me for my talk, "War Unbound," on Monday evening at the Freie Universität Berlin! Details here: www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Grateful to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War for the opportunity to speak at the VIII “Silent leges inter arma?” Conference in beautiful Bruges last month. 🙏 I had the pleasure of joining Hanne Cuyckens, Prof. Dr. Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller, and Nele Verlinden .. /1
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
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International & Comparative Law Quarterly @iclq.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Just published in ICLQ via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, an excellent article by Marko Milanovic @unirdg-law.bsky.social analysing the notion of an illegal occupation in the recent #ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine. #InternationalLaw #IHL #Occupation #AdvisoryOpinion
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The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core
The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
New publication👇 @heikekrieger.bsky.social writing about 'Third Party Obligations and World Ordering in the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory' in the German Yearbook of International Law elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/article/7557...
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Duncker & Humblot - Berlin: Third Party Obligations and World Ordering in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Ein Forum für die Wissenschaft seit 1798.
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Alfons Vanheusden @alfons-vanheusden.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The 8th ‘Silent leges inter arma?’ conference will be organised in the city of Bruges from 16-19 September 2025 by the 🇧🇪 Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. Check out this year’s topics and other information at: ismllw.org
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Alfons Vanheusden @alfons-vanheusden.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Only 3 weeks left to register for this event hosted in Bruges from 16 to 19 September 2025! Check out the detailed programme at www.ismllw.org. The Supporting Partners of this event 👉 Netherlands Defence Academy 👉the Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law, Palacky University
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 19/08/2025
Do statehood and sovereignty persist when a state sinks? AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis. verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...
Quote: “Small island States have contributed the least to climate change, yet now face an existential threat.”
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources | by Dmytro Soldatenko
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A State consent dilemma in the current work of the International Law Commission on the theory of sources
The International Law Commission (ILC) has published its advance report on the work completed during its 76th session this May. This post focuses on progress in two topics related to the theory of sou...
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The ICJ "for the first time explicitly acknowledged the legal standing of all States in relation to obligations erga omnes (in the sense of Article 48(1)(b) ASR). Until now, the Court’s decisions on collective obligations had been confined to obligations erga omnes partes arising under treaties." 👇
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The duty to cooperate under customary international law is fundamental to the response to climate change, and is intrinsically linked to the duty to prevent harm, requiring good faith, continuous and sustained forms of collective action, applying to all states (subject only to CBDR);...10/17
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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Ein Gespräch zum Iran und zum Völkerrecht mit der NZZ (hinter paywall) www.nzz.ch/internationa...
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Israels Angriff auf Iran: Selbstverteidigung oder ein Bruch des Völkerrechts?
Obwohl Israel einer existenziellen Gefahr ausgesetzt war, sehen Experten den Militärschlag gegen Irans Atomprogramm als völkerrechtswidrig an. Die Professorin Heike Krieger erklärt, warum das so ist u...
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up | by Marko Milanovic
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The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up
Yesterday, the United States joined Israel in its use of force against Iran by conducting a precision bombing operation targeting Iranian nuclear sites. Like Israel’s use of force before it, this use ...
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki
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Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ
On 19 May 2025, Lithuania instituted proceedings against Belarus before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging violations of the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Se...
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A Humanitarian Action by the UN General Assembly in Gaza? | by Enzo Cannizzaro
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A Humanitarian Action by the UN General Assembly in Gaza?
The atrocious situation in the Gaza Strip demands action by the international community to end serious and massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law. As reported by impartial observers, ...
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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
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WHO @who.int · 20/05/2025
Historic decision at #WHA78: Member States of WHO today formally adopted by consensus the world's first #PandemicAgreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics. 🔗 bit.ly/43p0DsH
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World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more t...
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The newly announced tribunal to try the crime of aggression in Ukraine is a good step forward, if not what many of us hoped was possible. For the deep background, take a look at this @justsecurity.org series that started with this post in September 2022: www.justsecurity.org/83117/the-ca...
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The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (Part I)
Launching a new high-level series on an international criminal tribunal for Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and the role of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The program for the 20th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law is online. Come join us in Berlin! www.esil2025.de/_files/ugd/b...
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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This event - "The future of international law - an anchor in a crumbling world" - will be simultaneously translated into English and live streamed. Registration link below.
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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Die Zukunft des Völkerrechts, ich freue mich auf die Diskussion mit den Kollegen. calendar.boell.de/de/event/die...
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Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I talk to @afpfr.bsky.social about UN reform plans. "We do not know how far Guterres will run with these ideas, but he is now in his final period in office, so he may decide to go out with a bang!" www.bssnews.net/internationa...
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Task force suggests major UN reforms, consolidation: internal memo | International
UNITED NATIONS, United States, May 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A United Nations task force has proposed major reforms aimed at
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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📢 Our #callforpapers for Volume 28 (2025) is now out! 📖 Theme: "Facts in International Humanitarian Law" 📅 Abstract deadline: 13 June More info: www.asser.nl/asserpress/d... #IHL #LOAC
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof hat ein Verfahren gegen Ungarn eingeleitet. www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
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Priya Pillai @pillaipriy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Todays big international law news, that seems to be buried in the back pages. This pandemic treaty now needs to be adopted at the World Health Assembky in May. #PandemicAccord www.bbc.com/news/article...
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World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic.
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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 11/04/2025
✨Neuer #Völkerrechtspodcast zur Integrität von Wahlen und ausländischen Einflusskampagnen! 🎙️ Moderation: @erik.d-64.social & Rouven Diekjobst 🗣️ Interview: @erik.d-64.social mit Henning Lahmann 📚 Grundlagenteil: @isalischewski.bsky.social voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/45-ohne-s...
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#45 Ohne Schutz? Die Integrität von Wahlen und ausländische Einflusskampagnen
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International Nuremberg Principles Academy @nurembergacademy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
📖 Philippe Sands @philippesands.bsky.social returns w/ "38 Londres Street"—a gripping story of law, memory & pursuit. 🎙️Join the conversation on 6 May 2025 in Courtroom 600. From Pinochet to Patagonia—don't miss it. 🔗 bit.ly/4jbHZeG #PhilippeSands #38LondresStreet #NurembergAcademy #Courtroom600
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
‪ Interesting thoughts by Lukas Willmer on recognition of governments and the CEDAW case against Afghanistan before the ICJ: '... the present situation in Afghanistan shows that, with regard to legal recognition, states remain predominantly guided by considerations of effective control. ... /1
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Priya Pillai @pillaipriy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Reminder. Today at the International Court of Justice #ICJ, hearings on the application for the indication of provisional measures, in #Sudan v #UAE, based on the #Genocide Convention.
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Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
SecState Rubio met today with Morocco's foreign minister and "reiterated that the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara." He's restating a position taken by the 1st Trump admin, which was a reversal of past US policy. The Biden admin never bothered to reverse it back.
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on #Nicaragua released a damning report yesterday that gives a detailed account of grave human rights abuses by the Ortega regime. The report also calls for states to consider bringing an #ICJ case against #Nicaragua. t.co/UTKVFQnIJJ
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Everything is terrible. But, for the students out there, the Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law are now open access: opil.ouplaw.com/home/MPIL
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International & Comparative Law Quarterly @iclq.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🌍 Exciting News! The ICLQ is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Join us for: 📚 Publication alerts with full-text articles 📰 Journal news and info 🔁 Reposts of opportunities and events in our 5 fields of interest ( #PIL, #privil, #comparativelaw, #EUlaw, #HR) Follow us and share this post with your network! 🌟
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