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Stacey Henderson

@staceyhenderson.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Law, Flinders University. International law. She/her.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Righte now the greatest danger to the future of universityes ys universityes. Remembir the missioun, remembir the studentes, remembir those who have come bifor and will arryve aftir, remembir teachinge and learninge and dialogue. A universitye ys much more than a corporation wearinge a mortarboard.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026
"Our role as academics is to protect this one institution. This is why we receive tax money; why we're basically civil servants. The role of the university is even lost on many, so bears repeating: produce knowledge and educate at the highest level. AI destroys both at their core"
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Chatgpt ys the opposite of educacioun. It ys rustinge and dulling our skilles, draininge the knowledge from ower heades lyke sap from trees, makinge us clayme pieces of writinge as our owne when thei are the plagiarism spoor of a nastye heart-free machyne.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This short piece from @tamermorris.bsky.social is excellent and worth your time to read it: theconversation.com/were-the-goo...
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‘We’re the good guys’: why moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal
Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.
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Luke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Use of incendiary weapons to target military objectives in civilian populated areas is prohibited given their indiscriminate effects and causing unnecessary suffering even if Israeli hasn't signed up to CCW Protocol III
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Maybe this is too international law of me, but you can’t liberate women by slaughtering school girls.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
No Senator Wong the legality isn't a matter for the US and Israel to determine, it is the responsibility of the international community to speak up when blatant disregard for international law takes place. So it is absolutely a question for Australia to be addressing unless you support aggression
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/02/2026
i’m tired of every paper (even critical ones) on societal impact of AI starting by both-siding the “benefits” and risks/harms of AI in academia, i would like us to arrive at a collective reckoning that we don’t need to play both sides. it's totally legit to clearly state just the harms. period
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Ben Saul and Don Rothwell said it better than I could. I'll also note that in my experience, Don Rothwell (who was a supervisor on my MPhil) is a very cautious speaker so for him to be so emphatic speaks volumes
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have." @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...
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The American-Israeli Strikes on Iran are (Again) Manifestly Illegal
After weeks of threats, the United States, joined by Israel, has launched military strikes against Iran. It remains to be seen whether these strikes will be fairly limited, or are the opening of an ex...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
You guessed it but the US attack on Iran is manifestly illegal in international law. Thank you Prof Milanovic for such clear analysis in the @ejiltalk.bsky.social blog. www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...
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The American-Israeli Strikes on Iran are (Again) Manifestly Illegal
After weeks of threats, the United States, joined by Israel, has launched military strikes against Iran. It remains to be seen whether these strikes will be fairly limited, or are the opening of an ex...
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Marko Milanovic does not mince words.
In 2025, we international lawyers—and the legal system in which we operate—are standing at the precipice. That things are beyond bad should not be in doubt. This is not some run-of-the-mill crisis of the kind that international lawyers revel in, as Hilary Charlesworth warned us against. This is collapse, or something collapse-adjacent. And we are not alone, here at the precipice. Everyone else is here too. Some don’t think things are as catastrophic as they first seem. Some are delighted with how things are going (though there are few international lawyers among them). Some are despairing (and here the international lawyers are legion). Everyone is anxious. 

I, too, am anxious, standing here at the precipice. I see the looming catastrophe, for our world and for our field. The catastrophe is already here. It is in Gaza, in Sudan, in Ukraine. It is in the global decline of democracy and rising authoritarianism, including in the United States, the linchpin of the current international order. The question is how big this catastrophe is going to get, and what will come after it. And that we just don’t know. We can’t know, standing, as we are, here at the precipice.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The folly of inviting Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, to Australia. My column for the ABC.
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Why the looming visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog may backfire on Anthony Albanese - ABC Religion & Ethics
The Prime Minister is not known for taking big risks — but the visit of Isaac Herzog risks jeopardising his government’s efforts to address escalating tensions within the Australian community over Gaz...
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This piece by @irelandpiper.bsky.social on extraterritorial jurisdiction and irregular extradition is worth a read: share.google/s7eeJqGv6cFL...
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Maduro and murky legality of "irregular" extradition
Does bringing a defendant before a court by irregular means bar prosecution?
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” Edward Said’s words are as relevant today as they were a few decades ago.
latimes.com
Blind Imperial Arrogance
Vile stereotyping of Arabs by the U.S. ensures years of turmoil
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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Now is a time for care and compassion, not racism and retribution #bondibeach
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
“Calculators expanded reasoning; the printing press spread knowledge. ChatGPT, by contrast, doesn’t extend cognition—it automates it, turning thinking itself into a service. Rather than democratizing learning, it privatizes the act of thinking under corporate control.” AI corrupts our learning.
currentaffairs.org
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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Botulism-Suffused Dairy @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
THIS 👇
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Henning Lahmann @hlahmann.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
UWA Law School is hiring! Lvl B is only open to applicants with working rights in #AUS. Applications close 3 December 2025. Start date negotiable. (I encourage #intLaw people to apply! Ping @anzsil.org) #jobs #jobFairy #academia #lecturer #higherEd external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
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Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.” www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
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Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law @anzsil.org · 15/08/2025
Ahead of #UNGA80, where several states are expected to recognise the State of #Palestine, we're co-hosting a webinar on "Recognition of Palestine in International Law: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives", on 18 Aug 2025, 3-4PM AEST (5-6PM NZT). Register now www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/recognitio...
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Recognition of Palestine in International Law
A webinar
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
“The clearer position that Australia could take is that if it diplomatically, legally and politically objects to Israel’s occupation of Gaza, then all exports could be suspended for the time being.” Don Rothwell is spot on here
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 07/08/2025
If you're in the need for some cheering up, or are just starting your day and want to unleash some oxytocin/serotonin in your brain (hormones that make you feel good), then I highly recommend going through this thread. Lots of folks sharing photos of their animal friends with a focus on snouts. 👇
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Check out @alonso-gd.bsky.social's summary of "The Academic Consensus on Gaza": www.youtube.com/watch?si=jOU... #genocide #genocidestudies
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What is the Academic Consensus on the Gaza Genocide?
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Somehow, Episode 50 of #CalledToTheBar is not that far off. In it we plan to *answer your questions* on any international law topic (within our competence) or life in academia topic (whether we're competent or not). So drop your questions in the comments, or email or DM one of us!
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I encourage all #AUS academics to sign this open letter requesting the federal govt repeal Jobs-Ready Graduates, a terrible piece of legislation that never should have passed, & has significantly negatively impacted #higherEd. www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
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Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition
We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...
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Dr Juliette McIntyre 🩷💚 🏳️‍🌈 @drnajimagi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
ALL GOVERNMENTS CAN AND SHOULD BE CRITICIZED
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ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality & International Law Interest Group @anzsilgsil.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
CfP!!! The @anzsil.org Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group will be holding a workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism' on 31 October at Melbourne Law School: drive.google.com/file/d/10YPs...
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Stacey Henderson @staceyhenderson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Excellent piece by Don Rothwell in The Conversation: “there’s an expectation that Labor governments should be holding all states accountable for egregious breaches of international law…there’s no other way you can characterise the US strikes on Iran” #intLaw
theconversation.com
Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent
The US and Israel have adopted the most wide-ranging and robust interpretations of the right of self defence. Other nations may now follow their lead.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It appears Australia now supports a doctrine of using preventative force against potential, future threats. *Rustles international law textbook, shakes copy of UN Charter.* Oh, right, that doesn't exist. So, we're just supporting aggression, then. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
abc.net.au
Australia backs US strikes on Iran while urging return to diplomacy
Anthony Albanese says action to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was acceptable, but that talks should now resume.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
To be even clearer "preventive self-defence" is just straight up aggression
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Melanie O'Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
middleeasteye.net
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says top legal scholar Melanie O'Brien
President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars outlines why Israel has no defence against the charge of genocide in Gaza
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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Remember how last week Deputy PM Richard Marles talked about our “shared values” with the United States and specified that those values were “democracy and the rule of law”.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is an abomination. The IDF is using an interlocking set of manifestly unlawful policies, killing civilians by the dozen, either with no military objective in view or in manifest disproportion to low-value targets. It makes a mockery of international law.
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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Excellent reflection on the huge problem for learning and assessment in law degrees posed by AI.
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Rachel Killean @rachelkillean.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
An excellent analysis by @jessicawhyte.bsky.social of the new lows of Israel's atrocity crimes and the calls for a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza. www.abc.net.au/religion/as-...
abc.net.au
As Gaza faces starvation, a new plan weaponises humanitarian aid — what can be done? - ABC Religion & Ethics
After blocking all food from entering Gaza for 11 weeks, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to allow a limited amount into the besieged territory — though he insists that a new militarised deliv...
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
unbearable
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Stacey Henderson @staceyhenderson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It was loads of fun talking space law with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and @crisveijk.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar
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Stacey Henderson @staceyhenderson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join us for the ANZSIL annual conference in Canberra in July (yes, I know, Canberra weather in July doesn’t sound particularly attractive but the program looks excellent so it will be worth it!) Early bird registration closes this Friday (9 May)
anzsil.org
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Limited - ANZSIL 32nd Annual Conference|International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance
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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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