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Iva Vukušić

@vukusiciva.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof in Int History @UniUtrecht / Visiting Research Fellow @WarStudies King's College London / Into history of international law, courts and dogs. Lives in and loves Den Haag <3

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6h
Hey, is anyone going to this tomorrow? Erasmus uni in Rdam campus is a maze I don't know well so if you want to go together, do let me know. Otherwise, I may go to this and then no one will ever see me ever again. www.eur.nl/en/esl/event...
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First ESL Annual Lecture in International Law: Masterclass of Prof. Koskenniemi ‘The Search for the “Social” in International Law: Remarks on a Critical Theme’
Prof. Koskenniemi will inaugurate the ESL Annual Lectures in International Law series with a masterclass on ‘The Search for the “Social” in International Law’
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 10h
This was an interesting read. I'll see it as soon as I can. Public opinion and judicial reasoning are not the same, though, so we must remain mindful of that. #Naza #ICJ #ICC #InternationalLaw www.vulture.com/article/naza...
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NAZA Is Selling Out Theaters. Can It Influence The Hague?
Whether the film can advance the case for genocide may be more complicated than convincing viewers.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 11h
The morning #Mamdani read. #Democracy #Trust #Government www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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julia 🌋 @hypv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
endnotes are a plot by big bookmark to sell twice as many bookmarks
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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 22h
your email could have been a pic of a dog in a halloween costume
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Scholars should be allowed 2 individual papers and 2 co-authored ones per year to be #published. You are allowed to submit 4 papers for review per year. Like tokens tied to their ORCID. You simply cannot publish more. That could be a way to try to slow down this slop machine. #Academia #Research
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unbelievable. Except totally believable. We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FFS. Do it or don't, just fuck off already. #ICC www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Trump plans sanctions against ‘evil’ International Criminal Court
The American president has already targeted judges and prosecutors in retaliation for an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu
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Trouw @trouw.nl · 02/10/2026
De datacentrumsector wil verbruiksgegevens niet delen: ‘Dat wij niet transparant zijn, is kort door de bocht’
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De datacentrumsector wil verbruiksgegevens niet delen: ‘Dat wij niet transparant zijn, is kort door de bocht’
De datacentrumsector wil niet laten weten hoeveel energie de verschillende centra verbruiken. ‘Bedrijfsgevoelige informatie’, zegt Stijn Grove, directeur van de branchevereniging.
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William Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Merz zooming in from a latop in his attic loft is by far the most relatable thing he's ever done.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I made it through September. After a few months of not #teaching and a summer of no #meetings, I came back half-feral. Not used to closed shoes or hard pants, not used to lots of people and meetings and everything that comes at the beginning of an academic year. Good job me. #Academia #HigherEd
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lovely.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ik niet maar mischien iemand anders.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Interesting morning read on #Academia and us #Immigrants in #Nederland "The share of foreign academics at the very top of the profession has risen far more slowly than at the associate, assistant and PhD levels." alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/immigrants...
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Immigrants: The Silent (Almost) Majority in Dutch Academia
Half of Dutch academics are now foreign, but almost no one talks about them.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's an evening watch. Take a look. #Naza #Documentary #Gaza #Israel #Accountability #Justice www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
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Why is Israel so afraid of the film NAZA? We spoke to its directors – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, the documentary NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killi...
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If someone, back in 2010, told me this was an American president speaking, I'd think they're lying. There were non-geniuses with this job, sure, but this is idiotic and child-like and unbelievably deranged when it comes to his own visions of grandeur. BATSHIT CRAZY. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Her April 2025 charge against Harvard cited archived materials from the uni’a website… showing that the share of white men among tenured faculty had declined to 56% in 2023 from 64% in 2013… White men, in 2023, still >#, white women, men of color, + women of color…” Oh, those poor oppressed souls!
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E.E.O.C. Sues Harvard for Data on Diversity in Hiring Practices
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Ugh. Something else nobody asked for. Most folks just want their passports as quickly as possible, at a reasonable cost, and without Trump’s image soiling it for the next 10 years.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lot of independent college daily newspapers show what journalism could be in the absence of corporate control.
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s so weird how when you tell the rest of the world to go fuck itself and fill your nation’s streets with gangs of armed, masked, and unaccountable armed thugs and terrorize people at the border…that people will decide to vacation elsewhere. Who could have guessed?
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Being a woman in this world is being pissed off about shit at least half of the time. #Misogyny #Women www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Eiffel Tower Chief Resigns After Female Staff Moved for Hindu Group’s Visit
Patrick Branco Ruivo, who ran the tower’s operating company, will step down after an internal inquiry cited “problems and shortcomings” over the moving of female employees.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026
Jesus Christ Cornell
What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This deserves an honourary knighthood
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a cool coffee read, if you're into #books and #publishing. By @mollyquell.bsky.social. Super cool story. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/woul...
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Would you read a book if it was printed like a newspaper? - DutchNews.nl
Typically, book formats are pretty standard. Hardback, paperback, e-book. But in the 1970s, a Dutch publisher tried a new configuration for novels: the newspaper. Theo Knippenberg attributes his publi...
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Marco has written a really convincing piece for all of you #ICJ #MonetaryGold and procedure afficionados. I absolutely agree that the significant risk is what needs to be established, and that is not a finding on #genocide or #IHL violations. opiniojuris.org/2026/09/28/t...
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Symposium on Jurisdiction, Responsibility, and Temporality: Nicaragua v. Germany Before the ICJ – The Monetary Gold Principle and Preliminary Objections in the Nicaragua v. Germany Case
[Dr Marco Longobardo is a Reader in International Law at the School of Law of the University of Westminster. He is the author of The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory (Cambridge University P…
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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For process and procedure enthusiasts, here's an informative post about the new round of electing #ICC #judges, by Michael Karnavas. Evening read (and especially relevant given the drama of this past summer). #ICC #ASP michaelgkarnavas.net/blog/2026/09...
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COULD IT BE DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THE ICC: When the “high moral character” standard in judicial elections goes unexamined? - michaelgkarnavas.net/Blog
Can the ICC assess judges’ “high moral character” before misconduct allegations are fully vetted? A look at due diligence, integrity, and judicial elections.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh look, I'm getting #AIslop ads against the #documentary #Naza now, in #theNetherlands. Can you imagine doing this? Doing an AIslop campaign against a documentary on a random weather app? They really know they lost the #PublicOpinion on their operations in #Gaza. This is pretty desperate shit.
a screenshot of a weather app with an ad - drawn, cartoon-like characters (made to look like the creators of the film), and above them it says "avoid context". same two cartoon characters, and next to them it says "hard evidence / you might not find any".
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm preparing my lecture for tomorrow, titled Legal Frameworks and the Destruction of #CulturalHeritage during #ArmedConflict and #Genocide, in a course for history students at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social . I wish I didn't have so many examples to show... #HigherEducation #AmTeaching
The rebuilt Old Bridge in Mostar, opened in 2004 (after it was destroyed by HVO forces in November 1993).
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026
I think students should read full books.
Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech," from "The Four Freedoms," 1943
https://prints.nrm.org/detail/260937/rockwell-freedom-of-speech-1943?srsltid=AU7gw4V4FH-u5tF-MWC6kxNw8lDeOazTP-7MNiQoCo3kEiIMRLgK7l7-
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is like when the besieging forces set fire to the #library and #archives building in #Sarajevo (the Vijecnica, also called the City Hall) in August 1992. It's barbarism. This is an attack on #culture, #heritage, science and knowledge. #Academia #Kyiv #Ukraine
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton 

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This has to be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. We'll keep you posted on the new time and date!!!
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 28/09/2026
Deacademicization is an ugly word we will have to learn to pronounce.
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#BBCNews - German town bans 'stumbling stone' memorials to Nazi victims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Heidenau
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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My friend Predrag Dojčinović is launching his book at Leiden University on the 5th of November. If you're around, do come, it'll be lively and interesting. Great topic, good speakers. #WarCrimes #ICTY #Accountability www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope journalists repeatedly ask the government what they're doing about the #ClimateDisaster, even when it's pleasant and fitting for a biertje op een terras. We were boiling and suffering a drought last summer, don't forget. #Nederland #Klimaat #regering
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Addressing yesterdays Hague Group meeting on defending international law, Norways foreign minister explained how he was active in the anti apartheid movement & when it comes to some issues there aren't two sides to the story.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We filmed this back in late August, about the #ICJ and how it is doing these days. I'm in it, with a very small contribution. Take a look if you're interested. #TheHague #UNGA #Justice #InternationalLaw www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLA_...
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ICJ at 80: International court faces challenges enforcing rulings on states
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ICC Deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan says they did a lot of work to insulate themselves against more (and institutional) #US #sanctions. That's good news. Let's hope the measures won't need to be tested. #Accountability #Justice www.ft.com/content/702d...
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International Criminal Court is insulated against US sanctions, says deputy prosecutor
Tribunal has overhauled systems to withstand potential new measures from Trump administration
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
..."the opposite of #genocide" is a community thriving. This community is not thriving because they live amid almost total destruction and loss and deprivation. The isolation he led #Israel into...What a disaster his approach has been. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
Israeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory address
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good speech by Dutch PM Jetten at #UNGA, emphasising the need to protect the #ICC. Hopefully, it won't stop at words, also with other states parties. #UN #Netherlands #Accountability #InternationalLaw nos.nl/artikel/2632...
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Handen af van Internationaal Strafhof, waarschuwt Jetten bij VN
De woorden van de premier waren gericht aan de Amerikaanse president Trump. Die overweegt naar verluidt sancties tegen het hof in Den Haag.
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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you like theater, this may be interesting. It's Romijn Scholten's project, he's normally with the group Blauwdruk, and they do amazing theater. If you understand Dutch, go see them sometime. They're amazing. #Nederland #Cultuur #Theater www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoqV...
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BLAUWDRUK schetst: SHY
YouTube video by Collectief BLAUWDRUK
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
so i’m on the train this morning and a guy gets on with a little dog and pops open a tiny folding chair and THE DOG SITS IN IT
a small grey folding canvas chair with a fluffy off-white dog curled up in it like a perfect lil angel close-up of the previous photo of a small grey folding canvas chair with a fluffy off-white dog curled up in it like a perfect lil angel
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet
5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@dkmyed has a very special carrot: #AGoodPlace
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Christopher Deutsch @drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is all so grim
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