Diane Marie Amann
@dianemarieamann.bsky.social
⚖️ juriste ❘ international law ❘ constitutional law ❘ criminal law ❘ child rights ❘ global legal history ❘ peace ❘ she📍LDN https://dianemarieamann.com/
And see insightful analysis of #child-taking, #genocide & Swedish #Yazidi judgments, by Paola Gaeta, today at @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/intent-to-de...
“Intent to Destroy”: Reflections on the Swedish Yazidi Genocide Case
Reading the Swedish judgments in the Lina Ishaq case is an unsettling experience. The description of the atrocities inflicted on the Yazidi community by ISIS is presented with a level of factual preci...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
And see insightful analysis of #child-taking, #genocide & Swedish #Yazidi judgments, by Paola Gaeta, today at @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/intent-to-de...
Yes! I benefited from recent talk by the author, Wits Law Prof Marius Pieterse, during his visit @ucl.ac.uk; he's now visiting at LSE Cities mariuspieterse.com/works-page/
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yes! I benefited from recent talk by the author, Wits Law Prof Marius Pieterse, during his visit @ucl.ac.uk; he's now visiting at LSE Cities mariuspieterse.com/works-page/
💯 ... and alas these wrongs have long pedigrees
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Child taking and forcible separation have coming the defining features of contemporary warfare. This move so fundamentally undermines the rights of the child and the child as civilian.
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More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
💯 ... and alas these wrongs have long pedigrees
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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20Nov45, Int'l Mil. Tribunal #Nuremberg. Judge Lawrence: "The Trial which is now about to begin is unique in the history of the jurisprudence of the world & it is of supreme importance to millions of people all over the globe." Punch conjures Lady #Justice, by EH Shepard (also drew Winnie the Pooh).
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
20Nov45, Int'l Mil. Tribunal #Nuremberg. Judge Lawrence: "The Trial which is now about to begin is unique in the history of the jurisprudence of the world & it is of supreme importance to millions of people all over the globe." Punch conjures Lady #Justice, by EH Shepard (also drew Winnie the Pooh).
Deeply honoured to see my " #ChildTaking Justice and the #Federal #IndianBoardingSchool #Initiative" in new American Journal of International Law @ajil.bsky.social issue #OpenAccess at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Deeply honoured to see my " #ChildTaking Justice and the #Federal #IndianBoardingSchool #Initiative" in new American Journal of International Law @ajil.bsky.social issue #OpenAccess at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Powerful #ChildRights #HumanRights statement—I’m especially moved as this preschool’s just a couple miles from my own Chicago kindergarten
Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Powerful #ChildRights #HumanRights statement—I’m especially moved as this preschool’s just a couple miles from my own Chicago kindergarten
Great to join 4 dozen other authors in this #Women & Int’l Law handbook edited by Profs J.Dawuni, N.Grossman, J.Ramji-Nogales & @lnruiz.bsky.social
“Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women and International Criminal Justice,” a chapter by @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social, has just been published in a new Oxford University Press essay collection.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Great to join 4 dozen other authors in this #Women & Int’l Law handbook edited by Profs J.Dawuni, N.Grossman, J.Ramji-Nogales & @lnruiz.bsky.social
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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
Honoured that my "Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women & International Criminal Justice"(academic.oup.com/edited-volum...) is among works by 4 dozen contributors to this new collection
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Honoured that my "Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women & International Criminal Justice"(academic.oup.com/edited-volum...) is among works by 4 dozen contributors to this new collection
Slight modification: Voters don't like inflation when it occurs against backdrop of entrenched wage stagnation
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Slight modification: Voters don't like inflation when it occurs against backdrop of entrenched wage stagnation
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The judgment has now been published, link below. Worth noting that the Legacy Act amendments will restore the ability to bring civil actions, on a lower standard of proof, and that Soldier F isn't the subject of a witch hunt - he was undoubtedly deep in the wrong:
www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The judgment has now been published, link below. Worth noting that the Legacy Act amendments will restore the ability to bring civil actions, on a lower standard of proof, and that Soldier F isn't the subject of a witch hunt - he was undoubtedly deep in the wrong:
www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...
www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...
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A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Not guilty: Soldier F cleared in Bloody Sunday murder trial
A former paratrooper has been cleared of two murders during the Bloody Sunday shootings in 1972.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
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#Israel obligated not to impede UN, other orgs & 3rd states to provide assistance. Right to self-determination incl independent & sovereign state living in peace next to Israel would contribute to regional stability & security of all states in Middle East.
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#Israel obligated not to impede UN, other orgs & 3rd states to provide assistance. Right to self-determination incl independent & sovereign state living in peace next to Israel would contribute to regional stability & security of all states in Middle East.
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Humanitarian crisis in #gaza is direct risk to existence of #Palestinian people & their ability to exercise self-determination. #Israel cannot prevent requirements of people in #Gaza to exercise self-determination.
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Humanitarian crisis in #gaza is direct risk to existence of #Palestinian people & their ability to exercise self-determination. #Israel cannot prevent requirements of people in #Gaza to exercise self-determination.
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ICERD, ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CROC, CRPD all relevant!! #ICJ says #humanRights obligations outside its own territory, esp in OT applies with respect to all these treaties. CIL also applies. Wide range of human rights apply & are relevant to OPT pop'n. All alongside #IHL occupation obligations.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ICERD, ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CROC, CRPD all relevant!! #ICJ says #humanRights obligations outside its own territory, esp in OT applies with respect to all these treaties. CIL also applies. Wide range of human rights apply & are relevant to OPT pop'n. All alongside #IHL occupation obligations.
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The huge No Kings protests, an estimated 7 million people addressing America's worst crisis since the Civil War, get a tiny headline on the New York Times homepage, with no photo.
Why does NYT think change happens only when politicians hold news conferences and not when everyday people take action?
Why does NYT think change happens only when politicians hold news conferences and not when everyday people take action?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The huge No Kings protests, an estimated 7 million people addressing America's worst crisis since the Civil War, get a tiny headline on the New York Times homepage, with no photo.
Why does NYT think change happens only when politicians hold news conferences and not when everyday people take action?
Why does NYT think change happens only when politicians hold news conferences and not when everyday people take action?
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for active military or if you know someone in the military:
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
Orders Project
The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may....
www.nimj.org
October 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
for active military or if you know someone in the military:
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
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As today is Hans Kelsen's birthday, a reminder:
"The elimination of war is our paramount problem. It is a problem of international policy, and the most important means of international policy is international law."
"The elimination of war is our paramount problem. It is a problem of international policy, and the most important means of international policy is international law."
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As today is Hans Kelsen's birthday, a reminder:
"The elimination of war is our paramount problem. It is a problem of international policy, and the most important means of international policy is international law."
"The elimination of war is our paramount problem. It is a problem of international policy, and the most important means of international policy is international law."
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Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
Worth noting: Quote simply echoes US anti-ICC sanctions' statutory prerequisite. 1st step in 2025 & 2020 alike was presidential declaration whole institution (ICC)=threat to national security of US or its allies (see my post ⬇️). Should've been more attention to/pushback against that 1st time 'round.
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Worth noting: Quote simply echoes US anti-ICC sanctions' statutory prerequisite. 1st step in 2025 & 2020 alike was presidential declaration whole institution (ICC)=threat to national security of US or its allies (see my post ⬇️). Should've been more attention to/pushback against that 1st time 'round.