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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Sep 1

it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!

Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...

www.eui.eu

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 Join us for the @ejiltalk.bsky.social Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture!

Prof. Susan Marks (LSE) on “If the World is a Family, What Kind of Family is It?”

🗓 16 June, 16:15 via Zoom

🔗https://loom.ly/cScT7K8

EJIL Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture

Distinguished Lecture by Professor Susan Marks (LSE Law School)

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Emily Jones @emilyjones.bsky.social · May 29

Happy that my article 'No future for future generations: who is international environmental law for?' is out!
It Qs the who of FGs, thinking about race, class, gender, disability and anthropocentrism, before deploying queer & decolnial theory to recast the concept
www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

www.elgaronline.com

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Dr. Jessie Hohmann @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social · Jun 1

The amazing @emilyjones.bsky.social's important article on rights of future generations is out. And its open access www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
Looking forward to reading this.

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Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · Jun 2

This week! The workshop interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality. @uvalawschool.bsky.social, 5-6 June.

Together with a community of brilliant colleagues and critical thinkers, we’ll explore some of the most pressing questions in int'l law.
acil.uva.nl/content/even...

International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (De-)Coloniality - ACIL

Please join us in interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality during a two day workshop on the 5th & 6th June 2025 at Amsterdam Law School. The workshop is generously sponso...

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Karen Engle @karengle.bsky.social · May 27

Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!

International Law & Politics CRN @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social · May 22

The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

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International Law | Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad-law.bsky.social · May 20

🌟 After days of intense debates, the workshop on Double Standards in IL has been concluded!

🌍 We received scholars from around the world discussing the implications of double standards in relation to great power competition, climate change, HRL, IHL, ICL, int'l trade, among many other topics.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · May 7

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp warned that the EU needs to urgently review its association agreement with Israel to make sure it’s in line with rules on respecting humanitarian law, in a leaked document obtained by POLITICO.

EU-Israel deal must be reviewed over Gaza aid dispute, urges Dutch minister

Caspar Veldkamp warns he will not support the renewal of an EU-Israel deal unless humanitarian law is taken into account.

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Patryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · May 12

We convene in Geneva later this week for some difficult conversations about double standards and international law 👇 Grateful to the Geneva Graduate Institute, Swiss National Science Foundation, Harvard Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School.

Patryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · Apr 10

Pleased to announce the programme for our workshop on double standards and international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute, 15-17 May 2025.

In addition to 9 academic panels, we have a high-level diplomatic forum

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Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh @mwewerinke.bsky.social · May 6

Delighted to share that SEVEN - the University of Amsterdam's new #climate institute - is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for our 2-year project on the Fairness of Climate Solutions.

Applications close on 15/5 – full details here: tinyurl.com/ypjx3fjj

Vacancy — Post-doc Fairness of Climate Solutions

Would you like to contribute to interdisciplinary research on Fairness of Climate Solutions? And are you keen on working with societal stakeholders? SEVEN, the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) new inte...

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · May 2

Working in #internationallaw or related areas? Browse this collection of free articles from @ajil.bsky.social, the Leiden Journal, @iclq.bsky.social, CYIL, AsianJIL, TEL, EJRR, the German Law Journal, IRRC, BHRJ, and many other leading academic law journals:

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stock image of the world at night, with lights visible in densely populated areas. An overlay text says International Law from Cambridge, ASIL 2025

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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · Apr 25

Come and work with us - recruitment of Assistant/Associate Professor with priority in Tort or Global health at Warwick Law School. Deadline is Monday. Happy to chat about how it is to work at Warwick; am not involved in the hiring committee.

warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) - University of Warwick

Title: Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

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ESIL IG on Critical Approaches to International Law @cailesil.bsky.social · Apr 22

Dear friends, dear colleagues, after receiving multiple inquiries about the venue of our pre-conference workshop, we are sharing the information about our decision to proceed with the organization of our event. We are also extending the deadline to submit your abstracts to April 27 🚨

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚨 Ahmed Memon's masterclass has been postponed to next week due to the walkout organized by UvA Staff for Palestine🍉 happening tomorrow (April 10) at 12:30! 🚨

📅 New date: 17 April 2025
🕐 Same time: 13:00-15:00
📍 New room: A2.15!
🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/34h3hc6t

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 9

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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · Mar 26

Congratulations,Yusra! Very well done👏👏

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Mar 24

The International Law & Politics CRN team @ LSA is now on Bluesky! Follow here for updates on all things Chicago 2025: bsky.app/profile/intl...

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Miriam Cullen @miriamcullen.bsky.social · Mar 13

Job: postdoc in law and humanities - and it's a good one! Focused on the climate crisis, this project uses theatre as law-making in new and meaningful ways. Based in Copenhagen with travel to South Africa and UK. Share and apply! @dinalupin.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/6vc8xpwy

Postdoctoral position in Law and Humanities

jobportal.ku.dk

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 18

Join us for a keynote lecture by Layal Ftouni, Assist. Prof. at Utrecht University, in conversation with Hala Shoman, PhD from Newcastle University.

📅 Friday, 28 March
🕓 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam
🔗 Sign up here: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Mar 13

‘While Giorgia Meloni has proved to be shrewd on the national and the international stage, she is also operating in a country where the normalisation of the far right has been advancing for decades.’

Jan-Werner Müller on Italy’s far-right president: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jan-Werner Müller · No one is further right than me: Mussolini to Meloni

Great significance has been attributed to the government of Giorgia Meloni, who became Italy’s prime minister in 2022...

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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · Mar 10

Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as the new academic director and chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, starting 1 July 2025. Her leadership, together with the managing director Kasper Vrolijk, will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Institute.
🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Mar 10

🏛 #OpenAccess in the new #ZaöRV: Hilary Charlesworth analyzes the relationship between #InternationalLaw and progress. She identifies a relationship that is not cursed, not charmed, but complicated—and constantly being renegotiated. Read and share: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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Eliana Cusato @ecusato.bsky.social · Mar 7

Very much look forward to teaching human rights and the environment today @uvalawschool.bsky.social and discussing with our LLM students the work of my favourite scholars, such as @emilyjones.bsky.social @juliadehm.bsky.social, Tendayi Achiume, and Carmen Gonzalez!

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Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · Mar 5

Exploring the intersections of international law and time bringing together theory and practice.

11 March 15:00 @tmcasser.bsky.social

With the brilliant @ecusato.bsky.social, Geoff Gordon and Manasa Venkatachalam.
Registration:
www.asser.nl/research/res...

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