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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · 24d

My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

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Law & Social Inquiry @lsijournal.bsky.social · May 28

In an @ejiltalk.bsky.social article, @kjerstilohne.bsky.social of @prioresearch.bsky.social reflects on her recent LSI article stressing the need for a more global understanding of legal mobilization as key to defending political liberalism during times of crisis: www.ejiltalk.org/lawyers-and-...

Rescaling the Legal Complex: Lawyers and the Resilience of the Liberal International Order | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core

Rescaling the Legal Complex: Lawyers and the Resilience of the Liberal International Order

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Randi Solhjell @randisolhjell.bsky.social · May 22

Interesting discussions at #LSACHICAGO2025 . Those around, we are arranging a roundtable discussion on our upcoming edited book crime, justice & foreign affairs on Saturday at 10am! @kjerstilohne.bsky.social

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · May 20

Wow! Gratulerer så mye @stianoby.bsky.social - veldig fortjent!

Stian Øby Johansen @stianoby.bsky.social · May 20

Veldig hyggelig, og desto mer overraskende:
www.jus.uio.no/om/aktuelt/a...

UiOs Utdanningspris til Stian Øby Johansen - Det juridiske fakultet

Som fersk underviser så han på tradisjonelle forelesninger som ubrukelige. Nå hedres Stian Øby Johansen for sine nyskapende metoder.

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · May 20

Great piece by @itamann.bsky.social (and the past years I've grown increasingly fascinated by octopuses too)
verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...

In the Graveyard of International Law

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · May 20

New publication out! In times of political crisis and attacks against the foundations of political #liberalism, can we put our trust in #lawyers and other legal occupations to fight for our #freedoms when they are under #attack? See my review essay of the #legalcomplex in Law & Social Inquiry

Rescaling the Legal Complex: Lawyers and the Resilience of the Liberal International Order | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core

Rescaling the Legal Complex: Lawyers and the Resilience of the Liberal International Order

www.cambridge.org

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · May 13

UN Relief Chief calls on Security Council to act decisively to prevent genocide in Gaza

www.unocha.org/news/un-reli...

UN Relief Chief calls on Security Council to act decisively to prevent genocide in Gaza

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation and the protection of aid workers in Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for

www.unocha.org

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Apr 29

Read my long review of the beautifully written, meticulously researched and thoughtful book "Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague (OUP) written by Mark Drumbl and Barbora Hola - out now in Law & Social Inquiry. #transitionaljustice #informers

The Ordinary, Liminal Lives of Informants in Participatory Dictatorships: Lessons for Transitional Justice | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core

The Ordinary, Liminal Lives of Informants in Participatory Dictatorships: Lessons for Transitional Justice - Volume 50 Issue 1

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Mar 27

Free Rumeysa Ozturk! Never Again for ANYONE!

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Feb 8

Tent City Rising at Guantánamo Bay
These are the first independent images to emerge from the migrant operation that the Trump administration has begun at the Navy base.

Tent City Rising at Guantánamo Bay

These are the first independent images to emerge from the migrant operation that the Trump administration has begun at the Navy base.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Feb 8

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the prisoner at Guantánamo Bay who is accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, has agreed to never disclose secret aspects of his torture by the CIA if he is allowed to plead guilty rather than face a death-penalty trial. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

Sept. 11 Plea Deal Includes Lifetime Gag Order on C.I.A. Torture Secrets

The clause is included in a disputed plea agreement between a Pentagon official and the man accused of planning the attacks that killed 3,000 people.

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 7

Very interesting discussion on possible ways forward after today's sanctions against the ICC, incl prosecute Trump for obstruction of justice and implement EU blocking statute against US sanctions

Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social · Feb 7

Interesting discussion (article is from 7 days ago) on EU Blocking Statute as a response to US sanctions on the ICC - www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-i...

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 7

www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

USA: Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Betray International Justice System

In response to the executive order announced today by President Trump imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Agnès Callamard,

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 7

One week left of this Call for Papers on Crime, Justice and Foreign Policy: Towards a Criminology of Foreign Affairs
www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...
@randisolhjell.bsky.social #criminology #foreignpolicy #internationalrelations

Call for papers for edited book by JustExports-members - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS)

The editors are Kjersti Lohne, Randi Solhjell and Katrine Antonsen from the University of Oslo.

www.jus.uio.no

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 6

Denne ble - dessverre ikke så overraskende - med ett veldig aktuell igjen: skriver om USAs kommende sanksjoner mot #ICC her
@aftenposten.no

Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Dec 18

Skriver i @aftenposten.no i dag om hvordan #ICC risikerer å kollapse: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Den internasjonale straffedomstolen risikerer å kollapse

Stemningen i Haag er lettere panisk.

www.aftenposten.no

Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 6

I write about the incoming #ICC sanctions here (presuming the executive order will copy the bill that *did not* pass in Senate last week)
www.prio.org/blogs/1164
@aftenposten.no

The International Criminal Court at Risk of Collapse – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

As many are by now acutely aware, the International Criminal Court (ICC) relies on state cooperation to investigate and arrest individuals charged with ...

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Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social · Feb 6

Currently the ICC still has active Twitter (X) and Facebook accounts. I wonder how much longer for, either through choice or otherwise.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 6

Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...

The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis

There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · Feb 5

Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

Elon Musk tweet: We spent the wekend feeding USAID

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Feb 6

And here we go…
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said.

www.reuters.com

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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · Feb 6

The law will not save us but it is one tool among many

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Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing?

By Samuel Bagenstos NYU Law professor Noah Rosenblum posted on Bluesky yesterday that “[t]here has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short)...

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Randi Solhjell @randisolhjell.bsky.social · Dec 21

Please consider and circulate the following Call for Papers to our forthcoming edited book “Crime, Justice, and Foreign Policy: Towards a Criminology of Foreign Affairs” ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
We are looking for contributions from around the world 🌍 @kjerstilohne.bsky.social

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Kjersti Lohne @kjerstilohne.bsky.social · Dec 18

Skriver i @aftenposten.no i dag om hvordan #ICC risikerer å kollapse: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Den internasjonale straffedomstolen risikerer å kollapse

Stemningen i Haag er lettere panisk.

www.aftenposten.no

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · Dec 5

Biden’s legacy 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · Dec 5

🇺🇸 is set to enact legislation broadly sanctioning the ICC, its staff, and persons & organisations cooperating or engaging with the Court in connection with any investigations involving US officials or those of its allies. This is expected to happen even before Trump takes office. #ASP23

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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · Dec 1

William Schabas: "I am neither a guru nor a judge. The courts will make a ruling, political bodies will decide in time. But I would say: There is a very strong case for arguing that Israel’s response constitutes the crime of genocide." #Gaza #GazaGenocide

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