Patryk I. Labuda
@pilabuda.bsky.social
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Prof int'l law & int'l relations, Central European University
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www.patryklabuda.com
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International law, peace and security, global history
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Global South-East(ern Europe) relations
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Formerly DRC, Sudans, Tunisia/Libya, Senegal
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Prof int'l law & int'l relations, Central European University
.
www.patryklabuda.com
.
International law, peace and security, global history
.
Global South-East(ern Europe) relations
.
Formerly DRC, Sudans, Tunisia/Libya, Senegal
.
Pinned
Patryk I. Labuda
@pilabuda.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Special thanks also to the many co-conspirators who have shaped the SWAIL framework through countless discussions over the past 3 years (you know who you are!), and my co-organizer, Marek Wasiński, who pushed this workshop across the finish line when energy levels were running low
How Europeans can go beyond “limiting unpredictability” and respond to the MAGA doctrine: ecfr.eu/article/how-...
How Europeans can go beyond “limiting unpredictability” and respond to the MAGA doctrine
European leaders must draw up their alternative to the MAGA doctrine and drive deeper integration in the EU…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How Europeans can go beyond “limiting unpredictability” and respond to the MAGA doctrine: ecfr.eu/article/how-...
Philippe Bolopion to Lead Human Rights Watch
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Philippe Bolopion to Lead Human Rights Watch
Philippe Bolopion, a 13-year veteran of Human Rights Watch and a former journalist who has extensively advocated on atrocities in conflict zones, has been named the executive director of Human Rights ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Philippe Bolopion to Lead Human Rights Watch
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www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court expresses its profound alarm and deepest concern over recent reports emerging from El-Fasher about mass killings, rapes, and other crim...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
One Compact Too Far: UN80 and the Humanitarian Reform Malaise - IPI Global Observatory theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/one-...
One Compact Too Far: UN80 and the Humanitarian Reform Malaise - IPI Global Observatory
Damian Lilly argues that the New Humanitarian Compact avoids structural reform and risks deeper malaise.
theglobalobservatory.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One Compact Too Far: UN80 and the Humanitarian Reform Malaise - IPI Global Observatory theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/one-...
The UN80 Proposals on Peace and Security: Not the Overhaul We Need - IPI Global Observatory theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/the-...
The UN80 Proposals on Peace and Security: Not the Overhaul We Need - IPI Global Observatory
Jenna Russo on how the UN80 report falls short on peace and security reforms.
theglobalobservatory.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The UN80 Proposals on Peace and Security: Not the Overhaul We Need - IPI Global Observatory theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/the-...
The UN Charter at 80 www.ejiltalk.org/the-un-chart...
The UN Charter at 80
The United Nations Charter entered into force eighty years ago on 24 October 1945. Eighty years is a long life for a world order. Empires, like people, rarely last much longer. Every empire, every wo...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The UN Charter at 80 www.ejiltalk.org/the-un-chart...
Dealmakers as Peacemakers? The Promises and Perils of a Business-Based Approach to Peace Mediation theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/deal...
Dealmakers as Peacemakers? The Promises and Perils of a Business-Based Approach to Peace Mediation - IPI Global Observatory
Arthur Boutellis on how business-style dealmaking is reshaping peace mediation.
theglobalobservatory.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dealmakers as Peacemakers? The Promises and Perils of a Business-Based Approach to Peace Mediation theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/deal...
CAR: Urgent financial support needed to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
CAR: Urgent financial support needed to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court
The closure of the Special Criminal Court in CAR would be a catastrophic blow to victims’ and survivors’ prospects of securing justice.
www.amnesty.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
CAR: Urgent financial support needed to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Improving Fact-Finding for IHL and Harnessing Modern Technology www.ejiltalk.org/improving-fa...
Improving Fact-Finding for IHL and Harnessing Modern Technology
In the great majority of cases, state or non-state armed forces engaging in violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) do not attempt to justify their acts by offering different interpretation...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Improving Fact-Finding for IHL and Harnessing Modern Technology www.ejiltalk.org/improving-fa...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
ICC judges disqualify ICC prosecutor Khan from Duterte case, court document shows www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Exclusive: ICC judges disqualify ICC prosecutor Khan from Duterte case, court document shows
International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges have disqualified chief prosecutor Karim Khan from the war crimes case against former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte due to a possible conflict of interest, according to a copy of the decision seen by Reuters.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ICC judges disqualify ICC prosecutor Khan from Duterte case, court document shows www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Question to my followers: is anyone working on the intersection of international law/norm contestation and memory politics? Please be in touch if you are...
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Question to my followers: is anyone working on the intersection of international law/norm contestation and memory politics? Please be in touch if you are...
Reposted by Patryk I. Labuda
NEW REPORT | Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank
Netanyahu’s government is moving towards establishing permanent control of the occupied West Bank. Outside powers should commit to pushing Israel to change course.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Netanyahu’s government is moving towards establishing permanent control of the occupied West Bank. Outside powers should commit to pushing Israel to change course.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NEW REPORT | Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank
Netanyahu’s government is moving towards establishing permanent control of the occupied West Bank. Outside powers should commit to pushing Israel to change course.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Netanyahu’s government is moving towards establishing permanent control of the occupied West Bank. Outside powers should commit to pushing Israel to change course.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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📢 ESIL is pleased to announce two new volumes of the ESIL Proceedings (former ESIL Paper Series) now on EUI Cadmus
from the 2024 ESIL IGs’ Workshops & Annual Conference in Vilnius:
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📗 lnkd.in/eZKCWbea
discover more at lnkd.in/eX45g3nu
#ESILCommunity #ESILProceedings #EUICadmus
from the 2024 ESIL IGs’ Workshops & Annual Conference in Vilnius:
📘 lnkd.in/e6gU5ACY
📗 lnkd.in/eZKCWbea
discover more at lnkd.in/eX45g3nu
#ESILCommunity #ESILProceedings #EUICadmus
October 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
📢 ESIL is pleased to announce two new volumes of the ESIL Proceedings (former ESIL Paper Series) now on EUI Cadmus
from the 2024 ESIL IGs’ Workshops & Annual Conference in Vilnius:
📘 lnkd.in/e6gU5ACY
📗 lnkd.in/eZKCWbea
discover more at lnkd.in/eX45g3nu
#ESILCommunity #ESILProceedings #EUICadmus
from the 2024 ESIL IGs’ Workshops & Annual Conference in Vilnius:
📘 lnkd.in/e6gU5ACY
📗 lnkd.in/eZKCWbea
discover more at lnkd.in/eX45g3nu
#ESILCommunity #ESILProceedings #EUICadmus
Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/11/i...
The ICC Needs a Chief Prosecutor
Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately.
foreignpolicy.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/11/i...
Look forward to the conversation 23 Oct Vienna 👉 Second World Approaches to International Law events.ceu.edu/2025-10-23/s...
Second World Approaches to International Law
events.ceu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Look forward to the conversation 23 Oct Vienna 👉 Second World Approaches to International Law events.ceu.edu/2025-10-23/s...
The many endings of the Kabuga trial www.justiceinfo.net/en/150638-th...
The many endings of the Kabuga trial
When is a trial no longer a trial? When is a defendant no longer a defendant? When is a court no longer a court?
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October 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The many endings of the Kabuga trial www.justiceinfo.net/en/150638-th...
Trump Signals Instrumental Approach to U.N. – But it Could Be Worse at www.justsecurity.org/121750/trump...
Trump Signals Instrumental Approach to U.N. – But it Could Be Worse
Trump's General Assembly speech could have been worse, but countries that want to make the U.N. system work can't bank on U.S. leadership.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Trump Signals Instrumental Approach to U.N. – But it Could Be Worse at www.justsecurity.org/121750/trump...
Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures
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October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
The United Nations in Hindsight: The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council at www.justsecurity.org/121542/incre...
The United Nations in Hindsight: The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council
Reports required under Article 51 are crucial for the UNSC's ability to assess self-defense claims and maintain peace.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The United Nations in Hindsight: The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council at www.justsecurity.org/121542/incre...
RDC : l’ancien président Joseph Kabila condamné à la peine de mort www.jeuneafrique.com/1720994/poli...
RDC : l’ancien président Joseph Kabila condamné à la peine de mort
Il était notamment poursuivi pour trahison et crimes contre la paix et la sécurité de l’humanité devant la Haute Cour militaire de Kinshasa, pour ses liens supposés avec le groupe rebelle AFC/M23.
www.jeuneafrique.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
RDC : l’ancien président Joseph Kabila condamné à la peine de mort www.jeuneafrique.com/1720994/poli...
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The "double exclusion" of CEE - here in scholarly research, but applicable elsewhere as well (too eastern for the West, too western for the Third World) is never not a fascinating topic.
How does the “Second World” invite us to rethink international law?
Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.
By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.
By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part I
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The "double exclusion" of CEE - here in scholarly research, but applicable elsewhere as well (too eastern for the West, too western for the Third World) is never not a fascinating topic.
Reposted by Patryk I. Labuda
Interesting interview on Second World Approaches to International Law (including a nice shout out to our Socialism and International Law volume)!
How does the “Second World” invite us to rethink international law?
Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.
By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.
By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part I
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Interesting interview on Second World Approaches to International Law (including a nice shout out to our Socialism and International Law volume)!
Reposted by Patryk I. Labuda
What is SWAIL's relationship to #TWAIL?
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.
@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.
@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part II
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What is SWAIL's relationship to #TWAIL?
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.
@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.
@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...
UN expert calls on Mali to remain in International Criminal Court www.jurist.org/news/?p=294152
UN expert calls on Mali to remain in International Criminal Court
A UN expert called Friday for Mali to remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the country announced plans to withdraw last week. On September 22, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced....
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September 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
UN expert calls on Mali to remain in International Criminal Court www.jurist.org/news/?p=294152