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Leiden Journal of International Law @ljil-leiden.bsky.social · 15d

In this latest issue, we are also excited to announce our new Legal Sightseeing section! More details can be found at:

www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Renske Vos @renskevos.bsky.social · 14d

@silviasteininger.bsky.social launches the new standing Legal Sightseeing section at the @ljil-leiden.bsky.social with a snap from Berlin, a visual commentary on German memory culture in the heart of Empire.

Are you legal sightseeing too? We welcome your visuals!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · Aug 1

🇮🇱🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇸 I am somewhat disappointed - but perhaps not surprised - that what one of the brightest minds in European public law can conjure in response to what is happening in Gaza amounts to a blog post that's simply an excerpt from the Bible with some bolded parts and one sentence from the author.

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jul 28

Tax the Poor! Together with my colleague Alan Desmond (University of Leicester), we highlight the international legal regulation of migrant remittances - and why the new Trump tax on remittances will have disastrous consequences in @ejiltalk.bsky.social
www.ejiltalk.org/tax-the-poor...

Tax the Poor! Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and International Standards on Remittance Transaction Costs

Nearly one in seven people worldwide is either a sender or recipient of remittances, defined by IOM as “personal monetary transfers… made by migrants to individuals or communities with whom the migran...

www.ejiltalk.org

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · Jul 23

🇵🇱⚖️Adam Bodnar is out as the Polish Minister of Justice/Prosecutor General, why? First, being a good academic/human rights defender doesn't necessarily make you a good politician; second, you can't please everyone who wants to be pleased; third, timid people aren't suited for savage times. 1/

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Cornelia Woll @corneliawoll.bsky.social · Jul 22

🖤 With Christian Joerges’ passing, we have lost an intellectual giant, who has left a deep mark on the Hertie School.

Our thoughts go out to his family.

Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · Jul 22

We mourn the passing of Christian Joerges, Professor Emeritus at the Hertie School and leading scholar of European law.

"A scholar of rare intellectual depth and integrity," said President Cornelia Woll. He will be deeply missed.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 21

25 nations demand end to war on Gaza; slam Israel killing aid seekers

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

“We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.

The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity. We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid. The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law.

The hostages cruelly held captive by Hamas since 7 October 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continued detention and call for their immediate and unconditional release. A negotiated ceasefire offers the best hope of bringing them home and ending the agony of their families.

We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and to urgently enable the UN and humanitarian NGOs to do their life saving work safely and effectively.

We call on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law. Proposals to remove the Palestinian population into a “humanitarian city” are completely unacceptable. Permanent forced displacement is a violation of international humanitarian law.

We strongly oppose any steps towards territorial or demographic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The E1 settlement plan announced by Israel’s Civil Administration, if implemented, would divide a Palestinian state in two, marking a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution. Meanwhile, settlement building across the West Bank including East Jerusalem has accelerated while settler violence against Palestinians has soared. This must stop.

We urge the parti…

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 15

Die Menschenwürde spielt in der Debatte um Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf eine zentrale Rolle.

Das ist kein Zufall, meint VICTOR LOXEN (@victorloxen.bsky.social) – denn das deutsche Verständnis der Menschenwürde als „Wert“ könne enthemmte Diskurse geradezu begünstigen.

verfassungsblog.de/die-sache-mi...

Zitat: „Die Behandlung der Menschenwürde in spezifisch juristischen Kontexten, mitsamt deren methodischen und geltungstheoretischen Annahmen, lässt sich umstandslos in die polemische Gefechtszone universalistischer Moral hineintragen.“

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jun 21

Wie fühlt es sich an, in der derzeitigen Lage Völkerrecht zu lehren?

Für unser Editorial haben wir Dutzende deutsche Völkerrechtsprofessor*innen befragt. Ihre Antworten schwanken zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung.

verfassungsblog.de/zwischen-hof...

Ein erster Einblick ⬇️

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Jun 19

when tiktok said y2k is back i thought it meant frilly tops and low rise jeans not the west invading countries and pretending it’s all about WMDs

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 15

„die implizite Billigung der Angriffe, lässt sich hingegen nur als grundlegendes Versagen deutscher Außenpolitik bezeichnen … In Fragen des Völkerrechts darf nicht mit zweierlei Maß gemessen werden.“ Mehrdad Payandeh must read im @verfassungsblog.de
t.co/AiT11OgCTR

https://verfassungsblog.de/israel-iran-volkerrecht/

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · Jun 14

Germany seemingly endorsing a broad preemptive self-defence, something Germany opposed explicitly in the days of George W Bush. Is this cleared with your legal adviser?

Auswärtiges Amt @diplo.de · Jun 13

Israel hat das Recht, seine Existenz und die Sicherheit seiner Bürger zu verteidigen. Gleichzeitig fordern wir alle Seiten auf, weitere Eskalation zu vermeiden. Deutschland setzt auf Diplomatie – gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern in Europa und den USA. @aussenminister.diplo.de 3/3

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 13

The Fall and Rise of German Arms Exports to Israel: Questions for the International Court of Justice

By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social

#Germany #Israel #GazaWar #ICJ

German Arms Exports to Israel and the ICJ

International law scholar discusses discrepancy between Germany’s recent disclosure of military support to Israel and what Germany told the International Court of Justice about its practices.

www.justsecurity.org

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

Ha! I was supposed to be at IVR 2016 - which was also scheduled in Istanbul but then moved to Portugal (?) after the coup attempt

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

As an ECR, I gave myself a „no peer reviews six months before contract termination“ rule because it‘s been a LOT since covid

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

Also me standing there, accepting JUST ANOTHER peer review request when I should prioritize my own grant application & writing because this looks like the paper of an ECR and I see this person has submitted their draft as 2025-00X so probs in January? 😭

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jun 9

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it does not breach the ECHR if EU Member States tax cross-border transactions within the EU (on the basis of EU law) more favourably than comparable domestic transactions.

Analysis by Dr Samira Allioui: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/firs...

First decision by the European Court of Human Rights on suspicion of reverse discrimination in tax matters

Dr Samira-Asmaa Allioui , Research fellow, Centre d'études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit : ...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

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Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School @hertiecfr.bsky.social · Jun 3

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿?" @silviasteininger.bsky.social unpacks in a timely post @verfassungsblog.de, how nine member states are challenging the ECtHR's migration and asylum standards.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s3yppj9

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

Disclaimer: I am also an ECR but I really feel there are some things we do not generally talk about! You might be lucky and have a great supervisor who will introduce you to certain tools but that is more the exception than the rule. So forgive me the self-indulgence of posting things like this 💚

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

And of course by the great Raul Pachego Vega
www.raulpacheco.org/2016/06/desi...

Designing and implementing a Publications Planner

Several scholars have written about how they plan their own publications, and I was a

www.raulpacheco.org

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

Guide by Durham Uni also for Supervisors and Mentees.: libguides.durham.ac.uk/research_sup...

Guides: Library Research Support: Publication Planning

Support for Research Staff & Research Students Considerations for building a publications plan at the start of a research project.

libguides.durham.ac.uk

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

List of resources to do your own research planner (or at least think about the publication process strategically - which at least helps me not to be overwhelmed):
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...

www.bristol.ac.uk

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Silvia Steininger @silviasteininger.bsky.social · Jun 9

I am trying to put some academia things now also on Linkedin in case you want to follow. Today it is on the research publication planner, in my experience a severely overlooked element for ECRs and PhD candidates. In case you want to learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

research-publications-planner.pdf | Silvia Steininger

As I am preparing for my next mentorship session, let me introduce you to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿 - in my experience a severely overlooked element of the PhD process 📚 You should not just "publi...

www.linkedin.com

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · Jun 5

Have finished quick reading of 30k AG Ćapeta Opinion. Lots to unpack. Something which struck me was repeated use of "negation of" values (about 16 times) and "deviation from" (6 times) values / model of a constitutional democracy / model of good society. Use of "red lines" (6 times) also striking.

Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · Jun 5

"By calling into question the equality of LGBTI persons, Hungary is not demonstrating a disagreement or a divergence about the content of [EU values]. Instead, that [MS] has negated several of those fundamental values and [...] has significantly deviated from the model of a constitutional democracy"

EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · Jun 5

#ECJ #AG Ćapeta: Hungary breached #EUlaw by banning or limiting access to #LGBTI content 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

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Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social · Jun 6

Some thoughts on the case Lithuania vs Belarus before the ICJ and how it will not solve the problem of migrant "instrumentalization": verfassungsblog.de/migrant-inst... @verfassungsblog.de
With many thanks to @anjabossow.bsky.social for her incisive comments and edits.

Migrant 'instrumentalisation' before the ICJ

verfassungsblog.de

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