J Spooner
@snoopfish.bsky.social
Storyteller. International law specialist. City Law School Prize for Excellence on the LLM (Master of Laws), specialising in International Human Rights and strategic litigation. Career changing after 25 years as a theatre maker. #COYS (t/he/y)
@theextrainch.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen this just in from @proudlilywhites.bsky.social
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
@theextrainch.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen this just in from @proudlilywhites.bsky.social
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
For the same reasons, the US’s use of force is also, plainly, unlawful. Impeach your President.
“Israel’s use of force against Iran was and remains plainly unlawful and a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter… the law is more than well settled.”
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
June 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For the same reasons, the US’s use of force is also, plainly, unlawful. Impeach your President.
“Israel’s use of force against Iran was and remains plainly unlawful and a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter… the law is more than well settled.”
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
Legal scholars assess how the UN Charter and international law applies to Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear and other facilities.
www.justsecurity.org
June 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“Israel’s use of force against Iran was and remains plainly unlawful and a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter… the law is more than well settled.”
Reposted by J Spooner
Timely article.
Under IHL, attacking forces must do everything feasible to verify that targets are not civilian but military, and assess proportionality, prior to attack, and refrain from attack in case of doubt.
Under IHL, attacking forces must do everything feasible to verify that targets are not civilian but military, and assess proportionality, prior to attack, and refrain from attack in case of doubt.
December 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Timely article.
Under IHL, attacking forces must do everything feasible to verify that targets are not civilian but military, and assess proportionality, prior to attack, and refrain from attack in case of doubt.
Under IHL, attacking forces must do everything feasible to verify that targets are not civilian but military, and assess proportionality, prior to attack, and refrain from attack in case of doubt.
AMAZING NEWS!!!!
theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health
theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health
Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’
Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
“ He [US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson] ended his speech with words of hope that there would be ‘a reign of law to which sovereign nations will defer, designed to protect the peace of the society of nations’. “ (1941)
August 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
“ He [US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson] ended his speech with words of hope that there would be ‘a reign of law to which sovereign nations will defer, designed to protect the peace of the society of nations’. “ (1941)
“Only the truth is free, and only then does freedom become true”
October 15, 2023 at 5:24 PM
“Only the truth is free, and only then does freedom become true”
"Heroes never last to eat what they fight for. They start something... and there's always continuation, the fight continues." Esther Kiobel
October 14, 2023 at 10:22 PM
"Heroes never last to eat what they fight for. They start something... and there's always continuation, the fight continues." Esther Kiobel
Sitting on a surf board, looking at the size of the wave approaching me and unsure (yet) if I’m going to be able to catch and then ride it…
October 11, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Sitting on a surf board, looking at the size of the wave approaching me and unsure (yet) if I’m going to be able to catch and then ride it…