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Sarah Zarmsky
@szarmsky.bsky.social
Cat mom researching international law, human rights & tech; digital harm, digital evidence & digital investigations

Assistant Professor @ QUB Law
Editor @ OpinioJuris

https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-zarmsky
“The ICC’s future, and the credibility of the broader project of international justice, depends on affirming that justice is not only what the Court demands of others, but what it must practice within.”
Nema Milaninia argues choosing not to reinstate the ICC Prosecutor after alleged sexual abuse of a staff member would recognize the broader leadership & ethical failures that have undermined the ICC’s functioning:

www.justsecurity.org/125682/new-i...

#ICC #Prosecutor
There Should Be a New ICC Prosecutor
The ICC’s future depends on affirming that justice is not only what the Court demands of others, but what it must practice within.
www.justsecurity.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The amount of emails not addressed to me by name that i receive from students is making me want to develop “email etiquette” as a new module. Lecture 1: how to eliminate “hiya” from your vocabulary
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
tcnv.link
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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A French ICC judge placed under US sanctions for his work on the ongoing Gaza genocide case describes how sanctions have impacted his life: no Amazon, PayPal, Visa or Mastercard; severely restricted banking; hotel bookings canceled—"like being sent back to the 1990s." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A great initiative led by students at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social law in support of Women’s Aid NI: fixr.co/event/steps-...
Steps Towards Justice - Belfast tickets on Saturday, Nov 29 | QUB Hiking Club | FIXR
Buy tickets to Steps Towards Justice - Belfast on Saturday, Nov 29 at One Elmwood - SU | FIXR
fixr.co
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad.

demos.co.uk/research/ver...
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since Oct. 7

Post-mortems & testimonies suggest many died from torture, medical neglect & food deprivation. According to leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.

www.972mag.com/98-palestini...

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New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens we...
www.972mag.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its (undisclosed) use of generative AI in public documents www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I feel guilty enough leaving my cat when I go away but he really seems keen to make that much worse
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Guess who might officially have a book coming out in the foreseeable future…👀
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How ironic would it be if it's emails that sink him in the end?
Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Looking forward to speaking at University of Reading tomorrow as part of their international law speakers series. The link to join online is here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Judges at the ICC do not want a repeat of the Netanyahu situation. All requests for arrest warrants are to be sealed unless a chamber authorizes them to be made public.
ICC Judges amend the Regulations of the Court to regulate the classification of applications for arrest warrants or summons to appear
The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) adopted an amendment to the Regulations of the Court, which enters into force today. The new regulation 23 ter provides that applications for arres...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Everything about this film is crazy
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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This week, the UK Government announced major new measures to strengthen protections against online sexual harm — extending justice for victims & tackling the most violent & degrading forms of content online.

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TLDR 👇

#DRAGON #onlineharms #onlinesafety #onlineabuse
New laws to target online abuse and pornography
Protection for women and girls boosted with new amendments on online abuse and pornography tabled to the Crime & Policing Bill
tinyurl.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Incredible news to wake up to. Well done NYC.
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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SCOOP: YouTube deleted accounts of 3 major Palestinian human rights organizations— Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — as a part of the Trump admin's campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes. ✍🏽w/ Nikita Mazurov
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(Obviously being fed false info from AI is the only logical explanation for Kim K failing her law exams guys)
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM