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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Jul 23

'International law, whose authority has been invoked by the [UNGA], has an important but ultimately limited role in resolving this problem'.

Striking words at the conclusion of the #ICJ's #climatechange opinion.

Has the ICJ been this humble in the past?

www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

ICJ president Yūji Iwasawa delivering the Court's advisory opinion on Climate Change.

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Jul 14

What happens to a legal community when its institutional core begins to fracture?

At #SIEL2025 in Taipei, I spoke about how geopolitical shifts are reshaping not just WTO adjudication—but the very community of trade lawyers around it.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Kristy Rawson @kristyrawson.bsky.social · May 22

Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees. www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-...

Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails

After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing "Palestine" or "Gaza."

www.dropsitenews.com

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Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · Apr 21

New from Anu Bradford, @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social & I in Foreign Affairs: As the US pressures the EU to surrender its rights-based regulatory power, we show that this fight stretches back decades, what the EU stands to lose & how to revive what makes it great: www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...

Europe Could Lose What Makes It Great

U.S. pressure and domestic rancor threaten the EU’s regulatory superpower.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Justina Uriburu @justinauriburu.bsky.social · Apr 21

Adiós, Francisco. Un papa humilde, compasivo y un agente de cambio, que habló incansablemente en favor de los migrantes, los pobres y la destrucción planetaria. La tristeza y, más importante, su legado son enormes.

Muere el papa Francisco a los 88 años

Tras décadas de liderazgo conservador, Francisco intentó redefinir el rumbo de la Iglesia católica, haciendo hincapié en la inclusión y la atención a los marginados por encima de la pureza doctrinal.

www.nytimes.com

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Apr 17

Yes, it's all skeeting on the Titanic at this point. But I am thrilled to see this book, edited by the wonderful @drqv.bsky.social and Negar Mansouri, finally out in open access. Thank you for letting me contribute!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Ways of Seeing International Organisations

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Ways of Seeing International Organisations

www.cambridge.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Mar 19

Istanbul’s popular mayor was about to be anointed formally as the opposition candidate to challenge Erdoğan in the next election. So what happens? He gets detained.

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Mar 16

A gift shop in Esquilino, Rome. If our law cannot stop this (see 🇮🇹 Constitutional Court decisions 1/54 and 74/58), our politics must. #nopasarán #theyshallnotpass

Fascist iconography on sale in a shop window.

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Mar 13

Brava Silvia!!!

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · Mar 11

Distinct fall of Saigon feeling www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...

Scoop: USAID staff instructed to shred and burn classified documents

They were also told to mark the bags with "SECRET" before they are burned.

www.devex.com

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Feb 22

As I said before: one of the biggest root causes of the decline of UKHE has been the progressive professionalisation of a managerial class of academics, who do damages in one institution for five years or so and then simply move to another institution, with zero accountability to their colleagues./1

Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Feb 21

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

voice.cymru

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Feb 5

No, @nytimes.com. Donald Trump’s solution for Gaza is not ‘brazen’. It is an overt call for ethnic cleansing. It is illegal under both US and international law. It reaches levels of callousness that no one, irrespective of their views, should condone. Words matter.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move (Gift Article)

The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.

www.nytimes.com

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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Canadians should avoid relying on a woolly notion of a rules-based order. These tariffs are US violations of international law. Unclear possible justifications for it. Holding US accountable within existing global mechanisms are vital to maintain cooperation for global public goods & long problems.

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Jan 15

You know it’s bad when *Steve Bannon* calls you evil

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Dec 16

🔥 Call for Papers 🔥

Renewing int'l law will require interdisciplinary engagement. Well, so we think.

But where to start? And where to go?
If you have ideas, join us in Berlin #ESIL2025!

Full call here👇
Deadline: 15 Jan. 2025
esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute!

We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life!

📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Nov 26

As an Italian speaker, I am sure you appreciate our news media references to the “Tribunale Criminale Mondiale”, the “Corte degli Stati dell’Aja”, and the “Corte di Giustizia di Strasburgo”…

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Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Nov 26

And here is the opening gambit by Trump II: let the USMCA (re)negotiation/end begin!

Transition Updates: Trump Vows to Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs on Day 1

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

Transition Updates: Trump Vows to Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs on Day 1

www.nytimes.com

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · Nov 25

It's not only ICC judges that face political attack rather than legal criticism on the merits. The judges in Bologna that referred Italy's list of safe countries for repatriation to the CJEU received support by a protective vote (risoluzione per la tutela) of the Italian Council of Magistrates. /1

Csm, ok alla tutela dei giudici di Bologna sui migranti

È la prima pratica a tutela che sfocia in una risoluzione del plenum negli ultimi 15 anni. Quella precedente risale al 2009 e riguarda il caso Raimondo Mesiano, estensore della sentenza sul lodo Monda...

www.ilsole24ore.com

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thank you! 🙏

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Nov 21

Very excited to discuss the everyday practices of international adjudication at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 4 December at 12pm.

Thanks to @cjtams.bsky.social, @jamesgdevaney.bsky.social, and CILS team for the invitation.

Drop by if you are around!
gcils.org?events=tomma...

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi Justina! Would you mind adding me? Thank you! ☺️

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Christian J. Tams @cjtams.bsky.social · Nov 21

www.uu.nl/en/news/call...

Call for Papers: The Politics of International Dispute Settlement

The aim of this conference is to explore the legal, but also the social and political, implications and consequences of decisions of ICTs.

www.uu.nl

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Tommaso Soave @tommasosoave.bsky.social · Nov 20

Emotional states:

9:00am - So excited to be part of this new social space. Take that, Elon! Yaaay!

9:04am - Oh no, I've lost most of my 39 twitter followers. How will I win them back? Naaay!

3:20pm - Wait, why is the algorithm only showing me videogame-related posts? Na...Yaaaaaaaaaay!

a pixel art of a taco with a face and legs

ALT: a pixel art of a taco with a face and legs

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Marco Longobardo @marcolongobardo.bsky.social · Nov 19

Do you want to do a PhD with me at Westminster Law School and you have an interdisciplinary project in mind? Please have a look to our scholarships!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR044/1...

10 Quintin Hogg Trust PhD Studentships at the University of the Westminster at University of Westminster

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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