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Chris @chrismroberts.bsky.social · Sep 1

Call for Papers - Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present

17-18 March (Hong Kong) & 23 March (Oxford) 2026 (participants can join in either location)

Deadline 31 October 2025

www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/events/c...

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Aug 13

New 'Impact Talks at UTS' Episode 25, The Right to Housing with @utsintlaw.bsky.social's @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social
pod.link/1760672339/e...

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Jacob Katz Cogan @jkatzcogan.bsky.social · Aug 8

Conference: Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law

On August 28-29, 2025, a conference will be held on "Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law," in Singapore. Details are here.

dlvr.it

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · Aug 8

Important, but probably under most people's radar:
The Inter American Court of Human Rights has issued an advisory opinion on care work, both paid and unpaid (currently only available in Spanish).
@minmaxsunt.bsky.social - this will be of interest to you, I think.

Inter American Court of Human Rights - Advisory Opinion 31 of 2025

Opinión Consultiva OC-31-2025

corteidh.or.cr

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Aug 7

As I wrote last year in @justsecurity.org, Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon violated the law of war.

www.justsecurity.org/103184/amend...

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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's that time of the year again folks, get your nerd hat on

Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · Aug 6

Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law

opiniojuris.org/2025/08/06/c...

Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law

It’s that time of the year again! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We can&#821…

opiniojuris.org

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 30

Great to welcome our new PhD and LLM candidates to the UTS Faculty of Law this week. Their work will make a great contribution on human rights, feminist theory, disability, First Nations, and social justice all close to @utsintlaw.bsky.social's heart.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is a problem w/ #genocide. States (& other entities) wait until people die before they call it. But genocide is a process that starts long before the dying. My book details this process & why we should focus on all the genocide crimes, not just 'killing'. www.routledge.com/From-Discrim...

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · Jul 28

Niche post, while reading ICJ oral submissions: no one, not even the US counsel, seems to mention the 'rules based international order' before the ICJ. It's 'international law' all down the line. Make of *that* what you will.

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 3

@utsintlaw.bsky.social Dr Kathryn Greenman, quizmaster @anzsil.org #ANZSIL2025 administering a ferociously tricky IL quiz

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 3

@utsintlaw.bsky.social's members and friends in sunny Canberra #ANZSIL25

Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · Jul 3

Academic selfie: #ANZSIL2025 day 2 morning tea with the amazing @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social, phenomenal @adrienneringin.bsky.social, and delightful @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social edition

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Dr. Jessie Hohmann @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social · Jul 3

Phoebe Okowa giving an excellent Kirby Lecture on climate change obligations and the forthcoming ICJ Advisory Op #ANZSIL2025 @anzsil.org

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · Jul 2

#ANZSIL2025 #CttB A rare live recording of Called to the Bar at the ANZSIL conference. From left: @utsintlaw.bsky.social @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, @djag2.bsky.social and @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social. @drnajimagi.bsky.social is at the edge of the shot

utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dr Alex Grey from @utsintlaw.bsky.social has new research out on Indigenous language use in Australia's parliaments. Full text is open access (DOI 10.1080/07268602.2025.2503862) & enjoy this blog with bonus content! www.languageonthemove.com/making-lingu... (Thanks @languageonthemove.bsky.social)

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament

In parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) in 2014, parliamentarian Mr Troy Grant spoke in Wiradjuri in a speech about the North West Wiradjuri Language And Cultural Nest. The H…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 1

For July's portrait of "Outstanding Women", ALENA SCHRÖDER tells the story of Cecilia Medina Quiroga.

A Chilean lawyer, judge, and professor, she fought for women’s rights – notably in the IACtHR's historic “Cotton Field Femicide” case over which she presided.

verfassungsblog.de/outstanding-...

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jul 1

@utsintlaw.bsky.social's academics and PhDs are at #ANZSIL this week, talking about TWAIL perspective on deep seabed mining, Ecuador's claim to Antarctica, histories of risk and due diligence in IL, and feeding the San Fran conference on International Organization.

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Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw.bsky.social · Jun 23

Book Review II of The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: The Development of a Rules-Based Trading Order by Konstantinos D. Magliveras

www.afronomicslaw.org/category/ana...

Book Review II of The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: The Development of a Rules-Based Trading Order

The AfCFTA, which aims at setting up a single market for goods and services ‘from Cairo to Cape Town’, is the subject of the eloquent monograph written by Professor Kufuor. The author, a well-known sc...

www.afronomicslaw.org

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Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw.bsky.social · Jun 23

Book Review I of The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: The Development of a Rules-Based Trading Order - The Problem of Protectionism in Africa by Emmanuel Opoku Awuku
www.afronomicslaw.org/category/ana...

Book Review I of The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: The Development of a Rules-Based Trading Order - The Problem of Protectionism in Africa

This paper explores the persistence of protectionist trade policies across Africa and their implications for economic development, regional integration, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (Af...

www.afronomicslaw.org

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Jun 22

“Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid”

Completely agree with my colleague Prof Don Rothwell.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue it

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Jun 19

I had the honour of being featured in an episode of my friend Suren Manukyan's podcast, Unfiltered History, discussing the history of international criminal law. This link is in English; Armenian version available soon. Hopefully of use to non-lawyers & #intlaw students. youtu.be/JKHj0hdd9Gw?...

Արդարադատության համաշխարհային լեզուն. #60 Մելանի Օ'Բրայեն. Մաքուր Պատմություն

YouTube video by ԼՐԱՏՎԱԿԱՆ ՌԱԴԻՈ

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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · Jun 19

Does the Australian government have a duty to repatriate citizens and permanent residents stuck in Iran and Israel? Thomas Mulder, @reginajefferies.bsky.social and I explain what international law says ... theconversation.com/australian-c...

Australian citizens in Iran and Israel are desperate to leave. Is the government required to help?

While the Australian government has frequently helped its citizens flee crises overseas, it is not legally obligated to do so. And repatriating citizens is complex.

theconversation.com

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

Now available open access, including contributions by @utsintlaw.bsky.social's Colin Hawes 'Developing a Hybrid Chinese-International E-Commerce Platform Ecosystem'
www.cambridge.org/au/universit...

A Casebook on Chinese Outbound Investment | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · Jun 17

Dig! @astra.bsky.social interviews @ryannliebenthal.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @millennialdebt.bsky.social on Ryann's Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. How we got individualized student debt instead of socialized higher ed for all. thedigradio.com/podcast/stud...

Student Debt w/ Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Mike Pierce

Featuring Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Pierce on Ryann’s book Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. Interview by guest host Astra Taylor.

thedigradio.com

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Jun 17

Race and the Question of Palestine is an essay collection that explores how race operates as a technology of power and colonial rule, a political and economic structure, a set of legal and discursive practices, and a classificatory system.

www.sup.org/books/middle...

Book cover of Race and the Question of Palestine
Edited by Lana Tatour and Ronit Lentin

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utsintlaw.bsky.social @utsintlaw.bsky.social · Jun 17

@fleurjohns.bsky.social on Trump and Consular Internationalism

Fleur Johns @fleurjohns.bsky.social · Jun 17

To the extent that Trump’s foreign policy has a coherent logic, that logic — the accompanying conception of state territory & national interest etc — is best understood through the historical & legal lens of consular internationalism rather than diplomatic relations www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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