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Tomate sahraouie @tomatesahraouie.bsky.social · Aug 25

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
@ampelliconi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Aug 12

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 22

Apologies for the mistag and thanks for the support!

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Victor Kattan @victorkattan.bsky.social · Aug 13

When you'll see the wonderful scenery of the Sahara desert in Christopher Nolan's new movie on The Odyssey, remember that it's the land of the indigenous group of the Saharawi people. Read this piece coauthored with the fantastic @ampelliconi.bsky.social
For more info on our project see below

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

theconversation.com

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 12

This article is part of our @britishacademy.bsky.social - @leverhulme.ac.uk Project on Demographic Engineering and Apartheid on Western Sahara, and we thank our research assistants Beya Mousli and @meriem-naili.bsky.social for their very valuable help. More to come from the four of us 🔜!

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

theconversation.com

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...

Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory

Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.

theconversation.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 11

Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu

Donald Trump speaking at a podium, wearing a dark suit, a white shirt, and a red tie. A headline reads: “Trump Orders National Guard to Washington.” Photo credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 11

A reminder that this is tomorrow

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 5

#webinar: Climate Mobility in Advisory Opinions - join the @icon-s.bsky.social interest group on #climate change and #migration on 12 August, 3PM CET for a discussion with @profjmcadam.bsky.social (UNSW) Lena Riemer (CEU) @fnlux.com (CGRS) Junecynthia Okelo (PALU), moderated by Selman Aksünger (UM)

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 10

haven't you heard we're in the "I take it, it's mine" era now

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Trump wants to start a #war against Latin American countries like Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela & Haiti. Absurd, extreme, yet not unpredictable given the US decades-long double standard on the law of use of force, anticipatory self-defense & unable or unwilling doctrine
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Aug 7

If any government was serious about reducing undocumented working they'd provide people seeking asylum with the right to work, which has cross party support, helps people rebuild lives faster and could generate £8 billion pa for the government in reduced expenditure and increased tax revenue. 2/2

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Sarah Kay (she/her) @k-interarma.bsky.social · Aug 6

In case you missed it last night, our president, popular and beloved Michael D. “Miggeldy” Higgins, called for the UNSG to bypass the UNSC and call for a Chapter VII intervention in Gaza (and this isn’t the first time he’s called for intervention btw) www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250804-iri...

Irish president urges UN to intervene in Gaza, citing ‘destruction of an entire people’

Irish President Michael D. Higgins has called on the UN to take urgent action in Gaza, asking Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to invoke powers under Chapter Seven to bypass Security Council grid…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 5

Amid many great events on advisory proceedings, we'll discuss specifically #climate #mobility in the recent advisory opinions by the International Court of Justice and the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, and the potential for the request to the #African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 5

#webinar: Climate Mobility in Advisory Opinions - join the @icon-s.bsky.social interest group on #climate change and #migration on 12 August, 3PM CET for a discussion with @profjmcadam.bsky.social (UNSW) Lena Riemer (CEU) @fnlux.com (CGRS) Junecynthia Okelo (PALU), moderated by Selman Aksünger (UM)

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 5

They'll kill us all

a group of people are standing in front of a screen with a planet on it

ALT: a group of people are standing in front of a screen with a planet on it

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · Aug 4

Al-Haq Condemns Israel’s Escalation of Annexationist Policies and Practices, following the Israeli Knesset’s overwhelmingly approval of a motion intending to unlawfully annex the occupied West Bank www.alhaq.org/advocacy/266...

Al-Haq Condemns Israel’s Escalation of Annexationist Policies and Practices

In the wake of continuous settlement expansion, home demolitions, declarations of state land, and forced displacement of Palestinians &ndash; all of which have increased exponentially in 2025 &amp...

www.alhaq.org

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do you realize AI and ChatGPT in particular contribute massively to global warming?

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Oh this is good

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Ah he's coming to Italy!

Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 3

Uuuh such a life-changing move! Best of luck 🍀

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 3

Apparently interviewees in articles on the topic are saying they never bathe because they ain't do what women tell them to do. So yeah I'm sure there are lonely men who are normal human beings but those who actually get platformed are incel weirdos, hence Sultana's analysis is quite inevitable 🤷‍♀️

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Aug 2

The @icon-s.bsky.social IG on Climate Change & Migration is organising a webinar to unpack #climate #mobility in the advisory opinions by ICJ, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the request to the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights. Stay tuned!
www.icon-society.org/climatechang...

Climate Change | ICON•SClimate Change and Migration

The interest group in Climate Change & Migration provides a forum for collaborative research on domestic, regional, and international policy and legal responses to issues lying at the intersection of ...

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · Jul 29

"follow in France's footsteps..."

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Jul 17

Rachel Bryce and I had a look at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on #climatechange for The Climate Mobility Community Action Network. We focused particularly on what the Court had to say about #climate #mobility and related state obligations cmcanetwork.com/primer-clima...

Primer: Climate Mobility in the Inter-American Court’s Landmark Opinion on Climate Change

By Andrea Maria Pelliconi & Rachel Bryce | Research & Policy Co-ManagersOn 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court) published its historic advisory opinion AO–32/25…

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oh domestic UK and common law human rights principles are going to go down so well with the Irish