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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot

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DPhil Law, University of Oxford | public international law, peace processes, indigenous peoples' rights | I wrote about the Bangsamoro peace process here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c1912e1ed915d0c1bc0d614/Philippines_case_study.pdf

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Oct 2

Pleased to see my new article in the latest issue of the European Journal of Legal Studies ejls.eui.eu/wp-content/u...

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · 12d

It looks great!

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · 12d

Weekend reading sorted @glexareen.bsky.social

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22d

I love London so much. So much.

Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?

Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22d

In London, hate will never win.

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · 26d

Oxford English Dictionary World English Editor Danica Salazar talks about Philippine English, language inequality, and ‘world Englishes’

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Ep. 7: What haffen Vella? Why are Englishes unequal? feat. Danica Salazar

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Implementing a peace agreement should be built on the trust and partnership that was fostered through the hard-won agreement"

Statement of the government negotiating panel for talks with the MILF on current concerning developments in the BARMM

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Third Party Monitoring Team sounds the alarm on the Bangsamoro Peace Process, saying trust between the parties is at an all-time low since the signing of the peace agreement in 2014.

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Third party monitor sounds ‘grave concern’ on Bangsamoro peace process

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — The independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) expressed grave concern Thursday over the Bangsamoro peace

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Aug 26

I can relate to every moment described in this thread. A TV show on appellate practice would just be a bunch of lawyers staring at their computers, interspersed with lunch break and coffee break

Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is why there's never been a popular show called Law & Order: Appeals Unit.

Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · Aug 26

As I’ve always said, I’m delighted to have coffee with law students and aspiring appellate lawyers. The one request I always turn down, which I sometimes get, is “shadowing.”

This would consist of sitting in my office staring at me rub my head at the screen.

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Aug 17

"Their terraces were part of a deliberate political and cultural strategy. They were built in response to threat, not as a product of isolation. They show how upland communities adapted and asserted control over their future in a rapidly changing world."

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[Time Trowel] The Ifugao Rice Terraces are 400 years old. That matters.

The terraces were built by communities who responded to political and economic change with innovation and resolve. This is a story that should be front and center in our national narrative.

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is alarming!

AchtungAmerica @achtungamerica.bsky.social · Jul 21

Not surprised kidney cancer isn't even included in this NIH graph. We had funding through DoD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. But as noted in the article, the Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) was eliminated for 2025. Zero dollars. Sociopaths! kidneycan.org/restore-kcrp/

Graph from NIH depicting funding levels for various types of cancer

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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · Jul 3

As someone who studies political discourse and who believes, genuinely, in the promise of cross-party democratic deliberation, I say this repeatedly:

You CANNOT deliberate with someone who doesn’t believe you have a right to exist.

It doesn’t matter how “civilly” they want to destroy you

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Jun 19

My latest @justsecurity.org

Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 19

Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran

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.

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'd watch this

Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:

- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue

Working title: Love is Double-Blind

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Jun 11

Dan Gatmaytan on the bizarre turn of events in the Philippine Senate yesterday

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Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan | Morning Matters | Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan #Mo...

Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan #MorningMatters | Constitutional law professor Dan Gatmaytan...

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Lys Kulamadayil @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social · Jun 2

It's out and available open access!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pathology...

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Jun 2

Important piece by @pstamase.bsky.social on impeachhment law and practice in the Philippines, very timely in view of impeachment of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte (daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte)

Paolo Tamase @pstamase.bsky.social · Jun 2

Very grateful to PLJ for publishing this. It's a long read, but the summary is that while there are conflicting views, an accountability-based reading of the PH Constitution requires impeachment to proceed, allowing the people themselves to evaluate the case for/against VP Duterte.

Philippine Law Journal @phillawjournal.bsky.social · Jun 2

𝗣𝗟𝗝 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺: In the inaugural full-length piece of the Philippine Law Journal Forum, Paolo Tamase (@pstamase.bsky.social) writes about five emerging issues in impeachment.

Read more: philippinelawjournal.org/forum/post/e...

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Apr 8

"this ruling serves as a critical reminder that Indigenous self-determination is not solely about participation — it is also about the right to remain apart."

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From the Right to be Consulted to the Right to No Contact: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation

Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Ecuador, the first case in its 45-year history to address the r...

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Tony La Viña @tonylavs.bsky.social · Apr 2

Above all, Duterte is in The Hague because of the families of victims. Marcos action was the last domino but not the most important.

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Mar 17

This Women's Month, I'm missing my former colleagues in the GPH-MILF peace negotiations. Immensely proud of everyone here!

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Mar 11

Woke up to this news. Missing Chito Gascon.

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Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity

(1st UPDATE) Due to drug war killings, Duterte becomes the first former Philippine head of state to be arrested through an order by an international tribunal

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Mar 10

At least 56% of sitting judges in trial courts are women. Considerable numbers in appellate courts as well, but only 2 out of 15 Supreme Court justices are women.

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How many women justices and judges does the Philippines have?

(1st UPDATE) Apart from Associate Justices Amy Lazaro Javier and Maria Filomena Singh who sit as Supreme Court justices, the country's two appellate courts — the CA and Sandiganbayan — are led by wome...

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Mar 9

It was a great weekend

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Feb 24

My mom just sent me this photo of her cooking set-up in Baguio 😍

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Feb 17

I will be at Wolfson College, Oxford on Friday 21 February. Registration here:

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Feb 2

Link to the article here: www.lrcksk.org/_files/ugd/d...

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Armi Beatriz E. Bayot @armibayot.bsky.social · Feb 2

My article in the Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal is out! In this article, I examine the continuing epistemic violence that state-centric, extractivist land laws inflict on Indigenous peoples, with reflections on how to challenge these unjust laws using lessons from Fourth World advocacy.

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