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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

This guy gets it. Abolish football.

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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 2d

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(((Marcus Unbenannt)))📯 @wirristdasvolk.bsky.social · 11d

Die eine Grafik, mit der die ganze Welt erklärt werden kann, existiert nic.....

JuliMar @julimar4711.bsky.social · 11d

@katjaberlin.bsky.social hat es auf den Punkt gebracht.

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Polina Kulish @polinakulish.bsky.social · 12d

Second, and particularly important, part of the SWAIL interview is out ⬇️

Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · 12d

What is SWAIL's relationship to #TWAIL?
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.

@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.

voelkerrechtsblog.org/researching-...

(Re)Searching for SWAIL. Part II

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 17d

I am not a Hannah Arendt stan, but she nailed this one: 'Under such circumstances… the Palestinian Jews would degenerate into one of those small warrior tribes about whose possibilities and importance history has amply informed us since the days of Sparta.'

Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 17d

Sparta was an authoritarian state that suppressed all forms of cultural and political expression in order to brainwash its citizens into a life dedicated to war. Every year they carried out a murderous campaign against their slave population, the Helots, to keep them in place.

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 17d

Why recognize the State of Palestine?

Isn't it pointless?

Mere symbolism?

Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?

Or even a trap?

Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.

digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 19d

amazing response, no notes

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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 24d

Bye bye Berlin. It’s been a great few days. Grateful for chance encounters and discussions at the conference, good food, and strolls through the city.

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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 25d

Leaving Berlin inspired and exhausted after the @esil-sedi.bsky.social conference. Highlights included superb workshops, hearing Francesca Albanese speak, presenting to a great audience, sharing meals and stories, and conference swim breaks.

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 25d

and I underscored the importance of solidarity & collective action in order to protect our academic spaces and communities. I also had the chance to further discuss the arguments of my article Silencing Palestinian voices: On freedom of expression and Gaza (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) 4/

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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 25d

This was an amazing panel full of insights and integrity. Thanks so much to both of you.

Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 25d

I am also delighted to have had the opportunity to discuss, together with @jannisgrimm.bsky.social the pressing issue of academic freedom and the discourse on international law, where I also shared insights on the silencing attempts we have endured in the lead up to our workshop 3/

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 25d

I am also delighted to have had the opportunity to discuss, together with @jannisgrimm.bsky.social the pressing issue of academic freedom and the discourse on international law, where I also shared insights on the silencing attempts we have endured in the lead up to our workshop 3/

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 25d

I am grateful to them for their contribution and engagement, as well as our panelists for their thought-provoking presentations, and our audience for the captivating debates. I am also grateful to the local organisers, and the ESIL Board, for the support in making this event happen. 2/

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 25d

And it’s a wrap on #ESIL2025 !

This year, with my colleagues of the ESIL IG on Int’l Law and Technology, we have had the privilege of welcoming Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, as keynote speakers for our annual workshop. 1/

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 25d

Israeli military commanders openly speak of not being constrained by legal advice

That the role of legal advisers is to defend Israel's actions in Gaza to the outside world using international law

They are "rubber stamps", as @michaelsfard.bsky.social put it

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

www.theguardian.com

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 29d

On Saturday I'm part of an ESIL Special Panel on Academic Freedom and the Discourse on International Law.

What the Berlin mayor is foing here is a direct infringement of academic freedom!

I expect of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to forcefully reject all calls to cancel the UN Special Rapporteur!

michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 29d

Here we go again. Including the obligatory statement by the mayor of Berlin saying that an appearance by Francesca Albanese ist "out of the question" and that he expects (!) the FU to "take a stand against antisemitism" (ie cancel the appearance). Mafia tactics

www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...

Genozid-Workshop an FU geplant: Proteste gegen Teilnahme Albaneses

UN-Sonderberichterstatterin Francesca Albanese will diese Woche erneut einen Vortrag an der FU halten. Dagegen regt sich Widerstand, auch aus der Politik.

www.morgenpost.de

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 26d

The University of California, Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 faculty members and students as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”, a move a targeted scholar likened to a “practice from the McCarthy era”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 26d

As someone who is used to speaking on the “miscellaneous international issues” panel at conferences, it was an honour to share my research with a large and attentive audience of specialists at the @esil-sedi.bsky.social Annual Conference in Berlin. I’m still thinking about the questions and comments

Christiane Wilke @christianew.bsky.social · 26d

It was a spectacular performance!

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 26d

A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social

voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...

“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1

Defining Away Palestine

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Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social · 26d

Day 2 of the ESIL conference
@esil-sedi.bsky.social begins with a fantastic panel on reconstructing justice. www.esil2025.de

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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 26d

Thrilled to be at the ESIL conference. Just finished my panel and now listening to a packed forum on “Institutional Reconstructions: Which Role for the United Nations?” with Prof Brunk, Prof Klabbers and Assoc Prof Sinclair, moderated by Prof Chinkin.

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 27d

Four EU countries have now banned the import of goods from unlawful Israeli settlements.

Totally undermining the claim made for years by Ireland that EU law was on obstacle to passing the Occupied Territories Bill.

Complying with the ICJ advisory opinion requires it.

And considerably more.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 27d

NEW: The Netherlands becomes the fourth European state to ban the import of settler goods from illegally occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The Dutch follow in the footsteps of Slovenia, Belgium, and Spain in that order. Ireland is expected to pass a ban before end of 2025.

Dutch gov't to ban imports from Israeli settlements as quickly as possible

The caretaker Schoof I Cabinet will introduce a national import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory “as soon as possible,” caretaker Minister David van Weel...

nltimes.nl

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ESIL-SEDI @esil-sedi.bsky.social · 27d

Day one of the ESIL Annual Conference 2025 has come to a close — a full day of rich discussions, new connections, and inspiring ideas.
From panels to special events, the energy in Berlin is unmistakable. Looking forward to what tomorrow brings.
#ESIL2025 #InternationalLaw #ESILCommunity #ESILAC25

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 27d

Aw man I wish academics had headlines like this.

“Stephen Aguilar (existential dread) is not expected to write today, per @mpolikoff.bsky.social”

Mike Reiss @mikereiss.bsky.social · 28d

CB Christian Gonzalez (hamstring) is not expected to practice today, per Mike Vrabel.

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