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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Apr 25

On European human rights, frames, and critique.

@jtheilen.bsky.social and I had a very insightful conversation with Daniela Rau from Völkerrechtsblog about studying European human rights, authoritarianism, climate change, and migration through the lenses of critique and framing.

Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · Apr 25

In today’s #Ö interview, @esrademir.bsky.social and @jtheilen.bsky.social explore the potential of critical frame analysis in European Human Rights Law.
#CriticalApproaches, #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights, #Ö=DanielaRau
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On European Human Rights, Frames, and Critique

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Jens Theilen @jtheilen.bsky.social · 7d

An important and wide-ranging interview with Nahed Samour on international law and Palestine, among other things on the role of law and narrative, on the relation between positivism and critique, and on transnational resistance: academic.oup.com/lril/advance...

International law, populism and Palestine: an interview with Nahed Samour

In this interview, Dr Richard Joyce and Professor Sundhya Pahuja are joined by German-Palestinian international legal scholar, Dr Nahed Samour, currently b

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · 22d

I am happy that this finally out now—and we are now very close to the publication of the full special issue. Stay tuned!

Jens Theilen @jtheilen.bsky.social · 22d

Another article from our special issue on frames of human rights is out: @esrademir.bsky.social’s fantastic piece on oppositional frames, analysing how concepts like authoritarianism and populism are used and what this tells us about the Council of Europe itself

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A screenshot of the article’s abstract, entitled “The shifting frames of the Council of Europe: from totalitarianism to authoritarianism, from populism to democratic backsliding”

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · Sep 8

a timely and important symposium at @voelkerrechtsblog.org :
‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’

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Introducing the Symposium ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 31

What boggles my mind even more than this is the fact that this is what they think about, what they care about, what they take action against…

Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Both B’Tselem and PHR said Israel’s western allies were enabling the genocidal campaign, and shared responsibility for suffering in Gaza. “It couldn’t happen without the support of the western world,” Novak said. “Any leader that is not doing whatever they can to stop it is part of this horror.””

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 28

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups

Reports detailing killing of children and elderly, forced displacement and starvation likely to add to pressure for action * Middle East crisis – live updates Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it. In reports published on Monday, the two groups said Israel had targeted civilians in Gaza only because of their identity as Palestinians over nearly two years of war, causing severe and in some cases irreparable damage to Palestinian society. Continue reading...

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Sué González Hauck @gonzalezhauck.bsky.social · Jul 21

@jtheilen.bsky.social und ich haben für @verfassungsblog.de das Ramstein-Urteil analysiert.
Trotz der sehr hohen Hürden, die das Gericht für staatliche Schutzpflichten aufstellt, wird klar: Bei Waffenlieferungen an Israel muss eine solche Pflicht greifen.

Vertrauen und Vertretbarkeit

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency earlier this month. There's a LOT to be said about its content, but for now, I am sharing my first impressions in case you are interested 😎

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance

On 3 July 2025, Justice Nancy Hernandez, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), announced the issuance of the new Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency (AO-32). In front o...

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Andrey X @theandreyx.bsky.social · Jul 16

Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv

They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 8

How do we make sense of what's happening in Germany?

"...there is active suppression of speech, but that the reason may not be law, but obedience or something beyond “law”."

Stacy Douglas engages in a significant discussion here: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/08/i...

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 6

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 5

Nervous Conditions

Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jul 3

‘I appreciate depreciation’

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Katrina Forrester · ‘I appreciate depreciation’: Dynastic Capitalism

Austerity is a choice. The protection of the family at the expense of other ways of living is a choice. The transfer of...

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Umit Akcay @umitak.bsky.social · Jun 29

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The Material Foundations of War

Three emerging dynamics in the global economy: slowdown, militarization, and geopolitical tensions

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Trump is little more than a symptom of the forces that over decades have produced this gradual decline, though he may also prove to be the final nail in the coffin."

www.bostonreview.net/articles/asl...

America's Imperial Unraveling - Boston Review

Could Trump's repudiation of the Iran Deal be the beginning of the end of U.S. hegemony abroad?

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 27

When we are all enemies of the state

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When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review

A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 23

"It fosters meaningful discussion about the origin, accumulation, and distribution of extreme wealth and the harms it causes."

Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 23

Drawing a line under extreme wealth

"the very idea of an extreme wealth line focuses public and political thinking and narratives around the question of how much is too much."

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The human rights case for drawing a line under extreme wealth

An extreme wealth line focuses attention on a simple question: How much is too much?

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Jun 22

These are just lies. Iran didn’t actually leave the negotiating table. Israel simply bombed Iran and now the US has joined. And the UK just declared that it supports these bombings.

It’s difficult to stress how dangerous this all is, and how reckless Starmer is

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jun 22

BREAKING: Keir Starmer reacts to the US bombing Iran’s nuclear sites

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 17

Nurbanu examines two competing frames of human rights in European human rights law and thought that underpin the conflicting claims on externalised migration control before the ECtHR.

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 17

Following contributions by @cohelongo.bsky.social, @drqv.bsky.social, and @vanditak.bsky.social, the 4th piece in our special issue on Framing Europe in Human Rights, authored by Nurbanu Hayır, has just been published. Available open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Jens Theilen @jtheilen.bsky.social · Jun 10

Another paper from our special issue on Frames of European human rights is out: “Seriously ill migrants in European human rights: Framing global inequalities” by @vanditak.bsky.social — absolute must-read on humanitarianism, responsibility & structural inequality

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The article’s abstract, available at the link in the post

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · Jun 1

#Arboreality

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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · May 23

If I were teaching a course on authoritarianism, I would ask students for an essay comparing Harvard with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. So different, on the one hand, and comparable, on the other.

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · May 22

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Rachel Malik | ‘It’s enough now’

My mother would say, simply and unmelodramatically, to anyone she knew well, that she wanted to die: ‘I’ve had...

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Esra Demir-Gürsel @esrademir.bsky.social · May 22

"For the last thirty years there has been almost no new scholarship on the Peasants’ War. After reunification the subject was simply too difficult, because the former East and the former West had diametrically opposed interpretations of it."

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Lyndal Roper | How is the German Peasants’ War remembered?

Five hundred years ago this week, the rebels of the German Peasants’ War, or Bauernkrieg, were defeated in a series of...