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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · Aug 15

The world we live in. The US president is rolling out the red carpet for the man responsible for all these and countless more crimes. It’s sickening, so god damn sickening. Why are we humans like this.

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · Aug 13

Sehr informatives Gespräch zu Gaza und Völkerrecht mit meinem Kollegen und Namens-Halbvetter @pjanig.bsky.social auf Ö1 heute.

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Gaza und das Völkerrecht | MI | 13 08 2025 | 13:00

Schweigt das internationale Recht im Nahost-Konflikt? Gast: Dr. Philipp Janig, Institut für Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Universität der Bundeswehr München. Moderation: Xaver Forthuber. Anru...

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Aug 11

South Park couldn‘t come with this shit

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 10

Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.

By February, some golden urns on the mantle.

April, gold adornments appear on the walls.

By July, it's gold everywhere.

Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · Jul 27

Ich habe mit @hofbauerja.bsky.social eine #Rechtpolitisch Sonderfolge zum Klimawandel-Gutachten des Internationalen Gerichtshofs aufgenommen. Spoiler: Klimaklagen und Schadenersatz bleiben schwierig und die Briten sind an allem schuld. Überall wo‘s Podcasts gibt

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Sonderfolge: Klimawandel-Gutachten (mit Jane Hofbauer/Universität der Bundeswehr in München)

Recht politisch · Episode

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · Jul 25

Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral.

This tragedy must end now.

Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President: ms.spr.ly/63327sGyPt

"There is no excuse for what’s happening in Gaza.

This tragedy must end now, immediately and decisively.

Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch, will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war.”

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 23

ICJ climate advisory opinion - unanimously on ALL points.. as clear a message to the states listening as they could make

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.gov.uk/government/n... Joint Statement by 28 states, awkwardly missing Germany

Occupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement, 21 July 2025

The UK and 28 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 12

www.justsecurity.org/116904/israe...

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · Jul 8

“The order to “move a population” issued by Israel does not meet any of these conditions, making the operation a war crime”
Eyal Benvenisti [one of Israel’s most renowned international law experts, member of Israel‘s legal team in the genocide case] and Chaim Gans [prof emeritus Tel Aviv university]

Moving the Population in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime

We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.

www.justsecurity.org

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚨 #Afghanistan 🚨

The #ICC issues arrest #warrants for the Supreme Leader of the #Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and its Chief Justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani

Both are wanted for the Crime Against Humanity of persecution, on the basis of #gender

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Situation in Afghanistan: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issues arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani

Today, 8 July 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) has issued, in the context of the Situation of Afghanistan, warrants of arrest for Mr Haibatullah A...

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jul 3

While the Court is known to be notably progressive, and many in Europe will attempt to shrug it off as just that: none of this is out of place - we are in a climate emergency and we are out of time! jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/10849...

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up | by Marko Milanovic

The Illegal Israeli-American Use of Force Against Iran: A Follow-Up

Yesterday, the United States joined Israel in its use of force against Iran by conducting a precision bombing operation targeting Iranian nuclear sites. Like Israel’s use of force before it, this use ...

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come work with us in Munich!!

Our project on peacekeeping and climate change kicks off this fall, and we are looking for two researchers to join us - unibw.de/stellenausschr… - happy to answer any questions! Bonus: We have an international law doggo to calm the nerves...

https://unibw.de/stellenausschr…

Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · May 29

great thread on #SaulvsRWE - a potential game changer in holding corporations responsible for climate harms!

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · May 28

🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · May 22

Sharing this with my students - on a rational basis, we all seem to know that AI cannot (currently) replace human research for student/academic papers, but temptation & anxiety (archive.ph/ZBBmt) seem to get the better of them in 9 out 10 cases

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klimareporter° @klimareporter.bsky.social · May 3

Fossile Energien, Elektrifizierung, Paris-Vertrag und weitere Schlüsselbegriffe haben die Staaten aus den Vorlagen zum neuen Weltklimabericht gestrichen, sagt IPCC-Vizechefin Diana Ürge-Vorsatz. Das Gleichgewicht von Wissenschaft und Politik sei aus der Balance www.klimareporter.de/klimakonfere...

"Ich mache mir Sorgen um die Zukunft des Weltklimarates"

Fossile Energien, Elektrifizierung, Paris-Vertrag und weitere Schlüsselbegriffe wurden von den Staaten aus den Vorlagen zum neuen IPCC-Bericht gestrichen.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Apr 23

Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.

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Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Apr 15

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

State Terror

A brief guide for Americans

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Apr 10

questions arising on the interpretation of the UAE‘s reservation. This might offer the Court the opportunity to want to hear more on interpretation/validity of such clauses at the stage of jurisdiction (and thus pass the low threshold of prima facie threshold at the stage of PM) 2/2

Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Apr 10

Sudan v UAE - provisional measures stage at the ICJ, with the crucial question being whether the UAE‘s reservation on Art IX of the Genocide Convention poses an insurmountable obstacle for the Court to be able to exercise prima facie jurisdiction.. Woodsworth presenting an intriguing argument on 1/2

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Jane Hofbauer @hofbauerja.bsky.social · Apr 9

www.lloydslist.com/LL1153123/La...

Last minute US intervention at IMO threatens to derail climate negotiations

The US has dropped a diplomatic bombshell on the pivotal international talks due to agree shipping’s decarbonisation regulatory measures. The threat of action against member states agreeing to a deal has the potential to derail talks

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Apr 6

Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". 🙄

Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging

An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

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