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Luigi Prosperi

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Assistant Prof in Criminal Law, Utrecht Uni. Editor, Rivista OIDU. PhD in International Legal Order&Human Rights (Sapienza Univ., Rome). Interests: International (Criminal) Law, European Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Law. ORCID: 0000-0003-1021-2544

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · Dec 16

#intlaw NEW ARTICLE: "The ICC Issued Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas’ Commander-in-Chief Deif: What Next?" Where I discuss 3 issues: 1 scope of charges re. Netanyahu&Gallant; 2 personal immunities of N.; 3 double standards.
LINK (OPEN ACCESS) www.rivistaoidu.net/wp-content/u...

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 1d

Transforming places of atrocity into places of truth, knowledge and healing is an act of justice.

A former Ontario residential school, the Mohawk Institute Residential School, reopens as a museum: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A former Ontario residential school reopens as a museum

Once part of a system notorious for abuse, the institution is now a place for learning and reflection

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 1d

"A lot of them are malnourished and they are facing executions on the road, some gunshots."

Sudan's civil war has faded from headlines, but monitors say it's the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, writes Margaret Evans: www.cbc.ca/news/world/e... #KeepEyesonSudan #Darfur

Sudan's civil war has faded from headlines, but monitors say it's the largest humanitarian crisis in the world | CBC News

The UN says more than 12 million Sudanese have been displaced since its civil war began in spring 2023, making it the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Aid agencies, including Medecins Sans Fr...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 1d

I’m quite jealous

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 1d

Everybody should read it

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to see that Omar El Akkad's unflinching and utterly essential book has been named a finalist for the National Book Awards.

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Cover of Omar El Akkad's book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 1d

This is pretty big

TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 1d

The European Parliament has voted to strip the parliamentary immunity of two of its Polish members, acting on requests from prosecutors in Warsaw.

Parliament strips two Polish MEPs of immunity

The move brings the number of Polish MEPs stripped of immunity in the current term to six.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray is a brilliant scholar and by all accounts a caring and wonderful educator, and is now moving to Europe because the fascists doxed him and his family

Feels pretty huge that he’s forced to do this—the harassment was bad in ‘16 but I don’t think he’s ever felt compelled to leave the country

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 2d

“The accused was not only giving orders…but was personally involved in the beatings & later was physically present & giving orders for the execution of those detained.”

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The first senior perpetrator of atrocities in Darfur is convicted at the ICC! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocities

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 2d

Today the ICC has convicted the first Sudanese national who stood accused of crimes committed in Darfur in 2003-2004. The man, known as Ali Kushayb, led a government-backed armed group (the Janjaweed). He was found guilty of war crimes & crimes against humanity. www.icc-cpi.int/news/ali-muh...

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman declared guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, Sudan

Today, 6 October 2025, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, in...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 3d

Quite the omission, isn’t it? Looks like the ICC took one side. But important piece nevertheless about what’s going on with Mr. Khan.

Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

The morning "drama at the #ICC" read. BTW, the article omits that the Prosecutor also went after Hamas, it's not only the two Israeli officials. It's just that all the Hamas suspects got assassinated (by Israel). Maybe there's more warrants, who knows...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Hague on Trial

The chief prosecutor has obtained warrants against Israeli leaders for war crimes—but faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

www.newyorker.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

In #Amsterdam today, protesters demand action. #RodeLijn #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Nederland
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In Amsterdam staat Museumplein vol voor derde Rode Lijn-protest

De demonstranten eisen actie van de regering tegen Israël. Amsterdam is volgestroomd met mensen in rode kleding en met rode paraplu's.

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 3d

250,000 people marched in Amsterdam today to say “END GENOCIDE NOW”. Let’s hope the Dutch government (and all other Western and EU govts) will finally exert some pressure on the Israeli counterparts. It’s time to step up the efforts! nltimes.nl/2025/10/05/t...

Third “Red Line” protest against Gaza war draws quarter-million in Amsterdam

Around 250,000 people marched through Amsterdam Sunday in the city’s third Red Line protest against the Dutch government’s Israel policy, organizers said. The demonstration began at 1 p.m. with a prog...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 4d

[Sunday reading] although “Doppelgänger” was published 2 years ago, today I got back to these 2 chapters @naomiaklein.bsky.social dedicated to Israel and Palestine. They provide the background knowledge for understanding what we’re watching since October 7. Must-read! naomiklein.org/doppelganger...

Cover of “Doppelganger”, the latest book by Naomi Klein

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 5d

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved military operations on two vessels early last month that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian supporters, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg"

CBS News going down swinging

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 4d

"Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5d

Further premeditated killing by the Trump administration.

Labelling the victims of these strikes as "narco-terrorists" does not magically make these attacks legal.

Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people.

Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!

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Machiko Kanetake @machikokanetake.bsky.social · 5d

The core point of the judgment is that the Dutch Supreme Court left this legally clear issue to the counterbalancing policy decisions. The reasoning was disappointing, yet I still hope that the government finds "clear risk" (and no further balancing exercise).

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

The highest court in the Netherlands ordered the Dutch government to reevaluate its currently suspended license for exporting parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel in response to concerns they could be used in breaches of international law.

Dutch high court orders government to reevaluate license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

The Netherlands' highest court is ruling on an appeal by the government against a ban on sending F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 5d

If you want to check out everything we’ve done in the past 2 years, this is the page of the research team with all publications and other outputs (including videos about ecocide) www.uu.nl/en/research/...

Conceptualizing Ecocide

This Incubator funded project aims to formulate a working definition of the concept of “ecocide” and to set up an ecocide mock trial at Utrecht University with students and experts from different disc...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 5d

I was so focused on presentations and keynotes that this is the only picture I took of the “Conceptualizing Ecocide” conference. A couple of amazing and inspiring days at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @uurechten.bsky.social! So grateful to all speakers and fellow members of the research team!

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Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social · 6d

You'd expect #EU to stand for int'l justice as #Trump admin crushes ICC & groups working w/ it. Instead Brussels has offered less than minimum service.

EU should call out US sanctions against ICC & Pal NGOs, use Blocking Statute to mitigate their impact.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d

And it’s not only about demonstrations. In the past 24 months, we have also experienced what my wonderful colleagues Alessandra Spadaro and Fabio Cristiano have described as “spacio-cide”, or the restriction of academic freedom voelkerrechtsblog.org/spacio-cide-...

Spacio-cide from Palestine to Dutch Academia and Back

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d

This is yet another example of the attitude of authorities in the Netherlands in relation to pro-Palestine and anti-genocide demonstrations. We need to quickly react to it because it’s really, really bad for democracy.

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d

“For comparison, during violent far-right riots in The Hague on September 20, in which rioters set fire to police cars, blocked the A12 highway, sought confrontations with the riot police, and attacked political buildings, the police arrested 37 people.” nltimes.nl/2025/10/03/p...

Police arrest 205 people at Gaza-support protest around Hague Central Station

The Hague police arrested 205 people at a Gaza-support protest at Den Haag Central Station on Thursday evening. According to the police, the protest had a grim atmosphere, and activists were guilty of...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing first full day of our “Conceptualizing Ecocide” conference at Utrecht. So many inspiring presentations!

Dr Julie Fraser @drjuliefraser.bsky.social · 7d

Panel discussions on rethinking harm in the anthropocene on day 2 ecocide conference opened by Dr @luigiprosperi.bsky.social at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

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FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) @fidh-official.bsky.social · 7d

🚨The peaceful Global Sumud Flotilla has been illegally intercepted. Among the activists arrested, 2 of our own Vice Presidents.

🚨We call for their immediate release.

Global Sumud Flotilla's activist have been kidnapped. Among them, 2 of our own Vice Presidents. We ask for their immediate release.

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 7d

Tells you everything about @theguardian.com’s priorities. Covering the funeral of a racist, sexist, homophobe was worth more resources than covering the attempts of nearly 500 people from around the world to break a genocidal siege and deliver humanitarian aid.

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 7d

No live coverage on The Guardian of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

They had no problem giving us a live coverage of the Kirk funeral.

They don't even need to spend resources to cover the GSF. They can just report what they see on the live feed.

They spent resources to go to Kirk's funeral.

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