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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching!

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 5d

poster announcing general strike in Italy today in support of the flotilla for Gaza

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 18d

De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa:

"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"

(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 29d

Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · Sep 8

Kabinet: niet alleen kop soep, maar alle vormen van hulp aan illegalen blijft straffeloos mogelijk

Minister Van Weel wil op die manier de wet repareren die vlak voor de vakantie werd goedgekeurd door de Tweede Kamer.

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 29d

www.folia.nl/en/opinie/16...

Third academic year into a genocide – where was the UvA?

www.folia.nl

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Sep 1

in person only i’m afraid. thanks for your interest!

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Sep 1

it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!

Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...

www.eui.eu

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Aug 28

The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza.
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza

Former prime minister in Washington DC on Wednesday for talks that reportedly also included Jared Kushner

www.theguardian.com

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Aug 21

eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt

of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jul 28

‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’

Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?

I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Jul 17

Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees

Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens • Sea-Watch e.V.

Dear Mr. Leijtens, Frontex is once again obstructing democratic scrutiny. Your agency is demanding that we — a civil society organisation — pay €11,093.32 in court costs, for a legal case that arose because Frontex refused to release documents related to a clear human rights violation. This demand is an act of institutional intimidation designed…

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Ralf Michaels @ralfmichaels.bsky.social · Jul 16

Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Jul 11

grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Correct" spelling and "proper" grammar aren't worth fussing about. Just let people be.

scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...

Grammar does not matter

Please stop being a grammar pedant.

scienceforeveryone.science

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one"

www.brusselstimes.com/1648066/icon...

Iconic Forest Park in Brussels finally completes lengthy renovation

"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one."

www.brusselstimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 29

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Julia Emtseva @jemtseva.bsky.social · May 16

Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 16

The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓

Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 16

The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓

Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · May 17

closes tomorrow(ish)!

Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...

www.eui.eu

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Peter Ullrich @textrecycling.bsky.social · May 17

Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

Wissenschaftler bekennen sich zu Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus: „Antwort auf die Mängel“

Stellungnahme von 53 Forschenden zur Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus

www.fr.de

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · May 11

Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · May 9

Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.

Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · May 8

❗❗Important❗❗

As EU foreign ministers meet, the Netherlands requests a review of Israel’s compliance with the EU-Israel association agreement - highlighting Article 2 - Israel’s obligations under humanitarian law.

In doing so, the Netherlands joins Spain, Ireland & Slovenia.

Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block

Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement

www.theguardian.com

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · May 2

“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.”

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti prevented from travelling to speak at Dublin festival

Activist

www.irishtimes.com

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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · Apr 30

“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.”

labour.ie/news/2025/04...

Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour Party

Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour PartyThe Labour Party has condemned the de facto travel ban be...

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Apr 8

🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!

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