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ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality & International Law Interest Group @anzsilgsil.bsky.social · 9d

Registrations are now open for our workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism'! The workshop will be hybrid and take place on 30 & 31 October at Melbourne Law School. See the draft program: drive.google.com/file/d/1YbYn...

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · 22d

The first piece in our Special Issue on ICL & abolition is out! It is an incredible essay by @disposablehuman.bsky.social & @debbiekilroy.bsky.social on 'the brutal realities of incarceration, particularly for Indigenous women in Australia.' Open Access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Prison is a Prison is a Prison

This essay reflects on the brutal realities of incarceration, particularly for Indigenous women in Australia. It begins with the tragic death of Selesa Tafaifa, who was killed in custody, highlight...

www.tandfonline.com

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Elliot Dolan-Evans @therealelliotde.bsky.social · Jul 22

To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, Making War Safe for Capitalism, I will be sharing the wonderfully kind endorsements that I have received for the book - starting with Dr Daniela Lai!

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/making-war-s...

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ok one of the most wild things about #tasvotes25 is that so far, no ALP candidate has attracted a full quota in their own right #politas (closest is Janie Finlay and this presumably may change with pre-polls counted?)

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · Jul 18

Parts of a speech made by Haddad that referred directly to the conduct of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces did not breach the Racial Discrimination Act because they could not reasonably be regarded as referring to Jewish people. theconversation.com/australian-l...

Australian law is clear: criticism of Israel does not breach the Racial Discrimination Act

The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.

theconversation.com

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Australian Journal of International Affairs @austjia.bsky.social · Jul 15

This "Meet the Author" refers to a discussion paper by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social, abt the state of international law in the wake of the Gaza crisis. It is a discomfiting reflection that attracted a large readership. ⬇️
#InternationalLaw #AcademicPublishing
think.taylorandfrancis.com/meet-the-aut...

Meet the Author: Ntina Tzouvala | Taylor & Francis

In this Q&A, we speak to Ntina Tzouvala , exploring how international law’s response to Gaza reveals deep internal fractures, exposing structural biases and prompting urgent reflection on the discipli...

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · Jul 10

My (long) essay on how the ICC & ICJ find themselves seized of the same atrocity crime contexts (incl. in Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine & Afghanistan), their relative strengths, & the need for dialogue between the institutions to better address international crimes: justiceinconflict.org/2025/07/10/c...

Courts in Conversation: The International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and their mutual and respective roles in Addressing International Crimes

The following essay examines the relationship between the ICJ and the ICC, at a time when both courts have increasingly found themselves seized of the same situations of mass atrocity crimes, inclu…

justiceinconflict.org

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darko k @darkokrznaric.bsky.social · Jul 11

Srebrenica, 11. juli 1995.
da ne zaboravimo

foto: Tarik Samarah

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Dylan Lino @dylanlino.bsky.social · Jun 18

‘The actions of university managements across the country have turned campuses into hostile environments for discussion and activism on the question of Palestine.’

Preliminary Report of the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine is out www.palestineinquiry.com/home

Home

Update: the Preliminary Report of the People's Inquiry has been published - see below for more information. Public hearings will be held in July. Please see here for more information about attending a...

www.palestineinquiry.com

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔥🔥This looks incredible🔥🔥

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · Jun 27

All profiles now updated for full field of #tasvotes including record 45 independents - links to individual seats from this page. kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/06/2025... #politas

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A/Prof Narrelle Morris @narrellemorris.bsky.social · May 29

So be very wary of institutional demands to integrate Gen AI into teaching. Massive increased cost to workload and misleads students. theconversation.com/researchers-...

Researchers created a chatbot to help teach a university law class – but the AI kept messing up

Researchers developed an educational chatbot to help law students and save time. But the AI kept giving inaccurate, misleading and even incorrect feedback.

theconversation.com

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · May 13

We’re back at the High Court to intervene in the case brought by Al Haq & GLAN to demand the UK Gov end ALL arms exports to Israel.

Not a few.

Not thirty.

ALL.

The UK has a legal obligation to prevent genocide - and right now Keir Starmer's gov is failing.

#StopArmingIsrael #EndGazaGenocide

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · May 16

this is 🔥

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · May 16

get on it folks

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · May 16

Australian Progressive Legal Studies is back with a call for papers on the law and political economy of contemporary authoritarianism. If you want to help us understand WTF is going on, send us your abstract by the 11th of July.

We are-ahem-low budget, so we can only help with domestic travel.

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · May 6

Projection: #Melbourne ALP gain from Green. Seat has been moved to expected win status.

(I tend to avoid categorically "calling" seats outside Tas when there's a lot going on but I project Bandt at 47.6 in the live count which is not recoverable.)

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · Apr 16

We are hiring at RMIT Law! It's a great place to work, in the Melbourne CBD. Hiring at both Senior Lecturer aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... and Lecturer aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... Levels. Please get in touch to discuss!

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · Apr 9

Of 900 respondents from the biggest age-demographic voting block (the 18-39s), 'More than 500 feel pessimistic about the future, 174 are somewhat optimistic... and the rest oscillate between the two' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Impending doom’: 20 young Australian voters tell us what’s important to them this election

Almost 1,000 people responded when Guardian Australia asked about their attitudes and experiences in the lead-up to the federal election. Here’s a small sample of what they have to say

www.theguardian.com

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · Mar 31

I wrote about the raid on the Quaker meeting house for the paper.

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Sophie Rigney @sophiejrigney.bsky.social · Mar 29

It is a matter of faith for Friends to resist war; to be a responsible citizen in local, national, and international affairs; and to act unlawfully if conscience demands (Advices & Queries).
Police came into a house of worship and took people exercising their faith www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Jessica Whyte @jessicawhyte.bsky.social · Mar 20

More than 200 Australian Research Council grant recipients have signed this open letter calling for the ARC to immediately reinstate Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Future Fellowship and protect grant recipients from politically motivated campaigns. Letter & signatory list: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Screen shot of a guardian article about the open letter.

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Daniel Hurst @danielhurst.bsky.social · Mar 20

🧵 Dutton says he'll seek an FTA with Israel if he wins the election.

A reminder that the International Court of Justice last year found all countries were “under an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence” in occupied territory.

Peter Dutton: "We will revitalise discussions on a Free Trade Agreement with our trusted partner, Israel – building on a strong economic relationship and looking to harness Israel’s strengths in technology and R&D."

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Mar 20

Activist alerts ICC to spyware attack while sharing Libya torture victims’ details

David Yambio, founder of Refugees in Libya, urges international criminal court members to have phones checked A prominent activist in Italy has warned the international criminal court that his mobile phone was under surveillance when he was providing…

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her) @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social · Mar 19

📔 “The Afterlives of Transitional Justice” — the 2025 Special Issue of the International Journal of Transitional Justice (@oxunipress.bsky.social), which I edited with Francesca Parente — is out now!

You can read our editors’ introduction at the link in the comments below.

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Janet H Anderson @janethanderson.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you like your numbers crunched @jodesz.bsky.social has all the stats for you to compare #Duterte to fellow inmates #ICC www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq...

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