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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Jun 5

I was happy to take part in the Regulating Cybersecurity 2025 conference organized in the beautiful faculty of law of the University of Granada. Among interesting contributions, I discussed how the misapplication of primary rules of PIL to cyberspace hampers the function of state responsibility.

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · May 20

Ι barely know how to process this information. How can people still defend it is (or should be) inconceivable...

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · May 20

UN's Tom Fletcher: "The situation is dire.. we have thousands of trucks ready to go.. we are demanding that the world back us in pushing Israel to let us in.. [5 trucks is] a drop in the ocean.. there are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them"

Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Mar 19

I am very excited to participate tomorrow in the 2025 ESIL Research Forum in Catania titled "International law in the age of permacrisis". I will be focusing on cyberspace and specifically on the permacrisis that international responsibility faces in the cyber domain

ESIL-SEDI @esil-sedi.bsky.social · Mar 17

The 2025 ESIL Research Forum is happening this week at
the University of Catania! 🎉 Great talks, top speakers, and engaging debates on "International Law in the Age of Permacrisis."💡 We can't wait!

Check the full programme & join the conversation: www.2025esilcatania.unict.it 🔜

#ESILRF2025

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Mar 11

With this blogpost I attempt to engage on yet another violation of international law from the US, this time coming from the Great Musk himself. How posts on X can (legally) become intervention to the internal affairs of other states and (realistically) a very real threat to democracy

CiTiP KU Leuven @citip.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣New blogpost!

@tkouloufakos.bsky.social discusses the recent cyber involvement of Elon Musk in European elections and asks whether said involvement can be considered as prohibited intervention under international law.

www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/b...

Beyond a silly gesture: A legal assessment of Elon Musk’s electoral interference - CiTiP blog

Beyond his new role leading the new US Department of Government Efficiency (jokingly named DOGE), Elon Musk has been quite active in his fairly recently purchased X (formerly Twitter). Said activity has been targeting more and more countries with upcoming elections, always throwing his considerable support behind the conservative and often far right party of […]

www.law.kuleuven.be

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Mar 11

With this blogpost I attempt to engage on yet another violation of international law from the US, this time coming from the Great Musk himself. How posts on X can (legally) become intervention to the internal affairs of other states and (realistically) a very real threat to democracy

CiTiP KU Leuven @citip.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣New blogpost!

@tkouloufakos.bsky.social discusses the recent cyber involvement of Elon Musk in European elections and asks whether said involvement can be considered as prohibited intervention under international law.

www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/b...

Beyond a silly gesture: A legal assessment of Elon Musk’s electoral interference - CiTiP blog

Beyond his new role leading the new US Department of Government Efficiency (jokingly named DOGE), Elon Musk has been quite active in his fairly recently purchased X (formerly Twitter). Said activity has been targeting more and more countries with upcoming elections, always throwing his considerable support behind the conservative and often far right party of […]

www.law.kuleuven.be

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Eva Cossé @evacosse.bsky.social · Feb 28

Today marks 2 years since the devastating #Tempi train crash in #Greece. 57 lives lost, and the fight for justice intensifies. Mass protests across the country show the public's deep frustration with the lack of transparency and accountability. #Δεν_Εχω_Οξυγονο

www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Mass Protests in Greece Over State Response to Fatal Train Crash

It has been nearly two years since a deadly train crash in Tempi, Greece on February 28, 2023, killed 57 people, most of them young, and injured dozens more.

www.hrw.org

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Feb 28

Today there is a general strike in Greece in the memory of the dead of the Τέμπη train disaster and to protest the continuous lies, corruption, and attempts to hide by the Greek government

ThePressProject on Instagram: "The Tempe train disaster on 28 February 2023, which claimed 57 lives, exposed critical failures in Greece’s railway safety systems and sparked widespread allegations of a cover-up. Despite repeated warnings from railway workers, key safety upgrades were never implemented, and investigations have since revealed political interference, missing evidence, and potential fuel smuggling on the freight train. Two years on, mass protests, new forensic findings, and fresh legal battles continue to fuel demands for justice and accountability. #tempi #tempe #Greece #δενέχωοξυγόνο #τέμπη"

11K likes, 14 comments - thepressproject on February 27, 2025: "The Tempe train disaster on 28 February 2023, which claimed 57 lives, exposed critical failures in Greece’s railway safety systems and sparked widespread allegations of a cover-up. Despite repeated warnings from railway workers, key safety upgrades were never implemented, and investigations have since revealed political interference, missing evidence, and potential fuel smuggling on the freight train. Two years on, mass protests, new forensic findings, and fresh legal battles continue to fuel demands for justice and accountability. #tempi #tempe #Greece #δενέχωοξυγόνο #τέμπη".

www.instagram.com

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · Feb 26

Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...

Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin

voelkerrechtsblog.org

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Marco Roscini @marcoroscini.bsky.social · Feb 22

This looks a lot like economic coercion to me, prohibited by the principle of non-intervention (as codified in the UN Friendly Relations Declarations) and by Art. 3 of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources

Ukraine's access to SpaceX-owned Starlink was brought up in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy turned down an initial proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent.

www.reuters.com

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Feb 5

I really believe we shouldn't react to every thing a clearly deranged man says, but since he wants to add international criminal to the mix.
Annexation-> the most basic prohibition of PIL
Forced transfers-> was a war crime when Israel proposed it, remains a war crime

Trump declares US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip as China says it opposes ‘forced transfer’ of Palestinians – live

China believes in ‘Palestinian rule over Palestinians’, says foreign ministry spokesperson after US president’s announcement critics say amounts to ethnic cleansing

www.theguardian.com

Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Jan 15

You know how some saints in different christian dogmas protect different things? We should definitely canonize a saint for refrences so researchers can pray somewhere when zotero/mendeley malfunction

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Jan 4

Thank you very much 😊

Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Jan 3

It is very helpful thank you ery much for your eager help ☺️

Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Jan 3

Done :)

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Dec 30

Hello everyone, a very good friend of mine is preparing a syllabus for a class on the rule of law and the EU and he would appreciate any reccomendations or ideas, may you all have a wonderful new year's 😁

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International Legal Memes @ilmemes.bsky.social · Dec 2

International lawyers this morning

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Dr Juliette McIntyre ☯︎🩷💚 🏳️‍🌈 @drnajimagi.bsky.social · Nov 21

Putin and Netanyahu sitting in a tree, hiding from the ICC

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 18

Since I cannot find one, here is a starter pack for the slightly niche topic of every aspect of PIL and the interwebs. Please feel free to send me so I can add you :D

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 18

Finally the EU throws its hat in the ring with the (first of its kind for EU standards) common declaration about how PIL applies to cyberspace. Quite valuable position from an important player. We eagerly expect the actual text to see teh details but a very positive development overall!

Cyberspace: Council approves declaration on a common understanding of application of international law in cyberspace

Council approves Declaration on a common understanding of application of international law in cyberspace.

www.consilium.europa.eu

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International Legal Memes @ilmemes.bsky.social · Nov 17

International law twitter rn

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 17

-Lex coffealis
-The invisible coffee college
-Jus coffens

Signature drink is The Good faith principle where you just trust the barista to make you a coffee that he thinks you will like

David Matyas @davidgmatyas.bsky.social · Nov 16

Alright reconstituted PIL twitter, let's give this a go.

Best name for an international law bookshop café?

I'll go first...

-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company

*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello, thank you very much for this, I'd love to be included thanks 😊

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 15

I apologise for barging in but this is a topic quite close to my heart. Any mandarins Benelux are a disappointment unless they are Turkish/Greek imported. Mandarins are supposed to be tangy not sweet/bland 🍊

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Nov 12

Spending 9 hours reading 15 papers to write 1 footnote containing 40 words and 3 references

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Triantafyllos Kouloufakos @tkouloufakos.bsky.social · Nov 12

1) trying to apply the no-harm principle in cases of cyber harm in order to foster at least (some) harm redress in case of malicious cyber operations
2) how international law should become more flexible and start to apply its rules in a less rigid way shedding often unreasonable thresholds

Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · Oct 6

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.

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