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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 9d

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social's latest post for @justsecurity.org

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 9d

Legally Available Options in Response to Russia’s Penetrations of NATO Airspace

By leading legal expert @mikeschmitt.bsky.social

#NATO #RussiaUkraineWar

www.justsecurity.org/121527/russi...

Legally Available Options in Response to Russia's Penetrations of NATO Airspace

Top legal expert analyzes options for NATO member States to use force in response to Russian intrusions in airspace.

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 15d

Dr Ruvi Ziegler has been interviewed on the UK's asylum policies
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Drive Time Show Podcast 15-09-2025: Afghanistan and Uk immigration policy

Podcast Episode · Voice of Islam · 15/09/2025 · 1h 55m

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 15d

Professor Rosa Friedman has been interviewed by France24 on the UK's recognition of the state of Palestine www.france24.com/en/video/202...

Western shift: UK and Portugal to recognise Palestinian state

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Mike Schmitt @mikeschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

Quoted in this WP story on attacking drug cartels. For a fuller discussion of my views on some of the legal issues, see my @justsecurity.org piece last week. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

DEA faced pushback at White House, Pentagon after urging Mexico strikes

The suggestion, though not acted upon, was met with alarm from officials who warned that Congress has not authorized such action.

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 21d

New post for @justsecurity.org by Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social.

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 23d

Leading legal expert analyzes the Israeli airstrike on Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar.

Striking Hamas in Qatar: "Unwilling or Unable”?
By professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/120727/israe...

Striking Hamas in Qatar: "Unwilling or Unable”?

Legal analysis of the Israeli airstrike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar.

www.justsecurity.org

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 24d

The walk is tomorrow. Please do support us if you are able to!

Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 28d

Next week, a group of our staff will be taking part in the Reading Legal Walk 2025 to help raise funds for advice charities in Reading. If you are able to support us, please go to: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/universit.... We are grateful for any contribution!

Reading Legal Walk 2025

Thank you for supporting our team for the Reading Legal Walk 2025. Our team is: Marzia Briel, Nora Honkala, Leonid Sirota, Frances Hamilton and Kieran Lee Marshall We are taking on a sponsored 10km wa

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 28d

Next week, a group of our staff will be taking part in the Reading Legal Walk 2025 to help raise funds for advice charities in Reading. If you are able to support us, please go to: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/universit.... We are grateful for any contribution!

Reading Legal Walk 2025

Thank you for supporting our team for the Reading Legal Walk 2025. Our team is: Marzia Briel, Nora Honkala, Leonid Sirota, Frances Hamilton and Kieran Lee Marshall We are taking on a sponsored 10km wa

londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · 28d

New post by Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social for @justsecurity.org

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 28d

Striking Drug Cartels under the Jus ad Bellum and Law of Armed Conflict

By top laws of war expert @mikeschmitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/120235/drug-...

Striking Drug Cartels under the Jus ad Bellum and Law of Armed Conflict

Legal expert discusses laws of war and law on the resort to force in U.S. military action against Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.

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International & Comparative Law Quarterly @iclq.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just published in ICLQ via @cambup-law.cambridge.org, an excellent article by Marko Milanovic @unirdg-law.bsky.social analysing the notion of an illegal occupation in the recent #ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine.

#InternationalLaw #IHL #Occupation #AdvisoryOpinion

The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | Cambridge Core

The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion

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Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social · Aug 29

News report on the current impact and implications of US sanctions against the ICC, includes a couple of quotes from me. (report by Eunseo Hong) @unirdg-law.bsky.social - www.courthousenews.com/sanctions-an...

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Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sharing a few thoughts on developments and possible implications of the newest US sanctions against ICC staff - www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Ex...

@unirdg-law.bsky.social #ICC

US ICC sanctions expert comment - University of Reading

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Amanda Millmore @lawprofamanda.bsky.social · Aug 13

For legal educators - my edited collection "How to Include Employability in the Law School" is now out in paperback.

Affordable & full of practical & adoptable employability ideas from experienced legal educators:

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how...

@elgarpublishing.bsky.social

Picture of a book cover - "How to Include Employability in the Law School"

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Aug 11

A blog post by Dr Derek Whayman (@whaymandr.bsky.social) explaining the Supreme Court's recent motor finance rulings and the role his work and that of other academics played in assisting the court's understanding of the case. blogs.reading.ac.uk/law/2025/08/...

Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd – Limited Redress for Car Buyers | Law at Reading

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Aug 5

An open access version of Dr Whayman's article is available here: centaur.reading.ac.uk/117613/

Liability for bribes and secret commissions at common law: obsolete, unnecessary and probably a fusion fallacy - CentAUR

University Publications

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Aug 5

In last week's motor finance judgment (www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...), the Supreme Court has cited the Dr Derek Whayman's (@whaymandr.bsky.social) work on the development of common law liability for bribes and secret commissions. Congratulations!

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 30

Dr Wilde examines the potential application to universities of the rule against political charities and draws on the authorities establishing that political propaganda representing itself as education is non-charitable. 2/2

Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 30

New article by Dr David Wilde: 'Universities and the rule against political charities' (2025) 141 LQR 376. Dr Wilde suggests that political neutrality is already effectively a legal requirement for almost all universities. 1/2

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 24

Latest @articlesofwar.bsky.social post by Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social

Articles of War @articlesofwar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Reportedly, Israeli settlers/soldiers have killed 5 US citizens in the #WestBank since 2023 Hamas attack. @mikeschmitt.bsky.social & Julia Flores examine occupying power’s obligation to maintain public order & ensure security of persons within occup. territory. lieber.westpoint.edu/protecting-i...

Protecting Inhabitants of Occupied Territory: Settler Violence in the West Bank - Lieber Institute West Point

Obligation of an Occupying Power to ensure public order/safety in occupied territory is a tenet of the law of belligerent occupation.

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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · Jul 23

The summer holidays are here!

Naomi Lott @naomilott.bsky.social @unirdg-law.bsky.social argues that parents must actively encourage children to engage in outdoor play during the holidays.

Her research is focused on understanding children's right to play, why it matters and how to support it.

The summer holidays are here – let’s support our children’s right to play - Connecting Research

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 18

A post by Dr @alexgilder.bsky.social

Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New Blog article:

NATO endorsed a Human Security approach in 2022 but this year's Hague Summit was silent on it. @alexgilder.bsky.social of Reading University & @rusi.bsky.social makes the case for Human Security staying on NATO’s agenda.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/07/15/h...

Human Security Must Remain on the NATO Agenda

Since 2022 NATO has endorsed a Human Security approach in relation to its core tasks. Yet its 2025 Summit fell silent on this, among many other issues. Alexander Gilder makes the case for why Human…

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 7

Dr Alexandra Cox (@alexandracox.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the Ideas Prize, an award for the best debut trade non-fiction proposal from an academic, for The Branded Mayflower: How Convict Transportation Shaped the Founding of America. Good luck! profilebooks.com/2025/07/04/a...

Announcing the 2025 Ideas Prize longlist - Profile Books

The judges of the Profile Books and Alexander Aitken Ideas Prize are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Ideas Prize. Now in its fifth iteration, The Ideas Prize is an award for the best deb...

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jul 3

A new column by Professor Jo Phoenix unherd.com/newsroom/new...

New report exposes campaign to silence gender-critical academics

Gender-critical academics have for the past decade found life very difficult on campus. The Sullivan Review, published yesterday, is a painstaking account of the experiences of academics who were stif...

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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · Jul 2

Is there a better way to resolve medical disagreements than going to court?

In this blog Dr Jaime Lindsey @unirdg-law.bsky.social explains how mediation can be a therapeutic process for people involved in health and care disputes.

Medical disputes don't always have to end in court – mediation can be a better way - Connecting Research

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jun 30

A post by Dr Alison Bisset in @opiniojuris.bsky.social on the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crimes of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and Other International Crimes opiniojuris.org/2025/06/26/t...

The Ljubljana-The Hague Convention: Where are we Now?

[Dr Alison Bisset is an Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the University of Reading School of Law] The Ljubljana-The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Inve…

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Jun 30

Dr Ruvi Ziegler appeared this weekend on CGTN's flagship programme, 'the 'Agenda', to discuss the plight of refugees as part of their coverage of world refugee day. His interview is between minutes 23 and 29.
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How to solve the global refugee crisis: The Agenda full episode

June 20 marked the annual World Refugee Day. And this year the statistics are more troubling than ever – 2024 marked a new record – with almost 130 million people across the world displaced, everywher...

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