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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 23d

The UN Commission of Inquiry has issued a damning report, concluding that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds

GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Jun 5

In my latest @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece, I analyse the recent ICJ’s decision in the Sudan v. UAE Genocide Case. The case spotlights tensions between erga omnes partes obligations and Art. IX reservations – and what they possibly mean for third-party interventions. Comments are much welcome! :)

The End of Treaty Reservations as We Know Them? Not Yet – Reflections on Sudan v. UAE and the Normative Weight of the Dissent

[Dr Veronica Botticelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher in International Law at the University of Milan, Italy. She obtained a PhD from University of Padua.] On 5 May 2025, the International Court of …

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · May 23

Happy to share my first piece in @opiniojuris.bsky.social on "Settler Tourism in #WesternSahara and the Commodification of Occupied Territories", where I take aim at @ryanairofficial.bsky.social & others and draw comparisons with Trump's plans for Palestine as Riviera
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Development as Domination: Settler Tourism in Western Sahara and the Commodification of Occupied Territories in Trumpist International Law

[Andrea Maria Pelliconi is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law & Global Justice at the University of Southampton, where she researches demographic engineering, displacement, and inter…

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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · May 2

Il mio contributo "La decisione Fronte Polisario II della Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea e il diritto all’autodeterminazione del popolo Sahrawi" é stato pubblicato su La Comunitá Internazionale. Grazie a redazione, revisori anonimi, e @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social per gli utili commenti

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · Apr 22

Taylor & Francis have made my note on Gaza and the crisis of international law freely available online. You can access it below and partake to my impeding sense of doom.

Australian Journal of International Affairs @austjia.bsky.social · Apr 22

This reflection by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social is included in Taylor and Francis' promotional page on "Policies and Governance for a Sustainable World". Free access!
think.taylorandfrancis.com/hss-collecti...
#AcademicPublishing #InternationalLaw #InternationalRelations

Title of the paper: International Law as a discipline in crisis.
ABSTRACT
One of the most influential international law articles of the past 20 years is entitled 'International Law: A Discipline of Crisis'. Authored by Hilary Charlesworth in the aftermath of the NATO intervention in Kosovo, the article articulated a compelling feminist critique of the politics, aesthetics and implications of the discipline's overemphasis on crises. I revisit Charlesworth's article with an eye on the field's profound divisions regarding Israel's war on Gaza. Charlesworth's critique correctly assumed a degree of disciplinary convergence when it came to the identification of crises, even as opinions about the right response diverged. This background consensus has disintegrated in light of the field's divergent attitudes towards the war on Gaza. As different sections of the discipline adopt diametrically opposed positions regarding the severity of the facts on the ground and their importance for international law as a field of practice and study, international law moves from being a discipline of crisis into being a discipline in crisis.

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · Apr 2

📢 Call for Papers 📢

The ESIL IG on International Law and Technology is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop

The theme is *Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to Reconstructing International Law - A Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide*

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Mar 27

Qualcuno direbbe 'andiamo a Berlino, Beppe!' (cit.) 🥳🥳🥳 can't waittt

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Mar 7

A way out: friendly settlements re Article 39 could serve as an 'exit strategy' in this context, akin to the situation in Denmark v Turkey, where the settlement agreement included non-pecuniary measures such as formal apologies and ex gratia compensation for the individual's benefit.

Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Mar 7

b) if the case is considered admissible, difficulties may arise regarding the methodology for 'transferring' any possible money awarded as just satisfaction re Article 41 to the individual's family or next of kin.

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Mar 7

Some (possible) procedural hurdles: a) prior exhaustion of domestic remedies still applies to inter-State cases, especially those resembling individual cases or those filed 'à la' diplomatic protection; also, Slovakia appears not to allege an administrative practice;

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Mar 7

New inter-State case filed before the ECtHR! It seems a classical 'diplomatic protection-like’ case, though still relevant: after a busy period with inter-State cases, the Court last received its last Article 33 claim over a year ago, re Ireland v. UK (III). More to see, I guess!

European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · Mar 7

Nouvelle requête interétatique introduite par la Slovaquie contre la Belgique hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=...
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

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Márta Pardavi @martapardavi.bsky.social · Feb 5

Czechia 🇨🇿 became the first EU member state to formally request to join the European Commission's case at the CJEU against Hungary's controversial Sovereignty Protection Act as a third party.
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Czechia joins EU lawsuit against Hungary over sovereignty protection law

Prague claims that twelve more member states are seriously considering or are about to join.

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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · Feb 3

Advisory opinions all over the place? Submit an abstract for a @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop in Berlin on the role and function of advisory proceedings before international courts and tribunals. Abstracts due 28 March, more information below.

Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · Feb 3

The ESIL Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals is soliciting abstracts (due 28 March) for a workshop on "Reconstructing the Advisory Function of International Courts and Tribunals" at the ESIL Annual Meeting in Berlin (Sept. 2025). For more information: esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Jan 20

Extremely concerning that in all the media stories & politician statements/interviews on the #Israel #Gaza #ceasefire, I have not seen one comment on the need for accountability for the extensive number of atrocity crimes that have been committed. #intLaw #ICL #IHL www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel’s assault on the foundations of international law must have consequences: UN experts

GENEVA – Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, a group of independent human rights experts* said today,...

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ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social · Jan 14

We are happy to announce that we moved from X to here and our X account will be discontinued. Please do follow us and spread the word. This change will not amend our mission to share the most up-to-date and insightful scholarship on the European Convention on Human Rights!

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Jan 8

Fresh out of the press - A Miron, 'Intervention in the Collective Interest before the International Court of Justice – the Time has
Finally Come?' in A Gattini (ed), Time and International Adjudication (Brill, 2024), 215-235. If you don't have access to it, I will send it to you :)

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Dec 20

Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.

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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Dec 19

KlimaSeniorinnen, the prohibition of actio popularis cases, and future generations – a false dilemma? | by Corina Heri

KlimaSeniorinnen, the prohibition of actio popularis cases, and future generations – a false dilemma?

“Did the Court in KlimaSeniorinnen create an actio popularis?” Eight months after the ECtHR’s climate judgment against Switzerland, this question remains a bone of contention both in Swiss politics…

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Dec 19

Excited to share my piece on the ICJ's judgment on preliminary objections in the Azerbaijan v. Armenia case has been published on EJIL:Talk! :) I tried to expand the discussion on whether environmental harm may constitute racial discrimination under CERD. Huge thanks to the Editorial Team!

EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Dec 18

Greening CERD? The ICJ’s (Over)Cautious Stance on Environmental Harm as Racial Discrimination in Azerbaijan v. Armenia | by Veronica Botticelli

Greening CERD? The ICJ’s (Over)Cautious Stance on Environmental Harm as Racial Discrimination in Azerbaijan v. Armenia

On 12 November 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, ‘the Court’) delivered its ‘twin’ judgments on Azerbaijan’s preliminary objections on jurisdiction in Armenia v. Azerbaijian, and on Ar…

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Dec 13

Hello ESIL members! If you're part of the Interest Group on Courts and Tribunals, you might have noticed my name among the outstanding candidates for the Coordinating Committee. Regardless of the final outcome, I’m truly grateful for this chance! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions 😊

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Dec 12

The Democratic Republic of the Congo to intervene in the ICJ's Gambia/Myanmar case! We now have 9 intervening States and 4 declarations (3 separate and one joint). The DRC's declaration re Article 63 of the ICJ's Statute is already available here (in French): www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul....

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Dec 8

Happy to be featured in the latest issue of the European Human Rights Law Review, back to commenting on a recent (but still a bit ‘off the radar’) inter-State case before the ECtHR :) more to come!

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Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hey Saurav, yes of course! I’ve just added you :)

Veronica Botticelli @veronicabotticelli.bsky.social · Nov 29

Of course, you’re now in :)

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · Nov 27

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has requested an arrest warrant for Myanmar's acting president Min Aung Hlaing for attacks against the Rohingya.

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Application for an arrest warrant in the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar

Today, my Office is filing an application for a warrant of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on ap...

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