Looking forward to discussing the ongoing negotiations for a new treaty on crimes against humanity & the work of @egacampaign.bsky.social at International Law Weekend-West on Friday, Feb 20 courtesy of @leilasadat1.bsky.social & @jesspeake.bsky.social Link to register: law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

Thrilled to post this summary of the CAH treaty PrepCom I attended in January. #CAHTreatyNow #crimesagainsthumanityinitiative

The preparatory committee for the crimes against humanity treaty begins deliberations on January 19. Access of civil society to these negotiations, which will take place over the next 4 years is at stake. Please consider signing this declaration to show your support! forms.gle/L8e1UmaXRnCP...

And one year later, last Friday the sixth committee set the date for the second prepcom. First prepcom com begins January 19! #CAHTreatyNow

Dear @k-interarma.bsky.social thank you so much for this wonderful summary! Giggling a little bit to hear myself described as a benevolent overlord! It’s a team effort! I’m looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in The Hague! #CAHTreatyNow

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Thanks for the shout out and can’t wait to see you there!

From Saddam Hussein’s draining of southern Iraq’s marshes to Russia’s attacks on a Ukrainian dam and nuclear power plant, calls are increasing to recognize mass environmental harms as international crimes. @leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:

Must-read paper on the developments to date in the effort to establish a treaty on the prohibition, prevention, and punishment of crimes against humanity, by @leilasadat1.bsky.social, who has been central to that effort: papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

So great to be with you @bechamilton.bsky.social and @alkapradhan.bsky.social … you are trailblazers!

So honored to be with you @bechamilton.bsky.social at @auwcl.bsky.social at this amazing program!

The next episode of our podcast, International Law Chats, is live! Chiara Giorgetti and Milena Sterio interviewed our Chair, @leilasadat1.bsky.social, about her longstanding efforts to establish a treaty on Crimes Against Humanity. Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/1bcl...

Thanks @craigxmartin.bsky.social for the shout out!

The ruling from the International Court of Justice last week is genuinely a big fucking deal. It makes it a legal obligation for countries to address climate change. Yes, even the ones not signed on to Paris. Yes, even the U.S. More from me & @rishpardikar.bsky.social drilled.media/news/ijc-1

It’s way too late, but the truth has a way of coming out. Forget the airdrops and scrap GHF — let the UN organizations resume their humanitarian delivery operations NOW to stop the ongoing starvation:

This woman does the best she can and I'm glad she stepped up and got in officers faces. A few quick notes about "warrants" and due process when law enforcement arrest people, and how this squares with the current TRO that ostensibly blocks profiling by race, language, occupation, and location

From the LinkedIn of the woman—a white lawyer from Carlsbad, CA—who filmed this encounter and shared the video:

Thanks for the opportunity @abilaofficial.bsky.social

All four of my grandparents were immigrants, and two barely spoke English. Well, my Irish nana also spoke what we think was English

Bill Kristol (!) putting the blame where the blame lies. Miller and Trump took the fight to LA, and to the country. Not the other way round.

Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded on Sunday that President Trump pull California National Guard troops off the streets and away from the demonstrations unfolding in Los Angeles.

Deploying the National Guard—over the objections of state leaders and local law enforcement—is a dangerous escalation. This isn’t about enforcing law and order, it’s about seizing power and control. Americans won’t tolerate this slide into authoritarianism.

There is no climate justice without justice for oppressed people. I wish the climate scientists vocal on climate mitigation all had the level of moral clarity that Greta Thunberg has.

There's no way you can look at Ukraine hitting a lawful military target, used for bombing Ukrainian cities, and think that justifies retribution against those same cities, without believing almost wholly in the Russian framing of the war.

Oh dear, this is definitely the worst non-apology ever….

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Honored to have taken part in yday's conference launching effort to embed #ChildJustice in new #CAHtreaty, & to join other #intlaw experts & groups in endorsing paper below, authored by @veroaubert.bsky.social, Zoe Bertand, Janine Morna & @zamahrw.bsky.social

In 100 days, Trump has managed to more than double inflation expectations to 6.5% from 2.8%. The last time Americans expected this much inflation was in 1980, when inflation was nearly 10% and the country was in a recession.

The thing about Faculty Deans is that those who desperately want the job should not get it and those who should get it absolutely do not want it. A bit of dilemma.

The best part of this is that aside from every other best part of you at the bottom you see there might easily have been video of waltz verifying his pin which is amazing

"Simply put, starvation is being used as a method of warfare." "Excellencies, starvation is starvation is starvation. And there is no justification whatsoever for it." Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, speaking for Mexico / writing for Just Security

Announcing: the International Law Weekend 2025 Organizing Committee! Including @jesspeake.bsky.social, @chris4short.bsky.social, @corrarino.bsky.social, @ewickeri.bsky.social, @freyadw.bsky.social and @leilasadat1.bsky.social www.ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-i...

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w... via @NYTimes

What a great panel! Thank you @leoncastjan.bsky.social for organizing!

Now with alt-text It’s fascism and Trump et al are authoritarian fascists. That whole “Trump embodies the will and mandate of the people & Judges or laws can’t block that” thing is literally Hitler shit (& other notable fascists). Like, *literally Hitler* in the literal sense of the word literal

It’s horrific that there are students who lived through Parkland and are now going through a second school shooting at FSU. The government has failed our children. It doesn’t have to be this way.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Thank you @jesspeake.bsky.social !

Brilliant lecture on crimes against humanity #CAH by @leilasadat1.bsky.social , Butcher Medalist at @asilorg.bsky.social #ASILAM25

UPDATE RE: Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

This is class and courage combined. Thank you senator!

A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.

Everything that is good. Everything that helps people. Everything that makes life better. Trump and Musk are so damaged that they only want to destroy it.

So honored to be on my way to Washington DC to receive this award….to have worked alongside so many extraordinary colleagues and friends as we walk this journey together towards a more just and peaceful world.

So proud of my colleagues @akilarad.bsky.social and Mathew Smith and grateful for the tireless work of the ACLU in standing up for the rule of law and opposing US sanctions against the ICC. www.aclu.org/cases/smith-...

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back