In hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).

⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching! Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚 Apply now at: https://loom.ly/WmotZrE

De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa: "Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)" (XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)

Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.

it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!

The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza. Anything else is colonialism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet

‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’ Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees

Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...

grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language

"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one" www.brusselstimes.com/1648066/icon...

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏

The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓 Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️

closes tomorrow(ish)!

Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!

Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.

“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.” labour.ie/news/2025/04...

🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!

Smuggling in unpasteurized ideas from France

Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Note to Columbia University: This is how you do it. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...

having spoken to friends and comrades who are both anxious about travelling to the US for the LSA, and unable to withdraw for a number of reasons, we have drafted this letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/1O2F...

RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night. Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.

I was meant to visit Columbia next month but I cancelled today. In this letter I state my reasons. Strong solidarity with everyone at Columbia affected by these appalling repressive measures!

the people of Gaza are once again under murderous attack. they need our support now more than ever. let’s not be silenced by the bullies

“I’m fearful that even the most low-level political speech or just doing what we all do — like shout into the abyss that is social media — can turn into this dystopian nightmare where somebody is calling you a terrorist sympathizer and making you fear for your safety” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n...

Draft Muslim Ban 4.0.

“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable, but, as the Columbia case suggests, it’s not working. Columbia’s leadership made repeated concessions to right-wing critics, only to be the first to come under attack.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

“We are profoundly concerned about the online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi. This is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views” lpeproject.org/blog/stateme...

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

At this fantastic event today, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau reminded us that racism – not just authoritarianism –is at the heart of all the far-right movements gaining power today

Es ist offiziell: Ich habe ein #Berufsverbot bekommen (Auszüge⬇️). Weil ich eine marxistische Analyse der #Klimakrise vertrete. Ich stehe dazu: Die Wirtschaft muss demokratisiert werden, damit nicht einige wenige Superreiche für ihre Profite den Planeten zugrunde richten können.

“The Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement is the best way to show solidarity with our liberation struggle.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo, was murdered by Belgian colonial forces less than seven months after the nation gained independence.

We're experimenting a new marketing technique- sending out notice of our latest issue to zero followers. What can go wrong? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new scholarly society focusing on European Law and Law in Europe has been launched. See below for a save the date for the ELU-S inaugural conference A call for papers and panels will be opened soon! Please share this information and follow the ELU-S Bluesky page for updates.

Enzo Rossi and Uğur Atcay with a message. #WOinActie #StopDeBezuinigingen #EppoCiao

“Het Int. Strafhof vaardigde donderdag een arrestatiebevel uit tegen Israëlische leiders wegens oorlogsmisdaden. Juist nu zou de NL staat navolging moeten geven aan het vonnis van het Hof in DH, dat een exportverbod legde op levering van F-35-onderdelen aan Israël.” www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b27e7872/

Is it just for European private law to rely on consumer responsibilisation to resolve the unjust consequences of consumption? Read my blog post to learn more about my argument that structural injustice in capitalism cannot be tackled that way. transformativeprivatelaw.com/consumer-res...

Trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤 @eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social