Join us at the upcoming @ayicl.bsky.social event series on the #prosecution of #heads_of_state for #core_international_crimes between 18 September and 4 December 2025! Check the post to learn about the programme, register, and follow AYICL here and on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ayicl/

Why else would states request anonymity if not for the awareness that GHF is committing international crimes in Gaza that could trigger their own liability? Are they not aiding and abetting them by funding this operation?

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

Slightly diminish a band: My Chemical Situationship

For almost 2 years, the claim of mass aid diversion by Hamas has been the pretext for Israel's illegal policy of obstructing & restricting aid to Gaza. It was never plausible. Now, as deaths from starvation mount, senior Israeli military officials admit that it was a lie.

“I have never in my entire military career... have I been a part of, allowed, or bystander to the use of force against unarmed innocent civilians. Ever. And I’m not going to do it now,” he said. www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-cont...

I testified in EU Parliament two weeks ago about how tech platform execs and organized crime syndicate leaders of mafia states were challenging EU and other nations’ sovereignty. youtu.be/y3QKtwFis-o?...

Today's summit of The Hague Group in Bogotá marked a stark contrast with the EU's statement "welcoming" the Israeli decision to "expand humanitarian aid into Gaza". The world's moral compass has clearly moved south.

Imho, when a person or group knowingly and continuously challenges the law, you enforce it instead of succumbing to their will and redefining it. The current crisis indicates something deeper than a semantic problem.

This article by @bermudezlievano.bsky.social is a must read if you're interested in transitional justice: after nearly 8 years, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace hasn't issued a single judgment and has a slim record of rulings concerning those least responsible: www.justiceinfo.net/en/147174-se...

The best possible outcome of the ASP's review of the ICC's jurisdiction over aggression would be an amendment whose entry into force would depend on 110 ratifications (the aggression amendment itself has only gathered 48 since 2010) and that makes me sad. Should've honoured the Kampala compromise.

Happy to have contributed to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Task Force on Tax and other Financial Crimes during the development of its latest report on the design of a tax crime investigation manual: brnw.ch/21wTqU9

Unspeakable evil.

As an alumnus of @leidenlaw.bsky.social, it's a pleasure to contribute to the globally renowned @grotiuscentre.bsky.social - @ibanews.bsky.social ICC Moot Court Competition. Thanks for your tireless promotion of justice in an increasingly lawless world. Future generations will appreciate this effort

Remember when, despite being on opposite sides of the PEV, incumbent Ruto and former president Kenyatta joined efforts to win the 2013 election and thus avoid their trials for eerily similar crimes against humanity before the ICC? I wonder if this would've happened had they been brought to justice.

There are no words left to describe the sheer evil of those Western leaders who stand by Netanyahu's genocidal regime irrespective of human decency, international law or the lessons of history.

The depravity of the Zionist establishment and its minions is bottomless.

1/3 Milanović's "lex lata" assessment (i.e. that Israel's armed attack against Iran was unlawful) is entirely right. However he also relies on slightly more doubtful "lege ferenda" reasoning on "anticipatory self-defence", which I don't share. Below are two alternative views:

1/4 | "... even if the broadest possible (legally plausible) understanding of anticipatory self-defence was taken as a correct, Israel’s use of force against Iran would be illegal."

Man wanted on war crimes charges denounces reports that his soldiers were ordered to commit war crimes. A tale as old as war crimes. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...

Imagine impeding the movement to grant the only permanent int'l criminal tribunal in history jurisdiction over any crime of aggression, whether committed by nationals of or against their member states, only then to create a tribunal tasked specifically with investigating your enemy's aggression...

Convicted felon shows animosity towards judges. Colour me surprised.

Very proud to have presented the DIAN's 2024 prioritisation strategy during the Third Ibero-American Congress on Criminal Tax Law hosted by Buenos Aires University (🇦🇷), Complutense University (🇪🇸), and Pontificia Javeriana University (🇨🇴) in Bogotá, D.C.

Following news that the #ICC prosecutor has stepped aside amid an enquiry into alleged sexual misconduct? Then check out today’s podcast. We go into the broader issues of culture at the ICC and the plethora of current rules to understand. Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Movies you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR”)

5 more days to apply to join our team at @opiniojuris.bsky.social !

From the Department of Things Columbia Could Have Done

"... this case arose only because of the Trump administration’s attempt to play Calvinball with detainees it’s seeking to remove under the Alien Enemy Act. The Court appears to be finally getting the message—and, in turn, handing down rulings with none of the wiggle room we saw (...) last week."

BREAKING: Supreme Court temporarily blocks removal of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act

"... the Congressional Research Service noted that "those with high incomes are responsible for most misreported income." One 2010 study found that, on average, the top 5% of households by income were responsible for 51% of all misreported adjusted gross income." No justice without tax justice.

I've done more work for my country in the last year-and-a-half than the remainder of my career combined. The reason? For the first time ever, I've had a supervisor who chose me for a management position because he trusted my leadership skills and empowered me to pursue my vision.

I can think of at least a dozen current or recently ousted heads of state to whom this applies, but I'd rather see them all prosecuted than dead.

Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

"The available information indicates that the first team was killed by Israeli forces on 23 March, and that other emergency and aid crews were struck one after another over several hours as they searched for their missing colleagues." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This looks eerily similar to an enforced disappearance 😵‍💫

I hope you've been following the @ayicl.bsky.social's Women in International Law campaign. It offers a great opportunity to learn from highly experienced female practitioners and to draw inspiration from younger generations who continue to believe in the importance of promoting justice worldwide.

Here's a very brief intro to the newly appointed Board of Directors of the @ayicl.bsky.social for 2025 - 2028. I'm honoured to work alongside Leah, Dennis, Adiba, and Gonzalo - wonderful and diverse people from around the globe - to promote the cause of justice for core crimes under int'l law ✊🏼

Just updated the ICL starter pack to include a very welcome and long-awaited guest: the Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers (@ayicl.bsky.social) !!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Do follow it to keep track of events, newsletters, and more! go.bsky.app/CNaLAwU

Very interesting developments regarding the situation in the Philippines at the ICC, but I worry that Art. 19 RSt litigation will ensue as the OTP will have to convince judges that a preliminary examination is a "matter already under the Court's consideration" per Art. 127(2) RSt.

Very excited to get the ball rolling with the Board Members and Programmes Committee for this year's activities of the Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers 🫶🏼

So, presumably, you'd support the incorporation of every social network provider in each country where it has users and their subjection to all relevant data protection regulations, right?

Speechless. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...

Imagine having to warn soldiers of their legal exposure under universal jurisdiction (i.e. the principle that allows foreign judicial authorities to prosecute suspects of the gravest crimes under int'l law absent any other jurisdictional basis) if they travel abroad. www.ynetnews.com/article/rj31...

BREAKING: Indonesian Hospital out of service amid Israeli attacks, says Gaza's Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/e60abb

Reportedly, POTUS 47 will impose "devastating" sanctions against the ICC to force it to "withdraw" warrants issued against Netanyahu and Gallant. Wondering if @mollyquell.bsky.social, @janethanderson.bsky.social or @svdberg.bsky.social know more about this 👀 www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250103-tru...

I don't think "muscular progressivism" (whatever that means) would be compatible with standing idly by the total destruction of Gaza, which the International Court of Justice, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, HRW, Amnesty International, and many others have warned could constitute genocide.

Finally watched The Mauritanian and it made me wonder what's in store for us now that judicial institutions around the world have shown us that they're more comfortable shielding those in power from any kind of accountability, even in the face of genocide, than protecting the rule of law.

On my way back to The Hague for the General Assembly of the Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers. Hit me up if you're keen on meeting!

Interns and visiting professionals have been the lifeblood of prosection services, judiciaries, and defence/victims teams since the dawn of ICL. Yet our voices are seldom heard. If you believe we deserve #ASeatAtTheTable, support my nomination to the board of directors of the YICL this December!

Here's my appeal to members of the #Association of #Young #InternationalCriminalLawyers for the #Election of a new #BoardOfDirectors in 2024. I intend to: ✅️ Increase #Membership, ✅️ Strengthen #Regional representation, ✅️ Offer #IVPs a platform for their ideas. youtube.com/shorts/IVrcq...