Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social also writes in @justsecurity.org suggesting that US operations in the Caribbean may qualify as an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter. www.justsecurity.org/123896/us-ve...

Professors @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Marko Milanovic, together with @rgoodlaw.bsky.social of @nyulaw.bsky.social, write about the legal issues surrounding sharing intelligence with the United States that is used in the boat strikes for @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/124762/carib...

Dr Vicky Kapogianni's recent co-authored article on China’s Maritime Militias has been awarded the Aldo Leucci and Ortensio Degli Atti Award (4th edition) by the Yearbook of the Law of the Sea (YLoS), 📖 Read the paper here: ascomare.com/wp-content/u...

I am quoted a few times in this news piece on the ICC moving away from some Microsoft products and services (piece is free to read though need to register to access) - www.thestack.technology/eu-digital-s... #ICC

Dr Nora Honkala has published a new article on 'Examining the Impact of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on Refugee Women’ published Open access in Laws doi.org/10.3390/laws...

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, with Ryan Goodman and Anna Jimenez, write for @justsecurity.org, arguing that the Trump administration's positions on Tren de Aragua are mutually contradictory. www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, with Ryan Goodman and Anna Jimenez, write for @justsecurity.org, arguing that the Trump administration's positions on Tren de Aragua are mutually contradictory. www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...

Is it time to rethink industrial farming approvals? Professor Chris Hilson of @unirdg-law.bsky.social explores a landmark legal case over pollution in the River Wye, which could set a precedent for environmental accountability across the UK.

Dr Leonid Sirota (@doubleaspect.blog) about the development of a provincial written constitution in Quebec in The Line. www.readtheline.ca/p/leonid-sir....

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social writes in @justsecurity.org on the legal rules applicable to prospective US attacks on drug cartels in the territory of other states.

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

Dr Ruvi Ziegler has been interviewed on the UK's asylum policies podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/d...

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

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...

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

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

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!

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

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

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...

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

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

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/...

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!

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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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.

A post by Dr @alexgilder.bsky.social

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...

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

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.

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...

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. newseu.cgtn.com/news/2025-06...

A pleasure to record this podcast for the ConnectEd Voices of Belonging podcast series. @gemstanden.bsky.social was a lovely interviewer and I was able to share the joys of working in partnership with students @unirdg-law.bsky.social with some ideas for quick-wins. open.spotify.com/episode/4c9H...

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social's co-authored post for @articlesofwar.bsky.social on Russia's seizures of property in Ukrainian territory it occupies and the transfer of Russian nationals into that territory in violation of international humanitarian law.

Explore how law can fight climate misinformation and protect truth in a talk by Professor Chris Hilson as part of Reading Climate Festival. 📍 Reading Town Hall 📆 19:00 - 20:30, 11 June 🔗 rdg.ac/4df7qJR @uniofreading.bsky.social @unirdg-law.bsky.social

Explore how law can fight climate misinformation and protect truth in a talk by Professor Chris Hilson as part of Reading Climate Festival. 📍 Reading Town Hall 📅 19:00 - 20:30, 11 June 🔗 Book your tickets: rdg.ac/4df7qJR @uniofreading.bsky.social @unirdg-law.bsky.social

Call for papers for a workshop that will be hosted at Reading, aiming to illuminate how maritime spaces shape and reflect histories of genocide, justice, and reparations. Deadline: June 23; workshop on Semptember 19. blogs.reading.ac.uk/law/2025/05/...

For @articlesofwar.bsky.social, Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social has co-authored a post on the use of civilians as human shields by a military force from the perspective of the law of armed conflict and international criminal law.

Dr Brook is cited in the new Law Commission report.

Professor @mikeschmitt.bsky.social has co-authored a two-part series on the international law bearing on State support to non-state actors engaging in hostilities against another State. Part I is here:

Professor Jo Phoenix has co-authored a report for Freedom in the Arts on UK artists' perception of being unable to speak freely on controversial issues.

A recent judgment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa cites approvingly an article by Professor David Bilchitz and Dr Ruvi Ziegler: www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAC.... The article is available open access from the South African Journal on Human Rights: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this special issue of the @nilegalq.bsky.social in honour of Professor Emeritus Chris Newdick, edited by @prof-tc.bsky.social and with contributions by Professor Chris Devenney, Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Basak Bak. (Links to individual pieces in the thread.)

New publication co-authored by Visitng Professor Hitoshi Nasu in the Indonesian Journal of Int'l Law, addresssing the application of the law of neutrality in the event of a large-scale armed conflict erupting in the Indo-Pacific. Available open access: scholarhub.ui.ac.id/ijil/vol22/i...

@financialtimes.com writing on the right to play. Thrilled to have played an important part in this. The goal for anyone doing research on human rights is greater realisation of these rights. There is progress, but still more to be done. #righttoplay #play #childrensrights #childrights #UNCRC

Call for papers for a workshop on "Oceanic Echoes: Unveiling the Genocide-Maritime Connection, Sea by Sea", to be held at Reading (and onlnie)

Professor David Bilchitz and Dr Ruvi Ziegler are taking part in a conference on the 30 years of South Africa's Constitutional Court at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law. Programme here: www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/u...

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Very excited to have a chapter in the forthcoming edited book, The Senses and Memory. My chapter explores the relationship between law, memory and human senses @unirdg-law.bsky.social - vernonpress.com/book/2304