Danny Ortega is somehow still president of Nicaragua, so Trump could do the funniest thing

Yep, can't imagine why the Non-Aligned Movement routinely insists no form of anticipatory self-defence is lawful.

Not the worst feeling in the world:

No Senator Wong the legality isn't a matter for the US and Israel to determine, it is the responsibility of the international community to speak up when blatant disregard for international law takes place. So it is absolutely a question for Australia to be addressing unless you support aggression

The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal. Iran's attacks in Gulf States are illegal. The U.K. defending Gulf States is legal, but allowing the U.S. to use its bases is illegal. In short, everyone is violating international law and should stop. My latest @justsecurity.org

Iran must be bombing itself

The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have." @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...

Something to do for journalists: which bases is the us using for the attacks and what do those governments say (Al-Udeid, Ramstein, Diego Garcia?)

Påstanden om at dette er et forkjøpsangrep er selvsagt uholdbar. Dette er et lærebokeksempel på aggresjon, et eklatant brudd på FN-pakten. www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/d4w...

Nothing preventive here This is textbook aggression from Israel and the US, in flagrant violation of the UN Charter.

EFTA-domstolen: EØS-avtalen gjelder så langt Norge har jurisdiksjon, og dermed også på kontinentalsokkelen. eftacourt.int/press-public...

We must urgently stop the blatant breach of international law by the US and her companies. Time to adopt an effective blocking statute and live up to the EU-ICC Agreement which guarantees mutual assistance.

Please join our in person or online Lunchtime Seminar: 'Norway’s Patchwork of Agreements with the EU: Challenges to ‘the Norway Model' with Professor Halvard H. Fredriksen, UIB Norway. Tomorrow Wed, 18 February 2026 - 1.00pm @cambridgelaw.bsky.social, B16 www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

This framing of 'the EU has never done multiple speed Europe' seems like a product of way too short institutional memory. Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.

Møte med Monica Naime: “Norges mulige statsansvar ved tredjestatsforpliktelser om forhindring av folkemord” Norsk forening inviterer til møte med Monica Naime, som nylig disputerte for doktorgraden ved Det juridiske fakultet, Universitetet i Bergen. For foreningen vil hun presentere en vri på…

For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...

Vi er medarrangør av et intervju med ICJ-dommer Dire Tladi onsdag 11. februar klokken 12:30 til 14:00 i Domus Juridica. Temaet for intervjuet er ICJs rolle som internasjonal tvisteløser, samt domstolens bidrag til rettsavklaring og rettsutvikling i folkeretten.

📌 Reminder – follow the #CJEU in 2026! Key judgments, institutional news, events and educational resources: our social media channels will keep you up to date throughout the year. Subscribe to our official accounts 👉 curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2...

Vi fikk @stianoby.bsky.social å forklare det rettslige grunnlaget for at Grønland er en del av Danmark, og ikke norsk - eller noe annet. www.instagram.com/reel/DT0r6d1...

Jeg har vært i podcaststudioet og til Katrine Holter og snakket om overvåking og rettsstat! Lytt og del!

The High representative can always publish a statement - without even consulting the Member States - as long as it's based on an "established position" of the EU. And surely there are established positions about inviolability of borders, self determination etc. 1/3

The next chance for the Supreme Court to rule that these kind of tariffs are illegal and that the law Trump is using was never meant for this kind of thing will be on Tuesday, when the justices said new decisions will be announced.

I samarbeid med Utenriksdepartementets rettsavdeling inviterer Norsk forening for internasjonal rett til et seminar om BBNJs ikrafttredelse, og utvalgte rettslige problemstillinger for Norge og det internasjonale samfunnet. Tirsdag 20. januar kl 14:15 til 16:15. Alle er velkomne!

In light of the #BBNJ Agreement entering into force tomorrow (17 January 2026), I wrote a blog post for the #NCLOS Blog discussing the Agreement in the context of international #ocean #governance and #Norway’s ratification and #implementation. The post is available at: site.uit.no/nclos/2026/0...

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

🎥 Learn how to use the new InfoCuria search engine, designed to make access to EU case-law easier 👉 curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/p1... #CJEU #InfoCuria #EUlaw #DigitalTransformation

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10/10 no notes

Vi ser etter en ny kollega på USN - kom og jobb med oss da vel? www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

This is too good NOT to be true

Full list of international organizations or bodies the US is "withdrawing from" below. Note that many are subsidiary bodies of e.g. the UN or informal forms of international cooperation. Still, there are many puzzling and eye-popping entries on the list 👇 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

– ... saken kommer til å versere i årevis i rettsvesenet der advokatene hans vil få prøvd ulike sider av saken med mål om å få avvist tiltalen. Saken vil reise en rekke uavklarte spørsmål, og mange av dem vil måtte behandles før retten kan ta stilling til skyldspørsmålet. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/5p...

9- Maduro and Flores both waived their rights to a speedy trial. Pollack explained that the defense planned to file motions related to Maduro's status as a "head of a sovereign state" and the "immunity that comes with that," as well as the legal issues surrounding his "military abduction."

Just got out of the Maduro arraignment and settled at a coffee shop. Here's what you need to know:

The US abducts a head of state — a clear breach of international law. But this isn’t its “death.” States violate the rules, yet far more often they follow them. A legal order should be judged not by headline violations but by everyday compliance.

Not to make this about Kelsen but Kelsen warned us that "national law monism" (the view that one's own legal system is the only valid legal system) is the legal theory of imperialism and militarism.

Here’s a brief excerpt on the Panama precedent I recently wrote on the topic as part of a broader symposium on recognition for @ajil.bsky.social. Note the quote from the then-legal adviser on why consent wouldn’t have been sufficient absent effective control. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report). That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed. My assessment just published: www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...

I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.

suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research: they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.

🟢 Breaking: Historic win against Frontex! The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!

Dec 2017: "Today in Poland the constitutionality of legislation can no longer be guaranteed" following capture of Constitutional Tribunal (Commission) Dec 2025: 🇵🇱 (Un)constitutional tribunal ceased to be a court by Dec 2016 following process of irregular appointments starting in Dec 2015 (ECJ)

Two important rulings by the CJEU today, which should the accountability of Frontex for human rights violations. Press releases available here: - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... (WS v Frontex) - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... (Hamoudi v Frontex)

It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression. Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.' None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack. 1/

"individuals who claim individual rights win systematically more often than more resourceful clients [...]. When it comes to whether the ECJ acts as a protector of the weak, its judges do not just talk the talk – they also walk the walk." verfassungsblog.de/is-the-europ...

Euroclear holds roughly €17 billion on Russian soil, which could be seized in retaliation. But under the new EU plan, Euroclear will be able to "offset" the losses with the €30 billion that its Russian counterpart, the National Settlement Depository (NSD), has on EU soil.

EU Member States prohibit return of Russian central bank assets in EU to Russia until Russian hostilities no longer disrupt EU economy www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

I welcome the decision of the Council on our proposal to continue the immobilisation of Russian Sovereign Assets. We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as long as this brutal war of aggression continues, Russia’s costs will continue to rise.