WPS — can this agenda make any difference to women’s lives? Unclear at this time - www.womenpeacesecurity.org/resource/ope...

Regret that speaks of responsibility… www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Brava to these sports women (and to watch such brilliant rugby) — brilliant - www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Glad to be @asilorg.bsky.social mid-year meeting this weekend in Cleveland, Ohio and with two of my @umnlawschool.bsky.social students who were presenting a paper to the research forum. Bonus: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

That this is where the U.S. military is — beyond belief really — www.justsecurity.org/121421/hegse...

@niaolainf.bsky.social, and Alyssa Yamamoto, visiting fellow with MN Law’s Human Rights Center, co-authored an article for OpinioJuris discussing the importance of respecting the privileges and immunities of internationally appointed experts. z.umn.edu/aqmy

“Speaking to a nearly empty hall after the walkout …” A metaphor on Israel’s isolation … turns out that generally most diplomats don’t want to listen to leaders indicted for war crimes … www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Ben Saul gets it exactly right … www.justsecurity.org/121115/unite...

In a deeply ironical move … www.state.gov/releases/off...

Riveting … www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Finding cyber surveillance tools in a country near you … www.sipri.org/visualizatio...

So hopeful on seeing this news. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Article 1 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: The right to self-determination… www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

“Do we need a president who wraps the green flag around them so tightly that the orange part is hidden from view? Or should we welcome one who will unfurl it in all its glory, understanding and respecting the orange?” www.truthrecoveryprocess.ie/newsupdates/...

Teanga agus cearta.

“multilateralism can still function without the US.” passblue.com/2025/09/18/t...

Light relief. Brown bread making competition at the national ploughing championships. www.instagram.com/reel/DOv0Vqh...

Sustained, cumulative civilian harm www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

“within our grasp” www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Big day for Northern Ireland. At the heart of it are the victims and a way I hope to find the imperfection resolution that comes with profound loss and harm on all sides of our community. Some interesting new legal and political innovations in here. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Significant development… www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

1/ Judge Kelly cites #whistleblowers report in granting preliminary injunction blocking deportation of Guatemalan migrant children.⤵️ The whistleblowers pointed to government's own data on kids likelihood of being "victims of child abuse, including death threats, gang violence, human trafficking."

“What is however, surprising is the near-uniform consensus among former military legal experts that this operation violated both international and domestic law” www.thecipherbrief.com/a-dangerous-...

“The judicial panel over which I presided convicted three Rwandans of genocide. So I understand the word “genocide,” and it is not one I use lightly. It is the deliberate attempt to destroy, in whole or in part, a people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

“the European Commission presented today its proposal to the Council to suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel as well as its proposals for sanctions on Hamas, extremist ministers and violent settlers.” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

I guess that thing called the First Amendment is not so compelling when you can punish free speech in other ways, and use the power of the State to punish and temper speech . Land of the free speech… not so much. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

Very useful synopsis by @verfassungsblog.de on the work of Israeli international lawyers to make the legal consequences of state action in Gaza clear to the public and the government. verfassungsblog.de/internationa...

“…millions in EU subsidies and taxpayer money in member states are supporting an industry criticised for undermining democracy and freedom of speech”. www.ftm.eu/articles/spy...

Spyware abuses continue - targeting journalists and civil society. Governments need to pause and prevent harm, and avoid legitimizing a tool that is as dangerous as a weapon to the health of democracy and civil society.

“The two-state solution, concludes the duo who devoted much of their life to reaching it, “is not the natural resting place for either Israelis or Palestinians [as] it runs counter to the essence of their national identities and aspirations”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“He was a very good friend, a fine scholar and a principled activist. He will be deeply missed.” president.ie/en/media-lib...

Conor Gearty was the very best - a fierce passionate, funny, extraordinary human rights lawyer and scholar. He was a friend and mentor to so many and I was lucky to count him as both. In London a few months ago we celebrated— ní bheidh a leithead arís ann. Imithe uainn ró luath.

spyware in Kenya … targeting journalists… cpj.org/2025/09/spyw...

Am very glad to be a part of this book project. www.justsecurity.org/120313/perpe...

Am very glad to be a part of this book project. www.justsecurity.org/120313/perpe...

Remembering the families, friends and communities who lost those they loved. 9/11: the years pass but the loss remains.

UNSC adopts press statement regarding #Israel's attack on #Qatar. Statement condemns the attack but without attribution (does not name #Israel)… some countries did indeed want far stronger language on the violations of international law. The US, however, was strongly opposed to such changes.

@niaolainf.bsky.social spoke on a panel this week at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in a virtual hearing on laws regulating religion in Central Asia. z.umn.edu/ap2v

It was not a boarding with Coast Guard legal authority. It was a strike—ordered from Washington, executed in international waters, and justified with little more than “trust us.” www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

"The US has informed countries in Europe that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from countries such as Russia, China and Iran, according to three European officials familiar with the matter."

“Borrowing language from the post-9/11 “Global War on Terror,” the Trump administration is attempting to turn counternarcotics missions into counterterrorism operations.” www.justsecurity.org/119985/label...

Targeting palestinian civil society fundamentally unacceptable these are some of the most diligent and brave human rights defenders I know. When will this end? When there is no one left to speak of human rights violations ? www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Key legal issues and lots to worry about (legally) with US strike in the Caribbean. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

From Guantanamo to Guantanamo @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social www.forever-wars.com/a-message-to...

An important legal intervention on the Hungarian veto. verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...

I was so struck by thos piece. There was a time when States had the capacity to meaningfully regulate drones and blinked — those who had would not. Comparisons abound … and underscore the costs. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

Hope. www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...

A trenchant analysis of gender in advancing human rights and dignity. 37 UN mandates signing. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...