You cannot prevent something that is already happening, so "we need a verdict that it's #genocide to act" is a completely ridiculous attitude, and it's an excuse for non-action. #Netherlands #Nederland #Gaza #GenocideConvention www.somo.nl/dutch-court-...

Jaysis - if this is real - it looks like the gift shop in a 4-star golf resort

I know a number of us are joy-scrolling today, so here's a bit more encouragement: two lovely letters responding to my piece in the Tampa Bay Times defending the humanities.

If I had to choose, which building(s) do I love most in my hometown ( #Zagreb #Croatia ), I'd say it's the "rakete". The rockets. If I had hands for miles and miles, I'd give them a hug. Grew up around here, and they were the backdrop to my childhood. #brutalism #architecture

feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞

It's such a delight to read about the wins in the US yesterday....about New York... We are all so starved for good news. Let's hope this is a beginning of something bigger.

Hodam po Novom Zagrebu, susrecem se sa starim prijateljima, pere me nostalgija, melje emocija, jebena dijaspora. Nije ni to uvijek lako.

Ovo sto se dogodilo trebalo bi izazvati masovne javne proteste, da gradjani kazu "ne u moje ime", u gradovima sirom zemlje. Nadam se da ce se to i desiti. Za fazizam ili ima mjesta, ili nema. Nema malo fasizma. #Hrvatska #Split www.telegram.hr/vijesti/maja...

Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years. Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇 🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int

Israeli's chief military prosecutor has been arrested and will likely face trial for "perverting the course of justice". Over the past two years, she provided legal cover for numerous crimes against humanity in Gaza. All this didn't protect her when she pursued a single torture case.

Dodjite, dodjite! :) Hvala na shareu.

This is how it's going with domestic investigations. It's not. It's exactly what "unwilling or unable" is made for. #WarCrimes #Gaza #IHL #Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

This surge in applications from the US comes at a time where the grant and job market in Europe is already *very* competitive. Unless Europe invests more in science and higher education this influx of talent will put a squeeze on an already fragile system. www.ft.com/content/cd80...

There has been-ahem-a lot going on in international law. in this brief chapter, I tried to take stock of the past two years and what they mean for critical IL. TL;DR: the old moves REALLY don't work anymore: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

VNG noemt berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd ‘directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat’

This gave me nightmares. #Cinema #Movies #NuclearWar www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wpw...

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Here the full position paper 📝 ✨ zenodo.org/records/1706...

That clown is playing with fire. #Netherlands #Nederland nos.nl/artikel/2588...

The shitty website has my book on sale so if want to read it, this may be the time. I never got into asking people to rate it on the evil website, but I probably should have. For people who follow the #ICE raids, it may actually be quite relevant. #Books #Paramilitary www.amazon.nl/Serbian-Para...

You should not be allowed to use someone's likeness without their consent. This is garbage and should have no place in a political campaign. Burn this shit tool to the ground.

The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.

"De moderne democratie is er om een samenleving vol verschil en variëteit te beheren." De ‘wil van het volk’ bestaat niet, hoe stellig sommige politici dat ook beweren www.groene.nl/artikel/een-...

A reminder on this cozy Dutch weekend to register for the book launch for Women Changing Cities in Delft happening 19 November and staring at 18:30. See you there! www.eventbrite.nl/e/women-chan...

Zivjela infrastruktura! Zivjelo odvajanje od auta! Zivjele posebne staze gdje te od auta, tramvaja i kamiona stite stabla i trava! To nam treba!

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

NPR's podcast Throughline is out, it's about #genocide and trying to #prosecute it, and I am in it. What an honour. I listen to this podcast regularly and it's really good and thorough. It's an excellent #history podcast. Listen to it here: #Justice #Accountability www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...

Our hero <3 Love it.

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

Allemaal stemmen, jongons! En vergeet niet: stem vooral op basis van wereld- en mensbeelden, ideologische grondslagen en partijprogramma's. Dan komt het goed.

Voters and leading contenders cast their ballots across the Netherlands on Wednesday in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down the last four-party coalition in a dispute over a crackdown on immigration.

I have conflicting feelings about this critique, so I'll give it more thought.

The evening #Ukraine read: #Ecocide #WarCrimes #Environment www.rfi.fr/en/environme...

Hey NYT, it's not "bold anti-immigrant rhetoric", it's racist rhetoric. #Nederland #Netherlands www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/w...

Coates is coming to The Hague in a few weeks and I am looking forward to hearing him speak.

Again, for those of you in #Zagreb next week, do come if you're interested in this stuff. It will be in Croatian though. Share with friends who may be into it. #ICC #ICJ www.fpzg.unizg.hr/novosti?@=2f...

I'm voting for my friend Naomi who is on the GL / PvdA list because Frans is right. Bonus dogs voor the liefhebbers <3

Good luck to these totalitarians as they hope to collect syllabi 45 days ahead of time. That will work, sure. Solidarity with my colleagues who are on the receiving end of this bullshit. #HigherEd #Teaching www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

These people are not ok.

The "real story of X" set ups for articles annoy me, but let's see: www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #Accountability #Justice #Nuremberg

Het schijnt heel sneu te zijn voor de mensen die hun stad niet meer herkennen door alle 'buitenlanders', maar ik vind het zieliger voor mezelf dat ik mijn land niet meer herken door al het openlijke racisme dat daar vaak uit volgt.

If you're in #Zagreb in early November and want to see me struggle do a talk in Croatian, please join us. Faculty of Pol Sci, where I studied as a kid for my BA, and I'll be talking about #InternationalJustice #IntLaw and #courts in #TheHague. #Accountability #Justice #ICJ #ICC

On #AI developments: #Academia #GenAI #Teaching #University #HigherEd apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

Public service decline → more far-right support: I summarize evidence from several coauthored studies in a new post for the @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social series on Fascism and Liberalism.

Talking to a student about a thesis, sending links to things, and among them to the work of Bogdan Bogdanović. What a historical hottie. Look at him.

If I die please describe me as a premature victim of the exertions of my superior mind.

Ik vind ook dat mijn Nederland is veranderd. Toen ik hierheen kwam was dit een vriendelijke multiculturele land vol zelfvertrouwen met degelijk en vooruitstrevende sociaal en economisch beleid. Al 25 jaar zijn proberen racisten dat kapot te maken. #sbsdebat

I'm a bezorgde burger over all the racism.