Powerful #ChildRights #HumanRights statement—I’m especially moved as this preschool’s just a couple miles from my own Chicago kindergarten

Great to join 4 dozen other authors in this #Women & Int’l Law handbook edited by Profs J.Dawuni, N.Grossman, J.Ramji-Nogales & @lnruiz.bsky.social

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.” Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Honoured that my "Absented at the Creation: Nuremberg Women & International Criminal Justice"(academic.oup.com/edited-volum...) is among works by 4 dozen contributors to this new collection

The judgment has now been published, link below. Worth noting that the Legacy Act amendments will restore the ability to bring civil actions, on a lower standard of proof, and that Soldier F isn't the subject of a witch hunt - he was undoubtedly deep in the wrong: www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...

A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

#Israel obligated not to impede UN, other orgs & 3rd states to provide assistance. Right to self-determination incl independent & sovereign state living in peace next to Israel would contribute to regional stability & security of all states in Middle East.

Humanitarian crisis in #gaza is direct risk to existence of #Palestinian people & their ability to exercise self-determination. #Israel cannot prevent requirements of people in #Gaza to exercise self-determination.

ICERD, ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CROC, CRPD all relevant!! #ICJ says #humanRights obligations outside its own territory, esp in OT applies with respect to all these treaties. CIL also applies. Wide range of human rights apply & are relevant to OPT pop'n. All alongside #IHL occupation obligations.

The huge No Kings protests, an estimated 7 million people addressing America's worst crisis since the Civil War, get a tiny headline on the New York Times homepage, with no photo. Why does NYT think change happens only when politicians hold news conferences and not when everyday people take action?

for active military or if you know someone in the military: “The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.” www.nimj.org/top.html#/

As today is Hans Kelsen's birthday, a reminder: "The elimination of war is our paramount problem. It is a problem of international policy, and the most important means of international policy is international law."

Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.

Worth noting: Quote simply echoes US anti-ICC sanctions' statutory prerequisite. 1st step in 2025 & 2020 alike was presidential declaration whole institution (ICC)=threat to national security of US or its allies (see my post ⬇️). Should've been more attention to/pushback against that 1st time 'round.

Wrote this piece on the need to recognise gendered oppression - in all its forms - as always the path to #tyranny. Gendered domination is alway present but failing to confront that = also failing to see the rapid return to patriarchy as the first sign of authoritarianism dflw.ie/power-gender...

how does one get in to delete pre-existing account without accepting new terms?

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social served as a panelist in a recent webinar hosted by the World Affairs Council of Atlanta entitled “Defining Statehood: Law, Legitimacy, and Global Power”. (1/3)

important thread

Congratulations to ACS Friend and Next Generation Leader Ashland Johnson on her induction to the @athleteally.bsky.social Hall of Fame! We are proud of Ashland's transformative work.

Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Happening today, Thursday, September 4th at 12pm EST on Zoom: World Affairs Council of Atlanta presents "Defining Statehood: Law, Legitimacy, and Global Power", featuring @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor and Center Faculty Co-Director @dianemarieamann.bsky.social (1/4)

A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford examines how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is represented in the UK media 📄 Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

Catherine O’Rourke is looking for a new (three-year) postdoc for her ERC project on the role of care in international law (deadline: 15 Sept). my.corehr.com/pls/dcurecru...

terrific interview www.populismstudies.org/professor-sc...

On Monday, governments will debate a possible new UN treaty to make education free from preprimary through secondary. More than 8,000 children from 40 countries have weighed in. My colleague @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social shares their views: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

I just filled out the form. I encourage my fellow academics and other authors to do the same!

Sometimes you just need something sweet to look at . . . The adorable little boy with the grin on the left? Why none other than (future Justice) John Paul Stevens, with his brothers Bill and Jim. ❤️

All the legal research / data sites are doing this now. They’re becoming almost unusable for users who want to keep their human brain matter intact. Time for some entrepreneur to start restocking vinyl, as it were.

Whether international law can help repair past harms is one of field's most difficult questions-doctrinally, technically, normatively. Answers may determine how you feel about IL as a whole. Over next month, @ajil.bsky.social will explore these Qs in print+online1/: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The parallels are stark: entire communities were forcibly removed from the West Coast in 1942 and today our immigrant brothers and sisters face the terror of ICE and CBP raids across the country. It was a miscarriage of justice then, and it is a miscarriage of justice now.

Thought-provoking call by Prof Sergey Sayapin for study of #UseOfForce; would like to see "interaction with international #HumanRights law" added to para. 7

Well worth a read - as well as quote in Boyd's post, see:

Legal Tribune Online (‪@lto-de.bsky.social‬) hat 11 Völkerrechtsexperten gefragt, ob Israel in #Gaza einen Völkermord begeht. Eindeutig bzgl 🇩🇪's Präventionspflicht. Mit Analysen u.a. von @adhaque.bsky.social, @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social, @mikebecker.bsky.social and @itamann.bsky.social

Condemnation of US sanctions against ICC officials has largely been made in vague terms as ‘deeply corrosive of good governance & due administration of justice’ (UNHCHR); ‘attack on judicial independence’ (IBA) or interference with ‘the rule of law’ (ICC). This hints at a glaring gap in the law.

The media are not addressing the legal issues - but the use of military force against cartels within the territory of another state, without its consent, would be a violation of the fundamental prohibition on the use of force in Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter. www.nytimes.com/2025...

Brava & bravo!

Hours away from 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima – US atomic-bombing of Japan, would be 1st of 2 in same week – re-upping "An other date of infamy," my #peace post from a few years back gloss.substack.com/p/an-other-d...

Beautiful #PuertoRico essay by @yarimarita.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...

"Regulation by deal, precisely because it bypasses general lawmaking procedures, leaves open the possibility that any deal can be supplemented with even more demands in the future. It can provide no legal guarantees of security." ALWAYS read @kimlanelaw.bsky.social 👈

An O'Neill revival on the cards? Fantastic performances tonight from Ruth Wilson, Michael Shannon, and David Threfall. Go see it if you happen to be in London in the next few weeks. almeida.co.uk/whats-on/a-m...

Solid SDNY rebuke of efforts to halt advice-giving to #ICC (storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...). Opinion relies on ruling in anti-sanctions-1.0 suit by OSJI, me & 3 law prof colleagues – one was @gaborrona.bsky.social, co-plaintiff w/Lisa Davis in this 2.0 suit www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

The African #ChildRights Committee's new 'General Comment' on the Right to Education: "Forbids the use of institutions of learning for any military use" and says states must "take measures to protect schools from...use for military purposes": www.acerwc.africa/sites/defaul... #ACERWC

A handful of permanently online mil-influencers pushes the narrative that "from a military angle" Israel's conduct in #Gaza is exemplary. This creates a starkly wrong idea. My admittedly anecdotal interactions with US/UK military personnel suggest they are largely appalled about Israeli ops.