Have very much enjoyed this @verfassungsblog.de series of blogs on 'Reflexive Globalisation and the Law', edited by Philipp Dann, Florian Jeßberger, and @kalikamehta.bsky.social. Some really thought-provoking pieces challenging monodirectional conceptions of global flows in legal thought.

International Criminal Law of “the West”? The International Criminal Court has long been accused of double standards. This critique is valid – and yet, focusing on the ICC as a “Western tool” carries its own risks, writes KALIKA MEHTA (@kalikamehta.bsky.social). verfassungsblog.de/internationa...

great discussion on postcolonial theory, global history and reflexive globalisation at the launch of RefLex 👏@humboldtuni.bsky.social @kalikamehta.bsky.social

“What was striking, however, was that throughout the hearings—a space so steeped in feminist praxis, solidarity, and scholarship—the word ‘feminism’ was rarely uttered. Yet, its absence only underscored its presence” @kalikamehta.bsky.social on People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan

@kalikamehta.bsky.social & I have been working together on mass starvation in Bengal, 1943 in the context of international criminal law. Here, we share observations on the persistence of mass starvation as an under prosecuted war crime in the context of colonial violence, then & now: aje.io/ja36qg

📚 Out Now! 📚 Our latest Verfassungsbook, "The 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory", edited by KAI AMBOS is now available. As always, Open Access! 🔓📖 You can find the edited volume here: 👉 verfassungsblog.de/books/

Must-read for anyone considering attending ESIL this year at FU Berlin👇 "International Law is being dismantled before our eyes, [...] Let us put aside, for a moment, the unfinished writings and applications and make sure that Francesca Albanese is allowed to speak in Germany!"

Much of the last few months have been spent writing and revising this paper. Suddenly it all seemed worth it to see it on an LLM syllabus at UCL, even before we'd got around to doing the obligatory shouting and tweeting about it. academic.oup.com/jicj/article...

if you are to celebrate the ceasefire, donate the money you were planning to spend on your cocktail or wine bottle to the children in Gaza www.savethechildren.net/donate/child...

Microsoft PowerPoint has a free template for in-class use called "Make Your Own Colony." Students decide which resources to extract, how to accumulate capital and differentiate society. Literally made a bsky account to share this, go off!