Yesterday, in Istanbul en.tihv.org.tr/press-releas...

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

The state of the USA - a legal permanent resident arbitrarily detained and at constant risk of deportation over his political views. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

thank you for the invitation @szarmsky.bsky.social ! Looking forward!

Academic freedom in the #USA being curtailed. Ivy League #university caves: #Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on #Palestine shortly before publication. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This is an officisl government agency with a massive budget and minimal oversight operating in a democratic country www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...

This @alkapradhan.bsky.social is incredulous; I hope there will at least be some pushback by governments on consular rts/rts of foreign nationals to ICJ on VCCR breaches

www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/... Join us @universityofessex.bsky.social as we explore the ethics, challenges & responsibilities of reporting from conflict zones. With firsthand accounts from Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and beyond. 16 May; 10am-5pm; hybrid. More info:

I think this is absolutely correct but the task is not only (or mainly) for Americans; its time for a global, people-driven solidarity which is about the articulations of core values

ICYMI 🎯 “Nothing touches international forces.” While Taliban crimes face scrutiny, Rachel Reid says there’s zero political will to hold Western forces accountable for alleged abuses in Afghanistan. Listen to our latest episode. 👇LINK www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

30yrs ago #Venezuela ex-Pres candidate Enrique Márquez graduated @universityofessex.bsky.social w/ MA in Engineering. About 3 mos ago, he was detained w/others in the lead up to #Maduro's inauguration for exercising his right to freedom of expression www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...

#Turkey should be engaging with the valid concerns of local protesters, not criminalising them and dumping them in detention.

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#Turkey #protests all people are entitled to express their views; Turkey should not only respect that, it should foster and support civil society space. My full solidarity with protesters www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Is there a class action in preparation? My writing seems to appear 29 times in the LibGen dataset... @theatlantic.com @alexreisner.bsky.social

Iran FFM has released powerful report & further findings following its 2 yr inv into repression of "Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following death of Jina Mahsa Amini. It makes crucial rec's on accountability & reparations www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies... incl resort to universal jurisdiction.

sadly, yes

My biggest fear is that this kind of shocking behaviour will be normalised.

Here, here! And happy international women’s day www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

One of my greatest pleasures is to be on @libyanjustice.bsky.social's advisory board. They do amazing work to strengthen rule of law in #Libya & increase access to justice. Given seismic US funding cuts they need support; pls help if you can www.libyanjustice.org www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

Will the UK gov't finally create a special envoy for complex detention cases and ensure a legal right to consular assistance? lordslibrary.parliament.uk/detention-of...

Not surprising www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Confirmed: Sigrid Kaag to be interim UN envoy for the ME peace process

It appears the UK govt has learned little from the scores of cases that have preceded this one, or from the findings of the Parliamentary FAC inquiry on combatting state hostage diplomacy ( committees.parliament.uk/publications...) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Those emerging from Syrian prisons need crucial support. Its not only the physical torture they were subjected to but the prison apparatus itself, the injustice, the not knowing when or whether they would ever be released that causes a tremendous psychological toll. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...

How will the upcoming Trump administration fit into the mix of this powder keg / proxy war?

So important! extent to which OTP can be compelled to act; also linked with the breadth of OTP discretion. I wrote on aspects of this - the failure to charge certain crimes when the evidence is clear; the closing up of cases by staying them "permanently" with no intention to reopen them...

Ever wonder what US exceptionalism looks like? "We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision. The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter." (via the Guardian)

A reminder today, as US politicians including the President fall over one another to attack the ICC over arrest warrants and defend Netanyahu…

#BBCNews - Malala: I never imagined women's rights would be lost so easily www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is just despotic - Ukraine deserves none of this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drawing on its recent Afghanistan report (w/SRAPP Afghanistan www.ohchr.org/en/documents...) UN WG on discrim against women &girls recommends UN 6th Comm to include "gender apartheid" in draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

For those working on refugee & migrant issues in Council of Europe region, the COE COINGO Expert Council on NGO Law is updating its study on challenges facing NGOs supporting refugees & other migrants - To get involved and supply info, see: coe.int/en/web/ingo/...

Greetings to whoever may read this. This is my post No. 1 to this network. My hope is that I can contribute to sharing thoughts and ideas, and learn and generate new thinking, about the intersections of law, policy, humanitarianism, and global governance.