"I get calls from seafarers at two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning. One seafarer called in a panic, saying: 'We are here bombed. We don't want to die. Please help me"". - ITF Inspector www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...

Vessels are increasingly being abandoned during the war on Iran, revealing a hidden failure in the global systems that keep goods—and people—moving. www.wired.com/story/legal-...

Disappointing that @stephencolbert.bsky.social was not pitched on hosting America’s Chef and My Fridge where 7 famous US chefs and Kim Poong cook leftovers for celebrities promoting their upcoming projects.

I was in Valdez in 2008, 19 years after the oil spill. A tour guide took out a shovel on the beach and dug a hole a couple feet deep. Once you got to a certain point then oil would fill up the hole.

www.imo.org/en/mediacent... #MetsFerry

"Hapag-Lloyd in an advisory said it’s giving Gulf shippers an extra 10 days’ free time if they have to return diverted empty containers via truck – for a flat fee of $25." Freightwaves: It’s war: Liner charges for ‘free’ Gulf container storage www.freightwaves.com/news/its-war...

Happy Torrey Canyon Day

Unfortunately not a maritime law case

"Unfortunately, the strait States and user States disagree on the passage regime that applies to the Strait of the Hormuz. It results in a parallel legal regime and in a ‘grey area’ in relation to the governance of the Strait of Hormuz."

"More than 10,000 merchant mariners and hundreds of ships are trapped in the Gulf . . . with most operators unwilling to risk the safety of crews in a potentially deadly crossing of the strait." www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusi...

"The facilitation of maritime transport relies on safe and predictable navigation and if the US practice becomes more widespread, it is almost certain that it will affect the global shipping industry and not only the ships of the “dark fleet”." site.uit.no/nclos/2026/0...

Two year international law teaching oriented gig in Helsinki. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Please consider sending an abstract to my panel ********* World Literature and the Global South: Frictions and New Horizons ********* I'm also looking at other project opportunities outside of the CFP. Please repost if you can!

Rhesa Shipping Co. SA v Edmunds, The Popi M, [1985] 1 WLR 948 [HL]

Hand-stitched Indian ship arrives in Oman to rousing welcome: The Indian Navy's traditional wooden sailing vessel, INSV Kaundinya, arrived in Muscat, Oman on Wednesday after a 17-day voyage from Porbandar, India, retracing ancient maritime trade routes. Constructed us… https://ranked.news/135389?u=b

Martin Wong, "Untitled (Statue of Liberty)," 1990

"The Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarctica's Ice?" Pleased to see my 2024 Royal Society of NSW Ideas at the House Lecture has now been published in the proceedings of the society. #antarctica #internationallaw #climatecrisis www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/u...

»Um tolerant zu sein, muß man die Grenzen dessen, was nicht tolerierbar ist, festlegen.« Umberto Eco geboren am 5. Januar 1932

Carmel’s confirmation as Marad administrator just went through so good luck to him.

According to the ILO's flagship report 2024-26, dealing with climate shocks and implementing just transition policies 'requires comprehensive social protection systems to be in place ex ante". There is already a massive shortfall:

Guy rubbing his hands behind the tree meme but it’s Mike Wolfe and the crew of American Pickers

The U.S. Antarctic research ship was decommissioned this year by DOGE. Fortunately, there is one remaining vessel operated by the Korea Polar Research Institute. We already know the Thwaites glacier is going to raise sea levels by 2 feet but we don’t yet know exactly how quickly and what comes next.

Church organ tuning books and climate change. If any #libraries and #archives have historic organ tuning books, these researchers would like to know! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

1/2 #JobAlert: We’re #hiring a Research Associate/ Senior Research Associate, Adaptation and Resilience, in New Delhi. As we explore the future of work in a warming world, we're looking for a capable young researcher with strong quantitative and statistical skills to join our team.

NY Times reports that this tanker was not on any OFAC sanctions list, and there was no seizure warrant authorizing it under domestic law - even more lawless than the first seizure. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

And once again I'm tapping the sign that privateering and the issuing of letters of marque is a violation of international law as the 1856 Declaration of Paris has been custom for over a century

I'm still looking for (the right) lawyer to help me challenge gender affirming care bans in court under religious liberty claims. Is that you, or do you know the right person? DMs are open #ProtectTransKids

So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere. CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?

#OtD 17 Dec 1927 in revenge for the death of an anti-colonial activist, Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru assassinated a British policeman. They were later executed, but their actions drew support to India's liberation struggle stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8867...

Seems good that Fakafanua has apparently become prime minister of Tonga and also is an alum of my institution.

Just arrived in Udaipur for a wedding and sharing a similar ride from the airport through town, wondering what they thought looking out the window on the way, how or if the inequalities even register or are rationalized.

In high school, a friend and I got to a theatre for an 11:30am showing and then five movies later at midnight came out zonked but proud.

At the Indian Society of International Law today for a writing workshop on Asian Cities and International Law, moderating a panel on ‘Cities as the subject/source of International Law,’ lots of interesting questions on the emergence (or reemergence?) of urban agency and role of global south cities.

Today at #WOWVirtual Summit, we'll be convening a high-level panel bringing together leading voices in ocean law, diplomacy, and justice to examine how legal frameworks can drive real, lasting ocean sustainability. Join us Here docs.google.com/forms/d/1aLV...

🚨🚨 Call for papers!!! 🚨🚨 Together with @jenhendry.bsky.social, I am excited to ask for contributions to a special issue of the Journal of Comparative Law, dedicated to the legacy of the late and wonderful William Twining. Full details to follow:

2/3 SFC's latest issue brief, ‘Different Pathways to Clean Air: Global Insights for India’s Reform Agenda'. Read the full conversation here: indianexpress.com/article/expl...

I finally got my hands on a copy of "The Indian Independence", a short-lived Indian anticolonial periodical brought out by Bhupendra Nath Datta from Berlin in 1923. The German authorities instructed Datta to cease publication or leave the country. Datta did both.

You will be visited by three spirits

Just finished Pynchon's #ShadowTicket. Was worth the wait and will need another read (to keep the characters straighter). Empathized too much with Hicks as an ex-pat trying to figure things out, watching America decline helplessly. It's both serious and whimsical, silly and cutting. Worth a read.

For policymakers, lawmakers, commentators and the public: We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social

thorough opinion allows CT's greenwashing claims against Exxon to proceed

MP Randeep Singh Surjewala writes that the recent SC decision allowing post-facto environmental clearances is an unsettling and deadly rollback of constitutional rights to a clean and healthy environment. indianexpress.com/article/opin...

Really don’t like the comparisons with the 1990 Bangalore crash: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_...

Thanksgiving Mubarak

It's not often I can host a panel with reporters in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka simultaneously. My colleagues joined me to discuss covering climate change in South Asia, and they gave excellent insight that I think is crucial for reporters on this beat. Watch here @mongabay.com :

Ok this slaps

Pleased to share my new essay in @foreignaffairs.com on the broader implications of the Trump administration’s killing spree at sea. www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...

“These attacks endanger the legal order both domestically and internationally. They suggest that the U.S. executive holds a license to kill—one that could potentially be wielded within U.S. borders. And internationally…he offers a model for lethal, lawless action”