Another art 63 intervention in the Gaza Genocide case which makes 15 in total, two of which are also art 62 interventions.

Colombian mercenaries fighting for the RSF in #Sudan - responsible for mass rapes & systematic killing - were recruited from an address in N. #London Colombians in 🇸🇩 have “had a profound impact on the trajectory of the conflict” including the training of children www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

With immense thanks to the corpus of stellar @justsecurity.org analysis on international humanitarian law, I hope those preparing for Spring semester courses can benefit from this curated supplement. Please share with anyone who could use!

Excellent article by @janethanderson.bsky.social summarizing the main themes of this year’s Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court www.justiceinfo.net/en/153443-af... via @justiceinfo.bsky.social

“I can’t think of any other way to describe it but an attack on the independence of the judiciary and the ICC's independence as an institution, which is why I’m so interested in the public hearing this.” @naomiohreally.bsky.social interviews ICC Judge Kim Prost. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The incumbent and former ICC judges targeted by this coercive measure (Article 70 crime, by the way): - Tomoko Akane - Rosario Aitala - Sergio Ugalde Godínez - Haykel Ben Mahfoudh - Piotr Hofmański - Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza - Bertram Schmitt - Reine Alapini-Gansou

⚡️The Moscow City "Court" convicted the ICC Prosecutor & 8 sitting/former judges of "unlawful prosecution" of Russian citizens (because one of them got so upset). ICC officials were sentenced in absentia (keep it that way!) to jail terms of 3.5-15 years. Karim Khan received 15.

'Rusland geeft ICC-rechters symbolische celstraf uit woede om arrestatiebevelen'

This trial is also the result of the cooperation of a Joint Team, including a number of states, Europol and the International Criminal Court (ICC). So we asked @luigiprosperi.bsky.social what kind of precedent this can set for the ICC’s cooperation with States

OUT NOW 📣 In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate Listen: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

#HumanTrafficking [podcast] - Eritrean Amanuel Walid was arguably the highest human trafficker to stand trial in Europe. Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts draw lessons from this trial in the Netherlands + an upcoming one at the International Criminal Court. www.justiceinfo.net/en/153530-hu...

Out tomorrow! Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time

#InternationalCriminalCourt - While everything indicates that Prosecutor Karim Khan has already left the stage, the Assembly of States Parties to the #ICC, refused to address the elephant in the room. This year, there were several of them. www.justiceinfo.net/en/153443-af... #ASP24

This issue has been explained very thoroughly in an episode of @asymmetricalh.bsky.social discussing the investigations into crimes committed against migrants in Libya www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

Why plead guilty at an international tribunal? And is it common for women to be war criminals? Olivera Simic has written a new book on former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic. Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social

The ICC has an “existential crisis.” Can its members find a way out of it? #CriminalLaw www.justiceinfo.net/en/152952-ic...

Senior Lithuanian journalists are accusing parliament of attempting to take control of the national broadcaster by making it easier for politicians to fire its director. www.occrp.org/en/news/lith...

Rare good news 4 #ICC on 1st day annual meeting: Libyan Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri transferred from Germany. He’s alleged to have committed directly, ordered or overseen crimes against humanity + war crimes; murder, torture, rape + sexual violence at Mitiga prison. (Pic of prison from earlier).

ICC, the “headless” court, opens its assembly of states parties today, by @janethanderson.bsky.social www.justiceinfo.net/en/152952-ic...

Lots of talk of keeping the ICC going at #ASP24 despite sanctions. But court’s issues extend well beyond the Washington pressures. www.justiceinfo.net/en/152952-ic...

International law needs better stories. "If we lose sight of history when asking about the future of international law after #Gaza, we risk thinking that before Gaza there existed a pure, moral core." I wrote about law, history, and power in @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Out tomorrow on #Patreon We reviewed 'They Would Never Hurt a Fly' by Slavenka Drakulić with friend of the pod @vukusiciva.bsky.social We asked Iva what she thought when she first read the book when it came out in 2003, and what atmosphere there was in terms of accountability for war crimes

The Guardian: "One of the oddest UN resolutions in history seeks to solidify shaky Gaza ceasefire into an enduring peace" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Out Now: What is the state of accountability for the children of Ukraine? We asked @thordiskolbrun.bsky.social, the Council of Europe's Special Representative on this issue, what we know today about the children + which avenues for justice are there www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

My old friend Predrag talks to the Groene about the #ICTY #archives which are now in danger of disappearing from the internet, and into some dusty boxes no one can find. We need to protect it and keep it available for research #History #Accountability #Research #Justice www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the 4-year siege of the city in the 90s. Add SNIPER TOURISM to the list of obscenities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Out now! Catch up with all the latest developments on accountability for the women of #Afghanistan including prospects for the new investigative mechanism and the recent Women’s Tribunal. Along with developments at #ICJ and #ICC. Listen here 👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Loved speaking to @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social about accountability pathways for Afghanistan, opportunities and limitations. Thank you for having me on. Very excited to have been on @asymmetricalh.bsky.social. Was nervous tbh

Today is the 3rd day of the trial. You can follow the live stream (with English simultaneous interpretation) here: streams.nfgd.nl/onderzoek-pe... the Court is focusing on charges of human trafficking and extortion (it's alleged that family members had to pay ransom to get their relatives released).

Out tomorrow We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.

A few words on an important new book by Olivera Simic observer.co.uk/culture/book...

British Army ends controversial use of white phosphorus in Kenya. Questions of accountability and compensation linger aoav.org.uk/2025/british...

Out Now! In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico. @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Out tomorrow What’s really going on with the ‘war on drugs’ that has led to the US killing dozens of alleged drug dealers off the coast of Venezuela Colombia & most recently Mexico? How is "a non-international armed conflict" legally defined? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social @alonso-gd.bsky.social explain

#Sudan Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

4 more strikes today, killing 14 more people, with one survivor left to the Mexicans to deal with - this ongoing campaign of extra-judicial killing flagrantly violates international law and reflects a notorious disregard for the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Out tomorrow on #Patreon 📣 We watched The New Yorker documentary 'In Flow of Words: Translating the Trauma of War' together at the Hague Humanity Hub & reacted to it in REAL TIME! We discuss how interpreters at intl trials can be impacted by what they hear from victims + perpetrators

Want to know details of the statute for the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine? How will it work? Our main interlocutor is Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s ambassador to The Hague and former prosecutor general. Episode out now👇 www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...

My thread on the #ICJ's AO ruling. #Israel has been hammered, its obligations under treaty law & CIL made clear. Honestly, nothing surprising, just the ICJ confirming #intlaw obligations. But plenty of noting of Israel's violations of intLaw. Sebutinde out in the cold as was expected.

#Israel prohibited from taking actions contrary to obligations under UN Charter & CPIUN in and regards to OPT. Must allow free movement of UN personnel so they can carry out their mandated activities.

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.

#Israel has positive obligation to respect & fulfil #humanRights of OT pop'n even in times of armed conflict. Doing so has been assisted by UN incl #UNRWA, so diminishment of UN ability means Israel's obligations increase.

All occupied persons must be respected & humanely treated. Rights incl right to life, right to freedom from torture (etc), right to liberty & security, right to freedom of movement, protection of family life, adequate std of living, enjoyment of health, education, freedom from discrimination

#Israel obligated not to use starvation as method of warfare. As OP, Israel has #IHL obligations to respect & fulfil #HumanRights of pop'n.

Starvation is prohibited as method of warfare. #Israel blocked humanitarian aid, preventing relief from entering. Israel's consent to ops of GHF since May 2025 & to other ltd humanitarian aid has not signfiicantly alleviated the situation. Local pop'n inadquately supplied.

#Israel must provide supplies essential for survival of pop'n of OT. Art 55-56 API obligations extend beyond #Gaza to other parts of OPT, Not only a positive obligation to provide supplies to pop'n to the fullest extent, & negative obligation not to impede provision of supplies or health services.

Those minutes until you find your child after the kindergarten is shelled. If you need to explain what hell is, this is it. The world's biggest child kidnapper, Putin, hit a kindergarten in Kharkiv. There are injured children. There is a fire in the kindergarten.

The top United Nations court is set to give an opinion Wednesday on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Coming tomorrow: We are getting our heads around the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. But there’s still a lot of detail to be ironed out. Andriy Kostin, now ambassador in The Hague explains why Kyiv needed this Special Tribunal agreed.

Betald jobbmöjlighet (folkrätt) för juriststudenter i Stockholmsområdet. Dela gärna detta inlägg, särskilt ni som är juristudenter eller har nätverk med studenter i Stockholmsområdet. www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-k...