National Guard threatens to arrest journalist for touching the water at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. (It was not like this when we lived in DC a year ago) www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/v...

Rätt hanterat av regeringen och justitieministen: "Läkarna i da Costa-fallet får ersättning av staten" www.dn.se/direkt/2026-...

TOAEP has published policy brief on "The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine" written by Patrick J. Siegle. The issues of personal immunity for incumbent members of the "troika" (art. 23(5)) & trial in absentia (art. 28) are very interesting. www.toaep.org/pbs-pdf/205-...

Har medverkat i SvD om hur Ryssland behandlar tillfångatagna civila ukrainare och krigsfångar: "Olena var rysk fånge: Som ett spel för dem” www.svd.se/a/bOLQee/ole...

In Memoriam: Judge Lennart Aspegren (1931–2026) Thanks to @opiniojuris.bsky.social for publishing. opiniojuris.org/2026/06/02/i...

Lennart Aspegren has past away at his home in Stockholm, 95 years old. He was one of three judges in the Akeyesu case (1998), world's first conviction for genocide. Family and friends are mourning him.

Lennart Aspegren har gått bort. Han var en av tre domare som i Akayesumålet (1998), världens första fällande dom för folkmord. Vi har skrivit minnesord i DN. Vänner och familj saknar honom.

Judgment in the Lundin Oil trial, Stockholm district court. 3 December 2026. Via @martinschibbye.bsky.social

CICJ has issued the following statement: "Safeguarding Prosecutorial Independence and the Standing of the International Criminal Court - Article 46(1) Should Be Amended" cicj.eu/statement-7/

På Lundinrättegångens nästsista rättegängsdag hänvisar åklagaren till mina argument till stöd för att de påstådda brotten var kriminaliserade sedan början av 1990-talet. Fint om tingsrätten skulle slå fast samma sak. Tack @martinschibbye.bsky.social för nedanstående referat.

Self-promotion: the Swedish government appointed me as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). To avoid confusion: that does not mean that I am a judge. Instead I get to nominate judges to the ICJ. www.linkedin.com/posts/swedis...

JCPOA and Trump deal compared www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Har medverkat i SR P1 Morgon på temat "Folkrättsexperten om Castro-åtalet: Presidenter är normalt immuna" www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/folk...

Important case from Snigurivskyi District Court, holds Russian commanders responsible for failure to prevent war crimes by subordinates. Notable since no explicit reference to command responsibility in Ukrainian Criminal Code at the time of the act. reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/12831...

The ongoing universal jurisdiction trial in Koblenz will function both as a forum for justice for those who suffered in the siege of Yarmouk, Syria, and also an examination of the practical contours of starvation as a war crime. From Allie Virginski, as part of our Syria series:

I have been interviewed by the Canadian newspaper Le Devoir on "L’IA, un des éléphants dans la pièce au sommet Xi-Trump" (AI, one of the elephants in the room at the Xi-Trump summit). www.ledevoir.com/monde/980600...

Intressant inslag om "AI och frantidens jobb" i SVT Aktuellt vid 24m50s. Särskilt intressant med intervju av juriststudenter, kollegan och prodekan Joel Samuelsson i Uppsala. www.svtplay.se/video/Kvvv5Y...

Fantastiskt! Regeringen har efter utlysning i konkurrens bestämt Stockholms universitet får medel starta högkvalitativt masterprogram i offentlig förvaltning med EU-perspektiv. Statsvetenskapliga, nationalekonomiska institutionerna & Juridicum står bakom SU-ansökan. www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Welcome to SCGG seminar with Hervé Ascensio (Sorbonne Law School) on "Contestation of the world trade regime: the semi-blockage of dispute settlement at the WTO", Thursday 21 May 2026, Stockholm University www.su.se/english/divi...

Atef Najib is the first #Assad official tried in Syria Notably, he was head of Political Security in Daraa in 2011 when his forces tortured & killed several children The resulting public outrage is often marked as the start of the #Syrian conflict syriaaccountability.org/sjac-begins-...

Har medverkat i SR Ekot om fällande dom vid Solna tingsrätt för krigsförbrytelser (folkrättsbrott) i Yarmuk (Syrien). www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/2796...

Solna district court convicts defendant for crimes against international law (war crimes) in Yarmouk 2012-13. The defendant 1) shoot into peaceful demonstration & 2) later served at checkpoint where people were detained, to be tortured & some cases killed. www.domstol.se/solna-tingsr...

SCOTUS in the Prize Cases (1863): "The proclamation of blockade is itself official and conclusive evidence to the Court that a state of war existed..."

Fin artikel om Birgitta Ohlsson i Aftonbladet: "Lookin’ good, girl!" www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/aJ...

On "pausing the 60-day clock": a militarily enforced naval blockade is an act of war fully comparable with deployment of ground forces, bombardment from the air or missiles. For example, Israel held that Egypt's closure of the Straits of Tiran for Israeli ships 1967 was casus belli (an act of war).

Talk on my book "Genocide - Sweden & the Fight Over a Concept" (English), hosted by The Institute for Futures Studies. Extracts: - How Lemkin started work on "Axis Rule" in Stockholm - Swedish Judge Aspegren & first genocide case Akayesu - Genocide as a political tool www.youtube.com/watch?v=J885...

The Duterte case is relevant for Trump's "war" against drugs, Venezuela and killing of alleged drug dealers. Trump is arguably making same mistake as Duterte by transforming something that should be law enforcement (lethal violence as the last resort) into war (lethal violence as the first resort).

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I confirms all charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Roa Duterte and commits him to trial. The charges include crimes against humanity of murder and attempted murder as part of Duterte's "war" against drugs. www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-pre...

Just got new article published: "War Crimes Trials Before Domestic Courts in Ukraine – Making the Case for a Differentiated Approach to International Law" in the International Criminal Law Review. brill.com/view/journal...

The US appears to suggest one can have a cease-fire and a militarily enforced blockade at the same time. It is worth reminding everyone of the Definition of Aggression (1974): the blockade of another state's ports is an act of aggression. hrlibrary.umn.edu/instree/GAre...

Intresset var även i år stort för att besöka visningarna i Stockholms universitets representationsbyggnad Spökslottet på Stockholms kulturnatt. Nytt för i år var att konstvetarstudenter vid @kulturestetik.bsky.social berättade om utvalda konstverk. #Kulturnatten www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...

Typical thing in Russia to preserve an authoritarian leader and the system: blame the bureaucrats below the tsar but not the tsar (now: Putin), pretending to be critical while this is actually an endorsement of Putin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_ts...

Swedish PM Kristersson appear to support preventive self-defence. Kristersson: "a strict interpretation of international law against interventions against dangerous neighbours ... is also dangerous. The result of this war will decide what is appropriate". www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/stat...

Igår medverkade Teodorescu Måwe i SVT 30 minuter. På fråga hur hon ser på folkrätten ville hon få bort icke-demokratier från beslutsmakten i FN (dvs Ryssland och Kina skulle bli av med sina permanenta platser och vetorätt i FN:s säkerhetsråd). www.svtplay.se/video/eZxgom... (1/2)

Medverkat i SR Studio Ett om regeringens förhållningssätt till folkrätten. Kort före hade statsministern reagerat på vår DN Debatt. Statsministern öppnade upp ny folkrättslig linje som Sverige ej haft tidigare: preventivt självförsvar (Bushdoktrinen från 2003). www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/folk...

Medverkar i SR P1 Studioett idag kl. 16.30 om hur regeringen förhåller sig till folkrätt i samband med Irankriget.

🚨🚨Welcome and very significant news on #EU-UK relationship and #brexit reversal: yesterday, the European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK's association to #Erasmus+ in 2027. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

När statsmininstern säger att angreppet mot Iran kommer att anses lagligt om det lyckas så är det ett synnerligen olyckligt avsteg från svensk linje. Detta må vara en slip of the tongue, men den hade säkert inte inträffat om hans rådgivare hade konsulterat UD.

Märk väl att vi inte går på utrikesministern Malmer Stenergard. Det är för att utrikesministern förhåller sig till folkrätten på ett seriöst och välinformerat sätt, se intervjun 28 februari 2026. Juristerna på UD verkar göra sitt jobb. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Ok...

Jättebra artikel av Mark Klamberg, Pål Wrange, Ove Bring och Said Mahmoudi. @klamberg.bsky.social @pal-wrange.bsky.social www.dn.se/debatt/sa-fo...

”De två främsta företrädarna för Sveriges regering förminskar alltså folkrätten till något som man kan hålla seminarier om, men som inte har någon större betydelse och som inte är till någon egentlig nytta.” Varje ord i denna text av @klamberg.bsky.social mfl. bär tyngd. www.dn.se/debatt/sa-fo...

Har skrivit på DN Debatt. Redaktören satte bästa rubriken någonsin: "Så folkrätt är mest till för seminarier? Ok, låt oss ha ett” www.dn.se/debatt/sa-fo...

WSJ: "Europe Drafts Postwar Plan to Free Up Hormuz Without U.S. ... European countries are putting together a plan for a broad coalition of countries to help free up shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, including sending mine-clearing and other military vessels." www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Ungern inleder processen att dra tillbaka ansökan om utträde ur Internationella Brottmålsdomstolen

After defeating Orban, Peter Magyar says he'll reverse Budapest's withdrawal from International Criminal Court www.facebook.com/share/r/18Qz...

Hungary formally initiated its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) by notifying the UN on June 2, 2025, with the withdrawal set to take effect on June 2, 2026. Will Peter Magyar reverse this decision in order for Hungary to remain a state party to the ICC?

This is a critical insight. A blockade is a direct threat to China. This is ***very*** dangerous

Rimlig fråga av @johannesklenell.bsky.social: 'Kan civilisationsutplåning verkligen räknas som ”kortsiktig kostnad”?' www.dn.se/kultur/johan...