Van verkrachting en moord verdachte Libische gevangenisbaas in Den Haag voor de rechter

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Today, @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social and @azohra.bsky.social kick off a series on international law under the second Trump administration. The embrace of naked coercion, they argue, represents both a genuine departure from, and the culmination of the internal contradictions of, the post-WWII order.

'The autumn of international law': My essay for @internationalepolitik.de on the long history of international law and why today creativity and willpower is necessary, not fatalism. internationalepolitik.de/de/der-herbs... (in German) @dgap.org

Operation Hellfire: A fun house mirror of international law www.dutchnews.nl?p=267801

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Many Americans will not remember a single image from this war,” the Iranian-American writer Nick Mafi writes. “They will not remember forgetting it. The forgetting will be the memory.”

Hungary’s PM-elect Peter Magyar says he would enact an ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu and detain him on arrival. The election winner said Hungary would stay a member of the International Criminal Court which his predecessor Viktor Orban began withdrawing from last year.

Magyar laat Bibi arresteren als hij naar Boedapest komt substack.com/@demsmight/n...

🔴 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 "𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲". 🗓 Thursday 23 April 2026, from 18:00 to 19:30 CEST. 📍 Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague ▶️ This event will be livestreamed. Register now: www.iss.nl/en/events/cr...

New handbook: International Law for Diplomats brill.com/edcollbook/t...

“The Trump administration’s relentless bullying ignores a central lesson from classical antiquity: Athens’s shift from benevolent hegemony to malevolent empire paved its road to ruin.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/o...

On #Artemis, the race for control over resources in space, and the current state of the law: “A disregard for international law on Earth leads us to question how the US will ultimately act in space.”

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the International Court of Justice 🎉: a cornerstone of the international legal order. As proud host country, the Netherlands remains committed to peaceful dispute settlement and the rule of law. #ICJat80

NEW COMMENTARY | Prioritising Peace: What the UN Should Ask of Its Next Secretary-General The race to become the next UN Secretary-General is under way. Whoever gets the post will need to rebuild the organisation’s geopolitical standing. www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/global/p...

#InternationalCriminalCourt 🎧 [podcast] - This 1st episode of « Dead Men Walking » scrutinizes the ICC, one of the most embattled international institutions of our time. www.justiceinfo.net/en/156717-de... #InternationalJustice #GlobalCriminalJustice #ChangingWorldOrder

Ananyo Mitra explains the fundamental role of diplomacy and analyzes how Trump’s use of social media as diplomatic communication, withdrawal from international organizations and frameworks, and neglect of international law and normative claims threaten our international system's collapse.

A new book demonstrates that in the 21st century, the personality of leaders has become the single most important variable in how soft power operates.

'We will initiate Hungary's re-accession to the International Criminal Court' (Peter Magyar) This would be very welcomed news for the ICC & symbolically important for Hungary to show its support for international law at a time when it is under massive 'strain' - www.instagram.com/reel/DXGl4vF...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas today drew a direct parallel between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war in the Middle East, saying they represent the “greatest breakdown of international law since the Second World War.”

How are legal concepts shaped over time? On 28 April, ‘Legal Research Methods’ hosts @kemmereralex.bsky.social on conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), exploring how legal ideas evolve, travel across contexts, and challenge fixed understandings of law: law.mpg.de/event/law-an... #Event

🌍The April/May edition of Global Insight is now available. Covering the need for international organisations, oceans, immigration, drug cartels, 'Operation Epic Fury' and more. Read the new issue here and on the Global Insight app: www.ibanet.org/IBA-Global-I...

The Eichmann trial opened 65 years ago. It changed Israel’s position in the world and the global memory of the Holocaust. @engelsbergideas.bsky.social

Will there always be double-standards from “middle power” states like the Netherlands and Canada when it comes to international law? From Ukraine to Gaza to Iran, we discuss states’ reactions and what happens when they do turn to the courts. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Why warriors - all warriors - should welcome laws of war: Lessons from a 17th-Century thinker on preventing crimes against humanity: the lawyer, historian and diplomat Hugo Grotius, born on April 10, 1583 in Delft, Netherlands www.britannica.com/biography/Hu... www.lto.de/recht/feuill...

📕 Mein neues Buch "Das Recht der Gewalt. Warum Waffen allein keinen Frieden schaffen" erscheint am 15. Juli 2026 @reclamverlag.bsky.social Darin beschäftige ich mich mit Völkerrecht, Krieg und Frieden - von Thukydides bis in die jüngste Gegenwart. 1(2 Mehr hier: www.reclam.de/produktdetai...

For those in the Netherlands on Thursday: register now to join the book discussion of Adjudicating over Anarchy! At the TMC Asser Instituut in The Hague, 9 April, at 5 pm. www.asser.nl/events/book-...

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Basken willen Picasso’s Guernica negen maanden als ‘symbolische schadevergoeding’ voor bombardement, Madrid maakt bezwaar

Een idealistische geopolitiek, Poetin- en Trump-proof, hoe ziet die eruit? 🌍 Ik stelde een rapport op voor @gef-europe.bsky.social dat ik op 20 april online bespreek met o.a. @thijsreuten.bsky.social en @daniellehirsch.bsky.social. Doe je mee? www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/agenda/weerb...

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to destroy infrastructure that makes up the foundations of civilian life in Iran — attacks that in most cases would be considered war crimes. He said on Wednesday that the U.S. would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

Paul Musgrave on the end of an era in U.S. foreign policy: “After Trump, U.S. commitments can no longer be relied upon to be structural; they will be viewed as individual.” musgrave.substack.com/p/a-new-era-...

Unsere neue Ausgabe zum Thema #Pazifismus ist online! Mit Beiträgen von D. Miething, O. Müller, H. Münkler, B. Oberdorfer, C. Kemper, A.-M. Nohl und T. Graf. Morgen gedruckt im "Parlament" @hib.bundestag.de. #peace www.bpb.de/shop/zeitsch...

Wat betekent het internationaal recht nog als Rusland, Amerika en Israël dat voortdurend straffeloos kunnen schenden? En hoe zien juristen hun eigen vakgebied? ‘Als je cynisch bent over het internationaal recht, ben je cynisch over je eigen keuzes.’

Het internationale recht kalft niet af, het breidt zich juist uit Mijn column in @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

What the #Iran war exposes, is a lack of literature and history: the capacity and imagination to grant that the minds of others follow purposes not our own.

De wereldorde wankelt en grootmachten testen opnieuw de grenzen van hun macht. Volgens de Libanees-Franse schrijver Amin Maalouf is dat het gevolg van decennia van ontregeling. ‘Ook de sterke landen hebben orde nodig.’

Goed interview in fd.nl met Sigrid Kaag over de internationale chaos. Ze ziet een lichtpuntje in Europa: ‘Eindelijk durft men de lijn van Sánchez te volgen en te zeggen: dit is niet onze oorlog, hij vindt plaats buiten de kaders van het internationaal recht en wij doen niet mee.'

Is het afgelopen met het internationaal recht? @arjenlubach.bsky.social met een toegankelijke uitleg over de internationale rechtsorde en een ware conclusie:

President Trump has decapitated two regimes without a firm legal justification. Did attacks in Iran and Venezuela kill international law, or was it already dead? And can it come back? @oonahathaway.bsky.social joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1t...

New research: what happens when leaders signal withdrawal from treaties? Public support for international law declines, but general attitudes about an issue do not change.

Join the inaugural ESIL Conversations session on “𝗕𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆” on 20 March 2026: a high-level discussion on challenges, risks, and political dynamics in ongoing treaty negotiations. More details at bit.ly/3NvXgw9 #ESIL #ESIL_Events #ESIL_Conversations

Heel informatief: acht academici op het gebied van het internationaal recht over de Amerikaans-Israëlische aanval op Iran www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...?

Een bom onder het internationaal recht: hoe dubbele standaarden het recht bedreigen. @groene.nl www.groene.nl/artikel/een-...

@leilasadat1.bsky.social and @akilarad.bsky.social report on the recent First Preparatory Committee on the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty. They write that this marks the next step toward closing an 80-year gap in international criminal law: www.justsecurity.org/133160/crime...

Vandaag ontving ik het advies over de bescherming van hulpverleners van de AIV en CAVV. Hulpverleners kunnen steeds minder veilig hun werk doen. Dat is onacceptabel. Nederland zal zich steviger inzetten voor hun bescherming en de naleving van het humanitair oorlogsrecht.

Oorlog vernietigt levens van mensen. Aan alle kanten. Ook deze illegale oorlog. En toch zien we dat aandacht voor burgerslachtoffers erg afhangt van “whose side are we on”. Elk mensenleven verdient aandacht en veroordeling. Mijn stuk in de Volkskrant vandaag 👉 www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

When Watkin talks about the need for the jus ad bellum to reflect what "States" want, he isn't talking about the 140+ States in the Global South. The only States that count for him and scholars like Shany, Cohen, Ku are Western ones -- and even more specifically, the ones that routinely use force.

Het internationaal recht wordt verdrongen door pure machtspolitiek. Europa moet zich daarbij niet neerleggen, zegt hoogleraar @jannenijman.bsky.social in @volkskrant.nl. 'Als je het internationaal recht loslaat, kom je op een doodlopende weg.' @acil-uva.bsky.social @tmcasser.bsky.social