Join us for a webinar discussing the future of the international legal order, examining recent examples of international law violations an asking what can be expected of international Law? 📅 23 Feb Free to attend | Book now buff.ly/DZlw76J

Announcing the 2nd Annual Judging International Justice Lecture featuring ICJ Judge Tladi @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social. Join us on March 2! ✨

What an inspiring life for international law: tonight, UN judge Theodor Meron presented his memoirs at @grotiuscentre.bsky.social: “A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide”. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/a-thous... @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

The idea dates back to ancient Greece, when three warring kings — Iphitos of Elis, Cleisthenes of Pisa and Lycurgus of Sparta — are said to have signed a treaty allowing the safe passage of athletes and spectators from their city-states to the Olympic Games.

Despite its flaws and desperate need for reforming UN SC, we need the UN. Multilateralism, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, assistance to various treaty bodies, and so many necessary functions that others do not take up require funding. www.bbc.com/news/article...

International humanitarian law is at “a critical breaking point”, study of @gvagrad.bsky.social finds. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

If you care about the UN and a rules-based international order, read this: Mona Ali Khalil in @passblue.bsky.social argues Trump is trying to break the system financially and politically, and replace it with the Board of Peace 🇺🇸⚡️🇺🇳 passblue.com/2026/01/25/p...

Ben Ferencz was the last surviving #Nuremberg prosecutor until his death 3 years ago. On Feb. 4, @uflaw.bsky.social will host an event reflecting on his inspiring life and enormous contributions to justice. Speakers: Prof. Natalia Aleksiun, @profgsgordon.bsky.social, Prof. Jocelyn Kestenbaum & me.

The Oxford Handbook of Women and International Law came out in print this month academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Whilst the UN system may not be capable of resolving the most major contemporary conflicts, it remains an important channel for diplomatic bargaining between the veto powers. Learn why in the latest policy paper by richardgowan1.bsky.social (of @crisisgroup.org): doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

Teamed up with the great @mikeschmitt.bsky.social on why international law would not allow (& States must reject) any acquisition of Greenland: -following the threat or use of force -without respecting the self-determination rights of the people of #Greenland www.justsecurity.org/129374/legal...

“Pillars of international law designed to regulate collective security, discipline world trade and promote human rights are being undermined all at once,” argues Celso Amorim. “The erosion, once begun, is hard to reverse” econ.st/4benDjP Illustration: Dan Williams

Canada prime minister Mark Carney: "We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false .. we knew that international law applied with varied rigor, depending on the identity of the accused or the victim" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Below is the text of Trump's semi-international club intended to replace the UN. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...

🌍 Greenland & International Law Katja Göcke’s 2009 #ZaöRV article breaks down Greenland’s legal status under international law—a very topical (re-)read in light of current headlines and Trump’s expressed interest in U.S. control over Greenland. Read now #OpenAccess. www.zaoerv.de/69_2009/69_2...

“Non-superpower countries know that adherence to international law is not idealism, but the foundation of stable relations - and that it will only become more important in a rapidly changing world.” @chathamhouse.org

"States complicit in attacks against the foundations of the world order must be called out for it. And this applies to the US, which now stands in opposition to the Nuremberg principles." 80 Years After Nuremberg, Envisioning the Future of International Law www.justsecurity.org/128387/nurem...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History 2026 (Frankfurt: @mpilhlt.bsky.social , 6-17 JUL 2026); DEADLINE 31 JAN 2026 📣 esclh.blogspot.com/2026/01/call...

Negotiating a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity – Introduction to the Symposium | by Chiara Giorgetti and Franz Perrez

The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 banned any warlike activity and granted all countries equal access to hunting, fishing, mining and owning land on the Norwegian polar archipelago — a rare arrangement anywhere on the globe. Now Norway is reconsidering the treaty.

In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience. What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?

De geschiedenis is vol van plotselinge omwentelingen van macht en politieke verhoudingen. Zij maken de vervolging van oorlogsmisdrijven mogelijk - ook als het lang onrealistisch leek.

🎥 Video 'Global Challenges' | Grand entretien with #InternationalLaw prof. Paola Gaeta about the evolution of the concept of genocide and its practical application in international law. @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social #genocide #GlobalChallenges shorturl.at/RevUH

No Amazon, no Gmail: #Trump sanctions upend the lives of #ICC judges.

“Predictability, which is essential for global peace, is not a feature of this world.” Five writers on the world could be headed.

Oud-diplomaat over internationaal recht: ‘Dat iets volgens de wet gebeurt, betekent niet dat het juist is’

Interview with Martti Koskenniemi in @zeit.de. Everyone in the international law-sphere not only has read his work but also knows how to spell his name. And I think that says everything about how important he is. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

Ist mit der Entführung Maduros das Völkerrecht am Ende? Keinesfalls, sagt der Jurist Martti Koskenniemi. Und im Falle Grönlands könne es noch sehr nützlich werden.

Begin van genocidezaak tegen Myanmar is voor de Rohingya een stapje naar gerechtigheid

Vacature (Senior) Adviseur Internationale Hoven en Tribunalen en Internationale Misdrijven bij NL MinJenV, met accent op het opzetten van de voorbereidende fase van een #Agressietribunaal voor de vervolging van het misdrijf agressie tegen #Oekraïne. www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/sr...

Webinar on Monday on #Venezuela and the implications for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the UN, and world order. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... (organised by the Dutch United Nations Association)

‘I don’t need international law’: #Trump speaks about his vision of power in @nytimes.com interview. The only constrained is ‘my own morality’. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Meld je aan voor mijn nieuwsbrief: berichten uit Den Haag over internationaal recht, politiek en geschiedenis + 2x per maand lees-, luister- en kijktips erover. benjaminduerr.substack.com

I wrote an Expert Comment for the University of Oxford on the implications of the US aggression against Venezuela for International Law and Global Security. My argument in brief below: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...

UN Experts: "the unprovoked use of armed force on Venezuelan sovereign territory is a clear breach of Art 2(4) of the UN Charter... It may also constitute the international crime of aggression attributable to the individual political and military leaders involved." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

List of organizations, collaborations and treaties the US are pulling out of per presidential decree. From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations. Dismantling decades of work www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

There's much commentary on Venezuela Maduro and international law. We focus on potential accountability routes, after examining illegality of US actions + immunity issues. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... Thanks @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio for making time.

Deadline is less than two weeks away! DH at 50: European Perspectives on America's Global Rise and Crises shafr.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/... @diplomatichistory.bsky.social

📣 Beginning next week, the International Court of Justice will hold hearings in the Rohingya genocide case. The case is now at its critical merits phase. When the case was filed, we published a series of Q&As that explained the case's importance. www.globaljusticecenter.net/q-a-developm...

Totally agree with @drnajimagi.bsky.social @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, & I always tell my students: the UN is flawed & we should critique its failings, but it also has successes & we are far better off with it than without it. theconversation.com/venezuela-ga...

US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro raise profound legal and geopolitical concerns, with implications well beyond Venezuela itself. In a new post co-authored with Julian Arato, we examine the attack and its broader consequences under international law.

#Venezuela en het succes van het internationaal recht: De opmerkelijke wending in de geschiedenis tussen 1902 en 2026. benjaminduerr.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Super, dass DLF 2026 das Völkerrecht ins Blickfeld rückt. Erstes Interview. Gute Fragen von @schusand.bsky.social, gute Antworten von @heikekrieger.bsky.social: „Rechtliche Normen können auch Krisenphasen überstehen.“

International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela A survey of the top issues by leading experts, Michael Schmitt, Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social #OperationAbsoluteResolve

Duidelijke taal experts internationaal recht: ‘Dit is volstrekt illegaal, neo-imperialistisch gedrag’

With no UN Security Council mandate and unable to claim self defence, it is difficult to conceive of possible legal justifications for the US strike that captured Nicolás Maduro. Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️

Is there any legal justification for the #US attack on #Venezuela? @geraldinemckelvie.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.

Graham Allison and James Winnefeld, Jr. explain how the world has avoided great-power war since 1945—and examine the factors that could “bring the ongoing long peace to a close”:

Thank you for joining our Open Day at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy! 🙏 Your engagement made the day truly meaningful. From panels and project insights to the moot court and film screening, we loved sharing our work with you. Until next time! 🌍✨