And no reason for me to have limited this. Just as joyful a read for not-young journalists also! #freepress is a team sport-

Beautiful - for aspiring and new journalists everywhere www.cjr.org/opinion/hann...

A rare piece of good news: www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Mario Guevara, Estefany Rodríguez, Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Sarah Fitzpatrick, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social - these are just some of the journalists targeted by the Trump administration for doing their jobs. Democracy doesn't survive without a #freepress. Keep track of the big picture.

Join me to discuss #pressfreedom with this extraordinary lineup at 1pm ET. Free registration below

An impressive and creative effort by @bechamilton.bsky.social to capture the scope of the Trump admin's ongoing "muzzle velocity" assault on media institutions and press freedom. via @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

My latest update to the @justsecurity.org #pressfreedom tracker is live & showing “a small but noticeable increase in resistance to attacks on press freedom by media outlets, coinciding with a growing number of losses by the Trump administration in court.” www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

I'm sure I wasn't the only DV survivor out there who felt myself fall through the floor watching that Oval Office meeting with Zelensky. As @rlswrites.bsky.social notes -JD Vance's call for subserviant displays of gratitude in the face of abuse was painfully familiar.

This is the conversation I've been waiting for - @mashagessen.bsky.social & @rlswrites.bsky.social on the parallels between autocratic control & domestic abusers: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o...

Wow. Dramatic movement on ICC arrest warrant: Chaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/w...

Looking forward to being in conversation with this stellar group...

USG currently building a solid crimes against humanity fact pattern for an enterprising domestic prosecutor to pick up using universal jurisdiction.

"...a whole generation of brilliant minds have spent their working lives getting you to spend a bit longer on their app, rather than creating a good society, in the name of maximising corporate profits." www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Calling all 1L Crim profs looking for new material for their next syllabus refresh. This @rlswrites.bsky.social will make for a wonderful class discussion early in the semester. What Would a Feminist Justice System Look Like? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o...

The ongoing campaign of killings at sea would be front page news every day if it weren’t for… all the other things. It still should be. And is ramping up. @becingber.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @rachelgoldbrenner.bsky.social and I get you up to speed with our latest podcast installment 👇

1/ Reminder that applying a name ("Epic Fury") to operations that are part of a war is irrelevant to whether the war violates: -the Constitution (since the start of the Iran war, which is ongoing) -the UN Charter (also from the start) -the War Powers Resolution (the 60-day clock ran out on May 1)

So richly deserved....

On World Press Freedom Day: The U.S. has dropped from #57 to #64 in the free press rankings in just the past year per @rsf.org (rsf.org/en/index?yea...). See what this looks like @justsecurity.org #PressFreedom Tracker: www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

📣Virtual Event Reporting at a Crossroads: National Security, Democracy, & the Challenges to a Free Press Stellar panel: @bechamilton.bsky.social David McCraw Ben Pauker @nancyayoussef.bsky.social @k8brannen.bsky.social Join us 5/18 | 1-2pm ET | Zoom RSVP: www.lawandsecurity.org/calendar/rep...

South Sudanese plaintiff I sat with in public gallery today did not recognize the picture of the Sudanese civil war that Lundin’s lawyer painted. (Neither did I).

Just back from “Courtroom 34” in Stockholm district court where former CEO of Lundin Oil, Ian Lundin’s lawyers finished their second day of closing arguments, defending him against criminal complicity in war crimes charges.

If you're an Aussie of my vintage you'lll remember Julian Morrow from The Chaser. It was such a treat to speak with him in a much different role now as host of ABC's Radio National Sunday show about corporate enabling of atrocities: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Excellent, as always, by @rlswrites.bsky.social The Danger Assessment can help save lives from DV - but only if the wider community knows about it: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/o...

“Thank you for the trust you’ve placed in me. Now let’s get to work.” - @oonahathaway.bsky.social as incoming President of @asilorg.bsky.social

PSA to the Trump administration: Charges against Duterte confirmed. Crimes against humanity for killings in “war on drugs” www.icc-cpi.int/court-record...

ICC Appeals Chamber confirms jurisdiction in Duterte effectively saying, you don't get to withdraw after you find out you're being investigated: www.icc-cpi.int/court-record...

Alleged informants not listed by name, but might as well be for anyone in those circles given level of detail - which, one can only fear, was not unintentional.

Please share, in response to the DOJ indictment against the @splcenter.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dl...

So proud to be here as a faculty member for the 30th anniversary celebration of the @auwcl.bsky.social War Crimes Research Office

Much deserved congratulations to @polgreen.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis for The Great Migration. Highly recommended reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

For the current and next generation of stockholders: “Securing profit isn’t some abstraction achieved in pristine boardrooms in capital cities ... It is a process that plays out in real locations, with real people, including those living through conflict.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

"Securing profit isn’t some abstraction achieved in pristine boardrooms in capital cities. It is a process that plays out in real locations, with real people, including those living through conflict.” @bechamilton.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

Judge to a former executive of Lafarge: “I am trying to make you understand how choices made in your offices, thousands of kilometers away, turned into Kalashnikov bullets, into blood” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

A thread with gratitude to @mashagessen.bsky.social @nytimes.com for covering the corporate complicity verdict against LaFarge this week & for the chance to discuss how corporate enabling (incl., now, by BigTech) is key to preventing mass atrocities. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

Always read @alrwishdi.bsky.social for thoughtful and nuanced analysis - & stay tuned for his forthcoming law review article on Rethinking Government Recognition.

For those coming at this from an academic lens, this is an oldie but a goodie on the imperative of drawing together direct perps & enablers in the same frame (including how France's partie civil system, used in the La Farge case, provides an ideal forum): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brief explainer thread for those just tuning in on this case: 1/ The facts relate to payments of >$6M made by French cement company La Farge to terrorist groups, including IS, in 2013 - 2014, which includes the period when IS committed genocide against the Yazidi.

Huge news coming out of Paris this morning! Immense congratulations to @ecchr.bsky.social & Sherpa for tireless advocacy & for the courage & persistence of victims: www.lemonde.fr/en/syria/art...

Excited for this discussion of Your Data Will Be Used Against You by @profferguson.bsky.social with @brennancenter.org ‘s @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social

Congratulations to the people of Hungary!!

Avoiding these kinds of horrors are exactly why the rules of engagement are not, & never have been, what Hegseth calls “stupid” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Literally in the announcement of the deal:

Good moment to read essay by Alberto Mora (Navy's General Counsel under W. Bush) On why a law passed in 2023, with strong bipartisan backing, prevents NATO withdrawal. Trump would need two-thirds of Senators or a new law. Mora: www.justsecurity.org/128930/prese...

Today's @justsecurity.org must-read: @marknevitt.bsky.social on the S/Hormuz as "a test of whether [conventional military] dominance can translate into control over a contested maritime chokepoint in the face of asymmetric, persistent denial. So far, it has not." www.justsecurity.org/135899/strai...

Here in the U.S. right now we painfully dependent on the willingness of other nations to uphold their international legal obligation not to assist in the commission of an internationally wrongful act. Feeling grateful to UK & Portugal: www.ft.com/content/e7b1...

For those asking on illegality: The threat itself is a violation of IHL, incorporated into the U.S. DoD's Law of War Manual under 10.5.3.2: "Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited." And, if carried out the way he makes it sound --> genocide

10.5.3.2. DoD Law of War Manual: "Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited."