Breaking - Paris court upholds validity of France’s arrest warrant for Syrian president Bashar Assad. Rejects absolute immunity of a serving head of state in case alleging war crimes, chemical weapons. apnews.com/article/syria-…

"Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), which brought the action, said Thursday’s decision was a landmark win that could lead to high street retailers being prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act" #UyghurForcedLabour theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

This too, not what about. verfassungsblog.de/all-eyes-on-su…

It looks like years of inaction by the #InternationalCommunity in #Bangladesh has created an overwhelming sense of impunity although it seems finally that the #HasinaRegime has overestimated its position. There are always red lines. This, finally, is one. It is a useful reminder

The London Review of International Law invited critical scholars to contribute short reflections on international law and Gaza. The collection of 47 pieces is published here: doi.org/10.1093/lril/l…

I write about the complicated lives of women in the newly urbanised fringes of Delhi. This is part of my ongoing research in villages in Sonipat-Rai. thewire.in/gender/between… The Wire #Gender #Sonipat

This is one of the best investigations on corporate complicity in genocide in Gaza. Political rhetoric is not enough. Until there are economic sanctions against Isr. nothing is going to change. Corporations must stop literally fueling genocide and starvation.

Happy to see this out in the wild, with my ch on African regional efforts to combat transnational organised crime (*these efforts are works in progress!) ⁦TRANSCRIM – African-German Research Network⁩ ⁦Ilpa Network⁩ routledge.com/Corporate-Crim…

Nature as an “ecological person” in European law - an attempt at judicial law-making German judge "invents" NATURE or an individual ecosystem such as a river or forest as an “ecological person” with its own rights. Based on Articles 2 and 3(1) in connection with Article 37 of

Had the pleasure of moderating Prof. Chimni's keynote session at the conference organised by @kulamadayil @praggya_surana Tor Krever in Kochi. Thrilled to be spending a week w/ some of the most interesting critical scholars discussing 'Social Hierarchies in Catastrophic Times'.

This Workshop explores the potential of an LPE angle to strategic litigation, focusing on rules that enable exploitation/harm/ecological degradation in the first place. If you have a Case that could fit, do reach out! A 10k Starting Grant will be awarded to further develop it.

What do existing approaches to international justice offer to victims of war and societies in conflict? And what possibilities do they provide for feminist social transformation? Book launch event 8 October ECCHR with medica mondiale e.V. and Kalika Mehta

I’ve written an article for EJIL: Talk! exploring how the Hague Academy of International Law fostered radical anticolonial thinking in the interwar period through the often misunderstood lectures of Ahmed Reşid. academic.oup.com/ejil/advance-a…

Late post: Reflections on TWAIL's ambivalence and contradictions. TWAIL Review twailr.com/terms-and-cond…

"These are cases where...multinational corporations...embroil themselves in violence for exponential profits...Despite...documentation of this instrumental role of corporations in historical and current conflicts, international criminal law fails to hold them accountable"

Our special Issue on 'TWAIL and the International Law of Jurisdiction' is finally out! repository.nls.ac.in/nlsir/vol35/is… Please do read these excellent contributions where senior and junior scholars come together to think critically with Prof. B.S Chimni about the concept Jurisdiction in

Must-read for German international lawyers and for anyone considering attending ESIL this year at FU verfassungsblog.de/where-is-our-o…

Last week, #ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan delivered a keynote speech at the University of Münster on intersectionality at the #ICC: “International criminal justice must be more than accountability - it must recognise the humanity of victims & the complexity of harm."