New round of provisional measures requests now with hearings in #SouthAfrica v #Israel . It also was about time from a procedural point of view: this is the 4th (additional) request, but only the 2nd time parties will appear in #ICJ hearings since the 1st request round in January

Lawyers interested in representing the rights and interests of Joseph #Kony during the #ICC confirmation of charges proceedings should submit an expression of interest by 16 May 2024 at 17:30 (CEST): icc-cpi.int/news/kony-case…

Grateful to The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art for a space w/ Fereshta Abbasi of Human Rights Watch & Duru Yavan of Open Society Justice Initiative to call on States to bring #Afghanistan before the World Court (ICJ) for flagrant violations of women’s & girls’ rights.

Legal theory, implications & strategy here ↓ cjlpa.org/post/an-avenue…

New request from #SouthAfrica to the CIJ_ICJ - indication of additional provisional measures and modification of previous PM order by the Court, in light of #Rafah offensive. #Palestine #Israel

UN General Assembly determines that the State of Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as a member to the United Nations.

UNGA further recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter.

un.org/en/ga/

I’m both excited and nervous to share my new article with the JICJ, which is the first publication related to my PhD research on accountability for digital harm under ICL: academic.oup.com/jicj/advance-a…

ANNOUNCEMENT: the #ICJ announces the publication of the 2022 edition of its Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders. The two volumes of this edition include, in a bilingual format, all the decisions rendered by the Court in 2022.

A wonderful partnership between Asia Justice Coalition and Women's Education and Research Centre - focussing on women in international law - with activities kicking off next month. Exciting times ahead, stay tuned!

Based on our data, 22 of the top 25 authors, and 91 of the top 100, are men. Of the top 25, all pursued their careers in the United States, and of the top 100, 91 pursued their careers in the United States, with the other nine based in Europe, Australia, or Israel. 5/

If State support for int'l criminal #justice is limited to supporting *only* arrests and convictions, and States have *no intention* of helping people acquitted or released, the result is that they will continue die in unlawful custody. This undermines the entire #ICL project.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child became the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world.

Read the child-friendly version of the #ChildRights Convention👉 buff.ly/44x0mEo
UNChildRights

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Looking forward to discuss my book 'International Trade Law and Global Data Governance' on 9 May 2024, 11 am QUB School of Law. Book is available open access Hart Publishing : bit.ly/42NeOHg. Thanks for inviting me Alessandra Guida Pratyush Nath Upreti!

Today, ICRC concludes that 120 armed conflicts exist around the world, involving over 60 states and 120 non-state armed groups.

How do we do this? How do we consider changing realities and rising complexities?

Read Thomas DSM and colleagues in this post 👇
blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

🚨AJC submission to the Int'l Criminal Court OTP on its Policy Paper on Slavery Crimes🚨

@asiajustice secretariat responded to the call for input by the OTP (@KarimKhanQC & Prof. Patricia Sellers) in ICC’s pursuit of slavery crimes.

Read our submission below: bit.ly/AJCSlaveryCrim…

So proud to remember the birthday of the IFRC today!

On 5 May 1919, at the Regina Hotel in Paris, representatives of 5 founder Red Cross societies 🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹 created the League of Red Cross Societies now the @IFRC.

The IFRC has strived for hope and humanity for more than 100

The roundtable videos for the TWAIL NLSIR Symposium are here.

If you were unable to join us for the rich discussions in the symposium, please check them out.

How it all began! Dana Schmalz Raffaela Kunz remember those early days when the blog started as a project initiated by PhD students at a kitchen table. Both academically grew up with it.

Thinking back to the last, looking forward to the next💫10 years💫: voelkerrechtsblog.org/volkerrechtsbl…

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away….

Happy #StarWarsDay ! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, Sudan as clashes intensify around the city of El Fasher, warn UN agencies

“The situation is dire ... people are resorting to consuming grass and peanut shells” – Michael Dunford, senior World Food Programme official

news.un.org/en/story/2024/…