BJP lost Sambhal by 1.2 lakh votes. scroll.in/article/106769…

While Muslim and Dalit voting patterns are often analysed as 'vote banks', there is one 'vote bank' that is hardly ever discussed: upper caste Hindus. Data shows that upper caste Hindus consolidated firmly behind BJP and NDA in the 2024 polls. thequint.com/news/politics/…

My sister is trying to evacuate her former teacher and her family from a perilous camp in southern Gaza. You can help by sharing or donating here: mycause.com.au/p/347116/theyv…

very interesting blog by sumedha choudhury - on the synergies between minority protection, human rights, postcolonial sovereignty, and the making of the UDHR. twailr.com/on-the-75th-an…

Don't miss June's Critical Statelessness Studies (CSS) blog by Katie Robertson, Director of the Stateless Legal Clinic Melbourne Law School. Katie reflects on how legal education can both benefit from and empower those with lived experiences of statelessness law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/statel…

We are so pleased to share the latest Critical Statelessness Studies blog by our Melbourne Law School colleague Katie Robertson. As Director of the Stateless Legal Clinic, Katie reflects on it as a model of pioneering legal education that centres lived experience of #statelessness. 👏

Today, @ntinatzouvala argues that South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ should be seen as an effort to make a political-economic understanding of genocide legible within the restrictive framework of the Genocide Convention. lpeproject.org/blog/genocide-…

Concerning reports of hunger strike by detained refugees in #Manipur. They are rightly demanding to be released and treated as refugees in need of humanitarian assistance. Manipur state gov needs to move them to refugee shelters instead of treating them like criminal offenders.

Today I officially start my Australian Research Council DECRA "Resource Struggles and International Law: Navigating Global Transformations". If you would like to be added to a mailing list for event notices or might be interested in collaborating please get in touch! forms.gle/qgkvoRU1KPrSkv…

Absolute Queen femme behaviour from Joan Nestle, managing to get an anecdote about her partner Di Otto reading the NY Times while wearing a strap on into the Good Weekend 🙇🏻‍♂️

Don't miss #statelessness doctoral workshop in person Melbourne Law School in March 2025! All disciplinary backgrounds working on #statelessness, #identity, #nationality and #citizenship welcome. Applications close 31 July 2024. Limited funding available. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

ICYMI: sumedha choudhury on the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its impact on minority rights, and how minority oppression is not an aberration but rather a by-product of international law twailr.com/on-the-75th-an…

New Critical #Statelessness Studies blog entry Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness by Sam March, a stateless Lebanese artist considers the challenge of addressing the “shape-shifting” phenomenon of statelessness. law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/statel…

Sivan from the Loud Jew Collective reads a message from Gaza to the crowd in Naarm. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea 🇵🇸

Beyond thrilled to see Jordy Silverstein on this list!! rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Dow…

📚My review of @kalramnath Boats in a Storm is out. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the interconnected relationships between wartime displacement, decolonisation, and citizenship in South and Southeast Asia Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jour…

A reading list on international law and the question of Palestine twailr.com/international-…

🚨 new TWAILR: Dialogue — a roundtable reflection on a reading group on Palestine / a tribute to the Palestinian scholars who have enriched our understanding of international law's impacts and failures in response to the Palestinian struggle twailr.com/reading-palest…