Again, no lex specialis. No intention under climate treaties to derogate from customary rules on state responsibility.

Gives examples of fossil fuel licenses or permits as a possible internationally wrongful act holy shit

Update: Nicaragua v. Germany at the ICJ On 21 July, Nicaragua submitted its Memorial in line with the time limit set by the CIJ_ICJ in its Order of 19 July 2024. Nicaragua submits that Germany has failed to fulfill its duty to guarantee respect for international humanitarian

There was never evidence Hamas had systematically stolen humanitarian aid from the UN, senior Israeli military officials now admit. The UN distribution system had been largely effective. Israel needed this fabrication to be in full control of deliveries. nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…

The distribution of humanitarian aid has become a lethal technique of killing in Gaza

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It sounds inconceivable. But it’s the truth. Israel is taking deliberate, coordinated action to destroy the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Explicit statements by Israeli officials, combined with a consistent policy of destructive attacks

🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly. The protesters in

Our paper, in which Hanna Pfeifer and I argue that German arms deliveries to Israel are currently neither in accordance with international law nor sensible from a security policy perspective. MPIL Heidelberg papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The International Association of Genocide Scholars "Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the UN Convention for the Prevention & Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)" #GazaGenocide genocidescholars.org/wp-content/upl…

Italy’s neo fascist government has clarified that they will grant PM Netanyahu immunity from his #ICC arrest warrant. Italy’s Meloni is also protecting hundreds of IDF war criminals vacationing in Italy from their genocide of civilians in Gaza.

"When the ICJ determines that there is a real and imminent risk that rights under the Genocide Convention will be irreparably harmed, it can be assumed that the 'serious risk of genocide' has been established and the obligation to prevent it has come into effect." — Dutch CAVV

I came back today. I thought I had known despair before, but what I saw today is beyond despair. It is not grief, nor horror, nor pain. It is something colder, a stillness where even God seems to have withdrawn His hand. The sky was impossibly blue. The kind of blue that mocks

160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with University of Exeter, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇

In light of UNSC Res 2803 just reminding everyone of the existence of this classic article by Dapo Akande, suggesting the possibility of judicial review of ultra vires UNSC acts jstor.org/stable/pdf/760…