11/11 This special issue is dedicated to Daniel Behn, who sadly passed away in July 2022. He helped instigate this project and the collaboration. He is deeply missed.

Of particular importance (not frequent in the hermeneutics of the #HRCttee), the body recalled "the established principle that human rights treaties are living instruments that must be interpreted and applied taking into account contemporary circumstances." (para. 8.14).

Come work with us! One week left to apply today! #PhD or #postdoc on Nordic #RuleOfLaw promotion in #PostConflict settings incl. #diplomacy #TransitionalJustice #ForeignPolicy

Published open access on the OUP website global.oup.com/academic/produ…

The UN Security Council has again failed in its primary responsibility to maintain peace and security due to the use of the veto. Palestinian civilians trapped in Rafah have nowhere to go. The General Assembly must now step up to protect them and uphold the Charter of the United Nations.

Had to scroll down some way to find this headline on the BBC this morning... Children starving to death in northern Gaza - WHO bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Welcome to NCHRs book launch event on 6 May. "International Human Rights and Local Courts: Human Rights Interpretation in Indonesia" edited by Aksel Tømte and Eko Riyadi. Read more and register: jus.uio.no/smr/english/ab…

My article ‘Local authorities at the European Court of Human Rights’ is now published IJHR (open access) :dx.doi.org/10.1080/136429…

My conversation with Alex De Waal on the right to food and starvation for EJIL:Talk!, now in writing thedial.world/state-of-the-w…

🇺🇳🇺🇳🇺🇳 I join other UN experts in urging all countries to resume funding of UNRWA to ensure rapid & unimpeded humanitarian relief to civilians in urgent need in Gaza 🇺🇳🇺🇳🇺🇳

New chapter out! In this book on human rights in domestic courts i look at australian and dutch courts use of human rights law. #humanrights #internationallaw #domesticlaw #implementation Routledge Books #indonesia

Update on the (non-)implementation of the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment: the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States (upper house of parl.) just recommended that the gov't take no action to implement the judgment, arguing that current measures suffice nzz.ch/schweiz/emgr-s…

International law looks different from here. It’s harder to hear when there are drones above you and over 800,000 people have been displaced from #Rafah since the start of the operation with nowhere safe or suitable to go. The healthcare system is on its knees. Humanitarians

👇Research assistant/fellow post available for the last few months of Human Rights Nudge project. Person will take lead on dissemination, impact and publicity & contacts w state officials and Strasbourg: tinyurl.com/3tan2mhj. Info on the project: humanrightsnudge.com.

Wow, this is amazing! A new edition of Philip Alston’s textbook on International Human Rights Law is available open access! What a gift for all the students who cannot afford expensive textbooks (but also teachers, who often equally cannot afford them)! humanrightstextbook.org

What can local actors do with international human rights treaties? How can international law obligations be used at the subnational level and how does the engagement of political authorities with a treaty come about? #ilspUNIL #humanrights Here is what we found: 🧵

Our special issue of IJHR on subnational authorities and human rights in Europe has been published. Elif Durmuş 🇵🇸 @Bromebyd Catherine Le Bris Tess Heirwegh Dr Rhian Croke Elisabeth Lambert, Reto Walther, Pierre-Edouard Weill tandfonline.com/toc/fjhr20/28/…

New Special Issue (ed. by Matthew Saul and E Lambert) on subnational authorities and #humanrights – congrats to all who contributed! This new addition to the literature tunes in nicely with our #ilspUNIL book "Engaging with Human Rights". link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9….🧵in next tweet.