This is genocidal. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly."

'Settler Justice' is having a vile revival at the moment. Australian voters' rejection of the moderate, anodyne, almost too-timid-for-words VOICE for Aborigines & Torres Strait Islanders may not involve bombs and bullets but it is a knife in the heart of humanism everywhere.

Solidarity forever.

A wonderful first day comes to an end! Thank you so very much Adil Hasan Khan Global Corporations and International Law for his trailblazing keynote, and chairs Haris Jamil Kate Jama sumedha choudhury John Sebastian Sanam @mc_roanna Eryanto Nugroho Melbourne Law School & all the wonderful presenters!

Rahman on the Hijab Ban Case in India, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…

Seeking a research assistant for a project on caste in Indian Supreme Court judgments. To apply, please upload a CV and one-page cover letter explaining your qualifications, suitability and interest in the task through this link: dropbox.com/request/ul3pZD…

Great to have Apoorva here working with Luis Eslava Julia Dehm and me on his extremely exciting project on historical and contemporary minimum wage struggles in the law and labour movements of India and Australia

Arts West no more - this is now Mahmoud’s Hall in remembrance of Mahmoud Al Nouq, a prospective unimelb student who was murdered in Gaza. He should’ve been with us here today.

MELBOURNE FORUM 2024 ‘Climate Change & Constitutions’ Our 8th Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific starts next week. 2 days sharing insights on how constitutions relate to climate change as the defining global challenge of our time. #MF2024Climate

On the 75th Anniversary of the UDHR, I reflect on its drafting history and argue that minority oppression is not an aberration but a by-product of international law. TWAIL Review twailr.com/on-the-75th-an…

Hi friends, exciting announcement 🚨 The CfP for the 16th Melbourne Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory is out EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE The #DFLT17 will take place between the 21st and 22nd of November, 2024 University of Melbourne Melbourne Law School

Speaking today ICON•S on the Muslim question, citizenship, non-belonging and the paradox of sovereignty in India. I will be part of a panel on minority rights, secularism and identity in South Asia with Mathew John John Sebastian Dinesha Samararatne and Adil Hasan Khan.

Dr Moiz Tundawala 👨‍🦯 ICON•S Mathew John John Sebastian Dinesha Samararatne Except Adil was unable to get a visa in time and the organisers have so far been unwilling to facilitate remote participation, despite knowing that visa are a huge barrier for scholars from the Global South

The great A.G. Noorani is no more. His caregiver says he died this afternoon in Bombay. Ghafoor, as his friends called him—and I am proud to have been among their ranks—had been ailing for some time but was still working furiously on a book he had hoped to complete, on the

An ILR article by John Sebastian in Vol 7, Issue 3, on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 has been cited by the Indian Supreme Court in CJI DYC Chandrachud's judgment in In Re Section 6A Citizenship Act. Read the piece here: doi.org/10.1080/247305…

#TheInterview By Karan Thapar: By permitting survey of mosques "Justice Chandrachud has done a great disservice to the constitution and country"; "he's playing into the hands" of the BJP: Dushyant Dave Full Conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=ncNr7q…