The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine: Implications for the Prosecution of Religious Leaders - Talk About: Law and Religion Normally, religious leaders do not have such powers and so could not be prosecuted at the Special Tribunal. If, however, Kirill or another religious leader were proven to have such powers and have par...

Here’s a new blog post I wrote about the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine and whether religious leaders (including ROC Patriarch Kirill) could be prosecuted.

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Image of session three of the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, featuring four speakers (L:R Mary Waterman, Michelle Coleman, Rory Sugrue & Javier S. Eskauriatza).

Session Three: Legal Complexities in Issues of Perpetration Chair: Javier S. Eskauriatza, University of Nottingham (Im)Proving Defences at the International Criminal Court - Michelle Coleman, Swansea University Ongwen, The Adult Child Soldier: A Victim or A Villain? - Mary Waterman, Swansea University Rethinking the Exclusion-Prosecution Nexus: How to Bridge the Accountability Gap for Vulnerable and Periphery Actors in Armed Conflicts Who Seek Refuge Abroad - Rory Sugrue, Tilburg University

Our third session of the day examined the legal complexities in issues of perpetration, chaired by Dr Javier S. Eskauriatza (@jseskau.bsky.social) with presentations from Dr Michelle Coleman (@michellecoleman.bsky.social), Mary Waterman & Rory Sugrue #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice

Bombing Iran: has the UN charter failed? The UN Security Council veto makes it virtually impossible to uphold its own charter when it comes to acts of aggression such as the bombing of Iran.

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On my way to Liverpool todays for the @slsauk.bsky.social Annual Conference. Looking forward to connecting with colleagues and friends!

Very much looking forward to participating in the Trent University Community Movements conference this weekend!

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🚨BOOK LAUNCH - The Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL is delighted to host the launch of @chloekennedy.bsky.social 's Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law with an amazing panel incl @markedsouza1.bsky.social

📍QMUL (hybrid)
🗓️ Wed 9 April at 6 pm

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Law: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Democratic Participation and Prisoners (RS780) - Swansea UniversityMenu We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Looking for a PhD in #democracy #criminallaw #sentencing #ruleoflaw? Tom Hannant and I are advertising a fully funded PhD student to study incarceration's collateral consequences for democratic rights and participation.

Deadline: 24 February 2025

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This was a great project to participate in. So happy to see the fully open access book published!

Nuremberg tribunal files to be digitised: 2.5 million documents from 1946 to 1949 to be made available by project DigiNMT.

We've joined Bluesky! Looking forward to contributing to this space!

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Opening for a Research Fellow in the customary international humanitarian law research team at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge!
It's in the British Red Cross International Law & Policy team. The project is jointly managed by British Red Cross & @icrc.org.
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Today my train from Cardiff to Swansea broke down five minutes outside of Cardiff. We sat on the train for about an hour and the conductor came through saying 'This train is a bit knackered!'

☺️The deadline for abstracts for the #SLSA2025 annual conference @liverpooluni.bsky.social is 18 December - don't miss out. Lots of lovely streams and current topics and people to discuss your socio-legal research with. Early bird registration, also open. See:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...

🎓 The call is out for my favorite academic conference: the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025. If you like your conferences inviting, informal, theoretically and empirically diverse, and full of relevant practitioners, CRS is for you!

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Me all summer: "Yeah December is fine for that deadline." "I can definitely get that done by the end of the year."

Me today, looking at my calendar: 😬

If you need me I'll be at my desk.

Agreed! I’m a Westlaw fan myself but I find the UK version very difficult to navigate and find what I want.

Don't forget the SLSA 2025 call for papers is now open! Abstracts due by 18 December. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Liverpool!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/

The Call for Papers for the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference on "Reconstructing International Law", hosted by Freie Universität Berlin, is out! 🏗️ ⚖
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‘He killed my sister. Now I see his remorse’: the extraordinary stories of survivors of the Rwandan genocide who forgave their attackers Half a million died in 100 days: neighbours attacked neighbours, children saw their families slaughtered. But 30 years on, many of the victims and perpetrators have forged reconciliations – even becom...

This is an interesting account of reconciliation efforts in Rwanda.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...

Nottingham's Human Rights Law Centre & NTU's Climate Justice Hub are excited to share the Call for Abstracts for our upcoming workshop on Climate Change and Migration, sponsored by SLSA, which will take place on June 19!
🗓️Deadline for submissions: 12 April 2024
📌Full details: bit.ly/3VnXJlC

On 8th April, the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is organising a workshop on peer review for early career scholars and anyone else wanting insights into the publishing process. You can sign up here: forms.uu.nl/universiteit...