Absolutely!

I thought I recognised that name! It's always great to find out what former students get up to, and even better to find out via the JICJ. Congrats @jdpope.bsky.social!

Jokingly - one of the UJ states could tell him they're awarding him the Grand Prize for the Most Epic Peace Leader Eveeerr and that they would be honoured to host him for an awards ceremony.

Middle East conflict is 'assault on international law' President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

I listened to Audition this weekend. Will be very interested to hear what you make of that...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Nottingham ICL Conference 2026 - Call For Papers | Hemi Mistry Speaking of things that bring me joy - we're genuinely thrilled to announce that the University of Nottingham School of Law and Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) will be hosting the Third Nottingham Inte...

Thrilled to announce that @uonlaw.bsky.social and @uon-hrlc.bsky.social will be hosting the Third Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference. Come, give your paper a test-run and catch up with old ICL-friends & new!

Call for Papers: lnkd.in/ez9nuUh4
Submit Proposals here: lnkd.in/eNaupN2R

Imagine that.

do you also sob when someone steals your nose? x

I really enjoyed it too. Also, Flashlight by Susan Choi.

Join us on 27 November in The Hague for the 2025 Leiden Journal of International Law Lecture with Professor Ardi Imseis on the topic 'Still Seeking Permission to Narrate: On International Law and the Question of Palestine’.

More details and registration:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

This Friday, the HRLC is delighted to be joined @profgsgordon.bsky.social for the launch of his new book, Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice.

🕐 12:00-13:00 GMT
📌 C14, Monica Partridge Building
🔗 For more info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/eventsh...

Absolutely!! Every international justice event should have a (un)scheduled walk in the woods.

I found it during early during one of my pandemic morning walks around Wollaton Park. I think I remember remarking at the time that I had found my favourite tree. Haven't found that beats it. She is a beaut.

Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication Abstract. This article applies transparency to itself. It asks ‘What is transparency?’, ‘What do we think it means?’, and ‘What are the effects of transpar

📢New publication!!

In this article I play around with the fictions (or frauds?) of transparency within international courts and tribunals and examine how transparency and secrecy constitute power and authority
academic.oup.com/jids/article...

I had a lot of fun writing this during my last study leave (yes, I'm lucky!) and presenting it at the 'Translucent Justice' workshop at the Max Planck Institute in Luxembourg in October 2023. Thanks to @kritikasharma.bsky.social, @lnruiz.bsky.social, and Olivier Baillet for a great conference

Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication Abstract. This article applies transparency to itself. It asks ‘What is transparency?’, ‘What do we think it means?’, and ‘What are the effects of transpar

📢New publication!!

In this article I play around with the fictions (or frauds?) of transparency within international courts and tribunals and examine how transparency and secrecy constitute power and authority
academic.oup.com/jids/article...

LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.

Image of session four of the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, featuring three speakers (L:R Ezequiel Jimenez, Jennifer Giblin, and Kritika Sharma).

Session Four: Governance and Accountability at the ICC Chair: Jennifer Giblin, Edge Hill University Governing the International Criminal Court: Tracing the Practice of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute - Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez, Amnesty International & CILRAP Forgotten Spaces of International Criminal Justice: Dealing with Misconduct and Whistleblower Protection at International Criminal Courts and Tribunals - Kritika Sharma, Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity

The final session of the first day of the 2025 Nottingham Intl Criminal Justice Conference addressed accountability issues at the ICC. Chaired by Jennifer Giblin w/ presentations from Ezequiel Jimenez (@ezejim.bsky.social) & Kritika Sharma (@kritikasharma.bsky.social‬) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice

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

Listening to great presentations at this conference just now. This is the second year @uniofnottingham.bsky.social organizes what promises to become a flagship yearly conference on international criminal justice

Image of session two of the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference, featuring six speakers (L:R Hemi Mistry, Francesco Cunsolo, Caleb Wheeler, Victor Kattan, Daryna Abbakumova & Jolana Makraiová).

Session Two: Contemporary Developments in Substantive Crimes Chair: Caleb Wheeler, Cardiff University Apartheid as a crime against humanity: Recent developments - Victor Kattan, University of Nottingham Complexities behind ‘incitement’ to violence and ‘hate’ speech from a criminal justice perspective - Rachel Horan, The Averment Group*, and Jolana Makraiová, International Nuremberg Principles Academy* Atrocious Images: Combatant-Produced Illicit Imagery as Hate Speech in International Criminal Law - Hemi Mistry, University of Nottingham Challenges of Prosecuting Cyberattacks as Cyber-Enabled Crimes under the Rome Statute - Daryna Abbakumova, Geneva Graduate Institute New challenges in prosecuting intentional destruction of cultural heritage - Francesco Cunsolo, Università di Bologna

Session two, which focussed on contemporary developments in substantive crimes, was chaired by Caleb Wheeler with presentations from Victor Kattan (@victorkattan.bsky.social), Jolana Makraiová, Hemi Mistry (@hemimistry.bsky.social), Daryna Abbakumova & Francesco Cunsolo #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice

Very happy to be here presenting on #AutoHistories of #InternationalCriminalLawyers with @ilariazavoli.bsky.social (and later my own paper on #EmotionalLabour in #ICL)

Image of Session One of the Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference.

Session One: Critical Reflections on the Purposes, Rationales, and Subjects of International Criminal Justice Chair: Olympia Bekou, University of Nottingham Rome Statute, Quo Vadis? Current Discussions on the Limits of (Criminal Liability in) a Human-Centric International Criminal Law System - Anna Lena Hörzer, University of Graz The long-standing issue of the adequacy of criminal sanctions for international crimes: untying proportionality from retributive considerations - Geraldina Ester Di Natali, University of Catania Reconciliation No More: The Disappearance of a Once Omnipresent Goal of International Justice - Iva Vukušić, Utrecht University

Today's first session explored the purposes, rationales &
subjects of International Criminal Justice and was chaired by Olympia Bekou (@olympiabekou.bsky.social), featuring insights from Anna Lena Hörzer, Geraldina Ester Di Natali & Iva Vukušić (@vukusiciva.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice

Lovely to be in Nottingham ahead of tomorrow’s @uon-hrlc.bsky.social International Criminal Justice Conference where I will present my research (part of a forthcoming book) about the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute

Our letter was quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

Full texe here:

www.justsecurity.org/116904/israe...

Final preparations are well underway and we are looking forward to two days of dissecting and digesting the state of international criminal justice...

Could England and Wales introduce jury-free trials? Here’s how they work in other countries Brian Leveson has recommended more judge-alone trials to address the backlog of nearly 80,000 cases.

England and Wales might be making greater use of judge-alone ("jury free") trials to address the Crown Court backlog. Matt Thomason and I discuss this in the Conversation, drawing on our research into judge-alone trials across common law jurisdictions: theconversation.com/could-englan...

Programme details - text version available in link

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We are pleased to share the Programme for the University of Nottingham School of Law and @uon-hrlc.bsky.social Int'l Criminal Justice Conference. We can't wait to welcome speakers and attendees to Nottingham!
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If you would like to attend, please register here: shorturl.at/FKhrX