“The Trump administration’s relentless bullying ignores a central lesson from classical antiquity: Athens’s shift from benevolent hegemony to malevolent empire paved its road to ruin.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/o...
On #Artemis, the race for control over resources in space, and the current state of the law: “A disregard for international law on Earth leads us to question how the US will ultimately act in space.”
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the International Court of Justice 🎉: a cornerstone of the international legal order.
As proud host country, the Netherlands remains committed to peaceful dispute settlement and the rule of law. #ICJat80
NEW COMMENTARY | Prioritising Peace: What the UN Should Ask of Its Next Secretary-General
The race to become the next UN Secretary-General is under way. Whoever gets the post will need to rebuild the organisation’s geopolitical standing.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/global/p...
#InternationalCriminalCourt 🎧 [podcast] - This 1st episode of « Dead Men Walking » scrutinizes the ICC, one of the most embattled international institutions of our time.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/156717-de...
#InternationalJustice #GlobalCriminalJustice #ChangingWorldOrder
Ananyo Mitra explains the fundamental role of diplomacy and analyzes how Trump’s use of social media as diplomatic communication, withdrawal from international organizations and frameworks, and neglect of international law and normative claims threaten our international system's collapse.
A new book demonstrates that in the 21st century, the personality of leaders has become the single most important variable in how soft power operates.
'We will initiate Hungary's re-accession to the International Criminal Court' (Peter Magyar)
This would be very welcomed news for the ICC & symbolically important for Hungary to show its support for international law at a time when it is under massive 'strain'
- www.instagram.com/reel/DXGl4vF...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas today drew a direct parallel between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war in the Middle East, saying they represent the “greatest breakdown of international law since the Second World War.”
How are legal concepts shaped over time? On 28 April, ‘Legal Research Methods’ hosts @kemmereralex.bsky.social on conceptual history (Begriffsgeschichte), exploring how legal ideas evolve, travel across contexts, and challenge fixed understandings of law: law.mpg.de/event/law-an... #Event
🌍The April/May edition of Global Insight is now available.
Covering the need for international organisations, oceans, immigration, drug cartels, 'Operation Epic Fury' and more.
Read the new issue here and on the Global Insight app:
www.ibanet.org/IBA-Global-I...
The Eichmann trial opened 65 years ago. It changed Israel’s position in the world and the global memory of the Holocaust. @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
Will there always be double-standards from “middle power” states like the Netherlands and Canada when it comes to international law?
From Ukraine to Gaza to Iran, we discuss states’ reactions and what happens when they do turn to the courts.
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Why warriors - all warriors - should welcome laws of war: Lessons from a 17th-Century thinker on preventing crimes against humanity: the lawyer, historian and diplomat Hugo Grotius, born on April 10, 1583 in Delft, Netherlands
www.britannica.com/biography/Hu...
www.lto.de/recht/feuill...
📕 Mein neues Buch "Das Recht der Gewalt. Warum Waffen allein keinen Frieden schaffen" erscheint am 15. Juli 2026 @reclamverlag.bsky.social
Darin beschäftige ich mich mit Völkerrecht, Krieg und Frieden - von Thukydides bis in die jüngste Gegenwart. 1(2
Mehr hier: www.reclam.de/produktdetai...
For those in the Netherlands on Thursday: register now to join the book discussion of Adjudicating over Anarchy! At the TMC Asser Instituut in The Hague, 9 April, at 5 pm.
www.asser.nl/events/book-...
“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.”
Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I
and
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2
Basken willen Picasso’s Guernica negen maanden als ‘symbolische schadevergoeding’ voor bombardement, Madrid maakt bezwaar
Een idealistische geopolitiek, Poetin- en Trump-proof, hoe ziet die eruit? 🌍
Ik stelde een rapport op voor @gef-europe.bsky.social dat ik op 20 april online bespreek met o.a. @thijsreuten.bsky.social en @daniellehirsch.bsky.social. Doe je mee?
www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/agenda/weerb...
President Trump speaks at a lectern with an American flag in the background. A headline reads: "Trump Repeatedly Threatens to Commit War Crimes in Iran." Photo by Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times.
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to destroy infrastructure that makes up the foundations of civilian life in Iran — attacks that in most cases would be considered war crimes. He said on Wednesday that the U.S. would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...
Paul Musgrave on the end of an era in U.S. foreign policy: “After Trump, U.S. commitments can no longer be relied upon to be structural; they will be viewed as individual.” musgrave.substack.com/p/a-new-era-...
Titelblatt der APuZ 14-16/2026
Unsere neue Ausgabe zum Thema #Pazifismus ist online! Mit Beiträgen von D. Miething, O. Müller, H. Münkler, B. Oberdorfer, C. Kemper, A.-M. Nohl und T. Graf. Morgen gedruckt im "Parlament" @hib.bundestag.de. #peace
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Wat betekent het internationaal recht nog als Rusland, Amerika en Israël dat voortdurend straffeloos kunnen schenden? En hoe zien juristen hun eigen vakgebied? ‘Als je cynisch bent over het internationaal recht, ben je cynisch over je eigen keuzes.’
Het internationale recht kalft niet af, het breidt zich juist uit
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
What the #Iran war exposes, is a lack of literature and history: the capacity and imagination to grant that the minds of others follow purposes not our own.
De wereldorde wankelt en grootmachten testen opnieuw de grenzen van hun macht. Volgens de Libanees-Franse schrijver Amin Maalouf is dat het gevolg van decennia van ontregeling. ‘Ook de sterke landen hebben orde nodig.’
Goed interview in fd.nl met Sigrid Kaag over de internationale chaos. Ze ziet een lichtpuntje in Europa: ‘Eindelijk durft men de lijn van Sánchez te volgen en te zeggen: dit is niet onze oorlog, hij vindt plaats buiten de kaders van het internationaal recht en wij doen niet mee.'
Is het afgelopen met het internationaal recht? @arjenlubach.bsky.social met een toegankelijke uitleg over de internationale rechtsorde en een ware conclusie:
President Trump has decapitated two regimes without a firm legal justification. Did attacks in Iran and Venezuela kill international law, or was it already dead? And can it come back?
@oonahathaway.bsky.social joins Jon Bateman to discuss on today's World Unpacked: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1t...
