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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 7h

“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.

A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.

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Embedded Human Judgment in the Age of Autonomous Weapons

A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · 11h

Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.

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Maciej Grześkowiak @mgrzeskowiak.bsky.social · 12h

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.

The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · 7d

Massive ! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine

Podcast Episode · Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks · 2025-10-04 · 1h 4m

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 21d

If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...

The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View

International Criminal Justice is facing a tipping point. Questions about its efficacy, its efficiency and a hostile political climate are raising doubts about its relevance and, even further, its ver...

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Martin Scheinin @martinscheinin.bsky.social · May 15

Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...

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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 26d

Public-Private Genocide?

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Public-Private Genocide?

[Professor Sundhya Pahuja is ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Professor and Professor of international law at the University of Melbourne. She is the Director of the Laureate Program in Global Co…

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 16

On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 11

Huge thanks to my fellow co-convenors — Caleb Wheeler, Franka Pues, and Kyra Wigard — and to everyone who joined us in Berlin or online. 🙏

Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 11

Maria Crippa – arrest warrant strategies
Luca Pasquet & Luigi Prosperi – Personal immunity
Yulia Ioffe – Ukraine’s interim reparations for CRSV
Sharron Weill – corporate accountability
Marie Wilmet & Damien Scalia – realities of universal jurisdiction
Alison Bisset – Ljubljana–Hague Convention

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 11

Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨

Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · Sep 11

Super grateful to the members of the @esiligicj.bsky.social for putting together a great pre-ESIL session this morning. I had a blast presenting on immunities of Heads of States vis-a-vis international criminal tribunals (as you can tell from the photo)!

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

We look forward to welcoming participants in person in Berlin (Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 2202) and online via Zoom.

Join us for a forward-looking discussion on the future of international criminal justice.
#ESIL2025 #InternationalLaw #ICJ

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sharron Weill: Corporate accountability in Lafarge & Lundin cases

Marie Wilmet & Damian Scalia: Universal jurisdiction in practice

Alison Bisset: The Ljubljana–The Hague Convention

Yulia Ioffe: Interim reparations in Ukraine

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

👥 Panel One: Reconstructing the Roles of Actors Within ICJ

Maria Crippa: ICC Prosecutor’s evolving approach to arrest warrants

Anni Pues: International justice networks

Luca Pasquet & Luigi Prosperi: Immunities & jurisdiction

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our aim: to explore how international criminal justice can evolve to better meet the needs of victims and those directly involved in the investigation & prosecution of international crimes.

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Sep 3

We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · Sep 1

Professor Schabas: US, Germany, and Others Could Be Held Liable as Accomplices to Genocide in Gaza - ECPS

In an extensive interview with the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), Professor William Schabas—one of the world’s foremost authorities on

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Maastricht Young Academy @maastrichtya.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣The MYA is proud to announce its Outreach Event will take place on September 25th!📣
✏️Sign up via our link t.ly/A5zFT or through the QR code below!
We hope to see many of you there! 🤗
#Maastricht #youngacademics #MYA

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Aug 26

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ICJ communication to the International Court of Justice urging the investigation of the Court's Vice-President | ICJ

The ICJ has sent a communication to the President of the International Court of Justice (the Court), Justice Yuji Iwasawa, to urge the Court to c

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Aug 21

Finally, it was also revealed that an arrest warrant for Saif Suleiman Sneidel, issued under seal in Nov 2020, was recently unsealed—marking another step in the ICC’s pursuit of accountability in Libya. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Situation in Libya: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I unseals the arrest warrant for Mr Saif Suleiman Sneidel

Today, 8 August 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) decided to unseal the arrest warrant issued initially on 10 November 2020 against Mr Saif Suleiman ...

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Prosecutor is now appealing parts of the El Hishri warrant, arguing the Chamber wrongly excluded charges tied to victims of African descent—saying they weren’t detained “for conflict-related reasons” or part of the targeted civilian population. www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

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Alexandre Skander GALAND @skandergaland.bsky.social · Aug 21

Unlike in Elmasry, Judge Flores Liera did not dissent in El Hishri—likely because of Libya’s declaration. The warrant confirms this shift: it refers to Libya’s recognition of ICC jurisdiction under Article 12(3). www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

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