Cris van Eijk
@crisveijk.bsky.social
International law, the (space) commons, and how they're made.
PhD @newcastleuni.bsky.social | 🇺🇸🇳🇱🏳️🌈 | 🔊: krɪs van aɪk | he/him
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/law/research/students/current-pgr-students/cristian-van-eijk/
PhD @newcastleuni.bsky.social | 🇺🇸🇳🇱🏳️🌈 | 🔊: krɪs van aɪk | he/him
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/law/research/students/current-pgr-students/cristian-van-eijk/
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Cris van Eijk
@crisveijk.bsky.social
· Jan 30
The exclusive making of space law | Leiden Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core
The exclusive making of space law
doi.org
Excited to share my new article, 'The Exclusive Making of Space Law', just published in Leiden Journal of International Law. This article took 3 weeks to write the first draft, but 3 years to finalise, and I'm grateful to everyone who helped me along the way.
doi.org/10.1017/S0922156524000554
doi.org/10.1017/S0922156524000554
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
The EU proposed regulations that would require space actors to complete environmental footprint analyses from cradle to gave, starting in 2030.
Elon’s response? Burn it all down!!
Elon’s response? Burn it all down!!
As I was saying...
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The EU proposed regulations that would require space actors to complete environmental footprint analyses from cradle to gave, starting in 2030.
Elon’s response? Burn it all down!!
Elon’s response? Burn it all down!!
Welcome to international organisations law, where the WHO doesn't have the comptetence or mandate to ask about the health consequences of using nuclear weapons – but FIFA can award a peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Welcome to international organisations law, where the WHO doesn't have the comptetence or mandate to ask about the health consequences of using nuclear weapons – but FIFA can award a peace prize.
"One question haunts and hurts – too much, too much to mention. Was I really seeking good, or just seeking attention?" is a reflexive methodological question. In this essay I will-
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"One question haunts and hurts – too much, too much to mention. Was I really seeking good, or just seeking attention?" is a reflexive methodological question. In this essay I will-
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How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
m.soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
m.soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World
Play 58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World by Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
m.soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
m.soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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A family in Colombia has filed a petition w/ the DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that Colombian citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in a US airstrike.
This is the 1st formal complaint over airstrikes by the 47's admin on suspected drug boats.
This is the 1st formal complaint over airstrikes by the 47's admin on suspected drug boats.
Family of victim in Trump drug boat killings files first formal complaint
Exclusive: Petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 September
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A family in Colombia has filed a petition w/ the DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that Colombian citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in a US airstrike.
This is the 1st formal complaint over airstrikes by the 47's admin on suspected drug boats.
This is the 1st formal complaint over airstrikes by the 47's admin on suspected drug boats.
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Sad news to see coming out of Essex uni today and my former home at the law school - thinking of friends & colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Essex to shut Southend campus and cut 400 jobs
The Southend-on-Sea campus is home to the award-winning East 15 drama school.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sad news to see coming out of Essex uni today and my former home at the law school - thinking of friends & colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
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can we all please stop calling the Venezuela shit war crimes I know it's catchy but they're not war crimes coz there is no war thank yew
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
can we all please stop calling the Venezuela shit war crimes I know it's catchy but they're not war crimes coz there is no war thank yew
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This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
🛰️ SATCOM Security
Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
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Chapter 1 of myself @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Cher Weixia Chen Research Handbook on Global Governance is available open access 👇
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
We set out how we created an alternative & critical take on global governance - on topics sometimes forgotten, lots of different voices & more
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
We set out how we created an alternative & critical take on global governance - on topics sometimes forgotten, lots of different voices & more
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Chapter 1 of myself @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Cher Weixia Chen Research Handbook on Global Governance is available open access 👇
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
We set out how we created an alternative & critical take on global governance - on topics sometimes forgotten, lots of different voices & more
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
We set out how we created an alternative & critical take on global governance - on topics sometimes forgotten, lots of different voices & more
Reminder: Over 5x more Americans died of HIV/AIDS from 1980-1995 than in all 19 years of the Vietnam War. What the State Dept dismisses as an "awareness day" is also a monument, including to 675,000+ dead Americans.
Of course, 'America First' isn't about them; it's about petty snipes at the WHO.
Of course, 'America First' isn't about them; it's about petty snipes at the WHO.
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Reminder: Over 5x more Americans died of HIV/AIDS from 1980-1995 than in all 19 years of the Vietnam War. What the State Dept dismisses as an "awareness day" is also a monument, including to 675,000+ dead Americans.
Of course, 'America First' isn't about them; it's about petty snipes at the WHO.
Of course, 'America First' isn't about them; it's about petty snipes at the WHO.
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So recently I was an intrepid adventurer to the wilds of TERF island where I was privileged to talk to so many amazing international law scholars resisting that nonsense, being awesome humans, and doing sensational scholarship. Have a listen to the latest #CttB ep
on.soundcloud.com/Czo2nQkTe6lZ...
on.soundcloud.com/Czo2nQkTe6lZ...
58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World
Pack your travel mugs and methodological curiosity - Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is on the road! This roving episode of Called to the Bar comes to you from Newcastle and Manchester, where Tamsin chats wi
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November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
So recently I was an intrepid adventurer to the wilds of TERF island where I was privileged to talk to so many amazing international law scholars resisting that nonsense, being awesome humans, and doing sensational scholarship. Have a listen to the latest #CttB ep
on.soundcloud.com/Czo2nQkTe6lZ...
on.soundcloud.com/Czo2nQkTe6lZ...
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Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
papers.ssrn.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound.
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
From the “Gray Lady” herself
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From the “Gray Lady” herself
IU is very pretty in the fall.
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
IU is very pretty in the fall.
Verne Harris says tattoos can be archives, and I defer to the experts.
(Real talk: ‘archive’ is as open-textured as you want it to be - right up until you mistake an archivist for a librarian to their face. From there, all bets are off. They’ll find your remains in dozens of meat acid-free boxes-
(Real talk: ‘archive’ is as open-textured as you want it to be - right up until you mistake an archivist for a librarian to their face. From there, all bets are off. They’ll find your remains in dozens of meat acid-free boxes-
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Verne Harris says tattoos can be archives, and I defer to the experts.
(Real talk: ‘archive’ is as open-textured as you want it to be - right up until you mistake an archivist for a librarian to their face. From there, all bets are off. They’ll find your remains in dozens of meat acid-free boxes-
(Real talk: ‘archive’ is as open-textured as you want it to be - right up until you mistake an archivist for a librarian to their face. From there, all bets are off. They’ll find your remains in dozens of meat acid-free boxes-
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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Struggling to find words for the harms this invites.
For now, please just Google "sunshine unit", and then read this by Julian Aguon: placesjournal.org/article/bles...
For now, please just Google "sunshine unit", and then read this by Julian Aguon: placesjournal.org/article/bles...
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Struggling to find words for the harms this invites.
For now, please just Google "sunshine unit", and then read this by Julian Aguon: placesjournal.org/article/bles...
For now, please just Google "sunshine unit", and then read this by Julian Aguon: placesjournal.org/article/bles...
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I can hear this post read in Tamsin's voice. If you can't, I highly recommend Called to the Bar podcast, where she and @djag2.bsky.social set the record straight on piracy and all things international law w their co-hosts @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social @drnajimagi.bsky.social @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social
It's not fucking piracy! States can't commit piracy, and calling it piracy absolves the US of responsibility and says that the individuals who conducted the strikes were mutineers. It's an atrocity crime and deeply illegal but not fucking piracy. Not everything involving boats and violence is piracy
Washington Post edit board: There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I can hear this post read in Tamsin's voice. If you can't, I highly recommend Called to the Bar podcast, where she and @djag2.bsky.social set the record straight on piracy and all things international law w their co-hosts @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social @drnajimagi.bsky.social @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social
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Listen to tamsin. She knows her shit
It's not fucking piracy! States can't commit piracy, and calling it piracy absolves the US of responsibility and says that the individuals who conducted the strikes were mutineers. It's an atrocity crime and deeply illegal but not fucking piracy. Not everything involving boats and violence is piracy
Washington Post edit board: There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Listen to tamsin. She knows her shit
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It's not fucking piracy! States can't commit piracy, and calling it piracy absolves the US of responsibility and says that the individuals who conducted the strikes were mutineers. It's an atrocity crime and deeply illegal but not fucking piracy. Not everything involving boats and violence is piracy
Washington Post edit board: There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The new pirates of the Caribbean
Attacks against alleged drug boats are lawless.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's not fucking piracy! States can't commit piracy, and calling it piracy absolves the US of responsibility and says that the individuals who conducted the strikes were mutineers. It's an atrocity crime and deeply illegal but not fucking piracy. Not everything involving boats and violence is piracy
I’ve been saying a version of this in lectures since 2021, and in published writing since January this year.
Eg these tweets from Dec 2021:
Eg these tweets from Dec 2021:
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’ve been saying a version of this in lectures since 2021, and in published writing since January this year.
Eg these tweets from Dec 2021:
Eg these tweets from Dec 2021: