Jamie Trinidad
@jamietrinidad.bsky.social
Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. Barrister in London and Gibraltar
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International Law as a Dual State or How Not to Cope with Failure | by Fuad Zarbiyev
International Law as a Dual State or How Not to Cope with Failure
One day in May 1933, Ernst Fraenkel, a German labor lawyer, was formally notified that, being Jewish, he was prohibited from representing clients before the courts of the Third Reich. As a veteran of ...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
International Law as a Dual State or How Not to Cope with Failure | by Fuad Zarbiyev
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This one is a bit of a personal favourite
When should ICJ judges step aside? @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social, @drnajimagi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social unpack recusal rules, Judge Sebutinde’s remarks on Palestine, and the politics of impartiality & recusal from Gaza now to 1960s SW Africa #CalledToTheBar
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52. Recusal, Impartiality, and Judicial Ideology at the ICJ
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Associate Professor Ntina Tzouvala (UNSW Sydney) is joined by Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) and guest D
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September 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This one is a bit of a personal favourite
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The Security Council and the Future of Western Sahara – With a ‘Group of Friends’ Like These…? | by Stephen Allen and Jamie Trinidad
The Security Council and the Future of Western Sahara – With a ‘Group of Friends’ Like These…?
1. Introduction Much has changed since the ICJ held, in its 1975 Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara (at paragraph 162), that Morocco had no legal ties of territorial sovereignty with Western Sahara th...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Security Council and the Future of Western Sahara – With a ‘Group of Friends’ Like These…? | by Stephen Allen and Jamie Trinidad
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Here's the published UK Mauritius agreement www.gov.uk/government/p...
UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025]
This treaty was presented to Parliament in May 2025.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here's the published UK Mauritius agreement www.gov.uk/government/p...
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'In his order, the judge said: "The defendant shall take no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of BIOT, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer."'
Chagos Islands deal paused by last-minute legal action
Chagos Islands deal paused by last-minute legal action
The UK had been due to hand over the islands to the Mauritian government.
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May 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'In his order, the judge said: "The defendant shall take no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of BIOT, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer."'
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Albares: “Right now, there's a particular issue on the free movement of people and another on the free movement of goods which are the last sticking points to us being able to reach agreement.”
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Gib treaty negotiators ‘are agreed we’re going to get this deal’, Albares says
Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, expressed confidence on Tuesday that talks for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar would conclude successfully, adding negotiators “are agreed that w...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Albares: “Right now, there's a particular issue on the free movement of people and another on the free movement of goods which are the last sticking points to us being able to reach agreement.”
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Conseil d’Etat decides France can’t unilaterally halt import of fruit & veg from #WesternSahara as this would encroach on EU exclusive competence under Common Commercial Policy. But says products need to be labelled as originating in Western Sahara not Morocco www.conseil-etat.fr/content/down...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Conseil d’Etat decides France can’t unilaterally halt import of fruit & veg from #WesternSahara as this would encroach on EU exclusive competence under Common Commercial Policy. But says products need to be labelled as originating in Western Sahara not Morocco www.conseil-etat.fr/content/down...
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Don't miss tomorrow's lunchtime lecture: 'The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice' with Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey. Further info: buff.ly/4h4ctOH
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Don't miss tomorrow's lunchtime lecture: 'The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice' with Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey. Further info: buff.ly/4h4ctOH
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A good read of Stephen Allen & @jamietrinidad.bsky.social about the diminishing support for the Western Sahara Self-determination. @asymmetricalh.bsky.social #westernsahara #polisario #morocco #spain
December 1, 2024 at 10:37 AM
A good read of Stephen Allen & @jamietrinidad.bsky.social about the diminishing support for the Western Sahara Self-determination. @asymmetricalh.bsky.social #westernsahara #polisario #morocco #spain
Nice views of #Gibraltar from the air today
November 30, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Nice views of #Gibraltar from the air today