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Kevin Jon Heller
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Professor of International Law & Security, University of Copenhagen, Centre for Military Studies. Special Adviser to the ICC Prosecutor on War Crimes. Academic Member, Doughty Street Chambers (UK). Arsenal, Bears, Magpies, All Blacks. .. more

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Kevin Jon Heller is a scholar of international law who is a Professor of International Law & Security at the University of Copenhagen's Centre for Military Studies. He has also taught at the University of Amsterdam, SOAS, University of London, and Melbourne Law School. .. more

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 12h
Very important post.

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 13h
Very important post.

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Ezequiel Jimenez @ezejim.bsky.social · 14h
When I argue little academic interest goes into the ICC Assembly of States Parties, I usually use the amendment regime as a sobering example.

This is the latest, when amendments affect internal accountability as a Prosecutor is investigated ⤵️

opiniojuris.org/2026/02/09/s...
Strengthening Internal Accountability at the International Criminal Court? The 2025 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence
[Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez has a PhD in International Law (Middlesex University, United Kingdom), works at Amnesty International and is Senior Fellow at the Center for International Law Research an…
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James Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 1d
Horkheimer, 1942/44

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 2d
Meanwhile, Trump is threatening foreign leaders to support him for the Nobel Peace Prize -- or else.
savchenkoua.bsky.social Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 3d
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 3d
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 3d
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 6d
R2P = Responsibility to Plunder.
luigiprosperi.bsky.social Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d
This is Libya the week it celebrates 15 years since the start of a civil war that destroyed the country & the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Which tells you why a lot of international lawyers have never supported “responsibility to protect” (was it ever about R2P?) and NATO intervention.
kevinjonheller.bsky.social Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 6d
Shocked to learn that Saif Gaddafi has been killed. I spent a ridiculous amount of time writing about him when the #ICC wanted to prosecute him. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 6d
This is Libya the week it celebrates 15 years since the start of a civil war that destroyed the country & the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Which tells you why a lot of international lawyers have never supported “responsibility to protect” (was it ever about R2P?) and NATO intervention.

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 6d
Shocked to learn that Saif Gaddafi has been killed. I spent a ridiculous amount of time writing about him when the #ICC wanted to prosecute him. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi shot dead by armed men at home
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s political team says ‘four masked men’ stormed his house in Zintan
www.independent.co.uk

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Thairi Moya Sánchez @thairimoya.bsky.social · 6d
I’m delighted to share my latest post: “Venezuela, Narco-Trafficking Narratives, Crimes Against Humanity, and the Rome Statute: Keeping Accountability on Track.”
Many thanks to the Opinio Juris team for the opportunity and careful editorial support!. opiniojuris.org/2026/02/03/v...
Venezuela, Narco-Trafficking Narratives, Crimes Against Humanity, and the Rome Statute: Keeping Accountability on Track
[Thairi Moya Sánchez (PhD) is a full-time professor of public international law at Complutense University of Madrid] Over recent months, the Venezuela file has moved into an accelerated escalation:…
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Jacob Kaarsbo @jkaarsbo.bsky.social · 6d
I didn't have on my bingo card that Greenland would play a pivotal role for the future of democracy and International Law. But this is the first time Europe joined Canada and put the foot down to stop predator Trump.

Read and watch my latest here 👉

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 7d
His cognitive decline is so advanced he literally can't keep a coherent thought for two sentences. Of Somalis: "92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 11d
And @drnajimagi.bsky.social!

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 11d
Apparently I need to revisit my childhood "duck and cover" days...

As a Brit, I assume you were taught to stand up straight and stare impassively at the mushroom cloud as it rolled inexorably toward you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMnK...
"Duck And Cover" - original TV advert
YouTube video by AlanSmithee20
www.youtube.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Trump: "So this has been I think -- and a lot of people say it -- the most successful year of any administration in American history. We extinguished eights wars."

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 11d
God knows this administration is world-historically dangerous. But are we really closer to doomsday than, say, the Cuban missile crisis?

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 11d
As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link:
Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape
www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?

HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 12d
Reminder: the #ICC's investigation in #Afghanistan, which has led to two arrest warrants for senior #Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of persecution on the basis of gender, is one of the reasons the US has sanctioned the Prosecutor, both Deputies and many judges.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14d
The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 12d
Wow, didn't see that coming.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12d
Rubio: “At the moment, Russia has not given its consent to the security guarantees for Ukraine that were reached by the USA and the European Union countries.”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12d
Rubio: “At the moment, Russia has not given its consent to the security guarantees for Ukraine that were reached by the USA and the European Union countries.”

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 12d
In honour of the great Neil Young. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxl9...
Neil Young - Ohio (Official Live Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
www.youtube.com

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 12d
#NeilYoung is a true legend. Not surprising he wrote "Ohio," one of the greatest anti-war songs ever.
out5p0ken.bsky.social Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 14d
"My music will never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by Bezos"— Neil Young

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12d
Slovak PM Robert Fico — an ally of Donald Trump — was left shocked at the U.S. president's state of mind after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, five European diplomats told us.

Fico was concerned about Trump's "psychological state," two of them said.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 13d
Whether they had a warrant was irrelevant. Law-enforcement can't enter a consulate with one, either.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 13d
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 13d
Due respect, I think that's just being a "senior." I am about to go lift weights for an hour, after which I will look at the three flights of stairs to my apartment as if they were Mount Everest.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 13d
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant