📚It’s out! 🥳My book (Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law) has just been published in print with Oxford University Press (@OUPLaw, @OUPAcademic). The book is available here: https://t.co/G3yqNb3ZmJ (Online publication to follow soon.) A 🧵👇 1/10

🎙️This was fun! Many thanks to @MPiatkowski1 & @TomaszLachowsk1 for the kind invitation to discuss my book in their podcast. 👇

In doing so, I provide an underexplored approach for grounding the exception in the methodology of the sources of international law. As States refuse to let go of the law of neutrality, this approach soundly harmonises this old body of law with today’s peace and security law. 3/3

... has required them to prevent belligerent States from using their territory. In this piece, I argue that these duties must today be understood to contain an exception for assistance given to victim State of an armed attack. 2/3

My latest article with @ICLQ_jnl has just been published open access: https://t.co/ruKuKNQg64 A short 🧵The law of neutrality has traditionally prohibited States from militarily assisting belligerent States and ... 1/3

... mit bestem Dank für die exzellente redaktionelle Betreuung des Beitrags! 2/2 @Chris_Trentmann @mohrsiebeck (Wem der Zugriff fehlt: gerne DM an mich.)

⚖️ Der IGH ist so beschäftigt wie nie. Nicht nur mit dem Klimawandel, sondern immer häufiger auch mit Kriegen. Damit wird er unweigerlich zum Akteur der internationalen Sicherheit. Wie er sich dabei positioniert, dazu ein paar Gedanken in der JZ. 1/2 https://t.co/uPj50yUFwN

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I very much enjoyed discussing some ideas from my book at @UVALaw. Many thanks to Ashley Deeks for the kind invitation and a thoughtful conversation, to everyone who came along for excellent questions, and to all those involved for being such great hosts! (Recording & book👇)

📰Nordkorea kämpft in der Ukraine – was das völkerrechtlich bedeutet hat @MeretBaumann gestern in der @NZZ erklärt, mit ein paar Einschätzungen von mir. https://t.co/XxSe9lvQfh

Robert Stendel and I had a great time presenting and discussing our work on ICJ public interest litigation & the indispensable third party principle at the ASIL MYM in Chicago. Many thanks to our thoughtful chair Isabella Uría (@FoleyHoag) and to @asilorg for a wonderful event!

I am very much looking forward to returning to Oxford (@oxfordPIL) for a book launch of my monograph📚. Join us next FR 22 Nov at 2.30-4 pm GMT – in person (All Souls College) or online (link below 👇 ). https://t.co/Go7Wu8XWc8 @OUPLaw @OUPAcademic

Interested in how international courts and tribunals have confronted (or not) questions of statehood ‘indirectly’ brought before them? Some thoughts on this, esp in view of Palestine’s intervention requests in SA v Israel under arts 62 & 63 ICJ Statute. Thoughts welcome.

Just 2 days to sign up to participate as a mentor or mentee to the ECR Mentoring Programme! Participation form and more info 👇

🚨2 DAYS TO GO to register for the ESIL ECR Mentoring Programme Sign up to participate as mentor/mentee by 10 Nov! There are 2 programme strands 🔹starting-out phase: mentees in the first years of PhD 🔹building-out phase: mentees in final year of PhD/1st year post-submission

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Reconstructing International Law: 20th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law @esil_sedi at Freie Universität Berlin @FU_Berlin 10 to 13 September 2025. Visit https://t.co/bHrlXl5WnV for the Call for Papers and submit your abstract until 31 January 2025

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🇳🇮 verklagt 🇩🇪 vor dem #IGH wg 🇩🇪Unterstützung für 🇮🇱. Einstweilige Maßnahmen gab's nicht – was der IGH-Beschluss von Ende April dennoch über dessen Umgang mit einer neuen Dimension von Public Interest Klagen sagt, dazu Robert Stendel & ich in der DÖV: https://t.co/ELNG7r7lyM.

Wunderbare Panels, keine Teilnahmegebühr & ein rundum gelungenes Programm mit u.a. @SaigerAJ @IsaLischewski @alexwentker @MattHGoldmann @GonzalezHauck @StefanieEgidy @HBirkenkoetter @PaulaBFischer @MHailbronner @jtthei @GwinyaiMachona @VladislavaStoy1 @PoniTaulus und vielen mehr!

It is an honour to be the United Kingdom's intended nominee for election to the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ in 2026. I am grateful to the UK national group of the @PCA_CPA for the nomination and @FCDOGovUK for their support https://t.co/19pE4bcugc