Friends of International Law
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The Hague, The Netherlands
Joined August 2011
Let's get @fintlaw to 10,000 friends of #internationallaw! Please share and subscribe. Great things coming on @X. #ThankYou for your continued support! #2025Goals
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🎥 #ICC Trial Chamber I sentences Mr #AbdAlRahman to 20 years of imprisonment, following the trial judgment in which he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in #Darfur #Sudan.
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Across the globe, violence against women & girls continues to be at epidemic levels. UN experts call on the international community to strengthen its resolve to guarantee access to effective justice of women and girls subjected to violence. #16Days
https://t.co/toGPqd2fxA
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⚖️Today marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the first #Nuremberg Trial. On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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⚖️Congratulations to @Harvard_Law on the release of a fully digitized collection of the Nuremberg Trials documents, marking the 80th anniversary of the first trial. This extraordinary archive spans over 750,000 pages and includes: 🧾 Trial Documents (Materials presented by
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WATCH HERE: A video produced by the Carnegie Foundation @PeacePalace, in cooperation with the Court, about the Great Hall of Justice, the #ICJ courtroom, and its activities.
The Great Hall of #Justice in the #PeacePalace serves as #courtroom of the International Court of Justice. In cooperation with the @CIJ_ICJ, the #Carnegie Foundation has produced a short documentary about this unique hall: https://t.co/s97eUPH6dI
#ICJ #intlaw #court #documentary
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Join us next Friday at 1 pm, 21 November for the LCIL-CILJ Annual Lecture 2025: 'The Application of Human Rights Law to the Armed Forces' - Prof Alison Duxbury, Melbourne Law School. All welcome to attend. More information at: https://t.co/QeEDA2FrHT
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Congratulations to Prof Eliav Lieblich on receiving the Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law 2025. The award was presented to Prof Lieblich at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 14 November 2025. Read more at: https://t.co/uccDhfp8Sm
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We congratulate Professor @Phoebe_Okowa on her election to the International Court of Justice. Professor Okowa completed the BCL in 1990 and subsequently wrote her doctorate at Oxford on State Responsibility for Transboundary Air Pollution in International Law.
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80 years after the Nuremberg & Tokio: Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against 🇺🇦 is key to hold perpetrators accountable & end impunity for gross violations of int’l law - 🇵🇱 supports #STCA. Pleased to attend a debate on this crucial topic #InternationalLawWeek #UN
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The Signing Ceremony of the UN Cybercrime Convention just concluded in Hanoi with 72 signatories. Over two days, countries from every region stepped forward to join the first global treaty against cybercrime, showing that collective action has never been more critical.
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.@antonioguterres welcomes the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, which reaffirmed several fundamental obligations of Israel under international law. All parties must comply with their obligations under international law:
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The Secretary-General welcomes the Advisory Opinion issued today by the International Court of Justice, which reaffirmed several fundamental obligations of Israel under international law.
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... and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory tomorrow, Wednesday 22 October at 3 p.m. (The Hague). Follow live on @UNWebTV here https://t.co/np5DJ8brVf (2/2)
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations...
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My new book, International Law and the Investigation of Transnational Crimes, has been published online. I am grateful for all the people who directly and indirectly supported this research. https://t.co/AyAuj9Dzmn
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Abstract. This book examines the methods that States use to investigate transnational crimes and criticizes the conventional understanding of international
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At 10 AM (NY Time) the Security Council will hold an open debate on women, peace and security. Secretary-General @antonioguterres is expected to brief. https://t.co/0s5VaoiDL5
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Excited to announce the release of "Legal Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War" @routledgebooks, edited by Profs. M. Balcerzak & E. Cała-Wacinkiewicz, featuring my chapter on modalities of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine." https://t.co/0MpWF0qSeE
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