Richard Clements

My editorial @ljil-leiden.bsky.social just out today. I ask whether a life beyond #interpretation is possible for international lawyers, and offer #composition to think about the process of intl law's unfolding, and the experience of those engaging with it.

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Five Reasons to Stay Away from the ‘Crisis and Renewal’ Narrative in International Law Image: Place markers in preparation for the Bandung Conference, 1955 (Howard Sochurek). This post is the second in the mini symposium, International Law in the Current Moment.   A couple of weeks ago ...

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The academic (in)humanities The two biggest issues confronting universities in the last year have been the threat of AI and the genocide in Palestine. This is not a coincidence.

Another Substack post - The academic (in)humanities

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A really excellent editorial reflecting on IL's contemporary moment: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On A.I. Remembering why we learn

Some reflections on my experiences of #AI in academia (tl,dr: too apolitical, too a-humanities). Hopefully of interest to anyone as ambivalent about tech zealotry as me.

intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/on-ai

Race, Racism, and International Law: Table of Contents | Stanford University Press IntroductionDevon W. Carbado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Justin Desautels-Stein, and Chantal ThomasIHistories and Structures1.Race and Empire in International LawE. Tendayi Achiume and Aslı Bâli

Just released - what a feast for the start of term!

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The houses we live in On canonical texts

The latest international legal craft Substack is up!

This week, I'm thinking about scholarly canons, floorplans and Hannah Arendt. Check it out/subscribe here: intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/the-houses...

Enter the academic artisan? Early in my doctoral research, I came across many fascinating and strange texts.

My latest Substack post on the 'academic artisan'

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The fact that this intro post alone has 100 reads already tells me there might be something to this... Thanks to everyone who's subscribed so far!

If it helps, you can remove the ai-generated summary by adding -ai at the end of any google search. I'm not sure it differs environmentally since it might just be that the user no longer sees it but it's still being generated, but also nice not to have automated garbage shoved in your face...

A Substack on the international law academy? Really?

Why, you ask? The constraints of academic writing, the publishing racket, and for a different - better? - scholarly community: intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/a-substack...

International legal craft | Substack I'm an academic based in The Netherlands teaching & writing about international law, as well as other things that take my fancy.

After some humming and hahing, I set up a Substack. Will be writing about intl law, the field, writing, teaching, the university, and more. Subscribe/share if you're interested (or, as I still am, mildly amused): substack.com/@intlegalcra...

The justice factory: management practices at the International Criminal Court In The justice factory, Richard Clements explores the relationship between global justice and management discourses that permeate the International Crimina

I had the pleasure to review The Justice Factory: Management practices at the ICC (academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...) for IA (@iajournal.bsky.social). Richard ‪Clements' (@riclements.bsky.social‬) pathbreaking book is a must read for those interested in the ICC and global governance more generally .

One way to understand the nature of legal work is to ask how the jurist becomes oriented towards their materials. What draws us in or excites us, what leaves us unmoved or repels us - (1/n)

A nice overview from editors Negar Mansouri and @drqv.bsky.social on this excellent volume on alternative approaches to international institutional law: cambridgeblog.org/2025/06/inte...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Forgive me, but if your "industry" depends entirely on stealing someone else's work, it deserves to die.

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

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Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!

Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Wonderful - good luck with the writing up/presenting in the meantime!

Would love to read the paper if you are willing to share - currently thinking about legal interpretation as composition (drawing on Cover, Manderson and others).

The WHO Pandemic Agreement: Equity for Developing States or Business as Usual? At 3am on Wednesday 16th April 2025, after three years of intense negotiations, WHO member states (minus the United States) preliminarily consented to a final text of the so-called Pandemic Agreement....

In a short piece I wrote for @ejiltalk.bsky.social, I ask how the finalised #PandemicAgreement innovates the existing #globalhealth infrastructure, and how it reflects/adjusts relations between global north/south states in seeking to tackle pandemics equitably.

www.ejiltalk.org/the-who-pand...

Thanks!

World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic.

Todays big international law news, that seems to be buried in the back pages. This pandemic treaty now needs to be adopted at the World Health Assembky in May.
#PandemicAccord www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Ways of Seeing International Organisations: New Perspectives for International Institutional Law', edited by @drqv.bsky.social and Negar Mansouri is now available online! Wonderful to have been part of this project. Open access and 20% discount here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

WHO members close to accord on tackling future pandemics, sources say Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday.

The Pandemic Agreement is close to being finalised. However, north/south vaccine-sharing remains the most contentious issue: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

It's official! Our CUP Elements book series on International Law & Society now has a webpage! Check us out here if you are interested in publishing a short piece (20k-30k) with us: www.cambridge.org/core/publica.... Thanks to all at @cambridgeup.bsky.social for making this possible!

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) at University of Warwick Searching for an academic job? Explore this Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Associate/Assistant Professor job at Warwick Law School is now being advertised.

Preference for candidates who can contribute to the teaching of Tort Law or Global Health Law, but teaching & research in other areas also considered.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMN009/a...

The International Law & Politics CRN team @ LSA is now on Bluesky! Follow here for updates on all things Chicago 2025: bsky.app/profile/intl...

Where does ICL go from here?

Check out our @ajil.bsky.social symposium "ICL's Critical Aftermaths: Abolitionism, Redistribution and Transformational Pedagogies" co-edited with the wonderful @leilaullrich.bsky.social and Christine Schwobel Patel.