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Machiko Kanetake

@machikokanetake.bsky.social

International Law Prof. Asser Institute & Univ. of Amsterdam; Board Member, European Society of International Law; security, human rights, tech

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The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!

23.11.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Not acceptable.

16.11.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When does exercising EU rights become an abuse of law? βš–οΈ
A new book from Asser Press / Springer by Luca Pantaleo is a must-read on the principle of abuse of law in the EU and its role in ensuring consistency, justice, and fairness.

πŸ“˜ Order now: lnkd.in/ehjr6vPS
#EULaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

07.11.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judicial Oversight of Arms Exports – Implications of the Supreme Court Judgment in the F-35 case - ACIL On 21 November, we're hosting an important debate on the Dutch storage and supply of F-35 fighter jet parts.

The F-35 case: Who holds the final say in arms exports?
Join us for a roundtable to discuss the implications arising from the Dutch Supreme Court’s judgment.
21 November
@machikokanetake.bsky.social, @tmcasser.bsky.social, @uvalawschool.bsky.social
acil.uva.nl/content/even...

06.11.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’We’re looking for a researcher in private international law to join our team!
If you are a motivated legal scholar with expertise in private international law, we would like to hear from you!
πŸ“… Application deadline: 24 November 2025, 12:00 CET
➑️ Further details and application: lnkd.in/eD7SssN7

05.11.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3. The report embraces the 'direct and foreseeable impact' standard for establishing extraterritorial jurisdictionβ€”well ahead of the approach taken by, for example, the ECtHR. This standard could open new avenues for litigating extraterritorial human rights violations against migrants.

16.10.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:

16.10.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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De rechter zegt: kabinet, beslis zelf - maar hou je aan de regels.

En die zijn duidelijk: geen wapenexport bij mensenrechtenschendingen.

Wat ons betreft kan het kabinet dus maar 1 conclusie trekken: geen export F-35-onderdelen naar IsraΓ«l terwijl genocide in Gaza plaatsvindt.
#RodeLijn

03.10.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

The core point of the judgment is that the Dutch Supreme Court left this legally clear issue to the counterbalancing policy decisions. The reasoning was disappointing, yet I still hope that the government finds "clear risk" (and no further balancing exercise).

03.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court: Minister must perform reassessment of licence to export F-35 parts to Israel again The Minister must perform the reassessment of the licence to export F-35 parts to Israel (hereinafter the "licence") again. In that reassessment, the Minister must apply the criterion of whether grant...

This is disappointing, to say the least. Legally speaking, if there is a clear risk, EU member states cannot export relevant arms, and full stop. I do not think that other international agreements are meant to be counterbalabcing the decisions arising from this risk.
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03.10.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

since early 2025 I have set up a monthly donation to Wikipedia (one of humanity’s greatest achievements) and you should too. AI is (partly) a reaction against the extraordinary democratic promise that is Wikipedia.

03.10.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Wonderful roundtable β€˜ReArming Europe and the future of international and European law’ @tmcasser.bsky.social welcoming @machikokanetake.bsky.social as our new Academic Director! www.asser.nl/education-ev... @lijnzaad.bsky.social @clingendael.bsky.social @leoncastjan.bsky.social @paxvoorvrede.nl

30.09.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My old research group at UvA is hiring an assistant professor to replace me. Do get in touch if you want to know what a fabulous place it is to work. And female colleagues, I especially encourage you to apply!

25.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View International Criminal Justice is facing a tipping point. Questions about its efficacy, its efficiency and a hostile political climate are raising doubts about its relevance and, even further, its ver...

If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...

25.09.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
T.M.C. Asser Instituut - Events On September 30, the Asser Institute will organise a roundtable and networking event to explore how international and EU law could be effectively used and developed to address legal and societal challenges arising from the rearming of Europe. The event will introduceΒ Prof. Dr Machiko Kanetake, the newΒ academic director of the Asser Institute and professor of international law and security governance at the University of Amsterdam. Kanetake is an expert at the intersection of international law, security, human rights, and technology, with a focus on sanctions, arms and dual-use export control at the international, EU, and national levels, and the regulation of surveillance technologies

As Europe increases its defence production, how should law respond? Join us for a roundtable on 30 September that examines the role and direction of international & EU law in regulating governmental and corporate decisions in the development, export & use of weapons.
➑️ www.asser.nl/education-ev...

25.09.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to β€˜undermine two-state solution’ The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s β€œpainful” inability to respond to the war on Gaza and ensuring humanitarian disaster. In her most extended condemnation yet of the Israeli government, von der Leyen criticised plans for illegal settlements that would split the occupied West Bank in half, as well as incitement of violence by extremist Israeli ministers, as a β€œclear attempt to undermine the two-state solution”. Continue reading...

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel

10.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 26

Heading to Berlin for the ESIL @esil-sedi.bsky.social Annual Conference via an early morning πŸš‰. Looking forward to meeting new people & catching up with friends!

10.09.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back to work with the news that the book "Justice for Atrocities: Dialogues and Encounters between Latin America and Europe" that I edited with J.P. Perez-Leon-Acevedo is available for preorder, out 30 September! www.routledge.com/Justice-for-...

09.09.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
[Opening Academic Year] Putting the obligations to co-operate and prevent international crimes above geopolitical divides When the International Court of Justice stressed the essential role of states' β€˜obligation to co-operate’ in its advisory opinion on climate change of 23 July 2025, the pronouncement inevitably carried a deep sense of appeal for solidarity in the seas of geopolitical and military divisions, beyond the contour of climate change. While the Court's opinion can be characterised as 'historic' both in terms of processes and substantive clarity on applicable rules, such characterisation also captures the particular time and space in which the Court was placed in the summer of 2025, where rule- and science-based governmental decisions felt urgently needed. Read here the interview by the Asser Institute with four experts about the ICJ opinion.

www.asser.nl/about-the-as...

09.09.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais Western academics now speak of β€˜genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.09.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice introduction!

28.08.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"This echoes the darkest chapter of the 1990s when the council was rebuked for its failures during the genocides in Rwanda and Srebrenica."

"Today, the same question will be asked of us in our failure to act."

Remarkable speech.

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27.08.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸŽ‰ Speakers @machikokanetake.bsky.social and Anh Nguyen are confirmed for the colloquium on the emerging law and practice of knowledge security in quantum innovation.

➑️ Learn more and enrol: lnkd.in/eNjmDQnN

#QuantumInnovation #KnowledgeSecurity #InternationalLaw

25.08.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Trump officials asked for an end to Harvard’s partnership with Birzeit University, a top Palestinian college in the West Bank. Harvard said it had suspended the relationship and had struck up new ones with institutions in Israel."

24.08.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Crowd out for Palestine in Meanjin.

24.08.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In its justification for the rejection, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs fails to mention of the use of the profiling algorithm and doesn’t provide an assessment of its impact on human rights. The court hereby mandates a Fundamental Rights Impacts Assessment. 3/

18.08.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’₯ Important interim judgement by a Dutch national court concerning the right to an effective remedy and the right to non-discrimination when using a profiling algorithm for the allocation of short stay visa (Ministry of FA)

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18.08.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is excellent, high-level stuff, bringing expert analysis (and a bit of academic infighting) to a general audience.

Check out MEE's Expert Witness series on YouTube if you haven't already.

14.08.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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International Law Experts: Genocide in Gaza? Does Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitute genocide? LTO asked eleven international law experts. After 22 months of war, a clear tendency is emerging.

Legal Tribune Online (@lto-de.bsky.social) asked eleven scholars whether Israel's actions in #Gaza now meet the legal definition of genocide. I am quoted alongside @adhaque.bsky.social, @janinadill.bsky.social, @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social, @itamann.bsky.social and others. www.lto.de/recht/hinter...

15.08.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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My years reporting on Gaza broke me down. Why did it take so long for the world to become outraged? | Phoebe Greenwood Between 2010 and 2013, I was on the ground capturing Israel’s attacks on Palestine. Few wanted to see it

My years reporting on Gaza broke me down. Why did it take so long for the world to become outraged? | Phoebe Greenwood

10.08.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10

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