Alexandre Skander GALAND

UNSC Resolution 2803 On 17 November, the UNSC by 13 votes passed an historic and deeply problematic Resolution relating to the future governance of Gaza. While China and Russia had expressed doubts and Russia had circulat...

UNSC Resolution 2803 | by Michelle Burgis-Kasthala

Justice Update – Ukraine’s Special Tribunal in Practice This week’s pod is on Ukraine’s Special Tribunal – from trials without the accused to who gets immunity to whether the new tribunal could be a bargaining chip in peace negotiations. If …

This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes.

Episode out now👇
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The text of resolution 2803 (2025) where the UN Security Council provides the legal basis for the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict".

To me, this isn’t just internal housekeeping.
It’s a bow down to external pressure, especially after the recent U.S. sanctions and threats.

The judges now want secrecy as the norm, publicity as the exception. The Prosecutor will have to justify every public warrant.

I agree with Mark: it’s a rebuke of the past practice of issuing public warrants — think Bashir, Gbagbo, Gaddafi, Netanyahu — that made instant headlines and drove political waves.

The ICC judges just amended the Court’s Regulations: from now on, arrest warrants will be issued under seal by default (Reg. 23 ter).
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.

The US of Anarchy

New SR OPT report on the complicity of influential Third States in the #Gaza #genocide. Looks at sanctions, diplomatic relations, military ties, facilitation of the degradation of living conditions, economic & trade relations. Quite a few states mentioned, esp #USA, #UK, #Germany, #Italy & EU.

Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead

Embedded Human Judgment in the Age of Autonomous Weapons A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.

“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.

A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.

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Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.

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:

Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.

The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:

54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine Podcast Episode · Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks · 2025-10-04 · 1h 4m

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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...

Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...

Public-Private Genocide? [Professor Sundhya Pahuja is ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Professor and Professor of international law at the University of Melbourne.  She is the Director of the Laureate Program in Global Co…

Public-Private Genocide?

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On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Huge thanks to my fellow co-convenors — Caleb Wheeler, Franka Pues, and Kyra Wigard — and to everyone who joined us in Berlin or online. 🙏

Maria Crippa – arrest warrant strategies
Luca Pasquet & Luigi Prosperi – Personal immunity
Yulia Ioffe – Ukraine’s interim reparations for CRSV
Sharron Weill – corporate accountability
Marie Wilmet & Damien Scalia – realities of universal jurisdiction
Alison Bisset – Ljubljana–Hague Convention

Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨

Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”

Super grateful to the members of the @esiligicj.bsky.social for putting together a great pre-ESIL session this morning. I had a blast presenting on immunities of Heads of States vis-a-vis international criminal tribunals (as you can tell from the photo)!

We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We look forward to welcoming participants in person in Berlin (Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 2202) and online via Zoom.

Join us for a forward-looking discussion on the future of international criminal justice.
#ESIL2025 #InternationalLaw #ICJ

Sharron Weill: Corporate accountability in Lafarge & Lundin cases

Marie Wilmet & Damian Scalia: Universal jurisdiction in practice

Alison Bisset: The Ljubljana–The Hague Convention

Yulia Ioffe: Interim reparations in Ukraine

👥 Panel One: Reconstructing the Roles of Actors Within ICJ

Maria Crippa: ICC Prosecutor’s evolving approach to arrest warrants

Anni Pues: International justice networks

Luca Pasquet & Luigi Prosperi: Immunities & jurisdiction

Our aim: to explore how international criminal justice can evolve to better meet the needs of victims and those directly involved in the investigation & prosecution of international crimes.

We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...