Antonios Tzanakopoulos

@atzanakopoulos.bsky.social

Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford. Door Tenant, Three Stone Chambers. Secretary-General, International Law Association.

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Faculty of Law @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social · 4d

Oxford Law academics Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos and Dr Miles Jackson have acted as counsel for Malaysia and Namibia respectively in recent proceedings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague 🏛️

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · 17d

Here is the paper on which the talk was based, with some obvious updates: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We Who are Not as Others: Sanctions and (Global) Security Governance

This paper deals with sanctions as a (global) security governance tool. It discusses the terms of the debate—the meaning of sanctions and (global) security and

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · 17d

I gave a talk on the UN and its sanctioning power at the International Symposium on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations in Shenzhen. Thanks to the wonderful colleagues at the Institute of International Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for the kind invitation.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · 27d

With some excellent colleagues we represented the Republic of Equatorial Guinea before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the M/T Heroic Idun (No 2) case. A great team.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · 28d

A wonderful - if unorthodox (pun intended) - start to the academic year: a seminar on reservations to treaties for the LLM of the University of Athens, on the margins of a long hearing at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Thanks to all for the enjoyable seminar.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 14

With Johanna Lorenzo and Christian Walter, we shared our impressions at the concluding roundtable of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference in Berlin on Reconstructing Int’l Law. Chaired by Vasilka Sancin. Many thanks to Helmut Aust and Heike Krieger of @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 20

You can read the Issue Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Surveillance and Enforcement of High Seas Marine Protected Areas and Related Measures

This UNODC Issue Paper examines the challenges of surveillance and enforcement of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) on the high seas, with particular reference to t

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our Issue Paper with Efthymios Papastavridis for UNODC on Surveillance and Enforcement of High Seas Marine Protected Areas has been published and will be presented at UNHQ in NYC on 27 Aug.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 4

You can access it here:

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 4

But the executive summary is available now - following some further work at UNODC HQ in Vienna.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 4

UNODC Expert Group Meeting: our issue paper with Efthymios Papastavridis on Surveillance and Enforcement in High Seas MPAs is still in draft as we incorporate comments from the experts.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you, IDS class of 2024-25. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did - and sorry we got rained on just when y’all wanted to take a picture.

A picture of graduate students in front of the library of All Souls College, Oxford

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PIL @ Oxford @oxfordpil.bsky.social · May 21

We’re now mid-way through Trinity Term! 🌞 Today, we had the fantastic opportunity to hear from Prof @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social on ‘International Law and Domestic Courts: Quantum Uncertainty’.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 13

Read the pre-print version of the commentary on Art 50: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Article 50 (Obligations Not Affected by Countermeasures) of the Articles on State Responsibility

This contribution is a commentary on Article 50 of the Articles on State Responsibility. It discusses 'generally' and 'functionally' sacrosanct obligations that

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 13

Read the pre-print version of the commentary on Art 21: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Article 21 (Self-Defence) of the Articles on State Responsibility

This contribution is a commentary on Article 21 of the Articles on State Responsibility. It discusses self-defence as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness.&nb

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 13

I wrote commentaries on Articles 21 (self-defence) and 50 (obligations not affected by countermeasures) for the Commentary on the Articles of State Responsibility edited by Patrícia Galvão Teles and Pierre Bodeau-Livinec.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 7

Registration and scholarship applications: www.hagueacademy.nl/programmes/t...

The Winter Courses | The Hague Academy of International Law

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · May 7

Together with some excellent colleagues, I will deliver a special course on international law and domestic courts at The Hague Academy of International Law in January 2026.

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PIL @ Oxford @oxfordpil.bsky.social · May 7

Happy Week 2 everyone! In today’s PIL seminar, Tsvetelina van Benthem shared interesting aspects of her research on ‘International Law Protections against Indoctrination’.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Apr 29

For our pleadings (both written and oral) please click here: www.icj-cij.org/case/196

Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Or

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Apr 29

Team Malaysia 🇲🇾 at the ICJ for the Advisory Opinion on the presence and activities of the UN and others in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Feb 8

Listen here: youtu.be/Oyj6-f2De7o

US Sanctions against the International Criminal Court

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Feb 8

I spoke to Matt Frei on LBC Radio on the sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration against the International Criminal Court.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Jan 26

Λονδίνο σήμερα. #Δεν_Έχω_Οξυγόνο

Gathering outside the Greek Embassy in London to protest the death of tens in railway accident and cover-up.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 26

Brad: digitalcommons.wayne.edu/lawfrp/278/

Retrieving Marx for the Human Rights Project

Marxian thought retains its relevance in the current period, not as a comprehensive replacement for liberal human rights theories, but as a source of critique that challenges those theories on the bas...

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 26

Antonios: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Master's Tools and the Master's House: Marxist Insights for International Law

Audre Lorde wrote a text in 1979 to which she gave the title: ‘The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House’. In it, she argued that using the too

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 26

From our discussion with Brad Roth, moderated by Maria Varaki, and hosted by Yuval Shany at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London on ‘Marx in Our Times - and Legal Order’. Papers below.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 25

Today 17:45 at CTLS London with Brad Roth, Maria Varaki, Yuval Shany.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 23

I spoke to ‘The Day’ on the Deutsche Welle regarding the ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant (and Deif).

Interview with DW on ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 22

United Nations (Human Rights Special Procedures) - International Conference on Sanctions, Business and Human Rights 🇺🇳🇨🇭

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