Andrea Maria Pelliconi
@ampelliconi.bsky.social
Lecturer in Human Rights Law & Global Justice at the University of Southampton, researching on demographic engineering & int'L | ICON-S IG on Climate Change & Migration | Ass. Young International Criminal Lawyers | 🌱plant-based, mostly pasta & coffee
My post with Sebastian VM on #WesternSahara: does the Commission's new agreement respect the requirements established by the #CJEU in October 2024? In short: nope!
How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements | by Andrea Maria Pelliconi and Sebastian von Massow
How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements
On October 3 2025, the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment (‘the amendment’) to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement (‘the association agreement’). With the approval of the Council it is already being app...
www.ejiltalk.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My post with Sebastian VM on #WesternSahara: does the Commission's new agreement respect the requirements established by the #CJEU in October 2024? In short: nope!
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
@ampelliconi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
@ampelliconi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
theconversation.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
@ampelliconi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
@ampelliconi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
tcnv.link
August 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
When you'll see the wonderful scenery of the Sahara desert in Christopher Nolan's new movie on The Odyssey, remember that it's the land of the indigenous group of the Saharawi people. Read this piece coauthored with the fantastic @ampelliconi.bsky.social
For more info on our project see below
For more info on our project see below
Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
theconversation.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
When you'll see the wonderful scenery of the Sahara desert in Christopher Nolan's new movie on The Odyssey, remember that it's the land of the indigenous group of the Saharawi people. Read this piece coauthored with the fantastic @ampelliconi.bsky.social
For more info on our project see below
For more info on our project see below
This article is part of our @britishacademy.bsky.social - @leverhulme.ac.uk Project on Demographic Engineering and Apartheid on Western Sahara, and we thank our research assistants Beya Mousli and @meriem-naili.bsky.social for their very valuable help. More to come from the four of us 🔜!
Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This article is part of our @britishacademy.bsky.social - @leverhulme.ac.uk Project on Demographic Engineering and Apartheid on Western Sahara, and we thank our research assistants Beya Mousli and @meriem-naili.bsky.social for their very valuable help. More to come from the four of us 🔜!
Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
Morocco using economic clout to strengthen grip on disputed Western Sahara territory
Morocco is entrenching its control of Western Sahara, or what it calls the ‘Southern Provinces’.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for giving @victorkattan.bsky.social and I the chance to write about the #WesternSahara dispute amid changes in the UK policy, the investment race ahead of #FIFA2030 World Cup, and Trump's renewed disregard for international law
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
theconversation.com/morocco-usin...
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
A reminder that this is tomorrow
#webinar: Climate Mobility in Advisory Opinions - join the @icon-s.bsky.social interest group on #climate change and #migration on 12 August, 3PM CET for a discussion with @profjmcadam.bsky.social (UNSW) Lena Riemer (CEU) @fnlux.com (CGRS) Junecynthia Okelo (PALU), moderated by Selman Aksünger (UM)
August 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this is tomorrow
Trump wants to start a #war against Latin American countries like Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela & Haiti. Absurd, extreme, yet not unpredictable given the US decades-long double standard on the law of use of force, anticipatory self-defense & unable or unwilling doctrine
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trump wants to start a #war against Latin American countries like Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela & Haiti. Absurd, extreme, yet not unpredictable given the US decades-long double standard on the law of use of force, anticipatory self-defense & unable or unwilling doctrine
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
If any government was serious about reducing undocumented working they'd provide people seeking asylum with the right to work, which has cross party support, helps people rebuild lives faster and could generate £8 billion pa for the government in reduced expenditure and increased tax revenue. 2/2
August 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If any government was serious about reducing undocumented working they'd provide people seeking asylum with the right to work, which has cross party support, helps people rebuild lives faster and could generate £8 billion pa for the government in reduced expenditure and increased tax revenue. 2/2
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In case you missed it last night, our president, popular and beloved Michael D. “Miggeldy” Higgins, called for the UNSG to bypass the UNSC and call for a Chapter VII intervention in Gaza (and this isn’t the first time he’s called for intervention btw) www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250804-iri...
Irish president urges UN to intervene in Gaza, citing ‘destruction of an entire people’
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has called on the UN to take urgent action in Gaza, asking Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to invoke powers under Chapter Seven to bypass Security Council grid…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In case you missed it last night, our president, popular and beloved Michael D. “Miggeldy” Higgins, called for the UNSG to bypass the UNSC and call for a Chapter VII intervention in Gaza (and this isn’t the first time he’s called for intervention btw) www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250804-iri...
#webinar: Climate Mobility in Advisory Opinions - join the @icon-s.bsky.social interest group on #climate change and #migration on 12 August, 3PM CET for a discussion with @profjmcadam.bsky.social (UNSW) Lena Riemer (CEU) @fnlux.com (CGRS) Junecynthia Okelo (PALU), moderated by Selman Aksünger (UM)
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#webinar: Climate Mobility in Advisory Opinions - join the @icon-s.bsky.social interest group on #climate change and #migration on 12 August, 3PM CET for a discussion with @profjmcadam.bsky.social (UNSW) Lena Riemer (CEU) @fnlux.com (CGRS) Junecynthia Okelo (PALU), moderated by Selman Aksünger (UM)
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
Al-Haq Condemns Israel’s Escalation of Annexationist Policies and Practices, following the Israeli Knesset’s overwhelmingly approval of a motion intending to unlawfully annex the occupied West Bank www.alhaq.org/advocacy/266...
Al-Haq Condemns Israel’s Escalation of Annexationist Policies and Practices
In the wake of continuous settlement expansion, home demolitions, declarations of state land, and forced displacement of Palestinians – all of which have increased exponentially in 2025 &...
www.alhaq.org
August 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Al-Haq Condemns Israel’s Escalation of Annexationist Policies and Practices, following the Israeli Knesset’s overwhelmingly approval of a motion intending to unlawfully annex the occupied West Bank www.alhaq.org/advocacy/266...
The @icon-s.bsky.social IG on Climate Change & Migration is organising a webinar to unpack #climate #mobility in the advisory opinions by ICJ, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the request to the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights. Stay tuned!
www.icon-society.org/climatechang...
www.icon-society.org/climatechang...
Climate Change | ICON•SClimate Change and Migration
The interest group in Climate Change & Migration provides a forum for collaborative research on domestic, regional, and international policy and legal responses to issues lying at the intersection of ...
www.icon-society.org
August 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The @icon-s.bsky.social IG on Climate Change & Migration is organising a webinar to unpack #climate #mobility in the advisory opinions by ICJ, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the request to the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights. Stay tuned!
www.icon-society.org/climatechang...
www.icon-society.org/climatechang...
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"follow in France's footsteps..."
July 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"follow in France's footsteps..."
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Rachel Bryce and I had a look at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on #climatechange for The Climate Mobility Community Action Network. We focused particularly on what the Court had to say about #climate #mobility and related state obligations cmcanetwork.com/primer-clima...
Primer: Climate Mobility in the Inter-American Court’s Landmark Opinion on Climate Change
By Andrea Maria Pelliconi & Rachel Bryce | Research & Policy Co-ManagersOn 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court) published its historic advisory opinion AO–32/25…
cmcanetwork.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Rachel Bryce and I had a look at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on #climatechange for The Climate Mobility Community Action Network. We focused particularly on what the Court had to say about #climate #mobility and related state obligations cmcanetwork.com/primer-clima...
Rachel Bryce and I had a look at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on #climatechange for The Climate Mobility Community Action Network. We focused particularly on what the Court had to say about #climate #mobility and related state obligations cmcanetwork.com/primer-clima...
Primer: Climate Mobility in the Inter-American Court’s Landmark Opinion on Climate Change
By Andrea Maria Pelliconi & Rachel Bryce | Research & Policy Co-ManagersOn 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court) published its historic advisory opinion AO–32/25…
cmcanetwork.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Rachel Bryce and I had a look at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion on #climatechange for The Climate Mobility Community Action Network. We focused particularly on what the Court had to say about #climate #mobility and related state obligations cmcanetwork.com/primer-clima...
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Listening to great presentations at this conference just now. This is the second year @uniofnottingham.bsky.social organizes what promises to become a flagship yearly conference on international criminal justice
Today's first session explored the purposes, rationales &
subjects of International Criminal Justice and was chaired by Olympia Bekou (@olympiabekou.bsky.social), featuring insights from Anna Lena Hörzer, Geraldina Ester Di Natali & Iva Vukušić (@vukusiciva.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
subjects of International Criminal Justice and was chaired by Olympia Bekou (@olympiabekou.bsky.social), featuring insights from Anna Lena Hörzer, Geraldina Ester Di Natali & Iva Vukušić (@vukusiciva.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Listening to great presentations at this conference just now. This is the second year @uniofnottingham.bsky.social organizes what promises to become a flagship yearly conference on international criminal justice
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.
Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.
n.pr
July 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.
I am sincerely struggling to believe it but apparently this *is* the official letter from the US to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu about upcoming 30% tariffs on European products
Trump‘s EU tariff letter has arrived. Time to realise: constant instinctive genuflection will not work.
July 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I am sincerely struggling to believe it but apparently this *is* the official letter from the US to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu about upcoming 30% tariffs on European products
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Brave and important warning by a group of Israeli scholars regarding "the plan to concentrate the population of Gaza in a so-called 'humanitarian city'":
"If implemented, the plan would constitute a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and . . . could amount to the crime of genocide."
"If implemented, the plan would constitute a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and . . . could amount to the crime of genocide."
Group of Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, IDF Chief of Staff, and Attorney General
On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
Israeli Int'l Law Scholars on Plan to "Concentrate" Gaza Population
Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, the Attorney General.
www.justsecurity.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Brave and important warning by a group of Israeli scholars regarding "the plan to concentrate the population of Gaza in a so-called 'humanitarian city'":
"If implemented, the plan would constitute a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and . . . could amount to the crime of genocide."
"If implemented, the plan would constitute a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and . . . could amount to the crime of genocide."
I know everything else is in flames too but this is just (additional) pure madness
July 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I know everything else is in flames too but this is just (additional) pure madness
Last week, I taught a master class on Forgotten #Atrocities at the Geoffrey Nice Foundation's summer school on Mass Atrocities at the Inter University Centre Dubrovnik. Seeing many students engaging in the fight against international crimes sparks some hopes in these horrible times we're living.
July 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Last week, I taught a master class on Forgotten #Atrocities at the Geoffrey Nice Foundation's summer school on Mass Atrocities at the Inter University Centre Dubrovnik. Seeing many students engaging in the fight against international crimes sparks some hopes in these horrible times we're living.
Reposted by Andrea Maria Pelliconi
NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...
‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site
Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.
gothamist.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...
No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.
gothamist.com/news/theyre-...