Armi Beatriz E. Bayot
@armibayot.bsky.social
DPhil Law, University of Oxford | Contributing Editor, CIL Dialogues-National University of Singapore | public international law, peace processes, indigenous peoples' rights
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My article in the Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal is out! In this article, I examine the continuing epistemic violence that state-centric, extractivist land laws inflict on Indigenous peoples, with reflections on how to challenge these unjust laws using lessons from Fourth World advocacy.
"It felt like the flags were creating no-go zones... You add on top of that real autonomous working, that real bravery of working in people’s homes, with an environment … [where] it feels like it’s an area that’s designed to exclude them.”
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"It felt like the flags were creating no-go zones... You add on top of that real autonomous working, that real bravery of working in people’s homes, with an environment … [where] it feels like it’s an area that’s designed to exclude them.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Amazing news from Yusra! Give her blog a read
Every time international law makes headlines, I get the same question: “What does this really mean?”
That inspired me to start Simplified Approach to International Law (SAIL) — short, jargon-free explainers on key global issues.
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Clarity in complexity.
That inspired me to start Simplified Approach to International Law (SAIL) — short, jargon-free explainers on key global issues.
simplelaw.blog
Clarity in complexity.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Amazing news from Yusra! Give her blog a read
"Yet according to a UN Women survey in early 2025, global cuts to foreign aid budgets make it harder for women to make these vital contributions to peace and security."
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Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Yet according to a UN Women survey in early 2025, global cuts to foreign aid budgets make it harder for women to make these vital contributions to peace and security."
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theconversation.com/involving-wo...
"It is an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally, as the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened in the global south."
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Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first
Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021
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October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"It is an unprecedented lawsuit in the UK and globally, as the first civil claim to directly link polluting companies to deaths and personal injuries that have already happened in the global south."
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"We must start by asking better questions: who is represented in anatomical imagery today? Whose bodies are missing? And whose stories are never told?"
The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent
Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them today.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"We must start by asking better questions: who is represented in anatomical imagery today? Whose bodies are missing? And whose stories are never told?"
The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
The dark history of medical illustrations and the question of consent theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
Weekend reading sorted @glexareen.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Weekend reading sorted @glexareen.bsky.social
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I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Oxford English Dictionary World English Editor Danica Salazar talks about Philippine English, language inequality, and ‘world Englishes’
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Ep. 7: What haffen Vella? Why are Englishes unequal? feat. Danica Salazar
Spotify video
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September 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Oxford English Dictionary World English Editor Danica Salazar talks about Philippine English, language inequality, and ‘world Englishes’
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"Implementing a peace agreement should be built on the trust and partnership that was fostered through the hard-won agreement"
Statement of the government negotiating panel for talks with the MILF on current concerning developments in the BARMM
Statement of the government negotiating panel for talks with the MILF on current concerning developments in the BARMM
September 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Implementing a peace agreement should be built on the trust and partnership that was fostered through the hard-won agreement"
Statement of the government negotiating panel for talks with the MILF on current concerning developments in the BARMM
Statement of the government negotiating panel for talks with the MILF on current concerning developments in the BARMM
The Third Party Monitoring Team sounds the alarm on the Bangsamoro Peace Process, saying trust between the parties is at an all-time low since the signing of the peace agreement in 2014.
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Third party monitor sounds ‘grave concern’ on Bangsamoro peace process
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — The independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) expressed grave concern Thursday over the Bangsamoro peace
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August 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Third Party Monitoring Team sounds the alarm on the Bangsamoro Peace Process, saying trust between the parties is at an all-time low since the signing of the peace agreement in 2014.
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I can relate to every moment described in this thread. A TV show on appellate practice would just be a bunch of lawyers staring at their computers, interspersed with lunch break and coffee break
This is why there's never been a popular show called Law & Order: Appeals Unit.
As I’ve always said, I’m delighted to have coffee with law students and aspiring appellate lawyers. The one request I always turn down, which I sometimes get, is “shadowing.”
This would consist of sitting in my office staring at me rub my head at the screen.
This would consist of sitting in my office staring at me rub my head at the screen.
August 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I can relate to every moment described in this thread. A TV show on appellate practice would just be a bunch of lawyers staring at their computers, interspersed with lunch break and coffee break
"Their terraces were part of a deliberate political and cultural strategy. They were built in response to threat, not as a product of isolation. They show how upland communities adapted and asserted control over their future in a rapidly changing world."
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[Time Trowel] The Ifugao Rice Terraces are 400 years old. That matters.
The terraces were built by communities who responded to political and economic change with innovation and resolve. This is a story that should be front and center in our national narrative.
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August 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Their terraces were part of a deliberate political and cultural strategy. They were built in response to threat, not as a product of isolation. They show how upland communities adapted and asserted control over their future in a rapidly changing world."
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This is alarming!
Not surprised kidney cancer isn't even included in this NIH graph. We had funding through DoD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. But as noted in the article, the Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) was eliminated for 2025. Zero dollars. Sociopaths! kidneycan.org/restore-kcrp/
July 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is alarming!
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As someone who studies political discourse and who believes, genuinely, in the promise of cross-party democratic deliberation, I say this repeatedly:
You CANNOT deliberate with someone who doesn’t believe you have a right to exist.
It doesn’t matter how “civilly” they want to destroy you
You CANNOT deliberate with someone who doesn’t believe you have a right to exist.
It doesn’t matter how “civilly” they want to destroy you
July 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
As someone who studies political discourse and who believes, genuinely, in the promise of cross-party democratic deliberation, I say this repeatedly:
You CANNOT deliberate with someone who doesn’t believe you have a right to exist.
It doesn’t matter how “civilly” they want to destroy you
You CANNOT deliberate with someone who doesn’t believe you have a right to exist.
It doesn’t matter how “civilly” they want to destroy you
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My latest @justsecurity.org
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
By Professor @adhaque.bsky.social
#UNCharter #UNSC
Part of our ongoing series on the #IsraelIranWar
Indefensible: Israel’s Unlawful Attack on Iran
Legal scholars assess how the UN Charter and international law applies to Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear and other facilities.
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June 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My latest @justsecurity.org
I'd watch this
I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
June 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'd watch this
Dan Gatmaytan on the bizarre turn of events in the Philippine Senate yesterday
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Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan | Morning Matters | Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan
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Senate’s return of VP Sara impeachment complaint to House 'unconstitutional': Gatmaytan
#MorningMatters | Constitutional law professor Dan Gatmaytan...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Dan Gatmaytan on the bizarre turn of events in the Philippine Senate yesterday
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It's out and available open access!
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June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's out and available open access!
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Important piece by @pstamase.bsky.social on impeachhment law and practice in the Philippines, very timely in view of impeachment of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte (daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte)
Very grateful to PLJ for publishing this. It's a long read, but the summary is that while there are conflicting views, an accountability-based reading of the PH Constitution requires impeachment to proceed, allowing the people themselves to evaluate the case for/against VP Duterte.
𝗣𝗟𝗝 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺: In the inaugural full-length piece of the Philippine Law Journal Forum, Paolo Tamase (@pstamase.bsky.social) writes about five emerging issues in impeachment.
Read more: philippinelawjournal.org/forum/post/e...
Read more: philippinelawjournal.org/forum/post/e...
June 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Important piece by @pstamase.bsky.social on impeachhment law and practice in the Philippines, very timely in view of impeachment of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte (daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte)
"this ruling serves as a critical reminder that Indigenous self-determination is not solely about participation — it is also about the right to remain apart."
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From the Right to be Consulted to the Right to No Contact: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation
Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Ecuador, the first case in its 45-year history to address the r...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"this ruling serves as a critical reminder that Indigenous self-determination is not solely about participation — it is also about the right to remain apart."
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Above all, Duterte is in The Hague because of the families of victims. Marcos action was the last domino but not the most important.
April 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Above all, Duterte is in The Hague because of the families of victims. Marcos action was the last domino but not the most important.
This Women's Month, I'm missing my former colleagues in the GPH-MILF peace negotiations. Immensely proud of everyone here!
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This Women's Month, I'm missing my former colleagues in the GPH-MILF peace negotiations. Immensely proud of everyone here!
At least 56% of sitting judges in trial courts are women. Considerable numbers in appellate courts as well, but only 2 out of 15 Supreme Court justices are women.
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How many women justices and judges does the Philippines have?
(1st UPDATE) Apart from Associate Justices Amy Lazaro Javier and Maria Filomena Singh who sit as Supreme Court justices, the country's two appellate courts — the CA and Sandiganbayan — are led by wome...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
At least 56% of sitting judges in trial courts are women. Considerable numbers in appellate courts as well, but only 2 out of 15 Supreme Court justices are women.
www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in...
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It was a great weekend
March 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It was a great weekend