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.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Calculus
Social, Economic, and Political Thought
Performance for Radio
Non-Western Literary Criticism
Basic Lifesaving/Lifeguard Training
Calculus
Social, Economic, and Political Thought
Performance for Radio
Non-Western Literary Criticism
Basic Lifesaving/Lifeguard Training
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Political philosophy
Women’s studies
Sociology of education
Psychoanalysis
Water polo
Political philosophy
Women’s studies
Sociology of education
Psychoanalysis
Water polo
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
1. Polish
2. Ice Ages
3. Marching Band
4. Physics of Music
5. Sociology of Family
(Plus loads of psych, but that goes without saying. These seemed the five most interesting to mention in retrospect.)
1. Polish
2. Ice Ages
3. Marching Band
4. Physics of Music
5. Sociology of Family
(Plus loads of psych, but that goes without saying. These seemed the five most interesting to mention in retrospect.)
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Calculus
Social, Economic, and Political Thought
Performance for Radio
Non-Western Literary Criticism
Basic Lifesaving/Lifeguard Training
Calculus
Social, Economic, and Political Thought
Performance for Radio
Non-Western Literary Criticism
Basic Lifesaving/Lifeguard Training
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"All the stories about alien abduction and spaceships? They already happened. Entire mass populations moved; forcibly dematerialised. How much more alien do you think it gets than slavery?"
Kodwo Eshun in The Last Angel of History
Kodwo Eshun in The Last Angel of History
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"All the stories about alien abduction and spaceships? They already happened. Entire mass populations moved; forcibly dematerialised. How much more alien do you think it gets than slavery?"
Kodwo Eshun in The Last Angel of History
Kodwo Eshun in The Last Angel of History
Looking for specialist medical negligence solicitors in the UK. Is there anyone here who could help or who could make a referral? Thank you!
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Looking for specialist medical negligence solicitors in the UK. Is there anyone here who could help or who could make a referral? Thank you!
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"The present-day crisis of international law stems from the fact that states, especially the larger ones, do not regard its rules as binding upon them."
Miodrag Sukijasović, American Journal of International Law 1971. Gentle reminder that international law is always in crisis.
Miodrag Sukijasović, American Journal of International Law 1971. Gentle reminder that international law is always in crisis.
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 AM
"The present-day crisis of international law stems from the fact that states, especially the larger ones, do not regard its rules as binding upon them."
Miodrag Sukijasović, American Journal of International Law 1971. Gentle reminder that international law is always in crisis.
Miodrag Sukijasović, American Journal of International Law 1971. Gentle reminder that international law is always in crisis.
Read @yusrasuedi.bsky.social's newest explainer: The U.S. has only stepped back from parts of the UN system, and withdrawn from one treaty: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The U.S. remains bound by the UN Charter.
open.substack.com/pub/simplela...
open.substack.com/pub/simplela...
Has the U.S. really “Withdrawn” from 66 International Organisations? A 2-Minute International Law Explainer
By Yusra Suedi (PhD, Assistant Professor of International Law at University of Manchester)
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Read @yusrasuedi.bsky.social's newest explainer: The U.S. has only stepped back from parts of the UN system, and withdrawn from one treaty: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The U.S. remains bound by the UN Charter.
open.substack.com/pub/simplela...
open.substack.com/pub/simplela...
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"Unapologetic defiance of law is much more dangerous – for the law and hence for global stability – than violations couched in, however implausible, legal apologia, as previous US military interventions often were."
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Expert Comment: The illegality of the US attack against Venezuela is
Professor Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, outlines why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela
www.ox.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
"Unapologetic defiance of law is much more dangerous – for the law and hence for global stability – than violations couched in, however implausible, legal apologia, as previous US military interventions often were."
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Revisiting this article from last year:
'As we spoke about the condition of international law writ large, he slipped into the past tense: “It was a way of challenging brute uses of force, and that is no longer there.”'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
'As we spoke about the condition of international law writ large, he slipped into the past tense: “It was a way of challenging brute uses of force, and that is no longer there.”'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
Are we witnessing the death of international law?
The long read: A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold it
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Revisiting this article from last year:
'As we spoke about the condition of international law writ large, he slipped into the past tense: “It was a way of challenging brute uses of force, and that is no longer there.”'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
'As we spoke about the condition of international law writ large, he slipped into the past tense: “It was a way of challenging brute uses of force, and that is no longer there.”'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...
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Not to make this about Kelsen but Kelsen warned us that "national law monism" (the view that one's own legal system is the only valid legal system) is the legal theory of imperialism and militarism.
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Not to make this about Kelsen but Kelsen warned us that "national law monism" (the view that one's own legal system is the only valid legal system) is the legal theory of imperialism and militarism.
📣 Read Dr Jonny Hall’s analysis of #Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy in the @lseusablog.bsky.social.
He argues the strategy offers a clear view of the administration’s domestic priorities, nativism, and illiberalism, while rejecting the "rules-based international order."
bit.ly/4q5nMKV #US
He argues the strategy offers a clear view of the administration’s domestic priorities, nativism, and illiberalism, while rejecting the "rules-based international order."
bit.ly/4q5nMKV #US
Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism | USAPP
The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This should preface every bit of news coverage and commentary on what the US did today in Venezuela
I fear we are going to have to say this a lot again:
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work.
Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This should preface every bit of news coverage and commentary on what the US did today in Venezuela
What??!!!
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
What??!!!
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If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations.
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations.
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
Shaking in anger at what I am seeing in the news. Patently illegal and absolutely terrifying
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Shaking in anger at what I am seeing in the news. Patently illegal and absolutely terrifying
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I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
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🦠These viruses spread through the air we breathe, especially indoors in cramped spaces:
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
December 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🦠These viruses spread through the air we breathe, especially indoors in cramped spaces:
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
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💯 'Time is well overdue for international policy bodies to acknowledge the totality of evidence on the science of masks and masking and to show leadership in providing such messaging to policymakers, clinicians, and the public.' @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social et al
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a
state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and
also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental
impacts—o...
journals.asm.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
💯 'Time is well overdue for international policy bodies to acknowledge the totality of evidence on the science of masks and masking and to show leadership in providing such messaging to policymakers, clinicians, and the public.' @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social et al
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Just because you’re a professor and you hold the opinion that masks don’t work doesn’t make you a “top scientist”.
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Just because you’re a professor and you hold the opinion that masks don’t work doesn’t make you a “top scientist”.
Looking forward to this! My hometown (Baguio City) in the Philippines is very much into country music as well, and I have also been meaning to write about it 😍
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looking forward to this! My hometown (Baguio City) in the Philippines is very much into country music as well, and I have also been meaning to write about it 😍
I urgently need help with a case of discrimination against a disabled person. Apple Store Battersea, London. Please get in touch with me ASAP. Please reshare @goodlawproject.org?
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I urgently need help with a case of discrimination against a disabled person. Apple Store Battersea, London. Please get in touch with me ASAP. Please reshare @goodlawproject.org?
I urgently need help with a case of discrimination against a disabled person. Apple Store Battersea, London. Please get in touch with me ASAP. Please reshare
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I urgently need help with a case of discrimination against a disabled person. Apple Store Battersea, London. Please get in touch with me ASAP. Please reshare
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Trump's Ukraine-Russia Peace Plan violates international law in several ways. My thoughts, in 2 minutes: www.simplelaw.blog/p/4-ways-tru...
4 Ways Trump’s Ukraine-Russia Peace Plan Violates International Law (in 2 minutes)
By Yusra Suedi (PhD, Assistant Professor of International Law at University of Manchester)
www.simplelaw.blog
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Trump's Ukraine-Russia Peace Plan violates international law in several ways. My thoughts, in 2 minutes: www.simplelaw.blog/p/4-ways-tru...