David Matyas
@davidgmatyas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law I Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Humanitarian Assistance, Disasters
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@davidgmatyas.bsky.social
· May 10
My new article "Humanitarians and Their Law(s): A Comprehensive Inquiry" is now out in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social. Delighted to be in this latest volume, focused on humanitarian action.
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Can the tort of negligence be stretched to address the challenges of climate change? #climatelitigation
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Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2025] FCA 796
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July 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Can the tort of negligence be stretched to address the challenges of climate change? #climatelitigation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Delighted to share a photo of some freshly bound pages, just dropped at the Cambridge student registry.
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Delighted to share a photo of some freshly bound pages, just dropped at the Cambridge student registry.
My new article "Humanitarians and Their Law(s): A Comprehensive Inquiry" is now out in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social. Delighted to be in this latest volume, focused on humanitarian action.
@gatescambridge.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @unbresearch.bsky.social
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
@gatescambridge.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @unbresearch.bsky.social
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My new article "Humanitarians and Their Law(s): A Comprehensive Inquiry" is now out in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social. Delighted to be in this latest volume, focused on humanitarian action.
@gatescambridge.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @unbresearch.bsky.social
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
@gatescambridge.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @unbresearch.bsky.social
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
An important read from my always brilliant supervisor Eyal Benvenisti.
Eminent law professor Eyal Benvenisti explains we may be reverting, at least for now, to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory.
How can lawyers & historians preserve the rule of law?
#UkraineWar #Gaza #UNCharter
How can lawyers & historians preserve the rule of law?
#UkraineWar #Gaza #UNCharter
The Resilience of International Law in the Face of Empire
We may be effectively reverting to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory.
www.justsecurity.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An important read from my always brilliant supervisor Eyal Benvenisti.
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Out Thursday: There’s prospects of a trial but has anything happened for alleged victims since the shocking allegations of war crimes by Australian SAS soldiers in Afghanistan came to light?
We examine what—if any—justice has been delivered for Afghan survivors.
We examine what—if any—justice has been delivered for Afghan survivors.
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Out Thursday: There’s prospects of a trial but has anything happened for alleged victims since the shocking allegations of war crimes by Australian SAS soldiers in Afghanistan came to light?
We examine what—if any—justice has been delivered for Afghan survivors.
We examine what—if any—justice has been delivered for Afghan survivors.
We're hiring at UNB Law!
Two of these positions will fill teaching needs in 1L criminal Law.
The other position will fill upper-year teaching needs (e.g. business law, environmental law, workplace law, maritime Law, remedies, and
conflicts).
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Two of these positions will fill teaching needs in 1L criminal Law.
The other position will fill upper-year teaching needs (e.g. business law, environmental law, workplace law, maritime Law, remedies, and
conflicts).
www.unb.ca/hr/_assets/d...
www.unb.ca
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We're hiring at UNB Law!
Two of these positions will fill teaching needs in 1L criminal Law.
The other position will fill upper-year teaching needs (e.g. business law, environmental law, workplace law, maritime Law, remedies, and
conflicts).
www.unb.ca/hr/_assets/d...
Two of these positions will fill teaching needs in 1L criminal Law.
The other position will fill upper-year teaching needs (e.g. business law, environmental law, workplace law, maritime Law, remedies, and
conflicts).
www.unb.ca/hr/_assets/d...
Today in my "Law of Disasters and Emergency" seminar, students are drafting hazard and vulnerability assessments for their mock firms.
We'll build over the semester to a novel disaster that the class has to "lawyer" their way through.
We'll build over the semester to a novel disaster that the class has to "lawyer" their way through.
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today in my "Law of Disasters and Emergency" seminar, students are drafting hazard and vulnerability assessments for their mock firms.
We'll build over the semester to a novel disaster that the class has to "lawyer" their way through.
We'll build over the semester to a novel disaster that the class has to "lawyer" their way through.
Toward a Universal Treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’
By Giulio Bartolini
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By Giulio Bartolini
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Toward a universal treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’
On Wednesday 6th December, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus resolution A/C.6/79/L.16 submitted by the UNGA Sixth Committee (here). Based on this resolution, the UNGA has decided to ‘ela…
www.ejiltalk.org
January 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Toward a Universal Treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’
By Giulio Bartolini
www.ejiltalk.org/toward-a-uni...
By Giulio Bartolini
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how I love this season.
December 26, 2024 at 12:47 PM
how I love this season.
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Acadia University (in Wolfville, NS) is hiring for a tenure stream appointment in their Law & Society Program. Application deadline is January 24, 2025.
"Expertise in Indigenous law, race and law, or critical approaches to criminal law and justice are preferred."
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"Expertise in Indigenous law, race and law, or critical approaches to criminal law and justice are preferred."
www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/...
www2.acadiau.ca
December 23, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Acadia University (in Wolfville, NS) is hiring for a tenure stream appointment in their Law & Society Program. Application deadline is January 24, 2025.
"Expertise in Indigenous law, race and law, or critical approaches to criminal law and justice are preferred."
www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/...
"Expertise in Indigenous law, race and law, or critical approaches to criminal law and justice are preferred."
www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/...
A little write-up on our growing international law group at the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law.
www.unb.ca/fredericton/...
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UNB International Law Group | NEXUS Magazine | Alumni | Faculty of Law | UNB
UNB Law has a longstanding tradition of incisive contributions to the field of international law. And, with the addition of new full-time faculty members bringing fresh expertise and perspectives, the...
www.unb.ca
December 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
A little write-up on our growing international law group at the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law.
www.unb.ca/fredericton/...
www.unb.ca/fredericton/...
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I am very pleased to share the @h-diplo.bsky.social Roundtable of _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. Thanks to Jana Lipman, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, Davide Rodogno, Ian Seavey, @laurenfturek.bsky.social, Shoon Murray, and Megan Black for their generous reviews! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I am very pleased to share the @h-diplo.bsky.social Roundtable of _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. Thanks to Jana Lipman, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, Davide Rodogno, Ian Seavey, @laurenfturek.bsky.social, Shoon Murray, and Megan Black for their generous reviews! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Local New Brunswick history...that time King Charles met Johnny Cash in a Fredericton locker room
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November 29, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Local New Brunswick history...that time King Charles met Johnny Cash in a Fredericton locker room
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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And the moment will arrive in the unseemly hours one morning...
While your laptop glows with end of term lecture prep...
And toddler's hurling bananas at the wall...
and the algorithms' decided on rousing Cotton Eye Joe...
That you'll realize...you don't feel imposter syndrome anymore.
While your laptop glows with end of term lecture prep...
And toddler's hurling bananas at the wall...
and the algorithms' decided on rousing Cotton Eye Joe...
That you'll realize...you don't feel imposter syndrome anymore.
November 28, 2024 at 11:22 AM
And the moment will arrive in the unseemly hours one morning...
While your laptop glows with end of term lecture prep...
And toddler's hurling bananas at the wall...
and the algorithms' decided on rousing Cotton Eye Joe...
That you'll realize...you don't feel imposter syndrome anymore.
While your laptop glows with end of term lecture prep...
And toddler's hurling bananas at the wall...
and the algorithms' decided on rousing Cotton Eye Joe...
That you'll realize...you don't feel imposter syndrome anymore.
For those in Cambridge, Hoi Kong is not to be missed. Looks excellent!
Delighted to host @allardlaw.bsky.social's the Beverley McLachlin Professor in Constitutional Law Hoi Kong at 4pm on Wed 27 Nov for a discussion of 'Foreign Interference in Elections - What Role for International and Public Law?' in the Old Library, Lauterpacht Centre @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM
For those in Cambridge, Hoi Kong is not to be missed. Looks excellent!
Last harvest of the year.
Sleep tight vegetable bed, thanks for all the carrots.
Sleep tight vegetable bed, thanks for all the carrots.
November 24, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Last harvest of the year.
Sleep tight vegetable bed, thanks for all the carrots.
Sleep tight vegetable bed, thanks for all the carrots.
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This is a huge aid diversion case: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/s...
Syrian National Charged with Diverting $9 Million in U.S.-funded Humanitarian Assistance to a Terrorist Organization Affiliated with Al-Qaida
Mahmoud Al Hafyan, 53, a Syrian national, has been charged in a 12-count indictment, unsealed today in U.S. District Court, alleging major fraud against the United States for illegally diverting more ...
www.justice.gov
November 20, 2024 at 9:58 AM
This is a huge aid diversion case: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/s...
When Sundhya Pahuja and her Melbourne PhDs visited LCIL two years ago I was struck by the caliber of their feedback. It turns out that "generous" feedback was taught and practiced in their group. Greeting work on its own terms & building it up must be of the finest skills a legal academic can learn.
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 PM
When Sundhya Pahuja and her Melbourne PhDs visited LCIL two years ago I was struck by the caliber of their feedback. It turns out that "generous" feedback was taught and practiced in their group. Greeting work on its own terms & building it up must be of the finest skills a legal academic can learn.
Already holding a space in my IHL syllabus for this one. Can't wait!
1) Thrilled to announce I’ve signed a new book contract with OUP. The book explores the ideas and practices of international law in wartime, focusing on actors from the Global South and East.
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Already holding a space in my IHL syllabus for this one. Can't wait!
So proud of my incredible student Julia Belanger, and her wonderful interview with Justice Sheilah Martin!
"complexity cannot be a reason not to tackle real problems. It should spur action"
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"complexity cannot be a reason not to tackle real problems. It should spur action"
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
‘Complexity cannot be a reason not to tackle real problems. It should spur action.’ A conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin
In late October, Justice Sheilah L. Martin of the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a powerful Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture at the University of New Brunswick (UNB).
blogs.unb.ca
November 19, 2024 at 2:03 AM
So proud of my incredible student Julia Belanger, and her wonderful interview with Justice Sheilah Martin!
"complexity cannot be a reason not to tackle real problems. It should spur action"
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
"complexity cannot be a reason not to tackle real problems. It should spur action"
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
Think Young Grotius is here yet?
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Think Young Grotius is here yet?
"Serving consistently"
Persistent objector.
It has a cool badass ring to it. Even more so than Cobra Kai, I'd say
It has a cool badass ring to it. Even more so than Cobra Kai, I'd say
Alright reconstituted PIL twitter, let's give this a go.
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
November 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Serving consistently"
Regulars sometimes call that signature drink "The self-judgment clause".
-Lex coffealis
-The invisible coffee college
-Jus coffens
Signature drink is The Good faith principle where you just trust the barista to make you a coffee that he thinks you will like
-The invisible coffee college
-Jus coffens
Signature drink is The Good faith principle where you just trust the barista to make you a coffee that he thinks you will like
Alright reconstituted PIL twitter, let's give this a go.
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
November 17, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Regulars sometimes call that signature drink "The self-judgment clause".
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Instant Custom
It is Berlin based & minimalist, no laptops on weekends & outside, your barista is from Australia like most of IL
It is Berlin based & minimalist, no laptops on weekends & outside, your barista is from Australia like most of IL
Alright reconstituted PIL twitter, let's give this a go.
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
November 17, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Instant Custom
It is Berlin based & minimalist, no laptops on weekends & outside, your barista is from Australia like most of IL
It is Berlin based & minimalist, no laptops on weekends & outside, your barista is from Australia like most of IL
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OOOOOOO
-Pacta Sip Servanda
-Res Javacata
-and my personal favorite, Brew Process
Specialty drink: the travaux préparatoire, which is just the ingredients for a latte served separately
-Pacta Sip Servanda
-Res Javacata
-and my personal favorite, Brew Process
Specialty drink: the travaux préparatoire, which is just the ingredients for a latte served separately
Alright reconstituted PIL twitter, let's give this a go.
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
Best name for an international law bookshop café?
I'll go first...
-The Lotus Café
-Grounds and Grotius
-LaGrand Book & Coffee Company
*BONUS points for signature drink (e.g. Provisional Measures Spiced Latte)
November 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
OOOOOOO
-Pacta Sip Servanda
-Res Javacata
-and my personal favorite, Brew Process
Specialty drink: the travaux préparatoire, which is just the ingredients for a latte served separately
-Pacta Sip Servanda
-Res Javacata
-and my personal favorite, Brew Process
Specialty drink: the travaux préparatoire, which is just the ingredients for a latte served separately