Dimitri Van Den Meerssche
@dimitrivdm.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and IHSS Fellow at Queen Mary University.
International law, borders, infrastructure, critical theory.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/meerssche.html
International law, borders, infrastructure, critical theory.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/meerssche.html
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The letter by these UK Law Lords some of whom are lawyers/legal academics is honestly embarrassing.
July 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The letter by these UK Law Lords some of whom are lawyers/legal academics is honestly embarrassing.
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“De strijd voor de bevrijding van Palestina is de strijd tegen een wereld waarin het geweld dat we in Gaza zien de norm wordt.” @dimitrivdm.bsky.social
#Zomerreeks #MakeEuropeGreatAgain #Mega2025
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/07/euro...
#Zomerreeks #MakeEuropeGreatAgain #Mega2025
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/07/euro...
Europa, strijd voor de bevrijding van Palestina (en voor het internationaal recht)
De strijd voor de bevrijding van Palestina is de strijd tegen een wereld waarin het geweld dat we in Gaza zien de norm wordt. Het is een strijd die de toekomst van Europa vorm zal geven.
www.sampol.be
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“De strijd voor de bevrijding van Palestina is de strijd tegen een wereld waarin het geweld dat we in Gaza zien de norm wordt.” @dimitrivdm.bsky.social
#Zomerreeks #MakeEuropeGreatAgain #Mega2025
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/07/euro...
#Zomerreeks #MakeEuropeGreatAgain #Mega2025
👉 www.sampol.be/2025/07/euro...
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“Het associatieverdrag dat de rectoren willen opschorten, omvat ook academische samenwerking. Eigenlijk pleiten ze dus zelf voor een academische boycot. Toch blijven onze universiteiten halsstarrig vasthouden aan die academische banden – formeel of via netwerken en consortia.” 1/2
May 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Het associatieverdrag dat de rectoren willen opschorten, omvat ook academische samenwerking. Eigenlijk pleiten ze dus zelf voor een academische boycot. Toch blijven onze universiteiten halsstarrig vasthouden aan die academische banden – formeel of via netwerken en consortia.” 1/2
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Great hybrid-conversation at the Law & Society conference about our book (co-ed by Gavin Sullivan, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social & me) Global Governance by Data: Infrastructures of Algorithmic Rule, f’coming open access with @cambridgeup.bsky.social. 🙏to Gavin & to @mattcanfield.bsky.social for comments.
May 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great hybrid-conversation at the Law & Society conference about our book (co-ed by Gavin Sullivan, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social & me) Global Governance by Data: Infrastructures of Algorithmic Rule, f’coming open access with @cambridgeup.bsky.social. 🙏to Gavin & to @mattcanfield.bsky.social for comments.
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“we’re not fighting an army, we’re fighting an idea. If I kill the fighters, the idea can still remain. But I want to make the idea unviable. When they look at Shuja’iyya and see there’s nothing there—just sand —that’s the point. I don’t think they’ll be able to return here for at least 100 years.”
While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.
By Meron Rapoport & Oren Ziv
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
@mekomit.bsky.social
By Meron Rapoport & Oren Ziv
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
@mekomit.bsky.social
‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction
Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.
www.972mag.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“we’re not fighting an army, we’re fighting an idea. If I kill the fighters, the idea can still remain. But I want to make the idea unviable. When they look at Shuja’iyya and see there’s nothing there—just sand —that’s the point. I don’t think they’ll be able to return here for at least 100 years.”
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On 19 May we're looking forward to hearing from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social. He'll be speaking about the algorithmic border control platform 'Cerberus' and its distinctive governance infrastructure. https://bit.ly/43bLmv4 @acil-uva.bsky.social #InternationalLaw
Algorithmic Risk Governance: Mapping the Digital Bordering Infrastructure of Cerberus - ACIL
We look forward to welcoming Dimitri Van Den Meerssche to the Amsterdam Law School on Monday 19 May. Dimitri is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at Queen Mary University of London. His current research studies the impact of new digital technologies on global security governance.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On 19 May we're looking forward to hearing from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social. He'll be speaking about the algorithmic border control platform 'Cerberus' and its distinctive governance infrastructure. https://bit.ly/43bLmv4 @acil-uva.bsky.social #InternationalLaw
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Critique is the sincerest form of flattery (said someone surely). CCEIL SOAS presents a workshop with the best people critiquing Koskenniemi's oeuvre. On May 26th, at Kairos (84 Tottenham Ct Rd), 1:30 to 6:30 PM. Please register to join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critique-o...
May 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Critique is the sincerest form of flattery (said someone surely). CCEIL SOAS presents a workshop with the best people critiquing Koskenniemi's oeuvre. On May 26th, at Kairos (84 Tottenham Ct Rd), 1:30 to 6:30 PM. Please register to join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critique-o...
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I'll be speaking on revolution and #Polycritical Law @lselaw.bsky.social w many incredible folk incl Ingo Venzke, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social, Andrew Lang, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social, Mike Wilkinson, @ohailes.bsky.social, Sofia Stolk, Lea Ypi many others! #Polycrisis
lselaw.events/event/polycr...
lselaw.events/event/polycr...
Polycritical Law | Day 1 - LSE Law School Events
"Polycrisis" captures our era of overlapping, relentless crises—pandemic, war, inflation, climate chaos—each triggering new disruptions. For law and governance, it demands adaptive tools, not just pre...
lselaw.events
May 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'll be speaking on revolution and #Polycritical Law @lselaw.bsky.social w many incredible folk incl Ingo Venzke, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social, Andrew Lang, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social, Mike Wilkinson, @ohailes.bsky.social, Sofia Stolk, Lea Ypi many others! #Polycrisis
lselaw.events/event/polycr...
lselaw.events/event/polycr...
New @ejiltalk.bsky.social Podcast! 🔥
I spoke with Angelina Fisher & André Dao about the relation between international law and technology, the limits of human rights and new avenues for resistance that reclaim our collective future against algorithmic appropriation.
www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod...
I spoke with Angelina Fisher & André Dao about the relation between international law and technology, the limits of human rights and new avenues for resistance that reclaim our collective future against algorithmic appropriation.
www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod...
May 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New @ejiltalk.bsky.social Podcast! 🔥
I spoke with Angelina Fisher & André Dao about the relation between international law and technology, the limits of human rights and new avenues for resistance that reclaim our collective future against algorithmic appropriation.
www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod...
I spoke with Angelina Fisher & André Dao about the relation between international law and technology, the limits of human rights and new avenues for resistance that reclaim our collective future against algorithmic appropriation.
www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-the-pod...
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I wrote a short piece on tariffs, sabotage and the end/s of international economic law for the good people of the @lpeblog.bsky.social. I almost had a nervous breakdown writing this, so you might as well read it lpeproject.org/blog/on-tari...
On Tariffs and the Ends of International Economic Law
For decades, the rules of international trade helped cement U.S. firms at the top of global value chains. Should Trump's unapologetic embrace of tariffs be understood as part of a broader loss of…
lpeproject.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I wrote a short piece on tariffs, sabotage and the end/s of international economic law for the good people of the @lpeblog.bsky.social. I almost had a nervous breakdown writing this, so you might as well read it lpeproject.org/blog/on-tari...
In Cambridge, in my way to the spectacular conference by @norajaber.bsky.social and @torkrever.bsky.social on the juridification of justice
… but I might stop for a picnic first.
www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
… but I might stop for a picnic first.
www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
April 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In Cambridge, in my way to the spectacular conference by @norajaber.bsky.social and @torkrever.bsky.social on the juridification of justice
… but I might stop for a picnic first.
www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
… but I might stop for a picnic first.
www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
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On 19 May we're looking forward to hearing from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social when he'll be speaking about the algorithmic border control platform 'Cerberus' and its distinctive governance infrastructure.
15:30cet @uvalawschool.bsky.social & online.
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
15:30cet @uvalawschool.bsky.social & online.
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
Algorithmic Risk Governance: Mapping the Digital Bordering Infrastructure of Cerberus - ACIL
We look forward to welcoming Dimitri Van Den Meerssche to the Amsterdam Law School on Monday 19 May. Dimitri is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences ...
acil.uva.nl
April 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On 19 May we're looking forward to hearing from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social when he'll be speaking about the algorithmic border control platform 'Cerberus' and its distinctive governance infrastructure.
15:30cet @uvalawschool.bsky.social & online.
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
15:30cet @uvalawschool.bsky.social & online.
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
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🚨 Launch alert! 🚨
We’re thrilled to unveil our legal infrastructures special issue this Friday! Pop by (IRL or online) to hear more...
📆 Fri 25 April, 14:15
🏓 MOBILE HQ or Zoom
🥂 Reception to follow
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
We’re thrilled to unveil our legal infrastructures special issue this Friday! Pop by (IRL or online) to hear more...
📆 Fri 25 April, 14:15
🏓 MOBILE HQ or Zoom
🥂 Reception to follow
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
Special Issue Launch seminar
Legal Infrastructures: Towards a Conceptual and Empirical Framework (German Law Journal)
mobilitylaw.ku.dk
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨 Launch alert! 🚨
We’re thrilled to unveil our legal infrastructures special issue this Friday! Pop by (IRL or online) to hear more...
📆 Fri 25 April, 14:15
🏓 MOBILE HQ or Zoom
🥂 Reception to follow
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
We’re thrilled to unveil our legal infrastructures special issue this Friday! Pop by (IRL or online) to hear more...
📆 Fri 25 April, 14:15
🏓 MOBILE HQ or Zoom
🥂 Reception to follow
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
To all London colleagues...
On 13 May, Alessandra Mezzadri will give the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Law & Society in a Global Context @QMUL:
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory.
Guaranteed to be 🔥🔥🔥. Details below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clsgc-annu...
On 13 May, Alessandra Mezzadri will give the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Law & Society in a Global Context @QMUL:
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory.
Guaranteed to be 🔥🔥🔥. Details below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clsgc-annu...
CLSGC Annual Lecture: The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the...
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
To all London colleagues...
On 13 May, Alessandra Mezzadri will give the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Law & Society in a Global Context @QMUL:
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory.
Guaranteed to be 🔥🔥🔥. Details below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clsgc-annu...
On 13 May, Alessandra Mezzadri will give the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Law & Society in a Global Context @QMUL:
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory.
Guaranteed to be 🔥🔥🔥. Details below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clsgc-annu...
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This collection looks absolutely fabulous if you're interested in international organizations, global governance, critical approaches to international law. With contributions from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social @riclements.bsky.social @littozmonnet.bsky.social
Congrats Negar Mansouri and @drqv.bsky.social! Glad to have been able to contribute to this exciting new edited volume 👇 #HistIR www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
Ways of Seeing International Organisations
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Ways of Seeing International Organisations
www.cambridge.org
April 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This collection looks absolutely fabulous if you're interested in international organizations, global governance, critical approaches to international law. With contributions from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social @riclements.bsky.social @littozmonnet.bsky.social
Ik sprak met @maartenrabaey.bsky.social @demorgen.be die een sterk stuk schreef over de lange lijst oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid waar Israël zich schuldig aan maakt.
Het is een kroniek van de horror. Noodzakelijk om te lezen en te blijven lezen.
www.demorgen.be/nieuws/elke-...
Het is een kroniek van de horror. Noodzakelijk om te lezen en te blijven lezen.
www.demorgen.be/nieuws/elke-...
‘Elke dag zagen we baby’s sterven’: hoe Israël in Gaza de oorlogsmisdaden opstapelt
Hulpverleners zijn geëxecuteerd, ziekenhuizen, scholen en woningen tot puin herleid. De Palestijnse bevolking wordt uitgehongerd en verdreven. Juristen zien in Gaza een duidelijk patroon van oorlogsmi...
www.demorgen.be
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ik sprak met @maartenrabaey.bsky.social @demorgen.be die een sterk stuk schreef over de lange lijst oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid waar Israël zich schuldig aan maakt.
Het is een kroniek van de horror. Noodzakelijk om te lezen en te blijven lezen.
www.demorgen.be/nieuws/elke-...
Het is een kroniek van de horror. Noodzakelijk om te lezen en te blijven lezen.
www.demorgen.be/nieuws/elke-...
Wat @glbouchez.bsky.social aantoont is erg zinvol.
Het is een eerlijke en duidelijke bekentenis dat hij geen enkel begrip heeft van het concept genocide en de betekenis van die term in internationaal recht.
Dit zijn de figuren die ook Lemkin's erfenis verraden. Erg Pijnlijk.
t.co/z8OjlsDPSP
Het is een eerlijke en duidelijke bekentenis dat hij geen enkel begrip heeft van het concept genocide en de betekenis van die term in internationaal recht.
Dit zijn de figuren die ook Lemkin's erfenis verraden. Erg Pijnlijk.
t.co/z8OjlsDPSP
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/03/24/bouchez-palestijnse-bevolking-maal-4-sinds-1940/
t.co
March 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wat @glbouchez.bsky.social aantoont is erg zinvol.
Het is een eerlijke en duidelijke bekentenis dat hij geen enkel begrip heeft van het concept genocide en de betekenis van die term in internationaal recht.
Dit zijn de figuren die ook Lemkin's erfenis verraden. Erg Pijnlijk.
t.co/z8OjlsDPSP
Het is een eerlijke en duidelijke bekentenis dat hij geen enkel begrip heeft van het concept genocide en de betekenis van die term in internationaal recht.
Dit zijn de figuren die ook Lemkin's erfenis verraden. Erg Pijnlijk.
t.co/z8OjlsDPSP
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I will be giving the CLSGC annual lecture on the reproductive laws of capitalism in May! Truly honoured
CLSGC Annual Lecture 2025: The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory w/ Dr Alessandra Mezzadri @feministonmarx.bsky.social
📍 Peston Lecture Theatre, Graduate Centre, @qmul.ac.uk
🗓️ Thursday, 13th May
⏰ 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Register here:
tinyurl.com/mezzadri2005
📍 Peston Lecture Theatre, Graduate Centre, @qmul.ac.uk
🗓️ Thursday, 13th May
⏰ 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Register here:
tinyurl.com/mezzadri2005
CLSGC Annual Lecture: The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the...
The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory
tinyurl.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I will be giving the CLSGC annual lecture on the reproductive laws of capitalism in May! Truly honoured
New work with Gavin Sullivan in the German Law Journal!
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion | German Law Journal | Cambridge Core
The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion - Volume 25 Issue 8
cambridge.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New work with Gavin Sullivan in the German Law Journal!
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Published at last, with fellow traveler @tgammeltoft.bsky.social
Cruise Ships in International Law: Towards a Theory of Legal Infrastructure
Part of German Law Journal SI on Infrastructures
@whamiltonbyrne.sky.social, Nora Stappert & TGH of @mobileucph.bsky.social, eds.
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
Cruise Ships in International Law: Towards a Theory of Legal Infrastructure
Part of German Law Journal SI on Infrastructures
@whamiltonbyrne.sky.social, Nora Stappert & TGH of @mobileucph.bsky.social, eds.
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Published at last, with fellow traveler @tgammeltoft.bsky.social
Cruise Ships in International Law: Towards a Theory of Legal Infrastructure
Part of German Law Journal SI on Infrastructures
@whamiltonbyrne.sky.social, Nora Stappert & TGH of @mobileucph.bsky.social, eds.
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
Cruise Ships in International Law: Towards a Theory of Legal Infrastructure
Part of German Law Journal SI on Infrastructures
@whamiltonbyrne.sky.social, Nora Stappert & TGH of @mobileucph.bsky.social, eds.
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
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How to study phenomena that cut across multiple, different legal regimes? We have grappled with this issue since starting the MOBILE Center. Together w/ a stellar group we have explored one avenue: Legal infrastructures. Today our SI is out in German Law Jour.: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
How to study phenomena that cut across multiple, different legal regimes? We have grappled with this issue since starting the MOBILE Center. Together w/ a stellar group we have explored one avenue: Legal infrastructures. Today our SI is out in German Law Jour.: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
👇👇👇 Statement by international lawyers, ESIL members and ESIL IG convenors on the forthcoming ESIL Annual Conference in Berlin in light of the very troubling decision by FU to curtail academic freedom.
The letter remains open for signature.
The letter remains open for signature.
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👇👇👇 Statement by international lawyers, ESIL members and ESIL IG convenors on the forthcoming ESIL Annual Conference in Berlin in light of the very troubling decision by FU to curtail academic freedom.
The letter remains open for signature.
The letter remains open for signature.
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Academic freedom lies at the heart of our profession and we must protect it at all costs.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Academic freedom lies at the heart of our profession and we must protect it at all costs.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
Reposted by Dimitri Van Den Meerssche
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...