Kyra
@kyrawigard.bsky.social
Marie Curie Fellow iCourts, University of Copenhagen | Assistant Professor Utrecht University | PhD @KU_Leuven | Studies the #ICJ & #ICC, their legal traditions and judiciaries | Legal fellow @ARMANSHAHR_OA
And aside from the substance of the amendment, it is impressive to see #ICC judges agree to amend regulations (and make this change binding) instead of putting it in a chambers practice manual!
Judges at the ICC do not want a repeat of the Netanyahu situation. All requests for arrest warrants are to be sealed unless a chamber authorizes them to be made public.
ICC Judges amend the Regulations of the Court to regulate the classification of applications for arrest warrants or summons to appear
The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) adopted an amendment to the Regulations of the Court, which enters into force today. The new regulation 23 ter provides that applications for arres...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
And aside from the substance of the amendment, it is impressive to see #ICC judges agree to amend regulations (and make this change binding) instead of putting it in a chambers practice manual!
The #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all the charges against #Kony in absentia:
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Interestingly, neither the prosecutor nor the defence can appeal this decision “until Mr Kony has been notified of the decision upon his surrender to the Court.”
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Interestingly, neither the prosecutor nor the defence can appeal this decision “until Mr Kony has been notified of the decision upon his surrender to the Court.”
Decision on the confirmation of charges in absentia against Joseph Kony pursuant to articles 61(2)(b) and 61(7) of the Rome Statute
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November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all the charges against #Kony in absentia:
www.icc-cpi.int/court-record...
Interestingly, neither the prosecutor nor the defence can appeal this decision “until Mr Kony has been notified of the decision upon his surrender to the Court.”
www.icc-cpi.int/court-record...
Interestingly, neither the prosecutor nor the defence can appeal this decision “until Mr Kony has been notified of the decision upon his surrender to the Court.”
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The ICJ will issue an advisory opinion on Oct. 22nd on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The ICJ will issue an advisory opinion on Oct. 22nd on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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The issue of #ICJ (lack of) judicial ethics (which also involved another situation w/ Sebutinde!) was discussed w/ @mikebecker.bsky.social @kyrawigard.bsky.social on this ep. Perhaps more to discuss now! soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
29. Judges Behaving Badly? Plagiarism and Ethics at International Courts
In this week's episode Juliette McIntyre, Mike Becker (Trinity College Dublin) and Kyra Wigard (Utrecht University) discusses recent allegations of plagiarism at the International Court of Justice, it
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August 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The issue of #ICJ (lack of) judicial ethics (which also involved another situation w/ Sebutinde!) was discussed w/ @mikebecker.bsky.social @kyrawigard.bsky.social on this ep. Perhaps more to discuss now! soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
The #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025.
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🚨 #ICJ judicial election news: after Judge Salam’s departure in January to become PM of #Lebanon, the casual vacancy will be filled later this month on 27 May, when the #UNGA AND #UNSC meet to elect Salam’s replacement.
Mahmoud Hmoud, #Jordan’s current UN Ambassador is the only candidate so far
Mahmoud Hmoud, #Jordan’s current UN Ambassador is the only candidate so far
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
(In Dutch) Ik sprak bij NOS #MetHetOogopMorgen over de hoorzittingen deze week bij het Internationaal Gerechtshof waar het Hof zich buigt over de vraag of Israel verplicht is hulp en noodvoorraden toe te laten in de bezette Palestijnse gebieden.
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Beluister gemiste uitzendingen van NOS Met het Oog op Morgen op NPO Radio .
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May 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
(In Dutch) Ik sprak bij NOS #MetHetOogopMorgen over de hoorzittingen deze week bij het Internationaal Gerechtshof waar het Hof zich buigt over de vraag of Israel verplicht is hulp en noodvoorraden toe te laten in de bezette Palestijnse gebieden.
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I do wonder why - given the overlapping nature of many of these arguments - we don't have any joint submissions like we have seen in some interventions recently. Possibly it was just because of the very short timeframe, States didn't have time to negotiate.
April 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I do wonder why - given the overlapping nature of many of these arguments - we don't have any joint submissions like we have seen in some interventions recently. Possibly it was just because of the very short timeframe, States didn't have time to negotiate.
Starts today! 👇
The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
What is the International Court of Justice and why is it weighing in on humanitarian aid in Gaza?
The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West B...
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April 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Starts today! 👇
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Serbia seeks to intervene in Sudan v. UAE to argue that reservations to art. 9 of the Genocide Convention are legally valid.
(Not sure that's a "construction" of art. 9 per se. More likely a "construction" of the treaty as a whole to identify its object and purpose)
(Not sure that's a "construction" of art. 9 per se. More likely a "construction" of the treaty as a whole to identify its object and purpose)
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Serbia seeks to intervene in Sudan v. UAE to argue that reservations to art. 9 of the Genocide Convention are legally valid.
(Not sure that's a "construction" of art. 9 per se. More likely a "construction" of the treaty as a whole to identify its object and purpose)
(Not sure that's a "construction" of art. 9 per se. More likely a "construction" of the treaty as a whole to identify its object and purpose)
Super excited and grateful to be part of the International Criminal Law module of the 54th Summer School of the René Cassin Foundation in July! I'll deliver a thematic conference in three lectures on current pressing issues in ICL👇
🌍 [54e SESSION D’ÉTÉ] – MODULE 3
– Conférence thématique : présentiel uniquement (9h45) –
Intervenants : Madame Héleyn Uñac et Madame Kyra Wigard.
➡️ Inscription : lnkd.in/eWJF7z7z
– Conférence thématique : présentiel uniquement (9h45) –
Intervenants : Madame Héleyn Uñac et Madame Kyra Wigard.
➡️ Inscription : lnkd.in/eWJF7z7z
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Super excited and grateful to be part of the International Criminal Law module of the 54th Summer School of the René Cassin Foundation in July! I'll deliver a thematic conference in three lectures on current pressing issues in ICL👇
The #ICJ will hold public hearings on Thursday 10 April 2025 on the provisional measures request submitted by Sudan in #Sudan v. #UnitedArabEmirates concerning alleged violations by the latter of its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The #ICJ will hold public hearings on Thursday 10 April 2025 on the provisional measures request submitted by Sudan in #Sudan v. #UnitedArabEmirates concerning alleged violations by the latter of its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
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The Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ulf Melgaard, will give a guest lecure on ‘The Kingdom of Denmark – Greenland in a Constitutional Law and Public International Law Perspective’, on 8 April. Please register to join!✍️ www.uu.nl/en/events/gr...
Greenland and International Law - guest lecture by Danish Ambassador
Ulf Melgaard, the Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands will give a guest lecture on Greenland
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March 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ulf Melgaard, will give a guest lecure on ‘The Kingdom of Denmark – Greenland in a Constitutional Law and Public International Law Perspective’, on 8 April. Please register to join!✍️ www.uu.nl/en/events/gr...
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We have a vacancy at the Willem Pompe Institute (@uurechten.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)!
We’re looking for an Assistant Prof to teach criminal law and/or procedure in Dutch Bachelor&LLM programmes (so fluency in Dutch is a requirement). Please share! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
We’re looking for an Assistant Prof to teach criminal law and/or procedure in Dutch Bachelor&LLM programmes (so fluency in Dutch is a requirement). Please share! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
Universitair Docent Straf(proces)recht
Ben jij gepromoveerd op het terrein van het straf(proces)recht en ben je een bevlogen docent en onderzoeker? Word universitair docent!
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March 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We have a vacancy at the Willem Pompe Institute (@uurechten.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)!
We’re looking for an Assistant Prof to teach criminal law and/or procedure in Dutch Bachelor&LLM programmes (so fluency in Dutch is a requirement). Please share! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
We’re looking for an Assistant Prof to teach criminal law and/or procedure in Dutch Bachelor&LLM programmes (so fluency in Dutch is a requirement). Please share! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
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Aaaaaand the episode is out! Looking forward to feedback/comments: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... you can also find links to blog posts of amazing colleagues such as @chamelons.bsky.social @mariacrippa.bsky.social Matteo Colorio and Giulia Pecorella in the show notes!
Episode 127 – The Italian (Libyan) Job with Luigi Prosperi and Margherita Capacci
What happened between Italy, the ICC and Libya? Did Rome get it wrong? With Luigi Propseri and Margherita Capacci.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Aaaaaand the episode is out! Looking forward to feedback/comments: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... you can also find links to blog posts of amazing colleagues such as @chamelons.bsky.social @mariacrippa.bsky.social Matteo Colorio and Giulia Pecorella in the show notes!
Pre-Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Motoc, Alapini-Gansou and Socorro Flores Liera, in action today at the initial appearance hearing of former President #Duterte. Confirmation of charges hearing scheduled for 23 September 2025
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pre-Trial Chamber I, composed of Judges Motoc, Alapini-Gansou and Socorro Flores Liera, in action today at the initial appearance hearing of former President #Duterte. Confirmation of charges hearing scheduled for 23 September 2025
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Emergency pod out now! 🚨 Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is now in custody in The Hague. We have the latest from Lian Buan from Rappler in Manila and our own @svdberg.bsky.social at the #ICC.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Emergency pod out now! 🚨 Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is now in custody in The Hague. We have the latest from Lian Buan from Rappler in Manila and our own @svdberg.bsky.social at the #ICC.
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Thoroughly enjoyed Fuad Zarbiyev’s review essay of Alain Pellet’s General Course:
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Of Theory and Reality, and Airplanes and Helicopters
Abstract. The general course on public international law delivered by Professor Alain Pellet at The Hague Academy of International Law deviates from the re
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March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed Fuad Zarbiyev’s review essay of Alain Pellet’s General Course:
academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
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Sudan has instituted proceedings against the UAE at the ICJ, alleging the UAE is "complicit in the genocide on the Masalit through its direction of and provision of extensive financial, political, and military support for the rebel RSF militia”
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March 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sudan has instituted proceedings against the UAE at the ICJ, alleging the UAE is "complicit in the genocide on the Masalit through its direction of and provision of extensive financial, political, and military support for the rebel RSF militia”
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
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Three pre-conference workshops are being convened as part of the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies' Annual Conference in June in Toulouse, one of them by Erik Wesselius and me on Interviewing for Empirical Legal Research.
More info about the #ESELS workshops + registration link below 👇
More info about the #ESELS workshops + registration link below 👇
ESELS pre-conference workshops - Esels
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March 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Three pre-conference workshops are being convened as part of the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies' Annual Conference in June in Toulouse, one of them by Erik Wesselius and me on Interviewing for Empirical Legal Research.
More info about the #ESELS workshops + registration link below 👇
More info about the #ESELS workshops + registration link below 👇
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As @drnajimagi.bsky.social, @kyrawigard.bsky.social and I discussed recently on #CalledtoTheBar, Judge Sebutinde's pathway to the ICJ presidency may have been complicated by controversy over how she supported her outlier position in the Palestine advisory opinion. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
29. Judges Behaving Badly? Plagiarism and Ethics at International Courts
In this week's episode Juliette McIntyre, Mike Becker (Trinity College Dublin) and Kyra Wigard (Utrecht University) discusses recent allegations of plagiarism at the International Court of Justice, it
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March 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As @drnajimagi.bsky.social, @kyrawigard.bsky.social and I discussed recently on #CalledtoTheBar, Judge Sebutinde's pathway to the ICJ presidency may have been complicated by controversy over how she supported her outlier position in the Palestine advisory opinion. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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The ICJ has resolved the uncertainty surrounding Judge Salam's resignation by electing Judge Iwasawa to serve as its President for the remainder of the current term (through 5 February 2027). This appears to mean that Julia Sebutinde will continue as Vice-President (and not Acting President).
March 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The ICJ has resolved the uncertainty surrounding Judge Salam's resignation by electing Judge Iwasawa to serve as its President for the remainder of the current term (through 5 February 2027). This appears to mean that Julia Sebutinde will continue as Vice-President (and not Acting President).
Big news from the #ICJ: Judge #Iwasawa has been elected President of the Court to complete Judge #Salam's original term until Feb 2027.
After Judge Salam's resignation in January to become PM of #Lebanon, many of us were wondering who'd become President of the Court and if there'd be an election.
After Judge Salam's resignation in January to become PM of #Lebanon, many of us were wondering who'd become President of the Court and if there'd be an election.
March 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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New blog by @bmcg-leyh.bsky.social out at @uurechten.bsky.social on the usa and its antagonism under trump towards the International criminal court #ICC blog.montaignecentre.com/en/turbulent...
Turbulent Times Ahead for Global Justice and the Rule of Law: US Sanctions against the International Criminal Court
On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump was once again sworn in as president of the United States of America (US), ushering in a period of uncertainty for the future of global justice and the rule of law. Th...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New blog by @bmcg-leyh.bsky.social out at @uurechten.bsky.social on the usa and its antagonism under trump towards the International criminal court #ICC blog.montaignecentre.com/en/turbulent...