Luigi Prosperi
@luigiprosperi.bsky.social
Assistant Prof in Criminal Law, Utrecht Uni. Editor, Rivista OIDU. PhD in International Legal Order&Human Rights (Sapienza Univ., Rome). Interests:
International (Criminal) Law, European Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Law.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1021-2544
International (Criminal) Law, European Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Law.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1021-2544
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Luigi Prosperi
@luigiprosperi.bsky.social
· Dec 16
#intlaw NEW ARTICLE: "The ICC Issued Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas’ Commander-in-Chief Deif: What Next?" Where I discuss 3 issues: 1 scope of charges re. Netanyahu&Gallant; 2 personal immunities of N.; 3 double standards.
LINK (OPEN ACCESS) www.rivistaoidu.net/wp-content/u...
LINK (OPEN ACCESS) www.rivistaoidu.net/wp-content/u...
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My tips for The Hague
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ha...
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ha...
The Hague like a local
Our correspondent's guide to legal landmarks, Dutch-Indonesian fusion food and seaside escapes.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My tips for The Hague
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ha...
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ha...
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Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
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I take this as a quite harsh rebuke by the ICC judges of how past and present ICC prosecutors have handled applications for arrest warrants (I.e. timing of making the applications public).
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I take this as a quite harsh rebuke by the ICC judges of how past and present ICC prosecutors have handled applications for arrest warrants (I.e. timing of making the applications public).
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ICC judges have now codified a requirement that the OTP apply for arrest warrants / summons to appear under seal (reg. 23 ter):
www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-jud...
This was required on an ad hoc basis in the Palestine investigation & another case several months ago:
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-jud...
This was required on an ad hoc basis in the Palestine investigation & another case several months ago:
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
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...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
ICC judges have now codified a requirement that the OTP apply for arrest warrants / summons to appear under seal (reg. 23 ter):
www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-jud...
This was required on an ad hoc basis in the Palestine investigation & another case several months ago:
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-jud...
This was required on an ad hoc basis in the Palestine investigation & another case several months ago:
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
simple as that:
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
simple as that:
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🚨🚨 Slovakia's Prime Minister #RobertFico warned that his country will oppose using #Russian frozen assets to fund #Ukraine's defense spending, speaking with Slovakian public broadcaster STVR on Saturday. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
Slovakia reportedly won’t back using frozen Russian assets for Kyiv’s military costs
“Slovakia won’t take part in any legal or financial schemes to seize frozen assets if those funds would be spent on military costs in Ukraine,” prime minister says.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨🚨 Slovakia's Prime Minister #RobertFico warned that his country will oppose using #Russian frozen assets to fund #Ukraine's defense spending, speaking with Slovakian public broadcaster STVR on Saturday. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
www.politico.eu/article/slov...
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of #Gaza civilians - “I feel like they’ve destroyed all my pride in being an Israeli – in being an #IDF officer,” Daniel says in the programme. “All that’s left is shame.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of #Gaza civilians - “I feel like they’ve destroyed all my pride in being an Israeli – in being an #IDF officer,” Daniel says in the programme. “All that’s left is shame.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is absolutely the best thing I’ve ever read about elite news-media bothsiderism, as well the relationship between knowledge-production and journalism.
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
It’s also filled w gossip and so human!
10/10
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
I think we all feel this way, especially those that enjoy(ed) teaching students how to argue and not just reproduce what they learned.
Generative AI is ruining my motivation to teach. It is not a bold new era of information that I'm excited to see my students explore. It's a cheat that prevents them from thinking. It lets them avoid even a moment of confusion and struggle, necessary to process new ideas.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think we all feel this way, especially those that enjoy(ed) teaching students how to argue and not just reproduce what they learned.
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We live in the dumbest of times.
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We live in the dumbest of times.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
www.ochaopt.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
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A Dutch appeals court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a group of human rights organizations that filed a lawsuit arguing the Netherlands was violating international law by continuing to sell weapons to Israel.
Dutch court dismisses appeal seeking to halt weapons exports to Israel
A Dutch appeals court has dismissed an appeal by human rights organizations seeking to stop the Netherlands from selling weapons to Israel.
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A Dutch appeals court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a group of human rights organizations that filed a lawsuit arguing the Netherlands was violating international law by continuing to sell weapons to Israel.
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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.”
Decision on the confirmation of charges in absentia against Joseph Kony pursuant to articles 61(2)(b) and 61(7) of the Rome Statute
www.icc-cpi.int
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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Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
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The EU Commission has adopted an implementing decision on multiple-entry Schengen visas for Russians. Press reports say it restricts/abolishes Russians' ability to get multiple-entry visas, but there's no official text or press release yet - ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Register of Commission Documents
ec.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The EU Commission has adopted an implementing decision on multiple-entry Schengen visas for Russians. Press reports say it restricts/abolishes Russians' ability to get multiple-entry visas, but there's no official text or press release yet - ec.europa.eu/transparency...
BIG NEWS #icc #internationaljustice
Osama Almasri Najim who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, and who was arrested in Italy in January only to be released two days later and sent back to Tripoli, has today been arrested in Tripoli relating to allegations of torturing prisoners - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BIG NEWS #icc #internationaljustice
Well, this Nobel peace prize didn’t really end up in better hands DID IT?!? 🤦🏻♂️
Within days of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, María Corina Machado publicly aligned herself with the Trump administration’s militarized campaign in the Caribbean.
When a Nobel Peace laureate backs the bombs
Venezuela’s María Corina Machado gives Trump’s militarized campaign a moral gloss it doesn’t deserve.
contrarian.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Well, this Nobel peace prize didn’t really end up in better hands DID IT?!? 🤦🏻♂️
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In Brussels today, I was honored to support the Justice Fleet’s stand for international law in the Central Med— part of the broader struggle for justice alongside people on the move facing crimes against humanity in Libya & at sea, enabled & sustained by European policies & cooperation with Libyans👇
After years of escalating human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard, 13 search and rescue organizations are founding the #JusticeFleet and suspending the operational communication with the Libyan Rescue Coordination Centre 👉 www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel... @allisonrwest.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In Brussels today, I was honored to support the Justice Fleet’s stand for international law in the Central Med— part of the broader struggle for justice alongside people on the move facing crimes against humanity in Libya & at sea, enabled & sustained by European policies & cooperation with Libyans👇
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I am quoted a few times in this news piece on the ICC moving away from some Microsoft products and services (piece is free to read though need to register to access) - www.thestack.technology/eu-digital-s...
#ICC
#ICC
ICC drops Microsoft Office for new German OSS alternative
Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior is backing OSS alternative "openDesk"
www.thestack.technology
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I am quoted a few times in this news piece on the ICC moving away from some Microsoft products and services (piece is free to read though need to register to access) - www.thestack.technology/eu-digital-s...
#ICC
#ICC
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New book 🚨: Lights and Shadows: The Ongwen Case at the International Criminal Court, eds Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo & Fabio Ferraz de Almeida. Incl. chapter by @profkmm.bsky.social, Valerie Oosterveld & me on the forced marriage findings in the Ongwen case. brill.com/display/titl...
brill.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
New book 🚨: Lights and Shadows: The Ongwen Case at the International Criminal Court, eds Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo & Fabio Ferraz de Almeida. Incl. chapter by @profkmm.bsky.social, Valerie Oosterveld & me on the forced marriage findings in the Ongwen case. brill.com/display/titl...
We need more of this. Hope, community, empathy.
Zohran opens his victory speech: "As Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity."
Unapologetic. Unafraid.
Unapologetic. Unafraid.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We need more of this. Hope, community, empathy.
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A Dutch court opened a trial Monday of an Eritrean man accused of involvement in a brutal migrant smuggling network.
Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling
A Dutch court has opened a trial for an Eritrean man accused of running a brutal migrant smuggling network.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A Dutch court opened a trial Monday of an Eritrean man accused of involvement in a brutal migrant smuggling network.
Today is the 3rd day of the trial. You can follow the live stream (with English simultaneous interpretation) here: streams.nfgd.nl/onderzoek-pe... the Court is focusing on charges of human trafficking and extortion (it's alleged that family members had to pay ransom to get their relatives released).
The trial against an Eritrean man known as “Walid”, suspected of being involved in a criminal organization that kidnapped and subjected migrants to violence in detention centers in Bani Walid (Libya) is set to begin tomorrow in the Netherlands indepthnews.net/trial-agains...
Trial against alleged Eritrean trafficker ‘Walid’ will start in The Netherlands on 3 November
Substantive hearings are about to begin in Zwolle, the Netherlands, in the important case against Eritrean national Tewelde Goitom (also known as “Walid” / “Welid”). The hearings are set to run across...
indepthnews.net
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today is the 3rd day of the trial. You can follow the live stream (with English simultaneous interpretation) here: streams.nfgd.nl/onderzoek-pe... the Court is focusing on charges of human trafficking and extortion (it's alleged that family members had to pay ransom to get their relatives released).
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As the #ICC warns of war crimes committed by RSF, at least 40 people in Sudan have been killed in a drone strike that targeted a funeral that was taking place outside the army-held city of el-Obeid in North Kordofan state. #KeepEyesonSudan www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: RSF blamed for drone strike that hits funeral near el-Obeid killing many mourners
The paramilitary RSF has been blamed for the attack as fighting in the oil-rich Kordofan area intensifies.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As the #ICC warns of war crimes committed by RSF, at least 40 people in Sudan have been killed in a drone strike that targeted a funeral that was taking place outside the army-held city of el-Obeid in North Kordofan state. #KeepEyesonSudan www.bbc.com/news/article...