Andrea Leiter
@minorjurisprudent.bsky.social
Acting Director of Research at Amsterdam Center for International Law
Speculating heavily…
Speculating heavily…
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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
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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...
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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
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🎤 Listen now to #DigitalEchoes Season 2 / Episode 4! @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social speaks with Laura Lotti — a researcher, analyst, and writer with 10 years of experience investigating digital assets, networked organizations and regenerative technocultures.
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4th Episode: Digital Currency
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April 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🎤 Listen now to #DigitalEchoes Season 2 / Episode 4! @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social speaks with Laura Lotti — a researcher, analyst, and writer with 10 years of experience investigating digital assets, networked organizations and regenerative technocultures.
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In this OA article in the Leiden Journal of Int’l Law, I argue that the distinctive logic of consular internationalism can aid analysis of entanglements of imperial & commercial power & grappling with unofficial actors’ role in shaping international law www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
On consular internationalism | Leiden Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core
On consular internationalism
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April 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In this OA article in the Leiden Journal of Int’l Law, I argue that the distinctive logic of consular internationalism can aid analysis of entanglements of imperial & commercial power & grappling with unofficial actors’ role in shaping international law www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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International students are being hunted on their campuses. For raising their voices for justice. This is pure evil.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
International students are being hunted on their campuses. For raising their voices for justice. This is pure evil.
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Hey folks, the excellent international law and politics Collaborative Research Network is now on Bluesky if you want to follow: @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hey folks, the excellent international law and politics Collaborative Research Network is now on Bluesky if you want to follow: @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social
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Cornell Ph.D. student Momodou Taal sued the Trump administration to challenge its broad executive orders targeting pro-Palestinian students, fearing that he "was going to be a target eventually." Then he was ordered to turn himself in to ICE for possible deportation.
March 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Cornell Ph.D. student Momodou Taal sued the Trump administration to challenge its broad executive orders targeting pro-Palestinian students, fearing that he "was going to be a target eventually." Then he was ordered to turn himself in to ICE for possible deportation.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
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March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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What are the historical, institutional & legal-jurisprudential conditions for the effectiveness of human rights regimes in non-democratic contexts?
Hear more about this @erc.europa.eu research project led by Dr Dilek Kurban, 7 April, 15:30cet. @uvalawschool.bsky.social
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Hear more about this @erc.europa.eu research project led by Dr Dilek Kurban, 7 April, 15:30cet. @uvalawschool.bsky.social
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Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes - ACIL
Dr Dilek Kurban has recently been awarded an ERC starting grant for the new research project; Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes. The project seeks answer...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
What are the historical, institutional & legal-jurisprudential conditions for the effectiveness of human rights regimes in non-democratic contexts?
Hear more about this @erc.europa.eu research project led by Dr Dilek Kurban, 7 April, 15:30cet. @uvalawschool.bsky.social
acil.uva.nl/content/even...
Hear more about this @erc.europa.eu research project led by Dr Dilek Kurban, 7 April, 15:30cet. @uvalawschool.bsky.social
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During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens.
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
To Reclaim or Resist: Can Digital Sovereignty Ever Be Feminist?
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK; Bloem van Smarten (1990-1991) On 30 and 31 January 2025, a group of researchers participated in a workshop examining
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March 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens.
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
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Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as the new academic director and chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, starting 1 July 2025. Her leadership, together with the managing director Kasper Vrolijk, will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Institute.
🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1
🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as the new academic director and chair of the executive board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, starting 1 July 2025. Her leadership, together with the managing director Kasper Vrolijk, will be instrumental in shaping the future of the Institute.
🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1
🔗 bit.ly/43ydJp1
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Finally getting published- our episode is scheduled for 5 May - Laura on 27 April
I’m really glad we did this. All the little pieces.
Finally getting published- our episode is scheduled for 5 May - Laura on 27 April
I’m really glad we did this. All the little pieces.
All about the new and old song on ‘law & code’ - great conversations delivered every other Monday- stay tuned!
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
📢 Out now! #DigitalEchoes: Season 2 – 'Listening to New Normativities' New episodes 📼 every second Monday on Völkerrechtsblog & Spotify!
Read the introduction by @dogot.bsky.social, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social & Anna Sophia Tiedeke.
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Read the introduction by @dogot.bsky.social, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social & Anna Sophia Tiedeke.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Finally getting published- our episode is scheduled for 5 May - Laura on 27 April
I’m really glad we did this. All the little pieces.
Finally getting published- our episode is scheduled for 5 May - Laura on 27 April
I’m really glad we did this. All the little pieces.
All about the new and old song on ‘law & code’ - great conversations delivered every other Monday- stay tuned!
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
📢 Out now! #DigitalEchoes: Season 2 – 'Listening to New Normativities' New episodes 📼 every second Monday on Völkerrechtsblog & Spotify!
Read the introduction by @dogot.bsky.social, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social & Anna Sophia Tiedeke.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
Read the introduction by @dogot.bsky.social, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, @minorjurisprudent.bsky.social & Anna Sophia Tiedeke.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
Introducing the Second Seasons of Digital Echoes
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March 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
All about the new and old song on ‘law & code’ - great conversations delivered every other Monday- stay tuned!
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
Thanks to all the nice, really very nice people involved in this and the generous support of @acil-uva.bsky.social 💙
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The irony of Columbia being the first target after being at the vanguard against its own students and faculty exercising their right of free speech.
Shafik’s unnecessary and preemptive appeasement totally backfiring
Shafik’s unnecessary and preemptive appeasement totally backfiring
The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first major target in its effort to root out what it considers antisemitic harassment on college campuses.
Trump Threatens Columbia With Millions in Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims
The university, the administration’s first big target in a campaign to root out what it called harassment on campus, could lose more than $50 million in funding.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The irony of Columbia being the first target after being at the vanguard against its own students and faculty exercising their right of free speech.
Shafik’s unnecessary and preemptive appeasement totally backfiring
Shafik’s unnecessary and preemptive appeasement totally backfiring
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#Mannheim
Täter ist ein Deutscher ohne Migrationshintergrund, vorbestraft wegen rechter Hetze.
Vorname: Andreas
Aufgehalten und für die Verhaftung des Täters gesorgt hat ein Taxifahrer aus Pakistan.
Vorname: Afzal
Reaktion der AfD:
Täter ist ein Deutscher ohne Migrationshintergrund, vorbestraft wegen rechter Hetze.
Vorname: Andreas
Aufgehalten und für die Verhaftung des Täters gesorgt hat ein Taxifahrer aus Pakistan.
Vorname: Afzal
Reaktion der AfD:
March 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#Mannheim
Täter ist ein Deutscher ohne Migrationshintergrund, vorbestraft wegen rechter Hetze.
Vorname: Andreas
Aufgehalten und für die Verhaftung des Täters gesorgt hat ein Taxifahrer aus Pakistan.
Vorname: Afzal
Reaktion der AfD:
Täter ist ein Deutscher ohne Migrationshintergrund, vorbestraft wegen rechter Hetze.
Vorname: Andreas
Aufgehalten und für die Verhaftung des Täters gesorgt hat ein Taxifahrer aus Pakistan.
Vorname: Afzal
Reaktion der AfD:
“We’re witnessing a global backlash against women’s progress […]. Trumpism and rightwing populism isn’t a revolt against the ‘elites’; it’s a reaction to men being de-centred and a backlash against feminism.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“We’re witnessing a global backlash against women’s progress […]. Trumpism and rightwing populism isn’t a revolt against the ‘elites’; it’s a reaction to men being de-centred and a backlash against feminism.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Memecoin madness
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
Argentina’s Crypto Scandal Swindled Thousands. What Did Javier Milei Know?
A new cryptocurrency called $Libra bilked investors out of $250 million. It had been promoted by President Javier Milei.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Memecoin madness
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📢Vacancies: Two postdoc positions and a PhD researcher.
Working with Dilek Kurban @uvalawschool.bsky.social on her project, ‘Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes’.
Apply before 9 March.
acil.uva.nl/content/news...
Working with Dilek Kurban @uvalawschool.bsky.social on her project, ‘Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes’.
Apply before 9 March.
acil.uva.nl/content/news...
acil.uva.nl
February 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢Vacancies: Two postdoc positions and a PhD researcher.
Working with Dilek Kurban @uvalawschool.bsky.social on her project, ‘Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes’.
Apply before 9 March.
acil.uva.nl/content/news...
Working with Dilek Kurban @uvalawschool.bsky.social on her project, ‘Beyond Compliance: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Regimes’.
Apply before 9 March.
acil.uva.nl/content/news...
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They’re really trying to destroy everything with no plan what comes next.
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Republicans introduce bill to withdraw US from UN
Read more
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February 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
They’re really trying to destroy everything with no plan what comes next.
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/republi...
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February 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Neoliberalism’s foundation isn’t pure rationality but unspoken desires, power, and domination. Our essay of the week examines how the Market thrives on chaos and destruction while masquerading as a virtuous necessity.
By @medinamora.bsky.social in @parapraxismag.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4hNNPBN
By @medinamora.bsky.social in @parapraxismag.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4hNNPBN
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Neoliberalism’s foundation isn’t pure rationality but unspoken desires, power, and domination. Our essay of the week examines how the Market thrives on chaos and destruction while masquerading as a virtuous necessity.
By @medinamora.bsky.social in @parapraxismag.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4hNNPBN
By @medinamora.bsky.social in @parapraxismag.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4hNNPBN
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Must-read for anyone considering attending ESIL this year at FU Berlin👇
"International Law is being dismantled before our eyes, [...] Let us put aside, for a moment, the unfinished writings and applications and make sure that Francesca Albanese is allowed to speak in Germany!"
"International Law is being dismantled before our eyes, [...] Let us put aside, for a moment, the unfinished writings and applications and make sure that Francesca Albanese is allowed to speak in Germany!"
February 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Must-read for anyone considering attending ESIL this year at FU Berlin👇
"International Law is being dismantled before our eyes, [...] Let us put aside, for a moment, the unfinished writings and applications and make sure that Francesca Albanese is allowed to speak in Germany!"
"International Law is being dismantled before our eyes, [...] Let us put aside, for a moment, the unfinished writings and applications and make sure that Francesca Albanese is allowed to speak in Germany!"
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“Francesca Albanese is our colleague. The holder of a mandate by the Human Rights Council. […] Never before has UN Special Rapporteur Albanese been disinvited from a university.”
Where is our outcry? @isafei.bsky.social
“Francesca Albanese is our colleague. The holder of a mandate by the Human Rights Council. […] Never before has UN Special Rapporteur Albanese been disinvited from a university.”
Where is our outcry? @isafei.bsky.social
Where Is Our Outcry?
verfassungsblog.de
February 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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“Francesca Albanese is our colleague. The holder of a mandate by the Human Rights Council. […] Never before has UN Special Rapporteur Albanese been disinvited from a university.”
Where is our outcry? @isafei.bsky.social
“Francesca Albanese is our colleague. The holder of a mandate by the Human Rights Council. […] Never before has UN Special Rapporteur Albanese been disinvited from a university.”
Where is our outcry? @isafei.bsky.social
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