Alexandre Skander GALAND
@skandergaland.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. of International Law, Maastricht University; Ed-in-Chief Oxford Reports UN Human Rights Law; Chair ESIL IG ICJ; Ph.D. (EUI); Lawyer in Qc (Canada)
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Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
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Justice Update – Genocide Evidence and Intent with Gambia and Myanmar
We discuss the Genocide case at the ICJ brought by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Rohingya. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out …
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January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
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ICYMI: Judges at the International Criminal Court referred Italy to the institution's oversight body for failing to turn over a Libyan warlord wanted on an ICC warrant last year.
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 AM
ICYMI: Judges at the International Criminal Court referred Italy to the institution's oversight body for failing to turn over a Libyan warlord wanted on an ICC warrant last year.
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Judges at the International Criminal Court say that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial, after postponing an earlier hearing over concerns about the octogenarian’s health.
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Judges at the International Criminal Court say that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial, after postponing an earlier hearing over concerns about the octogenarian’s health.
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I don’t think we should see this Board of Peace agreement as a treaty in the traditional sense, concluded between sovereign states. Just like trade deals, it is concluded personally with Trump, as a performative sign of allegiance to him, with obligations owned to him, and contributions paid to him.
US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I don’t think we should see this Board of Peace agreement as a treaty in the traditional sense, concluded between sovereign states. Just like trade deals, it is concluded personally with Trump, as a performative sign of allegiance to him, with obligations owned to him, and contributions paid to him.
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“Maduro’s prosecution would signal an upheaval of the international rule of law, including the very aims of the immunity doctrine. Whether international law will be respected in the coming days remains to be seen.”
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To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute: Maduro’s Indictment, Head-of-State Immunity, and the United States’ Instrumentalisation of Non-Recognition
Mayya Chaykina join JiC for this post on the issue of head of state immunity and the prosecution of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Mayya is a master’s student in law at Sciences Po Paris. Her wo…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“Maduro’s prosecution would signal an upheaval of the international rule of law, including the very aims of the immunity doctrine. Whether international law will be respected in the coming days remains to be seen.”
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When UN Special Rapporteurs send an allegation letter to a university, international law is doing something unusual.
For SAFIA SOUTHEY, the letter to Columbia begins to close an accountability gap for formally private but functionally governmental institutions.
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For SAFIA SOUTHEY, the letter to Columbia begins to close an accountability gap for formally private but functionally governmental institutions.
verfassungsblog.de/universities...
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When UN Special Rapporteurs send an allegation letter to a university, international law is doing something unusual.
For SAFIA SOUTHEY, the letter to Columbia begins to close an accountability gap for formally private but functionally governmental institutions.
verfassungsblog.de/universities...
For SAFIA SOUTHEY, the letter to Columbia begins to close an accountability gap for formally private but functionally governmental institutions.
verfassungsblog.de/universities...
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Also notable: ICJ will hear from fact witnesses (closed session) an an expert witness. Will be very interesting to see what type of expert, especially if #TheGambia is calling a member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on #Myanmar (since they rely so extensively on its reports).
Six years after #TheGambia instituted #ICJ proceedings against #Myanmar under the #GenocideConvention, the Court will hold the oral hearing next month (www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...). Notably, it won't allow the 11 intervening states to participate, per recently-amended Art 86 of the Rules.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Also notable: ICJ will hear from fact witnesses (closed session) an an expert witness. Will be very interesting to see what type of expert, especially if #TheGambia is calling a member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on #Myanmar (since they rely so extensively on its reports).
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Today marks the end of the #Lafarge trial in Paris.
In partnership with Justice Info, Sharon Weill, professor of international law, and 11 students from Sciences Po Paris provided weekly coverage of the trial in six episodes.
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#InternationalLaw
In partnership with Justice Info, Sharon Weill, professor of international law, and 11 students from Sciences Po Paris provided weekly coverage of the trial in six episodes.
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#InternationalLaw
Lafarge on Trial – Part 6: What the French prosecution is asking and what the United States obtained
In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris have provided weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital. T...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today marks the end of the #Lafarge trial in Paris.
In partnership with Justice Info, Sharon Weill, professor of international law, and 11 students from Sciences Po Paris provided weekly coverage of the trial in six episodes.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/153834-la...
#InternationalLaw
In partnership with Justice Info, Sharon Weill, professor of international law, and 11 students from Sciences Po Paris provided weekly coverage of the trial in six episodes.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/153834-la...
#InternationalLaw
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UNSC Resolution 2803 | by Michelle Burgis-Kasthala
UNSC Resolution 2803
On 17 November, the UNSC by 13 votes passed an historic and deeply problematic Resolution relating to the future governance of Gaza. While China and Russia had expressed doubts and Russia had circulat...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
UNSC Resolution 2803 | by Michelle Burgis-Kasthala
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This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes.
Episode out now👇
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Justice Update – Ukraine’s Special Tribunal in Practice
This week’s pod is on Ukraine’s Special Tribunal – from trials without the accused to who gets immunity to whether the new tribunal could be a bargaining chip in peace negotiations. If …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes.
Episode out now👇
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Episode out now👇
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The text of resolution 2803 (2025) where the UN Security Council provides the legal basis for the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict".
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The text of resolution 2803 (2025) where the UN Security Council provides the legal basis for the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict".
The ICC judges just amended the Court’s Regulations: from now on, arrest warrants will be issued under seal by default (Reg. 23 ter).
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
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 10:29 PM
The ICC judges just amended the Court’s Regulations: from now on, arrest warrants will be issued under seal by default (Reg. 23 ter).
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
The US of Anarchy
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The US of Anarchy
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New SR OPT report on the complicity of influential Third States in the #Gaza #genocide. Looks at sanctions, diplomatic relations, military ties, facilitation of the degradation of living conditions, economic & trade relations. Quite a few states mentioned, esp #USA, #UK, #Germany, #Italy & EU.
"Gaza Genocide: a collective crime"
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
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A/80/492: "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. - Advance unedited version
SummaryThe ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel. Fr...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
A jury in the #USA found BNP Paribas - a French bank - liable for #atrocities committed by the regime of Omar Al-Bashir in #Sudan
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
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The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
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US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas complicit in Sudan atrocities
The French banking giant said the ruling by a jury in New York was 'clearly wrong' and that it plans to appeal.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
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“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
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A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
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Embedded Human Judgment in the Age of Autonomous Weapons
A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
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A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
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Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
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Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
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If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View
International Criminal Justice is facing a tipping point. Questions about its efficacy, its efficiency and a hostile political climate are raising doubts about its relevance and, even further, its ver...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
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Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...
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On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”