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Antoine De Spiegeleir
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PhD Researcher in international law & storytelling at the European University Institute | https://antoinedespiegeleir.com/
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Another excellent addition (by @mwgehring.bsky.social) to our symposium on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion, co-edited with @antoine-despieg.bsky.social and @matigre.bsky.social ✨

Access all other contributions here (and stay tuned for more to come):

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verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 15
When Custom Binds All States 🌍⚖️

MARKUS GEHRING (@mwgehring.bsky.social) on the International Court of Justice's trailblazing findings on customary international law as it applies to climate change.

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Quote: “The ICJ clarifies that rejecting or breaking the existing international treaty regime on climate change does not diminish any State’s obligations to actually address the underlying global challenge that is climate change.”
August 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Thank you @maximb.bsky.social @antoine-despieg.bsky.social and @matigre.bsky.social for publishing my blog on the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion @verfassungsblog.de @sabincenter.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @hugheshall.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social
maximb.bsky.social Maxim Bönnemann @maximb.bsky.social · Aug 15
Another excellent addition (by @mwgehring.bsky.social) to our symposium on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion, co-edited with @antoine-despieg.bsky.social and @matigre.bsky.social ✨

Access all other contributions here (and stay tuned for more to come):

📖🔗 verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 15
When Custom Binds All States 🌍⚖️

MARKUS GEHRING (@mwgehring.bsky.social) on the International Court of Justice's trailblazing findings on customary international law as it applies to climate change.

verfassungsblog.de/customary-la...
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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"The Struggle Against Fossil Sovereignty"

JOCHEN VON BERNSTORFF and INGO VENZKE explain why the ICJ's climate advisory opinion lends further support to efforts aimed at pushing back against the legal protection of fossil fuel extraction and production.

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Quote: “The expansive legal protection of fossil investments risks significantly increasing the cost of climate policies.”
August 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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"Sea-Level Rise Reaches The Hague" 🌊⚖️

ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR (@antoine-despieg.bsky.social) & ARMANDO ROCHA examine the most salient features of the ICJ’s assessment of the law of the sea in the context of climate change in its recent climate advisory opinion.

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Quote: “Far from peripheral, the law of the sea emerged as a primary site for interpreting and enforcing States’ climate obligations under international law.”
August 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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"UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read"
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UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read
A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: U.N. reports are not widely read.
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August 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
antoine-despieg.bsky.social
While much of the commentary on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion rightly focuses on its legal conclusions, my latest blog post takes a different approach. I read the opinion as an act of institutional self-presentation: a moment where the Court constructs its own role in the international order.
verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 1
The ICJ's climate advisory opinion is more than just a ruling on state obligations; it is also an act of institutional self-presentation.

ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR (@antoine-despieg.bsky.social) on "the ruling and the mirror":

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Quote: “Beyond the legal reasoning and doctrinal outcomes lies something else. The opinion is also an act of identity performance: a way for the ICJ to speak about itself.”
August 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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"A Right Foundational to Humanity’s Existence" 🌱

DAVID R. BOYD (@drdavidboyd.bsky.social‬), former UN Special Rapporteur, on the role of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment in the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change.

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Quote: “The advisory opinion of the ICJ provides an inspiring high-water mark for the legal recognition of the right to a healthy environment. The debates about the right’s existence, its relevance, and its importance are over.”
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A new piece in the symposium I'm co-editing with @matigre.bsky.social & @maximb.bsky.social is now out! "What the Court Didn't Say" by @jedodermatt.bsky.social explores the ambivalence of missed opportunities in the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change. ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 30
"What the Court Didn’t Say"

JED ODERMATT (‪@jedodermatt.bsky.social‬) on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion and the politics of judicial restraint.

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Quote: “By focusing on what the ICJ did not say, we can gain a better understanding of how it navigates its institutional constraints, political sensitivities, and the evolving terrain of international climate litigation.”
July 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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"What the Court Didn’t Say"

JED ODERMATT (‪@jedodermatt.bsky.social‬) on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion and the politics of judicial restraint.

verfassungsblog.de/what-the-cou...
Quote: “By focusing on what the ICJ did not say, we can gain a better understanding of how it navigates its institutional constraints, political sensitivities, and the evolving terrain of international climate litigation.”
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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"The most significant development in international climate law since the adoption of the Paris Agreement" 🌍⚖️

MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE, MAXIM BÖNNEMANN, and ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR kick off a new joint blog symposium on the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change.

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Quote: “The opinion’s true legacy may lie not only in its legal conclusions, but in its power to influence political will, guide national courts, and support vulnerable communities seeking justice.”
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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sabincenter.bsky.social
🌏📣The ICJ issued its long-awaited #advisoryopinion on the obligations of States to #climatechange. The groundbreaking opinion will have a major impact on global climate governance. Read our intro in the #SabinCenter’s Climate Law Blog symposium with @verfassungsblog.de : buff.ly/9ZOpmGC
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction - Climate Law Blog
“An existential threat” – this is how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) characterized climate change in its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of States with respect to climate…
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July 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"A Single Paragraph’s Promise"

LENA RIEMER on the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on climate change and the understated question of climate-induced human displacement.

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Quote: “This one seemingly modest paragraph may have profound implications for millions of people fleeing across borders due to climate change, potentially reshaping the legal landscape for those seeking protection and at least offering minimum guarantees against their removal to a place where they would be at risk.”
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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verfassungsblog.de
The ECtHR may soon issue its first compensation awards against Russia for its conduct in Ukraine.

Given Russia’s lack of cooperation, ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR (@antoine-despieg.bsky.social) and BEINI YE examine enforcement via third states holding Russian assets.

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Quote from our published article by author Antoine de Spiegeleir & Beini Ye “Using Russian Central Bank assets to enforce ECtHR judgments could ensure that any payments obtained would be directed to affected communities.”
June 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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I look forward to sharing information about my experience as a PhD researcher in the @eui-law.bsky.social with prospective applicants on May 12! Details and registration link below ⬇️
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eui-eu.bsky.social European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Apr 1
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April 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Worth a read: "Resisting Submission" by Jan Komárek on @verfassungsblog.de

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Resisting Submission
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April 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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✊ She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We are happy to announce the first session of our brand-new “How to” series of events for @esil-sedi.bsky.social ECR members!

@antoine-despieg.bsky.social and I will be in Catania, and we are looking forward to seeing you in person/online!

Also, watch out for the full programme coming out soon 👀
esilearlycareer.bsky.social ESIL Early-Career Network Co-Ordinating Committee @esilearlycareer.bsky.social · Mar 13
📢 We are excited to announce the Inaugural Event of our brand-new ‘How to’ series of events aimed at early-career members of @esil-sedi.bsky.social 🥳

On Friday, March 21, at 12pm (CET), join us to discuss ‘How to secure research funding’ with guest speaker Veronika Fikfak (@ucl.ac.uk) 1/2
March 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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esilearlycareer.bsky.social
📢 We are excited to announce the Inaugural Event of our brand-new ‘How to’ series of events aimed at early-career members of @esil-sedi.bsky.social 🥳

On Friday, March 21, at 12pm (CET), join us to discuss ‘How to secure research funding’ with guest speaker Veronika Fikfak (@ucl.ac.uk) 1/2
March 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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dead giveaway #predatoryjournal
March 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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After 17 years of serving as EJIL Editor in Chief, he is now stepping down. In his words: ‘for real’. It is an occasion for an in-person conversation: many people know ‘Weiler’ by name or by initials ‘JHHW’; fewer people know him in person. Who is Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler?
‘On my way out … for real!’ A Conversation with Joseph H.H. Weiler on the Occasion of His Stepping Down as EJIL Editor in Chief
Sarah Nouwen: EJIL Editor in Chief Joseph H.H. Weiler has written numerous editorials in which he gives advice on academic practices. He titled them: ‘On M
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March 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Advisory opinions all over the place? Submit an abstract for a @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop in Berlin on the role and function of advisory proceedings before international courts and tribunals. Abstracts due 28 March, more information below.
mikebecker.bsky.social Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · Feb 3
The ESIL Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals is soliciting abstracts (due 28 March) for a workshop on "Reconstructing the Advisory Function of International Courts and Tribunals" at the ESIL Annual Meeting in Berlin (Sept. 2025). For more information: esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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esilearlycareer.bsky.social ESIL Early-Career Network Co-Ordinating Committee @esilearlycareer.bsky.social · Feb 4
Meet our very own @antoine-despieg.bsky.social in the latest “Meet an ESIL member” video! 🎥

He explains how he came to know ESIL, and shares a bit about his work for the Consultative Panel and now with our Early-Career Network Committee! ✨
esil-sedi.bsky.social ESIL-SEDI @esil-sedi.bsky.social · Feb 4
🆕📽️Did you watch our latest "Meet an ESIL member" video? This time is with @antoine-despieg.bsky.social, PhD researcher at @eui-law.bsky.social, member of the
@esilearlycareer.bsky.social Co-ordinating Committee and assistant of the ESIL Strategic Consultative Panel.💡

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February 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Yesterday, we watched Anatomy of a Fall as a “required viewing” for the first session of the seminar @sjorspolm.bsky.social and I will teach at @eui-eu.bsky.social starting next week on law as performance and narrative. Not the worst excuse to catch an incredible movie! 🍿

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January 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Afraid of running out of conversation topics before midnight today? Look no further! My paper on #climatechange storytelling at the European Court of Human Rights just came out in @law-and-humanities.bsky.social ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Here is to a better year for the climate! 🥂
Climate change storytelling and masterplots at the European Court of Human Rights
Talk of climate change litigation is on everyone’s lips. While some hope binding rulings will drive climate action, others question courts’ expertise, legitimacy, and enforcement capacities. This a...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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esilearlycareer.bsky.social
We just held our last Committee meeting for 2024, finalising plans for our 2025 activities!

Stay tuned for more updates and keep an eye on this account and your inbox in the coming weeks 👀

Spoiler: “how to…” 🫢
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December 12, 2024 at 1:33 PM