Deniz Baran
@denizbaran.bsky.social
Faculty Member of Istanbul University-International Law Department
After attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla last night,the Government of Spain announced that it will send a military ship to escort the Flotilla.
September 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla last night,the Government of Spain announced that it will send a military ship to escort the Flotilla.
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Well done to all those who have tirelessly campaigned for the recognition of Palestine — an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Next, the UK should recognise the genocide in Gaza, end its complicity in crimes against humanity, and stop arming Israel.
Next, the UK should recognise the genocide in Gaza, end its complicity in crimes against humanity, and stop arming Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Well done to all those who have tirelessly campaigned for the recognition of Palestine — an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Next, the UK should recognise the genocide in Gaza, end its complicity in crimes against humanity, and stop arming Israel.
Next, the UK should recognise the genocide in Gaza, end its complicity in crimes against humanity, and stop arming Israel.
Yesterday was a highly busy day at the International Court of Justice: 2 new cases were filed, and Brazil applied to intervene in the South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Yesterday was a highly busy day at the International Court of Justice: 2 new cases were filed, and Brazil applied to intervene in the South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.
“When states fail, humanity sets sail”
Just as Israel’s naval blockade is a violation of international law, the Global Sumud Flotilla is a civilian initiative fully consistent with it. I wrote for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social :
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/glob...
Just as Israel’s naval blockade is a violation of international law, the Global Sumud Flotilla is a civilian initiative fully consistent with it. I wrote for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social :
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/glob...
Global Sumud Flotilla: When states fail, humanity sets sail
The flotilla sails as a lawful act of civil society, seeking to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver essential humanitarian aid to a starving population
www.middleeasteye.net
September 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“When states fail, humanity sets sail”
Just as Israel’s naval blockade is a violation of international law, the Global Sumud Flotilla is a civilian initiative fully consistent with it. I wrote for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social :
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/glob...
Just as Israel’s naval blockade is a violation of international law, the Global Sumud Flotilla is a civilian initiative fully consistent with it. I wrote for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social :
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/glob...
Israel’s attack in Qatar represents the crossing of yet another serious threshold, one that cannot be dismissed as a mere violation of international law.
September 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Israel’s attack in Qatar represents the crossing of yet another serious threshold, one that cannot be dismissed as a mere violation of international law.
It sets an important precedent: The most basic needs of prisoners cannot be denied under the guise that they are “terrorists”, affirming the invalidity of some extremist ministers’ calls for a separate inhumane legal regime.
Israel’s supreme court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Israel’s supreme court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Justices rule state is legally obliged to ensure ‘basic level of existence’ and orders authorities to improve nutrition
Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.
Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It sets an important precedent: The most basic needs of prisoners cannot be denied under the guise that they are “terrorists”, affirming the invalidity of some extremist ministers’ calls for a separate inhumane legal regime.
On September 3, we have successfully concluded the symposium “The Gaza Blockade and Global Sumud Flotilla: Legal Implications” with two sessions comprised of nine scholars from different countries, and one special session for the Global Sumud Flotilla Steering Committee members.
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
On September 3, we have successfully concluded the symposium “The Gaza Blockade and Global Sumud Flotilla: Legal Implications” with two sessions comprised of nine scholars from different countries, and one special session for the Global Sumud Flotilla Steering Committee members.
My elaborated take on the latest ICJ advisory opinion of the ICJ regarding the climate change and GHG emission related obligations of states:
serbestiyet.com/featured/ulu...
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Uluslararası Adalet Divanı, iklim değişikliği konusunda tarihi bir karar mı verdi? - Serbestiyet
Uluslararası Adalet Divanı iklim krizi konusunda kapsamlı bir danışma görüşü yayımladı. Yalnızca en dikkat çekici kazanımları listelemek istediğimizde bile ortaya uzun bir liste çıkıyor. Söz konusu da...
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August 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My elaborated take on the latest ICJ advisory opinion of the ICJ regarding the climate change and GHG emission related obligations of states:
serbestiyet.com/featured/ulu...
serbestiyet.com/featured/ulu...
We’ll be in Tunis, whereby Global Sumud Flotilla will depart to Gaza, in order to discuss the legal implications of the intensified Gaza Blockade and efforts to break it:
August 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We’ll be in Tunis, whereby Global Sumud Flotilla will depart to Gaza, in order to discuss the legal implications of the intensified Gaza Blockade and efforts to break it:
Collective self-heart defense
August 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Collective self-heart defense
We’ll be discussing with Prof. Quigley:
• The place of the two-state solution in international law
• The historical rights of Palestinians
• Its feasibility in today’s geopolitical context
• Alternatives for sustainable peace
For registration: fonzip.com/afrikavakfi/...
• The place of the two-state solution in international law
• The historical rights of Palestinians
• Its feasibility in today’s geopolitical context
• Alternatives for sustainable peace
For registration: fonzip.com/afrikavakfi/...
August 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We’ll be discussing with Prof. Quigley:
• The place of the two-state solution in international law
• The historical rights of Palestinians
• Its feasibility in today’s geopolitical context
• Alternatives for sustainable peace
For registration: fonzip.com/afrikavakfi/...
• The place of the two-state solution in international law
• The historical rights of Palestinians
• Its feasibility in today’s geopolitical context
• Alternatives for sustainable peace
For registration: fonzip.com/afrikavakfi/...
Such a statement by an ICJ judge is a pure scandal, perhaps delivering one of the greatest blows to the credibility of the so-called World Court (ICJ).
It is a reckless confession of abandoning any shred of impartiality.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
It is a reckless confession of abandoning any shred of impartiality.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
August 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Such a statement by an ICJ judge is a pure scandal, perhaps delivering one of the greatest blows to the credibility of the so-called World Court (ICJ).
It is a reckless confession of abandoning any shred of impartiality.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
It is a reckless confession of abandoning any shred of impartiality.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
I discussed for CNN Turk what it means from international law perspective that states like the United Kingdom and France are successively recognizing Palestine as a state:
youtu.be/1RjdXmmbQQs
youtu.be/1RjdXmmbQQs
August 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I discussed for CNN Turk what it means from international law perspective that states like the United Kingdom and France are successively recognizing Palestine as a state:
youtu.be/1RjdXmmbQQs
youtu.be/1RjdXmmbQQs
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Qetevan Qistauri explains how Gaza and Iran expose deep cracks in the international legal order where legal norms are invoked but rarely enforced and power trumps principle – when law becomes selective, justice becomes symbolic.
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
Between Principle and Power
voelkerrechtsblog.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Qetevan Qistauri explains how Gaza and Iran expose deep cracks in the international legal order where legal norms are invoked but rarely enforced and power trumps principle – when law becomes selective, justice becomes symbolic.
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
I discussed on CNN Türk’s “5N1K”whether the attacks by Israel and the U.S. on Iran could be deemed lawful under international law as acts of “preemptive self-defense”.
youtu.be/K0fGHkGlDgo?...
youtu.be/K0fGHkGlDgo?...
June 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I discussed on CNN Türk’s “5N1K”whether the attacks by Israel and the U.S. on Iran could be deemed lawful under international law as acts of “preemptive self-defense”.
youtu.be/K0fGHkGlDgo?...
youtu.be/K0fGHkGlDgo?...
The EU leaders and foreign policy chiefs could manage making a greater and greater mockery out of themselves with their reactions after each attack.
The modern international law order is -no doubt- mostly Eurocentric, but it seems that it will be torn apart in a Eurocentric way too.
The modern international law order is -no doubt- mostly Eurocentric, but it seems that it will be torn apart in a Eurocentric way too.
Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, as it would be a threat to international security.
I urge all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation.
EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the situation tomorrow.
I urge all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation.
EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the situation tomorrow.
June 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The EU leaders and foreign policy chiefs could manage making a greater and greater mockery out of themselves with their reactions after each attack.
The modern international law order is -no doubt- mostly Eurocentric, but it seems that it will be torn apart in a Eurocentric way too.
The modern international law order is -no doubt- mostly Eurocentric, but it seems that it will be torn apart in a Eurocentric way too.
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A million people marched against the illegal war in Iraq and they were right.
Now the same script is playing out again. Same lies, same institutions, same push for war.
We can’t let history repeat itself.
Now the same script is playing out again. Same lies, same institutions, same push for war.
We can’t let history repeat itself.
June 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A million people marched against the illegal war in Iraq and they were right.
Now the same script is playing out again. Same lies, same institutions, same push for war.
We can’t let history repeat itself.
Now the same script is playing out again. Same lies, same institutions, same push for war.
We can’t let history repeat itself.
Israel has taken the already shaky preemptive self-defense doctrine to such an extreme that the whole idea has lost its meaning.
Israeli defense minister confirms "preemptive strikes" on Iran, Iranian state media says explosions heard in Tehran.
Israel launches ‘preemptive strikes’ against Iran, Defense Minister says | CNN
Israel has launched what it called were “preemptive strikes” against Iran and a state of emergency has been declared in Israel, according to Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz.
www.cnn.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Israel has taken the already shaky preemptive self-defense doctrine to such an extreme that the whole idea has lost its meaning.
Reposted by Deniz Baran
Not "preemptive."
Illegal.
There is no evidence of an actual or imminent armed attack by Iran.
This is a blatant violation of the UN Charter.
It has no legal basis in the right of self-defense.
Now we wait to see how many civilians will die because of this insanity.
Illegal.
There is no evidence of an actual or imminent armed attack by Iran.
This is a blatant violation of the UN Charter.
It has no legal basis in the right of self-defense.
Now we wait to see how many civilians will die because of this insanity.
Israeli defense minister confirms "preemptive strikes" on Iran, Iranian state media says explosions heard in Tehran.
Israel launches ‘preemptive strikes’ against Iran, Defense Minister says | CNN
Israel has launched what it called were “preemptive strikes” against Iran and a state of emergency has been declared in Israel, according to Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz.
www.cnn.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not "preemptive."
Illegal.
There is no evidence of an actual or imminent armed attack by Iran.
This is a blatant violation of the UN Charter.
It has no legal basis in the right of self-defense.
Now we wait to see how many civilians will die because of this insanity.
Illegal.
There is no evidence of an actual or imminent armed attack by Iran.
This is a blatant violation of the UN Charter.
It has no legal basis in the right of self-defense.
Now we wait to see how many civilians will die because of this insanity.
Reposted by Deniz Baran
Genocidal Intent in Armed Conflict: Unpacking the ICJ’s “Only Reasonable Inference” Standard
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/g...
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/g...
Genocidal Intent in Armed Conflict: Unpacking the ICJ’s “Only Reasonable Inference” Standard
[Natasha Yvonne Barigye is an International Justice Fellow at Amnesty International and a lawyer specialising in international criminal law. Melissa Hendrickse is a Legal Advisor at Amnesty Interna…
opiniojuris.org
May 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Genocidal Intent in Armed Conflict: Unpacking the ICJ’s “Only Reasonable Inference” Standard
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/g...
opiniojuris.org/2025/05/26/g...
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Peace with the Kurds will not only redefine Turkey’s relations with Kurds within Turkey, but also with Kurds in the wider Middle East.
The dissolution of the PKK could transform Turkey’s domestic politics and foreign policy
Lasting Kurdish peace could reshape Turkey’s domestic politics, its neighbourhood and international future.
www.chathamhouse.org
May 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Peace with the Kurds will not only redefine Turkey’s relations with Kurds within Turkey, but also with Kurds in the wider Middle East.
The book titled “Decisions of the International Court of Justice (2008–2024)”, edited by the head of our department, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nur Tütüncü, has been published.
I contributed a chapter to the volume with an analysis of the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), decided in 2019.
I contributed a chapter to the volume with an analysis of the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), decided in 2019.
May 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The book titled “Decisions of the International Court of Justice (2008–2024)”, edited by the head of our department, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nur Tütüncü, has been published.
I contributed a chapter to the volume with an analysis of the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), decided in 2019.
I contributed a chapter to the volume with an analysis of the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), decided in 2019.
France has just filed a case against Iran before the ICJ, alleging violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR).
May 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
France has just filed a case against Iran before the ICJ, alleging violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR).