Douglas Guilfoyle
@djag2.bsky.social
Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Posting in a personal capacity. He/him.
Academic selfie: damn @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social always takes a fine photo when we're together.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Academic selfie: damn @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social always takes a fine photo when we're together.
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UWA Law School is hiring! Lvl B is only open to applicants with working rights in #AUS. Applications close 3 December 2025. Start date negotiable. (I encourage #intLaw people to apply! Ping @anzsil.org) #jobs #jobFairy #academia #lecturer #higherEd external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Academic selfie: happy Doctor Who Day for yesterday to all who celebrate, and shoes.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Academic selfie: happy Doctor Who Day for yesterday to all who celebrate, and shoes.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
Inside the fascinating world of eel trafficking and the serious question of invisible criminal commodities!
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Invisible Criminal Commodities in the Caribbean | Center for International Maritime Security
Dr. Ian Ralby, Dr. David Soud, and Sophie Podrog On 7 July 2021, Jovenel Moïse, the President of Haiti, was assassinated in his own bedroom, sending Haiti into a constitutional crisis from which it ha...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Inside the fascinating world of eel trafficking and the serious question of invisible criminal commodities!
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“Doug, you’re looking fine as hell tonight.” The bar staff at my local really are charming.
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“Doug, you’re looking fine as hell tonight.” The bar staff at my local really are charming.
The end of the week in academic selfies: TGIF!
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The end of the week in academic selfies: TGIF!
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I am just an academic International lawyer, standing in front of every other discipline, begging them not to use the word “sovereignty“ without defining it.
a man holding up a sign that says merry christmas
ALT: a man holding up a sign that says merry christmas
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November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I am just an academic International lawyer, standing in front of every other discipline, begging them not to use the word “sovereignty“ without defining it.
I am just an academic International lawyer, standing in front of every other discipline, begging them not to use the word “sovereignty“ without defining it.
a man holding up a sign that says merry christmas
ALT: a man holding up a sign that says merry christmas
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November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I am just an academic International lawyer, standing in front of every other discipline, begging them not to use the word “sovereignty“ without defining it.
How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
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58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World
Play 58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World by Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How should international lawyers think about methodology, feminist critique, & mounting global crises? 🌍⚖️ Join the Called to the Bar Newcastle & Manchester roadshow, hosted by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social as we explore new ways of understanding a world in transition.
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No meetings, mostly a (too rare) writing day. So I rocked up to the office in an eighth Doctor adjacent outfit. (It’s got to the point where I can now come into work in a home-made green velvet frock coat and my colleagues don’t even comment.)
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No meetings, mostly a (too rare) writing day. So I rocked up to the office in an eighth Doctor adjacent outfit. (It’s got to the point where I can now come into work in a home-made green velvet frock coat and my colleagues don’t even comment.)
Academic selfie at 50
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Academic selfie at 50
Is there any occasion when a man over 35 in full possession of his senses should wear a polo shirt?
Have the courage to commit to a T-shirt or short sleeve shirt, none of these half measures!
#pointlessfashionopinions
Have the courage to commit to a T-shirt or short sleeve shirt, none of these half measures!
#pointlessfashionopinions
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Is there any occasion when a man over 35 in full possession of his senses should wear a polo shirt?
Have the courage to commit to a T-shirt or short sleeve shirt, none of these half measures!
#pointlessfashionopinions
Have the courage to commit to a T-shirt or short sleeve shirt, none of these half measures!
#pointlessfashionopinions
The week so far in academic selfies
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The week so far in academic selfies
I have painstakingly and literally unpicked my mistake. Happily, in fixing my original mistake I’ve now made a much worse mistake. Good thing I’m working with velvet, which really loves being reworked and can take a lot of punishment. (It cannot.) #sewing
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I have painstakingly and literally unpicked my mistake. Happily, in fixing my original mistake I’ve now made a much worse mistake. Good thing I’m working with velvet, which really loves being reworked and can take a lot of punishment. (It cannot.) #sewing
Frank’s Beach, solitude. End of a lovely day.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Frank’s Beach, solitude. End of a lovely day.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social a quote on warships can't be pirates:
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social a quote on warships can't be pirates:
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
G Fitzmaurice: ‘Acts of a piratical character committed by warships on superior orders were *more than acts of piracy*, and might constitute aggression or an act of war engaging the responsibility of the flag State’ [1955] I YBILC 56.
Writing retreat: view at the end of Day 2, and an echidna!
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Writing retreat: view at the end of Day 2, and an echidna!
I am writing once again on the codification of the law of piracy, and discovering - once again - why everyone who writes on the subject winds up sounding either tetchy or a bit crazed.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
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@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
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42. Piracy and Madness
What is it about piracy that causes international lawyers to lose all common sense? This week, in a twist on our “what everyone gets wrong about...” series, Juliette McIntyre talks to Douglas Guilfoyl
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November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I am writing once again on the codification of the law of piracy, and discovering - once again - why everyone who writes on the subject winds up sounding either tetchy or a bit crazed.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discuss why the subject provokes strong reactions here:
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
Barlings Beach: not a bad setting for a short writing retreat.
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Barlings Beach: not a bad setting for a short writing retreat.
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This was a fascinating listen. Intriguing to hear from a person on the inside about how defending someone at the International Criminal Court works.
What’s it like to defend the accused at The Hague? ⚖️ @drnajimagi.bsky.social & @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social talk with veteran defence lawyer Kate Gibson about funding, fairness, and the ethics of trials in absentia. #CalledToTheBar
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55. Defending the Defence: Life on the Other Side of the Courtroom
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) is joined by A/Prof Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) and special
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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This was a fascinating listen. Intriguing to hear from a person on the inside about how defending someone at the International Criminal Court works.
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I neglected to advertise this week's CTTB with the inimitable @tamermorris.bsky.social give it a listen!
What did the ICJ say in its new UNRWA Opinion? ⚖️Join Juliette McIntyre & Tamer Morris as they unpack Israel’s obligations, what this means for UN agencies working in occupied Palestine, the future of the UN ... and K-Pop Demon Hunters analogies. #CalledToTheBar
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57. The UNRWA Opinion: The ICJ, the future of the UN system and ... K-Pop Demon Hunters?
The UNRWA Opinion: The ICJ, the future of the UN system and ... K-Pop Demon Hunters?
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of Sout
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November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I neglected to advertise this week's CTTB with the inimitable @tamermorris.bsky.social give it a listen!
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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, oy, oy!
October 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, oy, oy!
Academic selfie: it’s been a week, time to head home.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Academic selfie: it’s been a week, time to head home.