Evelyne Schmid
@evelyneschmid.bsky.social
Prof internat’l law Uni Lausanne, #ilspUNIL. Books: http://bit.ly/ESCRinICL, human rights / int'l treaties at the subnational level; I work on omissions, state resp, corporate capture & climate, and I #staygrounded
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Evelyne Schmid
@evelyneschmid.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Les cantons face au droit international - - Evelyne Schmid, Matthieu Niederhauser, Jonathan Miaz, Martino Maggetti, Constance Kaempfer (EAN13 : 9782889156412) | Savoir suisse I L'encyclopédie de la ...
Les cantons face au droit international - - Evelyne Schmid, Matthieu Niederhauser, Jonathan Miaz, Martino Maggetti, Constance Kaempfer (EAN13 : 9782889156412)
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In this short book, we explain how international treaties play out at the subnational level in three case studies. We conducted almost 100 interviews. When implementation is difficult in one place, maybe it is not in another one. Here is what matters. Open access: doi.org/10.55430/12181SNMMK
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I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.
Threading several of these pieces below.
Threading several of these pieces below.
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We can have a serious convo about overproduction of PhDs vs. the academic job market & inadequate prep for non-academic markets, but this + the staff hiring freeze is balancing budgets in ways that hurt the most vulnerable—not to mention devastating for Harvard teaching by eliminating most TA labor.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We can have a serious convo about overproduction of PhDs vs. the academic job market & inadequate prep for non-academic markets, but this + the staff hiring freeze is balancing budgets in ways that hurt the most vulnerable—not to mention devastating for Harvard teaching by eliminating most TA labor.
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With deep sadness, we remember Catarina de Albuquerque, a pioneering human rights advocate who advanced water and sanitation as fundamental rights. Her legacy shapes global policy and lives worldwide. May her memory guide us in the pursuit of justice, dignity, and equality for all
October 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
With deep sadness, we remember Catarina de Albuquerque, a pioneering human rights advocate who advanced water and sanitation as fundamental rights. Her legacy shapes global policy and lives worldwide. May her memory guide us in the pursuit of justice, dignity, and equality for all
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Team Portugal mourns the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque, a renowned & tireless Portuguese Human Rights Defender who contributed to promote significant advances of #Economic, #Social & #Cultural Rights, being also the first Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to safe drinking water & sanitation
October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Team Portugal mourns the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque, a renowned & tireless Portuguese Human Rights Defender who contributed to promote significant advances of #Economic, #Social & #Cultural Rights, being also the first Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to safe drinking water & sanitation
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A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.
Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.
WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action
A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.
Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.
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SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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🥐Der Dünger der im Getreide steckt kommt unter anderem aus Russland.
🇪🇺Die EU sagt: Das füllt Putins Kriegskassen.
🇨🇭Ich habe recherchiert, welche Rolle dabei die Schweiz spielt und wieso Düngerimporte aus Russland indirekte Gasimporte sind.
🇪🇺Die EU sagt: Das füllt Putins Kriegskassen.
🇨🇭Ich habe recherchiert, welche Rolle dabei die Schweiz spielt und wieso Düngerimporte aus Russland indirekte Gasimporte sind.
Die EU und die Schweiz sind von billigem russischem Dünger abhängig, der dann zum Beispiel auf Weizenfeldern landet. Und so auf unserem Frühstückstisch. Eine Recherche von @eis.bsky.social.
Russisches Gas in unserem Gipfeli
Die Schweiz und die EU importieren immer mehr Dünger aus Russland.
www.republik.ch
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🥐Der Dünger der im Getreide steckt kommt unter anderem aus Russland.
🇪🇺Die EU sagt: Das füllt Putins Kriegskassen.
🇨🇭Ich habe recherchiert, welche Rolle dabei die Schweiz spielt und wieso Düngerimporte aus Russland indirekte Gasimporte sind.
🇪🇺Die EU sagt: Das füllt Putins Kriegskassen.
🇨🇭Ich habe recherchiert, welche Rolle dabei die Schweiz spielt und wieso Düngerimporte aus Russland indirekte Gasimporte sind.
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Moments before being slammed to the ground, masked ICE agents took this woman's husband - no warrant, no explanation.
This is ICE: Assaulting a distraught woman, frightened by the disappearance of her husband, in front of her children and the cameras.
This is ICE: Assaulting a distraught woman, frightened by the disappearance of her husband, in front of her children and the cameras.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Moments before being slammed to the ground, masked ICE agents took this woman's husband - no warrant, no explanation.
This is ICE: Assaulting a distraught woman, frightened by the disappearance of her husband, in front of her children and the cameras.
This is ICE: Assaulting a distraught woman, frightened by the disappearance of her husband, in front of her children and the cameras.
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What a strange time to be a journal editor.
This is really starting to get out of hand.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
A reminder: if you use GenAI to write, or rewrite, your article, it will be rejected from this journal.
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What a strange time to be a journal editor.
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Nach ZDF-Moderator und Washintong-Büroleiter Elmar Theveßen trifft es nun auch @dunjahayali.de.
Sie selbst zieht sich jetzt für einige Tage aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurück, nachdem sie Morddrohungen und viele weitere Hassnachrichten erhielt.
Wofür? Seht selbst.
Sie selbst zieht sich jetzt für einige Tage aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurück, nachdem sie Morddrohungen und viele weitere Hassnachrichten erhielt.
Wofür? Seht selbst.
September 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nach ZDF-Moderator und Washintong-Büroleiter Elmar Theveßen trifft es nun auch @dunjahayali.de.
Sie selbst zieht sich jetzt für einige Tage aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurück, nachdem sie Morddrohungen und viele weitere Hassnachrichten erhielt.
Wofür? Seht selbst.
Sie selbst zieht sich jetzt für einige Tage aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurück, nachdem sie Morddrohungen und viele weitere Hassnachrichten erhielt.
Wofür? Seht selbst.
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All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
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The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence in America. This is what the data show econ.st/4nqZysO
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence in America. This is what the data show econ.st/4nqZysO
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Es könne keine Einheit mit der Linken geben, denn sie setze „das amerikanische Haus in Brand“. Nun werde hart gegen NGOs wie Soros Stiftung vorgegangen. Historische Vergleiche immer schwierig, aber das Attentat auf Kirk spielt in der Propaganda gerade eine ähnliche Rolle wie der Reichstagsbrand.
In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Es könne keine Einheit mit der Linken geben, denn sie setze „das amerikanische Haus in Brand“. Nun werde hart gegen NGOs wie Soros Stiftung vorgegangen. Historische Vergleiche immer schwierig, aber das Attentat auf Kirk spielt in der Propaganda gerade eine ähnliche Rolle wie der Reichstagsbrand.
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📣 Our new symposium, #KnowledgeUnderOccupation: Academic Freedom and #Palestine on the Global Stage, is finally online! Throughout this week and the next, #Ö brings together diverse voices reflecting on how #AcademicFreedom is increasingly restricted:
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
Introducing the Symposium ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📣 Our new symposium, #KnowledgeUnderOccupation: Academic Freedom and #Palestine on the Global Stage, is finally online! Throughout this week and the next, #Ö brings together diverse voices reflecting on how #AcademicFreedom is increasingly restricted:
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...
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⏰ Jetzt noch zu unserem Online-Workshop anmelden! ⏰
Nächsten Dienstag diskutieren wir mit @stefanschlegel.bsky.social, @klinglergeorg.bsky.social und @evelyneschmid.bsky.social über das EGMR-Urteil im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen.
Hier gehts zur Anmeldung ➡ www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
Nächsten Dienstag diskutieren wir mit @stefanschlegel.bsky.social, @klinglergeorg.bsky.social und @evelyneschmid.bsky.social über das EGMR-Urteil im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen.
Hier gehts zur Anmeldung ➡ www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
Am Dienstag, 9. September mittags findet unser Online-Workshop zur Umsetzung des EGMR-Urteils im Fall Klimaseniorinnen statt. Zu was verpflichtet das Urteil und was hat es bewirkt - für Betroffene, für die Gesellschaft, in der Politik?
⏰ Melden Sie sich an! ⬇️
www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
⏰ Melden Sie sich an! ⬇️
www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
September 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
⏰ Jetzt noch zu unserem Online-Workshop anmelden! ⏰
Nächsten Dienstag diskutieren wir mit @stefanschlegel.bsky.social, @klinglergeorg.bsky.social und @evelyneschmid.bsky.social über das EGMR-Urteil im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen.
Hier gehts zur Anmeldung ➡ www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
Nächsten Dienstag diskutieren wir mit @stefanschlegel.bsky.social, @klinglergeorg.bsky.social und @evelyneschmid.bsky.social über das EGMR-Urteil im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen.
Hier gehts zur Anmeldung ➡ www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...
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In a new blog post at @voelkerrechtsblog.org, I discuss the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion for corporate climate accountability.
Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...
Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...
The Private Life of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
voelkerrechtsblog.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In a new blog post at @voelkerrechtsblog.org, I discuss the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion for corporate climate accountability.
Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...
Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-private-...
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A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
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Climat: des habitants d’une île indonésienne attaquent Holcim en justice en Suisse, une première
Climat: des habitants d’une île indonésienne attaquent Holcim en justice en Suisse, une première
l.letemps.ch
August 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Climat: des habitants d’une île indonésienne attaquent Holcim en justice en Suisse, une première
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“It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.”
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.”
My full statement on the Gaza Famine :
August 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.”
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.”
Avec quelques remarques de ma part.
Tous les juges de tous les tribunaux ont la responsabilité d'appliquer le droit applicable.
Tous les juges de tous les tribunaux ont la responsabilité d'appliquer le droit applicable.
Julia Sebutinde, juge «dissidente» de la CIJ: la défense d’Israël au nom du Seigneur
Julia Sebutinde, juge «dissidente» de la CIJ: la défense d’Israël au nom du Seigneur
l.letemps.ch
August 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Avec quelques remarques de ma part.
Tous les juges de tous les tribunaux ont la responsabilité d'appliquer le droit applicable.
Tous les juges de tous les tribunaux ont la responsabilité d'appliquer le droit applicable.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Journalists are protected unless they take a direct part in the hostilities. If a party to an armed conflict does not like the reporting, this does not make the reporting direct participation in hostilities.
An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Journalists are protected unless they take a direct part in the hostilities. If a party to an armed conflict does not like the reporting, this does not make the reporting direct participation in hostilities.
Maybe universities should rethink their dependency on Microsoft, as well as enthusiasm for AI for educational purposes.
"Microsoft eventually released 'energy principles' for work with oil companies, but only required a public commitment to reach net zero by 2050. They didn't require oil companies to meet net zero goals. Notably, 4 years later, MS’s Responsible AI principles still don’t include environmental impact."
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.
A former Microsoft product manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
heated.world
August 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Maybe universities should rethink their dependency on Microsoft, as well as enthusiasm for AI for educational purposes.
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"Microsoft eventually released 'energy principles' for work with oil companies, but only required a public commitment to reach net zero by 2050. They didn't require oil companies to meet net zero goals. Notably, 4 years later, MS’s Responsible AI principles still don’t include environmental impact."
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.
A former Microsoft product manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
heated.world
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Microsoft eventually released 'energy principles' for work with oil companies, but only required a public commitment to reach net zero by 2050. They didn't require oil companies to meet net zero goals. Notably, 4 years later, MS’s Responsible AI principles still don’t include environmental impact."
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Nun also die Version Neuhaus/Tanner.
Ziemlich plausibel.
Mit einem kleinen Gastauftritt des Nebelspalters.
www.nzz.ch/schweiz/lang...
Ziemlich plausibel.
Mit einem kleinen Gastauftritt des Nebelspalters.
www.nzz.ch/schweiz/lang...
39 Prozent Strafzölle für die Schweiz: Wie konnte es so weit kommen?
Das 39-Prozent-Drama: wie es so weit kommen konnte und wie es jetzt weitergehen könnte.
www.nzz.ch
August 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Nun also die Version Neuhaus/Tanner.
Ziemlich plausibel.
Mit einem kleinen Gastauftritt des Nebelspalters.
www.nzz.ch/schweiz/lang...
Ziemlich plausibel.
Mit einem kleinen Gastauftritt des Nebelspalters.
www.nzz.ch/schweiz/lang...
Two political prisoners in Iran 🇮🇷, Behrouz Ehsani & Mehdi Hassani, were executed today. According to @amnesty.org, they were tried in a 5-minute trial. Stop executions, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and torture. Urgent action is needed. @un-spexperts.bsky.social
With SR Iran and SR EJEs, I call on Iran to halt the execution of Behrouz Ehsani & Mehdi Hassani, whose death sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court, following trials reportedly marred by torture and forced confessions.
@UN_SPExperts are in contact with Iranian authorities on this matter.
@UN_SPExperts are in contact with Iranian authorities on this matter.
July 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Two political prisoners in Iran 🇮🇷, Behrouz Ehsani & Mehdi Hassani, were executed today. According to @amnesty.org, they were tried in a 5-minute trial. Stop executions, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and torture. Urgent action is needed. @un-spexperts.bsky.social