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Javier Ruiz
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🇦🇷🇱🇺 Counsel|International Criminal Law & CT| #UNMdP As. Prof Public International Law #CIDIIR | #AmericanUniversity #OxfordCriminalLaw| At Counsel ICC |#ICCBA #Ecocide |#PRO (Own Views)
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My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The EU will also continue targeting Russia’s war economy. The next sanctions package against Moscow should be ready by next month.
August 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This will very much be worth your time. Here's a Sunday read, with experts: #Genocide #GenocideConvention #InternationalLaw www.lto.de/recht/hinter...
International Law Experts: Genocide in Gaza?
Does Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitute genocide? LTO asked eleven international law experts. After 22 months of war, a clear tendency is emerging.
www.lto.de
August 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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opiniojuris.org/2025/04/29/c... My comment on developments in the first prosecution of apartheid as a crime against humanity and the issue of prescription.
Criminal Court in South Africa Confirms Charges in Historic First Prosecution of the Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid
[Gerhard Kemp is professor of criminal law at UWE Bristol, and extraordinary professor of public law at Stellenbosch University] On Monday, 14 April 2025, the high court in Johannesburg issued an i…
opiniojuris.org
April 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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📖 Philippe Sands @philippesands.bsky.social returns w/ "38 Londres Street"—a gripping story of law, memory & pursuit.

🎙️Join the conversation on 6 May 2025 in Courtroom 600.

From Pinochet to Patagonia—don't miss it.

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#PhilippeSands #38LondresStreet #NurembergAcademy #Courtroom600
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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#UniversalJurisdiction
History made in Denver: a U.S. jury finds Michael Sang Correa guilty of #torture committed in The #Gambia. First-ever verdict of its kind under the U.S. extraterritorial Torture Act.

This is @trialinternational.bsky.social’s 3rd ...
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U.S. Jury finds Gambian death squad member guilty of torture - TRIAL International
Today, a jury found Michael Correa guilty of torture. This is the first time a US jury has held a non-U.S. citizen responsible for torture committed outside of the US.
trialinternational.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Grateful for the opportunity to speak to @cnn.com about Israel's "kill zone" in #Gaza. Legal violations include:

- reckless (likely deliberate) targeting of civilians
- destruction of civilian property without mil necessity

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/m...
Israeli soldiers reveal systematic destruction of Palestinian property to create Gaza buffer zone | CNN
Israel’s military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to appear in Hague accused of crimes against humanity over war on drugs – live
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to appear in Hague accused of crimes against humanity over war on drugs – live
Duterte faces charges over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups say killed tens of thousands Few expected things to move so quickly. Supporters of the Philippines’ former president Rodrigo Duterte barely had time to…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Some thoughts on #Trump's plan to "take over #Gaza" & the legal implications in the NYT, also feat Marko Milanovic
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- violation of the prohibition on aggression
- crime against humanity of forcible transfer
- violation of the prohib. on conquest

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
Trump’s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say
Forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave would be “a straightforward crime against humanity,” an Oxford professor said. It would be a further violation to take over the territory.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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🌐 It has been less than 20 days, and it's a staggering all-out war on international law and institutions by the incoming 🇺🇸 US administration.
🦾 Rarely has the need to step up the fight to protect international law been so important:
> Gaza and the calm announcement that ethnic cleansing...
February 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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An executive order from Trump on the ICC will only serve to undermine the international rule of law. Here's my @foreignaffairs.com piece from May 2024 explaining why this is such a bad idea.

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February 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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ANÁLISIS | ‘La era de la fuerza bruta en el escenario global’

Por Olga Rodríguez
La era de la fuerza bruta en el escenario global
Si hoy se niega acción frente a los crímenes israelíes, mañana el derecho internacional será más débil para todos. Con sus palabras sobre Groenlandia o Canadá, Trump ha querido dar a entender que ese ...
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January 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Investigators receive black box data from plane that crashed in Kazakhstan
Investigators receive black box data from plane that crashed in Kazakhstan
Authorities now have access to cockpit dialogue from Azerbaijan Airlines plane that went down on Christmas Day Brazil’s air force has extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Breaking News: Finland seized an oil tanker it suspected of involvement in damaging undersea cables and suggested it could be part of a Russian shadow fleet.
Finland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut
The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Very helpful overview at @justsecurity.org from @cohelongo.bsky.social on the #ICJ climate change advisory proceedings (echoing some of the excellent insights that she shared during our ESIL Interest Group webinar last Monday). www.justsecurity.org/105917/inter...
An Interim Report on the ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion
The landmark proceeding explores State obligations under international law, the Paris Agreement, and human rights in climate change.
www.justsecurity.org
December 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Hello, BlueSky! New times ..!
November 13, 2024 at 11:51 PM