Martijn Hesselink
@martijnhesselink.bsky.social
transnational law & theory | eui
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In hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
In hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).
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October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa:
"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"
(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"
(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa:
"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"
(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"
(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
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Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.
Kabinet: niet alleen kop soep, maar alle vormen van hulp aan illegalen blijft straffeloos mogelijk
Kabinet: niet alleen kop soep, maar alle vormen van hulp aan illegalen blijft straffeloos mogelijk
Minister Van Weel wil op die manier de wet repareren die vlak voor de vakantie werd goedgekeurd door de Tweede Kamer.
nos.nl
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.
it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?
This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...
www.eui.eu
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
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The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza.
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza
Former prime minister in Washington DC on Wednesday for talks that reportedly also included Jared Kushner
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza.
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt
of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
August 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt
of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
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‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees
Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens • Sea-Watch e.V.
Dear Mr. Leijtens, Frontex is once again obstructing democratic scrutiny. Your agency is demanding that we — a civil society organisation — pay €11,093.32 in court costs, for a legal case that arose because Frontex refused to release documents related to a clear human rights violation. This demand is an act of institutional intimidation designed…
sea-watch.org
July 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees
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Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...
grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language
"Correct" spelling and "proper" grammar aren't worth fussing about. Just let people be.
scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...
scienceforeveryone.science/p/grammar-do...
Grammar does not matter
Please stop being a grammar pedant.
scienceforeveryone.science
July 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language
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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
May 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏
Reposted by Martijn Hesselink
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
closes tomorrow(ish)!
Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?
This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...
www.eui.eu
May 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
closes tomorrow(ish)!
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Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Wissenschaftler bekennen sich zu Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus: „Antwort auf die Mängel“
Stellungnahme von 53 Forschenden
zur Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus
www.fr.de
May 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!
May 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!
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Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.
❗❗Important❗❗
As EU foreign ministers meet, the Netherlands requests a review of Israel’s compliance with the EU-Israel association agreement - highlighting Article 2 - Israel’s obligations under humanitarian law.
In doing so, the Netherlands joins Spain, Ireland & Slovenia.
As EU foreign ministers meet, the Netherlands requests a review of Israel’s compliance with the EU-Israel association agreement - highlighting Article 2 - Israel’s obligations under humanitarian law.
In doing so, the Netherlands joins Spain, Ireland & Slovenia.
Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block
Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.
“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti prevented from travelling to speak at Dublin festival
Activist
www.irishtimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.”
labour.ie/news/2025/04...
labour.ie/news/2025/04...
Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour Party
Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour PartyThe Labour Party has condemned the de facto travel ban be...
labour.ie
April 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.”
labour.ie/news/2025/04...
labour.ie/news/2025/04...
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🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!
April 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!