Matt Davis
@mdintllaw.bsky.social
Research interests in IHL IHRL ICL PIL. Teach law and still dabble in human rights. Gooner. He/him. I may repost something or like something, but these reposts and likes may not reflect my views nor the views of my employer.
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Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today - almost 1 month after the historic “Confirmation of Charges” hearings against an absent Joseph #Kony - the #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed all 39 charges of #warcrimes and crimes against humanity laid by the prosecutor.
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/kony-ca...
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Question to my followers: is anyone working on the intersection of international law/norm contestation and memory politics? Please be in touch if you are...
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Question to my followers: is anyone working on the intersection of international law/norm contestation and memory politics? Please be in touch if you are...
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My new chapter “Urgent Interim Reparations in Ukraine: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” is now open access:
doi-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/10.4324/9781...
A 🧵 on my arguments: 1/
doi-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/10.4324/9781...
A 🧵 on my arguments: 1/
September 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My new chapter “Urgent Interim Reparations in Ukraine: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” is now open access:
doi-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/10.4324/9781...
A 🧵 on my arguments: 1/
doi-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/10.4324/9781...
A 🧵 on my arguments: 1/
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court.
The past and present show that only states who fear accountability for atrocity crimes attack or leave the #ICC. guardian.ng/news/burkina...
The past and present show that only states who fear accountability for atrocity crimes attack or leave the #ICC. guardian.ng/news/burkina...
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger withdraw from ICC
The military-led West African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger on Monday announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal
guardian.ng
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court.
The past and present show that only states who fear accountability for atrocity crimes attack or leave the #ICC. guardian.ng/news/burkina...
The past and present show that only states who fear accountability for atrocity crimes attack or leave the #ICC. guardian.ng/news/burkina...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Data seen by the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that the number of black men triggering an “alert” by the technology is higher than would be expected proportionally when compared with the population of London, it said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Met police’s facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdog
Use of cameras at Notting Hill carnival could have ‘chilling effect’ on people’s rights, says equality regulator
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Data seen by the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that the number of black men triggering an “alert” by the technology is higher than would be expected proportionally when compared with the population of London, it said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD.
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ChatGPT and similar programs weren’t just trained on the internet—they were trained on specific pieces of information presented in specific contexts.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT
AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000.
wrd.cm
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ChatGPT and similar programs weren’t just trained on the internet—they were trained on specific pieces of information presented in specific contexts.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
When stripped of that context, the bots can confuse and alarm users, or even dangerously mislead them.
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Excellent post @aarontay.bsky.social on how there are so many LLMs in modern library search pipelines, each applying content moderation filters (or subject to cloud providers'), leading to unexpected & unwanted censorship on topics like Gaza and race rioting. aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Excellent post @aarontay.bsky.social on how there are so many LLMs in modern library search pipelines, each applying content moderation filters (or subject to cloud providers'), leading to unexpected & unwanted censorship on topics like Gaza and race rioting. aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places
Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Wow. Horrible and inevitable. Ransomware attack on blood testing firm contributed to patient's death. Perhaps the closest we've come to a direct cause and effect of ransomware killing someone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS ransomware attack contributed to patient's death
An NHS trust in London confirms an unexpected patient death during the cyber attack on 3 June 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow. Horrible and inevitable. Ransomware attack on blood testing firm contributed to patient's death. Perhaps the closest we've come to a direct cause and effect of ransomware killing someone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'We are intentionally not naming the site we used, but one AI-tracking website claims the 15 most popular sites have more than 56 million active users combined.' www.fox6now.com/news/deepfak...
Deepfake nudes outpace Wisconsin law; children and adults at risk
"The realism, the instant ability to do this. You don't have to have your computer run all night to do this. It happens with just the click of a button."
www.fox6now.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'We are intentionally not naming the site we used, but one AI-tracking website claims the 15 most popular sites have more than 56 million active users combined.' www.fox6now.com/news/deepfak...
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AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance
Can AI tools help uphold the laws of war? Join the conversation → www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
#IHL #MilitaryAI #ICRC #AIinWarfare #HumanitarianLaw
AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance
Can AI tools help uphold the laws of war? Join the conversation → www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
#IHL #MilitaryAI #ICRC #AIinWarfare #HumanitarianLaw
May 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Be a part of the dialogue!
AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance
Can AI tools help uphold the laws of war? Join the conversation → www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
#IHL #MilitaryAI #ICRC #AIinWarfare #HumanitarianLaw
AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance
Can AI tools help uphold the laws of war? Join the conversation → www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
#IHL #MilitaryAI #ICRC #AIinWarfare #HumanitarianLaw
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Women whose relatives were murdered and disappeared under Argentina’s military dictatorship are meeting EU officials to seek support for testing to identify missing children, denouncing efforts by far-right president Milei to dismantle search for missing persons www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Campaigners seek help amid search for victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship
Families of the ‘disappeared’ say many kidnapped children may be living in Europe
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Women whose relatives were murdered and disappeared under Argentina’s military dictatorship are meeting EU officials to seek support for testing to identify missing children, denouncing efforts by far-right president Milei to dismantle search for missing persons www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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These cases, against 5 individuals for #genocide & #crimesagainsthumanity, never made it to trial in part because co-investigating judges deemed that indictees were not senior/responsible 'enough' to be tried by the #ECCC.
Such disagreements were a key point of lingering criticism of the ECCC.
Such disagreements were a key point of lingering criticism of the ECCC.
🚨Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of #Cambodia (ECCC)🚨
Order for documents regarding disagreements btw co-investigating judges over jurisdiction in 3 cases which never made it to trial be made public.
#transparency, for researchers/public alike.
archive.eccc.gov.kh/documents/26...
Order for documents regarding disagreements btw co-investigating judges over jurisdiction in 3 cases which never made it to trial be made public.
#transparency, for researchers/public alike.
archive.eccc.gov.kh/documents/26...
Archive - ECCC
ECCC - Archive is the sub of the main ECCC
archive.eccc.gov.kh
May 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
These cases, against 5 individuals for #genocide & #crimesagainsthumanity, never made it to trial in part because co-investigating judges deemed that indictees were not senior/responsible 'enough' to be tried by the #ECCC.
Such disagreements were a key point of lingering criticism of the ECCC.
Such disagreements were a key point of lingering criticism of the ECCC.
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In Part II of the series focusing on State support to #nonstateactors, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social & Alex Hernandez outline the responses available to victim States & address the question when State support to a non-State actor triggers an IAC between the 2 States. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-st...
Analyzing State Support to Non-State Actors – Part II: Response Options and Conflict Classification - Lieber Institute West Point
State support to non-State actors has become a defining feature of and a strategic tool in contemporary international relations.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In Part II of the series focusing on State support to #nonstateactors, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social & Alex Hernandez outline the responses available to victim States & address the question when State support to a non-State actor triggers an IAC between the 2 States. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-st...
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Today, at the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Lviv, a joint statement was issued on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. You can find the statement here: 1/6 commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
commission.europa.eu
May 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today, at the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Lviv, a joint statement was issued on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. You can find the statement here: 1/6 commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
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80 Jahre Kriegsende. Ein Tag, der für das Ende von unfassbarem Leid steht – und für einen Neuanfang. Für Frieden, der niemals selbstverständlich ist. Für die Hoffnung, dass Menschlichkeit stärker bleibt als Hass. Und für die Verpflichtung, unsere Demokratie und unser Miteinander zu schützen.
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
80 Jahre Kriegsende. Ein Tag, der für das Ende von unfassbarem Leid steht – und für einen Neuanfang. Für Frieden, der niemals selbstverständlich ist. Für die Hoffnung, dass Menschlichkeit stärker bleibt als Hass. Und für die Verpflichtung, unsere Demokratie und unser Miteinander zu schützen.
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This is an extraordinary case, where it would seem a lawyer used AI which in turn invented five fake cases, which were then cited in submissions.
Never use AI to do legal research. Ever.
Never use AI to do legal research. Ever.
Fake cases, AI and a wasted costs order (barrister and solicitors) www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/05/07/w...
WHEN CASES RELIED UPON IN WRITTEN ARGUMENTS WERE SIMPLY “FALSE”: WASTED COSTS ORDER MADE AGAINST COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS
This blog celebrates its 12th anniversary next month. Civil Litigation Brief started as a column in the Solicitors Journal 35 years ago. Over that time many people have helpfully sent me and pointe…
www.civillitigationbrief.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This is an extraordinary case, where it would seem a lawyer used AI which in turn invented five fake cases, which were then cited in submissions.
Never use AI to do legal research. Ever.
Never use AI to do legal research. Ever.
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‼️ Are you interested in children’s rights, digital forensics and digital evidence come and work with me and join a great team @crisresearch.bsky.social!
Deadline 9th of May !
#postdoc #digitalcriminology #criminology jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Deadline 9th of May !
#postdoc #digitalcriminology #criminology jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
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May 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
‼️ Are you interested in children’s rights, digital forensics and digital evidence come and work with me and join a great team @crisresearch.bsky.social!
Deadline 9th of May !
#postdoc #digitalcriminology #criminology jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Deadline 9th of May !
#postdoc #digitalcriminology #criminology jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
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Is Hungary's ban on Pride marches also a breach of EU free movement law? Analysis by Attila Szabó: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/buda...
Budapest Pride: banned? - Banning Pride as a violation of EU free movement
Attila Szabó , LLM in European law, Head of Legal Aid Service, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union The author would like to thank Steve Pe...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Is Hungary's ban on Pride marches also a breach of EU free movement law? Analysis by Attila Szabó: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/buda...
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excellent opportunity for aspiring historians of Japan - focusing on blockade and WWII.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Position: Blockades and the Second World War in Asia (4 years)
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded postdoctoral researcher position (3 years, 0.8ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research pr...
werkenbij.uva.nl
April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
excellent opportunity for aspiring historians of Japan - focusing on blockade and WWII.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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After ranting about this OTP decision to withdraw the #AlHassan appeal, @profkmm.bsky.social & I wrote a blog post about it. Here it is. #intlaw #women voelkerrechtsblog.org/gender-justi...
Gender Justice Denied at the ICC
voelkerrechtsblog.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
After ranting about this OTP decision to withdraw the #AlHassan appeal, @profkmm.bsky.social & I wrote a blog post about it. Here it is. #intlaw #women voelkerrechtsblog.org/gender-justi...
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📢 Call for papers - The Centre for Public Law (CPL) and @uam.es are co-hosting a workshop 'In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights' in Madrid on 3 July. The call for papers is open now:
🔗https://bit.ly/43DzNyU
🔗https://bit.ly/43DzNyU
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📢 Call for papers - The Centre for Public Law (CPL) and @uam.es are co-hosting a workshop 'In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights' in Madrid on 3 July. The call for papers is open now:
🔗https://bit.ly/43DzNyU
🔗https://bit.ly/43DzNyU