Sergey Vasiliev
@sevslv.bsky.social
International courts, accountability, transitional justice; 🚮 fascist dictatorships
I profess international law | Open University https://research.ou.nl/en/persons/sergey-vasiliev
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I profess international law | Open University https://research.ou.nl/en/persons/sergey-vasiliev
TG по-русски https://t.me/nuremberhague
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Sergey Vasiliev
@sevslv.bsky.social
· Nov 24
International law should apply to everyone, be it one's 'enemies', 'friends', or those making that very distinction.
Otherwise, international law would not be law in the proper sense, but its simulacra instead, called variously 'the rules-based international order' 🇺🇲 or 'the multipolar world' 🇷🇺🇨🇳.
Otherwise, international law would not be law in the proper sense, but its simulacra instead, called variously 'the rules-based international order' 🇺🇲 or 'the multipolar world' 🇷🇺🇨🇳.
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@sevslv.bsky.social & I spoke to Middle East Eye about the potential/challenges for the #ICC to take action against individuals in UAE for atrocities in Darfur, Sudan. It’s complicated! #intLaw www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-c...
Could the ICC pursue Emirati complicity for RSF crimes in Sudan’s Darfur?
The International Criminal Court has investigated Sudanese nationals for Darfur atrocities. But how about the RSF’s main providers of arms?
www.middleeasteye.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@sevslv.bsky.social & I spoke to Middle East Eye about the potential/challenges for the #ICC to take action against individuals in UAE for atrocities in Darfur, Sudan. It’s complicated! #intLaw www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-c...
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Sergey Vasiliev vertrok twintig jaar geleden van Rusland naar Limburg en zag zijn vaderland daarna ‘instorten’: ‘Het onbegrip was pijnlijk’
#delimburger #buitenland
#delimburger #buitenland
Sergey Vasiliev vertrok twintig jaar geleden van Rusland naar Limburg en zag zijn vaderland daarna ‘instorten’: ‘Het onbegrip was pijnlijk’
Twintig jaar geleden verruilde Sergey Vasiliev zijn Rusland voor Nederland om zich te specialiseren in het internationaal strafrecht. Hij zag zijn vaderland ‘instorten’, maar voelt zich nu meer Rus dan ooit. Een gesprek over schuldgevoel, afscheid nemen van vrienden en zijn vakgebied, dat zwaar onder druk staat. „Je kunt niet zeggen: Poetin moet je wél arresteren, maar in het geval van Netanyahu komt het niet goed uit.”
www.limburger.nl
August 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Sergey Vasiliev vertrok twintig jaar geleden van Rusland naar Limburg en zag zijn vaderland daarna ‘instorten’: ‘Het onbegrip was pijnlijk’
#delimburger #buitenland
#delimburger #buitenland
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An honour to have Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh join the adjunct faculty of the Irish Centre for Human Rights @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social
A remarkable voice for justice and human rights at a time when it is most needed.
www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre...
A remarkable voice for justice and human rights at a time when it is most needed.
www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre...
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
An honour to have Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh join the adjunct faculty of the Irish Centre for Human Rights @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social
A remarkable voice for justice and human rights at a time when it is most needed.
www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre...
A remarkable voice for justice and human rights at a time when it is most needed.
www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre...
Vacancy: Assistant Professor European Human Rights Law, Leiden Law School
The Europa Institute is a great place to work. https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353279/assistant-professor-european-human-rights-law/
The Europa Institute is a great place to work. https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353279/assistant-professor-european-human-rights-law/
Assistant Professor European Human Rights Law
Assistant Professor European Human Rights Law Vacancy number: 15807 Leiden Law School is one of the leading European Law Schools, including in the fields of European Law and Public International Law. One of our key aims is to combine cutting edge re…
www.academictransfer.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Vacancy: Assistant Professor European Human Rights Law, Leiden Law School
The Europa Institute is a great place to work. https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353279/assistant-professor-european-human-rights-law/
The Europa Institute is a great place to work. https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353279/assistant-professor-european-human-rights-law/
Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel, “was screaming at us,” recalls Cayley. Other ICC employees who were in that meeting have confirmed...Graham was threatening that they would face sanctions & that the court would be shut down.“Yeah, it was bad”
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel, “was screaming at us,” recalls Cayley. Other ICC employees who were in that meeting have confirmed...Graham was threatening that they would face sanctions & that the court would be shut down.“Yeah, it was bad”
Cayley "began receiving anonymous, threatening phone calls saying “you’re in a very dangerous position”. And last summer, the 🇳🇱 police & security services turned up at the court to warn that he was in considerable danger."
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Threat of US sanctions over Gaza forced me out, says ICC ...
Andrew Cayley oversaw the ICC’s investigation into Israel and Hamas. As he gathered harrowing testimonies, he began to receive threatening phone calls
observer.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Cayley "began receiving anonymous, threatening phone calls saying “you’re in a very dangerous position”. And last summer, the 🇳🇱 police & security services turned up at the court to warn that he was in considerable danger."
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Must-read article on why Cayley quit the #ICC. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
A major cyberattack reported against the ICC—the second in <2 years
"The Court considers it essential to inform the public and its SPs about such incidents as well as efforts to address them, and calls for continued support in the face of such challenges." www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-det...
"The Court considers it essential to inform the public and its SPs about such incidents as well as efforts to address them, and calls for continued support in the face of such challenges." www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-det...
June 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A major cyberattack reported against the ICC—the second in <2 years
"The Court considers it essential to inform the public and its SPs about such incidents as well as efforts to address them, and calls for continued support in the face of such challenges." www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-det...
"The Court considers it essential to inform the public and its SPs about such incidents as well as efforts to address them, and calls for continued support in the face of such challenges." www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-det...
"The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine"—an ill-conceived and deleterious
June 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine"—an ill-conceived and deleterious
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Though recent events have robbed some of the ‘leviathans’ of their guise and laid bare their ‘double-standards’, writes @sevslv.bsky.social in Justitia and Leviathans, ‘try telling Ukrainians, Palestinians, Rohingyas, Afghan women, and other victims that international justice is a dead end.‘
June 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Though recent events have robbed some of the ‘leviathans’ of their guise and laid bare their ‘double-standards’, writes @sevslv.bsky.social in Justitia and Leviathans, ‘try telling Ukrainians, Palestinians, Rohingyas, Afghan women, and other victims that international justice is a dead end.‘
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"... it is not only totalitarian dictatorships, but also liberal democracies—and states claiming to be democracies—that serially violate international law and promote impunity for themselves and their allies".
Text of the excellent inaugural lecture by @sevslv.bsky.social
www.ou.nl/documents/40...
Text of the excellent inaugural lecture by @sevslv.bsky.social
www.ou.nl/documents/40...
June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"... it is not only totalitarian dictatorships, but also liberal democracies—and states claiming to be democracies—that serially violate international law and promote impunity for themselves and their allies".
Text of the excellent inaugural lecture by @sevslv.bsky.social
www.ou.nl/documents/40...
Text of the excellent inaugural lecture by @sevslv.bsky.social
www.ou.nl/documents/40...
Excellent op-ed by Ben Saul
"By allowing Israeli impunity for alleged international crimes in Gaza, the world has enabled Israel to feel untouchable and commit ever more severe violations. In the present geopolitical moment, every day we witness international law collapse...
"By allowing Israeli impunity for alleged international crimes in Gaza, the world has enabled Israel to feel untouchable and commit ever more severe violations. In the present geopolitical moment, every day we witness international law collapse...
June 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Excellent op-ed by Ben Saul
"By allowing Israeli impunity for alleged international crimes in Gaza, the world has enabled Israel to feel untouchable and commit ever more severe violations. In the present geopolitical moment, every day we witness international law collapse...
"By allowing Israeli impunity for alleged international crimes in Gaza, the world has enabled Israel to feel untouchable and commit ever more severe violations. In the present geopolitical moment, every day we witness international law collapse...
My inaugural lecture "Justitia and Leviathans" is now available https://ou.nl/oratie_vasiliev (English from p 21 on)
The document reflects developments up to 30 May. All subsequent events—US sanctions against ICC judges, the Cameron revelations, the Israel/Iran war—regrettably only confirm the
The document reflects developments up to 30 May. All subsequent events—US sanctions against ICC judges, the Cameron revelations, the Israel/Iran war—regrettably only confirm the
June 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My inaugural lecture "Justitia and Leviathans" is now available https://ou.nl/oratie_vasiliev (English from p 21 on)
The document reflects developments up to 30 May. All subsequent events—US sanctions against ICC judges, the Cameron revelations, the Israel/Iran war—regrettably only confirm the
The document reflects developments up to 30 May. All subsequent events—US sanctions against ICC judges, the Cameron revelations, the Israel/Iran war—regrettably only confirm the
Great BBC article by Joel Gunter on the trial of the Russian contract soldier #Kurashov in Zaporizhzhia, UA, on the charges related to the execution of a Ukrainian POW.
This is a peculiar case: the members of Kurashov's unit, POWs in UA custody, testified against him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a peculiar case: the members of Kurashov's unit, POWs in UA custody, testified against him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ukraine war crime trial: A Russian soldier takes the stand for an execution
Dmitriy Kurashov is the first Russian soldier to stand trial in Ukraine over a battlefield execution.
www.bbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Great BBC article by Joel Gunter on the trial of the Russian contract soldier #Kurashov in Zaporizhzhia, UA, on the charges related to the execution of a Ukrainian POW.
This is a peculiar case: the members of Kurashov's unit, POWs in UA custody, testified against him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a peculiar case: the members of Kurashov's unit, POWs in UA custody, testified against him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great piece by Thomas Skouteris in The Cairo Review of Global Affairs:
"Hybrid Writing: Authority, Ethics, Agency" https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hybrid-writing-authority-ethics-agency/
"Hybrid Writing: Authority, Ethics, Agency" https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hybrid-writing-authority-ethics-agency/
Hybrid Writing: Authority, Ethics, Agency
Though generative artificial intelligence has facilitated the emulation of form, it cannot take responsibility for what is written. Agency remains at the heart of writing once all else can be automated
www.thecairoreview.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Great piece by Thomas Skouteris in The Cairo Review of Global Affairs:
"Hybrid Writing: Authority, Ethics, Agency" https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hybrid-writing-authority-ethics-agency/
"Hybrid Writing: Authority, Ethics, Agency" https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/hybrid-writing-authority-ethics-agency/
Dedication from my inaugural:
"I dedicate this lecture to the victims of atrocities in #Ukraine and elsewhere - who are equally deserving of justice - and, secondly, to the political prisoners in Russia and beyond, who continue to courageously resist repressive regimes in their countries...1/2
"I dedicate this lecture to the victims of atrocities in #Ukraine and elsewhere - who are equally deserving of justice - and, secondly, to the political prisoners in Russia and beyond, who continue to courageously resist repressive regimes in their countries...1/2
June 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dedication from my inaugural:
"I dedicate this lecture to the victims of atrocities in #Ukraine and elsewhere - who are equally deserving of justice - and, secondly, to the political prisoners in Russia and beyond, who continue to courageously resist repressive regimes in their countries...1/2
"I dedicate this lecture to the victims of atrocities in #Ukraine and elsewhere - who are equally deserving of justice - and, secondly, to the political prisoners in Russia and beyond, who continue to courageously resist repressive regimes in their countries...1/2
This is on today: https://www.ou.nl/en/-/symposium-justitia-and-leviathans-the-struggle-for-the-international-rule-of-law
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00) and my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50) can be followed live
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00) and my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50) can be followed live
Symposium Justitia and Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law - Open Universiteit - Open Universiteit
nieuws, artikelen, media, onderzoek, kennis, wetenschap, resultaten
www.ou.nl
June 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is on today: https://www.ou.nl/en/-/symposium-justitia-and-leviathans-the-struggle-for-the-international-rule-of-law
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00) and my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50) can be followed live
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00) and my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50) can be followed live
This is on today: www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00), followed by my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50), can be followed live ou.nl/live.
Tune in if you are unable to join us in Heerlen in person.
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00), followed by my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50), can be followed live ou.nl/live.
Tune in if you are unable to join us in Heerlen in person.
Symposium Justitia and Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law - Open Universiteit - Open Universiteit
nieuws, artikelen, media, onderzoek, kennis, wetenschap, resultaten
www.ou.nl
June 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is on today: www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00), followed by my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50), can be followed live ou.nl/live.
Tune in if you are unable to join us in Heerlen in person.
Symposium "Justitia & Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law" (13.00-15.00), followed by my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) (16.00-16.50), can be followed live ou.nl/live.
Tune in if you are unable to join us in Heerlen in person.
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Some thoughts on the potential Article 70 implications of David Cameron’s reported efforts to pressure Karim Khan (although I agree with @sevslv.bsky.social that it’s unlikely such action will be pursued in the current environment):
www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-d...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-d...
Could David Cameron be prosecuted for threatening the ICC?
Experts say the former UK foreign secretary could be legally at risk for trying to obstruct the International Criminal Court when it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
www.middleeasteye.net
June 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Some thoughts on the potential Article 70 implications of David Cameron’s reported efforts to pressure Karim Khan (although I agree with @sevslv.bsky.social that it’s unlikely such action will be pursued in the current environment):
www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-d...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/could-d...
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Day 2 of the @iccsummerschool.bsky.social off to a great start with a lecture on the crime of aggression by Prof Sergey Vasiliev of the Open University in the Netherlands
@sevslv.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social
@sevslv.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Day 2 of the @iccsummerschool.bsky.social off to a great start with a lecture on the crime of aggression by Prof Sergey Vasiliev of the Open University in the Netherlands
@sevslv.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social
@sevslv.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social
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Dutch intelligence report says Russian hacker group stole data on 63,000 police officers, targeted NATO government systems
The espionage activities of “Laundry Bear” have been ongoing since at least 2024.
The espionage activities of “Laundry Bear” have been ongoing since at least 2024.
Dutch intelligence report says Russian hacker group stole data on 63,000 police officers, targeted NATO government systems
A previously unknown Russian hacker group that has been given the moniker “Laundry Bear” has spent roughly a year targeting government and commercial entities in the Netherlands and other NATO and EU ...
theins.press
May 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dutch intelligence report says Russian hacker group stole data on 63,000 police officers, targeted NATO government systems
The espionage activities of “Laundry Bear” have been ongoing since at least 2024.
The espionage activities of “Laundry Bear” have been ongoing since at least 2024.
Hungary's response to ICC request to explain its failure to arrest Netanyahu is as bad as expected.
We are a dualist system, they write, and have not implemented the Statute; he got immunity, and the warrant is political.
Exam failed—but they don't
We are a dualist system, they write, and have not implemented the Statute; he got immunity, and the warrant is political.
Exam failed—but they don't
May 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hungary's response to ICC request to explain its failure to arrest Netanyahu is as bad as expected.
We are a dualist system, they write, and have not implemented the Statute; he got immunity, and the warrant is political.
Exam failed—but they don't
We are a dualist system, they write, and have not implemented the Statute; he got immunity, and the warrant is political.
Exam failed—but they don't
On Fri 13th, there'll be a symposium at the OU, followed by my inaugural, on the predicament of international courts and tribunals, that are doing their job while facing virulent attacks and rule-of-law backsliding across the board.
Come one, come all. Register before 5/6📝 www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
Come one, come all. Register before 5/6📝 www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
Symposium Justitia and Leviathans: The Struggle for the International Rule of Law - Open Universiteit - Open Universiteit
nieuws, artikelen, media, onderzoek, kennis, wetenschap, resultaten
www.ou.nl
May 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On Fri 13th, there'll be a symposium at the OU, followed by my inaugural, on the predicament of international courts and tribunals, that are doing their job while facing virulent attacks and rule-of-law backsliding across the board.
Come one, come all. Register before 5/6📝 www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
Come one, come all. Register before 5/6📝 www.ou.nl/en/-/symposi...
⚡️The ICC Prosecutor has decided to take administrative leave pending the result of UN OIOS investigation. It has been reported that he declined to do so previously when requested to step aside.
It's in everyone's interest that the OIOS inquiry be completed as soon as possible.
It's in everyone's interest that the OIOS inquiry be completed as soon as possible.
May 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
⚡️The ICC Prosecutor has decided to take administrative leave pending the result of UN OIOS investigation. It has been reported that he declined to do so previously when requested to step aside.
It's in everyone's interest that the OIOS inquiry be completed as soon as possible.
It's in everyone's interest that the OIOS inquiry be completed as soon as possible.
Interesting development: Libya accepts ICC jurisdiction re 2011-27.
In January 2025, Italy released Osama Elmasry Najeem, a chief of Libyan detention facilities, whom it had arrested briefly on an ICC warrant.
Some people in Rome and in Brussels might lose sleep over today's news.
t.co/Q0x4HhxVnj
In January 2025, Italy released Osama Elmasry Najeem, a chief of Libyan detention facilities, whom it had arrested briefly on an ICC warrant.
Some people in Rome and in Brussels might lose sleep over today's news.
t.co/Q0x4HhxVnj
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/libya-accepts-icc-jurisdiction-over-alleged-crimes-2011-end-2027
t.co
May 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interesting development: Libya accepts ICC jurisdiction re 2011-27.
In January 2025, Italy released Osama Elmasry Najeem, a chief of Libyan detention facilities, whom it had arrested briefly on an ICC warrant.
Some people in Rome and in Brussels might lose sleep over today's news.
t.co/Q0x4HhxVnj
In January 2025, Italy released Osama Elmasry Najeem, a chief of Libyan detention facilities, whom it had arrested briefly on an ICC warrant.
Some people in Rome and in Brussels might lose sleep over today's news.
t.co/Q0x4HhxVnj
"Staatsräson über alles"
Germany has always portrayed itself as the true champion of the ICC. But now German top officials are shaking hands with someone the Court ordered to be arrested on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. The optics of this could not be worse.
Germany has always portrayed itself as the true champion of the ICC. But now German top officials are shaking hands with someone the Court ordered to be arrested on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. The optics of this could not be worse.
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Staatsräson über alles"
Germany has always portrayed itself as the true champion of the ICC. But now German top officials are shaking hands with someone the Court ordered to be arrested on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. The optics of this could not be worse.
Germany has always portrayed itself as the true champion of the ICC. But now German top officials are shaking hands with someone the Court ordered to be arrested on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. The optics of this could not be worse.