Alexandre Skander GALAND
@skandergaland.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. of International Law, Maastricht University; Ass. Ed. Oxford Reports UN Human Rights Law; Ph.D. (EUI); Lawyer in Qc (Canada)
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This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes.
Episode out now👇
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Episode out now👇
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Justice Update – Ukraine’s Special Tribunal in Practice
This week’s pod is on Ukraine’s Special Tribunal – from trials without the accused to who gets immunity to whether the new tribunal could be a bargaining chip in peace negotiations. If …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week: the special features of the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine! Trials in absentia, and the thorny issue of personal immunity (or not) for heads of state for international crimes.
Episode out now👇
[LINK] www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Episode out now👇
[LINK] www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
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The text of resolution 2803 (2025) where the UN Security Council provides the legal basis for the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict".
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The text of resolution 2803 (2025) where the UN Security Council provides the legal basis for the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict".
The ICC judges just amended the Court’s Regulations: from now on, arrest warrants will be issued under seal by default (Reg. 23 ter).
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
I take this as a quite harsh rebuke by the ICC judges of how past and present ICC prosecutors have handled applications for arrest warrants (I.e. timing of making the applications public).
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The ICC judges just amended the Court’s Regulations: from now on, arrest warrants will be issued under seal by default (Reg. 23 ter).
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
A small procedural tweak — but a major institutional shift.
The US of Anarchy
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The US of Anarchy
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New SR OPT report on the complicity of influential Third States in the #Gaza #genocide. Looks at sanctions, diplomatic relations, military ties, facilitation of the degradation of living conditions, economic & trade relations. Quite a few states mentioned, esp #USA, #UK, #Germany, #Italy & EU.
"Gaza Genocide: a collective crime"
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
A/80/492: "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. - Advance unedited version
SummaryThe ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel. Fr...
www.ohchr.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
A jury in the #USA found BNP Paribas - a French bank - liable for #atrocities committed by the regime of Omar Al-Bashir in #Sudan
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
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The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas complicit in Sudan atrocities
The French banking giant said the ruling by a jury in New York was 'clearly wrong' and that it plans to appeal.
aje.io
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
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“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
www.justsecurity.org/121345/embed...
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
www.justsecurity.org/121345/embed...
Embedded Human Judgment in the Age of Autonomous Weapons
A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.
www.justsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Meaningful human control” is often invoked in debates over lethal autonomous weapons systems but rarely defined.
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
www.justsecurity.org/121345/embed...
A new framework shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation, writes Lena Trabucco.
www.justsecurity.org/121345/embed...
Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Next Wed, 22 October, the ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the UN and other actors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
📍 Join us at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law for a livestream of the delivery, followed by a panel discussion.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
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Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:
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If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View
International Criminal Justice is facing a tipping point. Questions about its efficacy, its efficiency and a hostile political climate are raising doubts about its relevance and, even further, its ver...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...
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Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Just published in EJHL, with @steensig.bsky.social 'Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare-Related Settings: A Grammar of Human Rights Approach' (open access) brill.com/view/journal...
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On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On 16 September 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released its detailed findings, assessing Israel’s conduct in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Still buzzing after our ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice workshop at #ESIL2025 in Berlin ✨
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
Theme: “Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds.”
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Super grateful to the members of the @esiligicj.bsky.social for putting together a great pre-ESIL session this morning. I had a blast presenting on immunities of Heads of States vis-a-vis international criminal tribunals (as you can tell from the photo)!
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Super grateful to the members of the @esiligicj.bsky.social for putting together a great pre-ESIL session this morning. I had a blast presenting on immunities of Heads of States vis-a-vis international criminal tribunals (as you can tell from the photo)!
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We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We’re excited to be hosting our hybrid workshop alongside #ESIL2025 in Berlin next week! 🌍⚖️
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reconstructing International Criminal Justice as It Unfolds
🗓️ Thu 11 Sept | 9:00–12:00 CET
📍 Berlin + 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: ucph-ku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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📣The MYA is proud to announce its Outreach Event will take place on September 25th!📣
✏️Sign up via our link t.ly/A5zFT or through the QR code below!
We hope to see many of you there! 🤗
#Maastricht #youngacademics #MYA
✏️Sign up via our link t.ly/A5zFT or through the QR code below!
We hope to see many of you there! 🤗
#Maastricht #youngacademics #MYA
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📣The MYA is proud to announce its Outreach Event will take place on September 25th!📣
✏️Sign up via our link t.ly/A5zFT or through the QR code below!
We hope to see many of you there! 🤗
#Maastricht #youngacademics #MYA
✏️Sign up via our link t.ly/A5zFT or through the QR code below!
We hope to see many of you there! 🤗
#Maastricht #youngacademics #MYA
Big developments at the ICC on Libya: new arrests, a jurisdictional twist, and a declaration by Libya accepting ICC authority. These shifts affect state cooperation, admissibility & enforcement. Here's a breakdown of what’s unfolding. www.icc-cpi.int/situations/l...
Libya
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August 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Big developments at the ICC on Libya: new arrests, a jurisdictional twist, and a declaration by Libya accepting ICC authority. These shifts affect state cooperation, admissibility & enforcement. Here's a breakdown of what’s unfolding. www.icc-cpi.int/situations/l...
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
Israel, Gaza and the Debate Over Genocide | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
Completely crazy…
Remarkable comments from Judge Sebutinde of the International Court of Justice, who dissented in various orders issued by the Court in the South Africa v. Israel genocide case.
"....the Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel".
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
"....the Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel".
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
August 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Completely crazy…