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"The purpose of the genocide convention is to prevent genocide.." Navi Pillay with a message for everyone who says countries don't need to act because a court hasn't found Israel guilty of genocide
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My statement today, in my role as President of the American Society of International Law, on the new U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Please read and share.
Statement of ASIL President Oona A. Hathaway Regarding the United States Sanctions on the International Criminal Court. #intlaw #internationallaw #ICC #sanctions
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Muy buen análisis sobre la ocupación israelí de los Altos del Golán y sus violaciones al derecho internacional. La adquisición de territorio mediante la fuerza está prohibida y los Estados tienen la obligación de no reconocer como legal una situación derivada de esa violación.
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"One could argue that Colombia’s recognition, like US’ before, changes very little in the Golan situation. This would be the wrong attitude: every time international law is deliberately & knowingly breached, its authority is compromised & its validity is diminished." Compelling.
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📣 Le prix Nobel de la paix 2026 est décerné à Navi Pillay, qui a présidé la Commission d’enquête de l’ONU ayant conclu au génocide à Gaza. 
Une reconnaissance majeure du rôle du droit international dans la construction de la paix. ⚖️🕊️ 
🧵Et un camouflet pour ses détracteurs.
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The so-called ceasefire is normalising the continuation of the Genocide in Gaza. Three years of evidence is available now on our updated platform: gaza.forensic-architecture.o…
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'Whose Compensation? Centering Human Rights in the International Law Commission’s Work on Compensation for Damage Caused by Internationally Wrongful Acts' By Leonardo Helman, research assistant to the International Law Commission internationallaw.blog/2026/1… via @InternationalLawBlog
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By reading the reparations claims of survivors of the counterinsurgency in colonial Kenya in British courts alongside J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians, Vasuki Nesiah reveals the rift between the temporalities of colonialism and international law. academic.oup.com/ejil/advanc…
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