This is a crushing moment, a time for silence, for grief. God rest their souls and in our sadness we will not forget their stolen lives.

Has the launch site for Russia’s nuclear-powered missile been discovered? #ArmedConflict reuters.com/world/europe/u…

What happens when the Russian Army approaches a Ukrainian city? Baking the final loaves of bread, digging trenches, confessions to the priest. An exodus. #ArmedConflict Matthew Luxmoore Serhii Korovayny @wsj wsj.com/world/europe/t…

Rwanda isn’t going away: Cleverly pledges to revive UK migrant diversion plan if elected as PM. The debate is not dead. #MigrationLaw #HumanRights bbc.com/news/articles/…

China signals new investment in DR Congo at Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The meeting highlights diplomacy to boosting African exports of “green minerals”, imports of Chinese goods, & security-for-investment pledges. #TradeLaw #InvestmentLaw sc.mp/84qlf?utm_sour…

Is antibiotic resistance the new climate change? Investors think so. Sarah Neville reports that investors are urging states and intl organizations to cooperate on eliminating antibiotics from the global food supply chain. #EnvironmentalLaw Sarah Neville @ft ft.com/content/b1c1e3…

Larry Forever! wsj.com/world/uk/larry…

Military space law?!? There’s a manual for that. The Woomera Manual. Dale Stephens and Joanna Jarose provide an overview. #ArmedConflict Articles of War Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare lieber.westpoint.edu/woomera-manual…

Women’s rights in Afghanistan keep backsliding, but no one seems to care. Now women cannot peak loudly or read in public. #HumanRights f24.my/AZVK.X

What is the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal? Sjors Polm describes an activist-led performative “tribunal” of environmental destruction in West Papua, Indonesia. Truly fascinating. #CompetingPerpectives #EnvironmentalLaw Sjors Polm EJIL: Talk! ejiltalk.org/picking-and-ch…

Easter Islands is a magnet for plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean. So it is now leading regional action to limit the use of plastic and dumping by industrial fishing boats. #MakingIL #SeaLaw #EnvironmentalLaw Guillaume Gosalbes Juliette Chaignon FRANCE 24 f24.my/AZe1.X

Putin went to Mongolia and no one arrested him. Aloka Wanigasuriya explains why this is a problem and revisits ICC law & rulings on head of state immunity. #UpholdingIL #CriminalLaw Opinio Juris Dr Aloka Wanigasuriya opiniojuris.org/2024/09/04/put…

“Impunity” for Peru? Anna Kohte and César Bazán Seminario argue that a new transitional justice law violates intl human rights law because it will bar prosecutions of crimes during an internal armed conflict. #HumanRights @son_revueltas EJIL: Talk! ejiltalk.org/peru-at-a-cros…

US seizes airplane bought by Venezuelan Pres. Maduro in violation of US sanctions for “election fraud, human-rights abuses and corruption.” In response, Maduro accuses US of “piracy”!?! You’ve gotta love Latin America. #HumanRights #UpholdingIL #SeaLaw? wsj.com/world/americas…

Sanctions bite: satellite imagery suggests that US tracking of the Russian “dark fleet” vessels is working in deterring sales of liquified natural gas. #UpholdingIL #SeaLaw Chris Cook Anastasia Stognei @ft ft.com/content/877bb5…

The ICC must sentence Al Hassan. But Janet Anderson’s reporting suggests: how can you sentence when the underlying ruling is a complete and total mess? It’s a shame this can’t wait until after the appeal. #CriminalLaw Janet H. Anderson JusticeInfo.net justiceinfo.net/en/135456-sent…

History matters: Why has Africa’s Swahili coast erased its role in the slave trade? Will remembering this history help bring more investment and tourism to poor areas? #CompetingPerspectives #HumanRights Bastien Renouil Elodie Cousin Olivia Bizot FRANCE 24 f24.my/AZ3d.X

All about Western Sahara: Rachel George explains the North African conflict that won’t go away. #CompetingPerspectives #HumanRights #ArmedConflict Dr. Rachel A. George Just Security justsecurity.org/98929/western-…

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A Tesla won’t solve climate change. But dramatically altering the food supply chain might. Would you eat a cricket? Some chefs want you to try. #EnvironmentalLaw bbc.com/news/articles/…