If you'd like to see my recently published book, Law & Personality Disorder, in hardback, OUP is offering a 30% discount when you order online through global.oup.com/academic/ with code ALAUTHC4. Free chapter available until 4 July at academic.oup.com/book/56231/cha…

A summary of the unanimous judgment is provided below. Some initial thoughts in this🧵relating to a.the choice of the rights under which the case was examined, b.the significance of consensus, c.the Court's approach to the legislative process that led to the adoption of the law

Important and very informative🧵on the terrible ECtHR's decision MA and Others v France about criminalisation of the purchase of sexual acts and its effects on sex workers' lives 👇

London Review of International Law invited critical comrades contribute short reflections on IL and Gaza. It's a fascinating collection of around 40 pieces, varied in form and content. If you don't have access, but would like to read it, get in touch <3 academic.oup.com/lril/advance-a…

Today I'm publishing a (lightly updated) syllabus for a new course I taught earlier this year 👇 ✨ Ways of Seeing International Law: Theories, Frames and the Everyday Life of International Law(yers) ✨ Short 🧵 on key aspects of the course design academia.edu/resource/work/…

Yesterday, the School of Law welcomed back former staff Prof. Natasa Mavronicola from the University of Birmingham and Dr. Mattia Pinto from the University of York for a discussion on "Challenging Punishment as the Justice Norm within and Beyond International Criminal Law".

Oggi per Bloomberg Originals esce un documentario a cui abbiamo lavorato per oltre un anno. Racconta la storia della Green Bible, la principale prova falsa usata per dimostrare l'esistenza della mafia nigeriana. Ve ne parlerò nei prossimi giorni, ma intanto... youtube.com/watch?v=QjVahc…

We really need to stop policing people’s bodies, testosterone levels and chromosomal make-up. Disguised under the discourse of fair play and equality, it is just a pulsion to order bodies into binary & racialised stereotypes of what normal embodiment should be like.

Everyone discussing the case of Algerian boxer Imane #Khelif, do yourself a favour: READ Mireia Garcés de Marcilla article 👇

Congratulations to Robert Kpadeh, CAHR alumnus and LLM graduate in International Human Rights Law and Practice in 2024, who was recently appointed by the President of Liberia as Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

🚨Applications for the CAHR Scholarship are open until Friday 16 August 2024, at 11.59pm BST Find out more on our website: york.ac.uk/law/study/fund…

Five Oh Ooooooh! BIG celebrations yesterday for the 500th Club Ride!! A special 500 route, followed by a massive Club BBQ - we raised a glass to toast everything the Club has achieved in the last 10 years. The last 500 rides have been a blast - can’t wait for the next 500!!

Beyond thrilled/humbled that my book, Invisible Atrocities, resonated with enough with Rachel E. López, Kempis Songster and Rell Carter for them to write this incisive and deeply moving piece in the Columbia Law Review forum. columbialawreview.org/content/regard… Right to Redemption

'Those of us who are concerned about the reactionary weaponisation of gender might do better to rethink rather than cement our commitment to the category of womanhood.' Timely read by Mireia Garcés de Marcilla in the London Review of Books lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

"Instead of insisting that Khelif is a ‘real’ woman, we should ask how dichotomous ideas of gender have been solidified in the discourse that is being mobilised against her" Make sure you read Mireia Garcés de Marcilla insightful piece #Khelif #Olympics #gender lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

My thoughts on the racialised character of eligibility sports regulations and the need to rethink our commitment to gender are out in the London Review of Books lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

This was a great project to work on! My chapter, "Ugly Atrocities, Cathartic Prosecutions: International Criminal Law as Emotional Salve" explores whether 1 function atrocity prosecutions serve may be to soothe distant audiences appalled at witnessing mass violence from afar.

European human rights law and the legality of sex offence prosecutions based on deception as to gender history | Legal Studies | Cambridge Core - cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Our blog with Dr Inga Thiemann (she/her) discussing M.A. and others v. France & the End Demand / Nordic model of sex work regulation is out now. We critique how the Court applied consensus and procedural review in this case to reach its finding of no violation. Durham Law School