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If Trump broke international law, so what?
I spoke about why the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela violates international law, why self-defense claims fail under the UN Charter, and what it indicates about the constraints of international law.
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Capture of Maduro and Trump’s claim that the US will run Venezuela raise legal questions
I spoke with DW News about the Trump administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro and claims it will “run” Venezuela—and the serious legal questions that raises.
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The Real Epstein Cover-Up
Rachel Louise Snyder grasps the big picture that so many have missed in this NYT essay. As I shared with her: “..it came very close to killing me to fight for just one high-net-worth individual to no longer have unfettered access to young women — …
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Sudan’s humanitarian emergency continues
With the world’s attention focused on other conflicts, humanitarian organisations are urging people not to forget about Sudan. Two years in to a brutal civil war, tens of thousands of people have been killed in the north African nation and more than 12 million displaced. …
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Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
As Rebecca Hamilton, an American University law professor, put it in Just Security last month, it all amounts to “a wholesale effort by Trump and his allies to eviscerate the free press in order to construct an information ecosystem dominated and controlled by those who espouse his …
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Trump’s Anti-Media Rhetoric Turns to Action
“I don’t know if Trump himself has a ‘game plan’ per se, but it is clear that the overall picture is of an Administration that disdains a free press,” Rebecca Hamilton, a law professor at American University, said in an email. “Their view — and …
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Meta Is Laying the Narrative Groundwork for Trump’s Mass Deportations
Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta’s recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.
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ICC Charges Against Russian Officers
I spoke to the NYT about the conduct of hostilities charges being brought against Russian officers in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The court has pursued war crimes charges, but that is not all: “They’ve pulled them together into a charge of crimes against … -
ICJ provisional measures in South Africa v. Israel
Shortly after the International Court of Justice handed down its provisional measures order in South Africa v. Israel, I spoke – along with Professor Steve Ratner, to Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. For extended reactions, see our compilation of expert views over at Just Security. -
Hamas-Israel War: The Laws of War Have Limits
Thanks to NYT journalist Amanda Taub for her consistently high quality work to bring international law to a mainstream audience. I spoke with her about the laws of war and the role of the International Criminal Court in relation to the Hamas-Israel War. You can …
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