Associate Prof @UCLIRDR | international law, children’s rights, forced migration, treaties | Editorial Board IJRL | Opinions my own | ‘Ukraine is here’🇺🇦
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My new chapter “Urgent Interim Reparations in Ukraine: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” is now open access: www-taylorfrancis-com.libpro…
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Reading @anneapplebaum ‘Red Famine’ — in 100 years not a lot has changed in Russia’s ways to erase Ukrainian identity
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As a Ukrainian Jew, I can confirm that it is in fact possible to be Ukrainian and Jewish at the same time. Being Jewish doesn't make me or thousands of people like me less Ukrainian. Israel should really pay attention to antisemitic rhetoric of Russia's government.
«In public he Zelensky wears a vyshyvanka, but in reality he does not belong to the culture, the spirituality of this country [Ukraine] & its people”. A spokeswoman for @mfa_russia de facto says that Zelensky, as a Jew, cannot represent Ukraine. #BlackHundred’s spectre is looming
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Exhausted by seeing people, especially journalists & academics, who claim to champion critical & decolonial approaches or speak for the Global South, drag Ukraine into discussions on other conflicts without knowing the first thing about Ukraine, even just the basic facts. 1/ ...
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Here are some of the names of #Ukrainian #InternationalLaw scholars. Please consider engaging with them when writing/speaking on #Ukraine: @Gnatovsky, Ganna Yudkivska, Anton Korynevych, Oleksandr Merezhko, Olga Poiedynok, Oksana Senatorova, Anton Lovin, Mykola Sorochinsky 1/
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Navalny also used racial slurs for Ukrainians, still approves of Crimea’s annexation, he & his team expressly called to stop donating to Ukrainian army & to donate to Navalny’s team instead. They never organized any protests against the war in Ukraine until now —before the Oscars
Here’s an example of vintage Navalny. I suppose that stuff like this is easier to brush off as insignificant if you are NOT Central Asian. But I am Central Asian and, as much as I admire Navalny’s heroic struggle against Putin, I can’t shake the unease. piped.video/watch?v=jVrAPF…
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At the reception in a hotel in Geneva, a hotel employee looked at my Ukrainian passport with interest. I was thinking: oh no, he wants to ask about the war in Ukraine and I’m soooo tired. Instead he told me he was adopted from Ukraine by Swedish parents when he was 2 y.o…
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I'm thrilled to announce that I've been promoted to Associate Professor! Grateful for the support and encouragement from my colleagues, mentors, and students: ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/po…
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Please, read a book, learn the language, talk to people on the ground. Stop making ahistorical comments about Ukraine from the comfort & safety of London or New York—it’s anti-intellectual and actually neocolonial. 2/
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And by the ‘current iteration of a centuries-old shuffling of borders around the place we currently call Russia’ you mean a centuries-long history of colonial oppression and genocide?
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There is no right to rape under international law— not as a ‘counter-offensive’, self-defense, decolonization or otherwise. Do international lawyers really need a reminder of such basic concepts?
Reimagining Palestine in TWAIL Scholarship: A Conversation with Noura Erakat
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He now is very worried about his biological family who he thinks is still in Ukraine and he wants to find them. I told him that he looks exactly like a hero from Ukrainian folk songs — ‘black brows, hazel eyes’. He said this was the best compliment he had ever received.
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Many thanks to @JournalGenocide for publishing my piece (open access). In the article, I argue that deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia constitute genocide under Article II (e) of the Genocide Convention. @UCLIRDR 1/
As part of our Ukraine forum, we have published “Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Children to the Russian Federation: A Genocide?” by @yuliaioffe #Ukraine tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Shameful. Knowing nothing about Ukraine/Ukrainians & pushing uninformed motions like this is as imperialist as the imperialism you seem to oppose. I invite Jess Kent to stay with my family in Kyiv--let's see what they think after just one night of Russia's shelling of civilians.
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Please at least try to find out something about Ukraine and speak to people on the ground before providing hot takes that are based on the map from 1926.
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…Zakhar Tropin, Svitlana Starosvit, Lidia Kuzmenko, @VLanovoy, @daria_arctic, @k_gorobets, @IMarchukCPH, @YuliyaChernykh, @KaterynaBusol, @A_Moiseieva, @antonm_law, @ya_chereshnya, @PushkarPavlo, Mikhail Buromenskiy, Olesia Tragniuk, Volodymyr Steshenko, Olga Butkevych… 2/
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Thanks for your work, Julia. I've used and cited your work in my research on genocide: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… Extremely helpful!
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Delighted to see my new article published open access in the International Journal of #Refugee Law. I argue that Art 9 of the CRC establishes the right to family reunification of children seeking international protection 1/2 @UCLIRDR doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeac034
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…Tetyana Komarova, Tetyana Anakina, Inesa Shumilo, Myroslava Antonovych. The ones who are not available on Twitter, have university, LinkedIn & Facebook profiles. I’m sure I missed many others, so please add #Ukrainian #InternationalLaw scholars in the comments 👇3/
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I will be speaking at this event on #internationallaw and the invasion of #Ukraine together with excellent scholars and practitioners incl @ProfCCostello @calibasak @tomerbroude @galand_s and Judge Ganna Yudkivska. Please register ⬇️ @UCLIRDR
Hertie talks Ukraine: International law and the invasion of #Ukraine
Join us for a discussion on Monday, 14 March 5:30 pm (CET)
Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3vb2ah
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Please consider signing the petition. It is unethical, if not illegal, for international organisations to fundraise in the name of Ukraine, and then fail to consult people on the ground and exclude Ukrainian voices entirely.
over 70+ ukrainian civil society organizations have signed this public letter to @amnesty demanding the resignation of @AgnesCallamard and an internal investigation.
now it is open for public signatures as well
maximize sharing pls
давайте дотиснемо
change.org/p/to-the-board-of…
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It was great to talk to @nattyray11 @vdbergstephanie @janethanderson about the deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia & whether these actions could amount to genocide. I spoke about my forthcoming article @JournalGenocide where I argue that...1/ @UCLIRDR
Out now: With @nattyray11 and @yuliaioffe look the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia and the #ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir #Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova. We ask why Moscow continues to broadcast its own evidence, and if their actions could amount to genocide.
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Unfortunately, a lot of similar stories in my personal experience. Just recently at an academic event in the UK a famous judge made a racist joke from the stage which was along the lines of Eastern Europeans can only be waiters. The audience laughed. 1/
Please read this enraging & important contribution by @TamsHoffmann1 on the marginalization of Eastern European international law scholars. In my personal experience, the issues cuts much deeper, often showing a mix of ignorance, blindness & casual racism - 2 personal stories
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A very interesting paper by @oonuch: 76% of Ukrainians in 2022 agreed that "democracy is preferable to any other kind of government", 35% more than in 2019. "Instead of losing confidence in democracy... Ukrainian citizens have done the opposite" ... muse.jhu.edu/article/866640
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Excited to be part of @WSIKiel symposium on ‘Russia, Imperialism, and International Law’—so many thought-provoking discussions! I’ll be presenting my work on forcible transfers of children & indoctrination as tools of Russia’s imperialism: wsi.uni-kiel.de/en/events/sy… @UCLIRDR
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I had the opportunity to talk to @Reuters about my research on forcible transfers of Ukrainian children. Evidently, Ukrainian children are deported not only to Russia, but Belarus as well, which likely violates a number of international law rules: reuters.com/world/europe/bel… @UCLIRDR
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This sounds like a description of intentions. We need to separate intentions from impact. More Ukrainian civilians will die because of this report, that's the reality. The fact that Amnesty employees only now are thinking about this is negligent at best.
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Russia is presenting oral arguments at the ICJ today & I understand that the Russian state uses crazy narratives for propaganda purposes to brainwash its own population. But well-educated professional diplomats saying such nonsense without blinking at the World Court is insane..
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This is my university that was hit by Russian missiles on the 1st day of 2023
Campus of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv was hit by russian missile today.
What was the purpose of this?
russians are failing on the battlefield.
There was no chance they could scare our students.
It’s an agony of the crumbling empire.
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It would be interesting also to see the data on criminal sanctions for Russian soldiers who refused to go kill Ukrainians. My understanding is that before 21 September there was zero criminal sanctions. And until now there is only one case of potential imprisonment of 1,5 years.
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Honoured to present my research on family-led DNA reunification in Ukraine at @ESIL2024Vilnius. Grateful to share the panel with Agne Limante & @JonathanHafetz. Big thanks to @Gnatovsky for the excellent chairing! #ESIL2024 @UCLRDR
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Looking forward to sharing my research on accountability measures for forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia on 21 February at the @UoNHRLC event. Please register 👇 @UCLIRDR
Join the HRLC and NILSC for our upcoming event, 'Ukraine Beyond Aggression: Legal Responses to Russia’s Invasion in 2022 and its Consequences'.
🗓️ 21 February, 14:00 (GMT)
📌 Nottingham & Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Uzzb8H
📄 Event programme: bit.ly/3OG1vCH
ALT Event poster for 'Ukraine Beyond Aggression: Legal Responses to Russia’s Invasion in 2022 and its Consequences'. Taking place on Wednesday 21 February at 14:00 (GMT), in the Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre, Lecture Room A30, at the University of Nottingham.
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Russian state-owned media pushing for no punishment for law enforcement officers who've committed torture. Torture by Russian law enforcement isn't new, but openly endorsing it at the state level is deeply concerning
RT chief Margarita Simonyan has stood up for the Russian law enforcement officer who "didn’t hold back" and cut off the ear of one of the Crocus City Hall terror suspects before forcing him to eat it
"This isn’t Norway!" she says
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Please consider donating to Ukrainian Red Cross if you would like to support #Ukrainian civilians #StandWithUkriane
Donate to support the Ukrainian Red Cross and its work to help civilians in this difficult time for Ukraine! You can donate on
✅ URCS website: redcross.org.ua/donate/
✅ iRaiser platform:
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📢 Please share!
#SupportUkraine #Ukraine #URCS #DonateUkraine
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I’ll be speaking today about #Ukrainian #refugee children and their rights to health, education, & family reunification. Excited to be on the panel with fantastic #internationallaw scholars & practitioners who have considerable regional expertise. Please register ⬇️ @UCLIRDR
COMING UP
19 April BIICL hosts 'Displacement in and from Ukraine: Risks, Responses, and Legal Dimensions' The event will examine key concerns emerged in the context of displacement of persons in and from #Ukraine.
Book your place now 👉 buff.ly/3rqR5v6
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Thanks to Patryk & David for organising an excellent workshop. It was great to present my research on exploring academic bias in the treatment of Ukrainian refugees @UCLRDR
Panel 7 deals with the Double Standards Debate in Academic Scholarship
with Otto Spijkers, Yulia Ioffe, and @pilabuda as speakers, and David Hughes as moderator
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Our comment @TheLancet addresses health challenges of displaced people from #Ukraine. We make five specific recommendations, incl to support the needs of the Ukrainian health system @MoH_Ukraine in the context of #UkraineRussiaWar by providing necessary medical supplies @UCLIRDR
Our call in @TheLancet, to meet the health challenges of displaced populations from #Ukraine
In addition to immediate cessation of violence by Russia & evidence-based approaches to respond to the health needs of displaced populations from Ukraine:
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A big thanks to @ejiltalk for letting me share my preliminary thoughts on the amendments to the Russian Constitution.
New post - The Amendments to the Russian Constitution: Putin’s Attempt to Reinforce Russia’s Isolationist Views on International Law? by @yuliaioffe.
ejiltalk.org/?p=17868
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Happy to share that I'm now a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Reflecting on teaching international law, especially to non-lawyers, has been incredibly valuable. @UCLRDR
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Pleased to have contributed to @Elgar_Law Encyclopedia of Human Rights. My entry concerns #reparations for #HumanRights violations and flags current debates and unsettled issues in international law. Feel free to reach out if you would like a preprint copy. @UCLIRDR
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The same narrative is being pushed on Ukrainians now, while Russia hasn't even finished committing war crimes & human rights violations in Ukraine. As with Bosnia, no forgiveness is possible without admittance of guilt & accountability.
Ever since the wars & genocide in the Balkans came to an end, experts, politicians, leaders, entities have all been pressuring Bosniaks to "forgive". They have been pushing for forgiveness without accountability and admittance.
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Thank you @ICON__S & @IEuniversity for the chance to present my research on LGBT rights in Russia's war propaganda. The conference was fantastic, with fruitful discussions and great new connections! @UCLRDR
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Similar with the coverage of the Russian opposition media. You would imagine that it would be the main news story and they would be horrified. But no, the beheading is barely mentioned, while all the coverage is about the changes to the Russian conscription law.
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Not much has changed: in the 19th century, the Russian monarchy blamed Poles and Austrians for creating the idea of a distinct Ukrainian nation. Now, it’s apparently Lenin’s doing. Finally got my hands on @PopovaProf & @OxanaShevel excellent book!
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Belittling and trivializing suffering of millions Ukrainians is not the way to go to draw attention to human rights violations in other countries. Unethical at the very least.
In 2022, we've witnessed iconic acts of defiance. Countless times, people took to the streets to defend their rights.
A reminder to those in power - we will never be mere bystanders when our dignity, equality and freedom is assaulted.
#ProtectTheProtest
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It's good to be home despite the missiles. #RussiaisATerroistState
ALT St Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Grateful for an opportunity to share my research on accountability mechanisms for forcible transfers & deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia at the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights workshop 👇 @UCLIRDR
Workshop on Russia's "Forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children" of the @Europarl_EN @EP_HumanRights
13 November, 15.00–17.00. Brussels. SPINELLI 3G-2
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc…
With @MykolaKuleba, @yuliaioffe @ucl, #AnnaWright @Amnesty_UA & me @SCEEUS_UI
@tepsaeu
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Excited to talk about my work on asylum seeking children and family reunification at this excellent workshop. Please register 👇@UCLIRDR
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And Ukrainians were not given refugee status—it’s temporary protection for up to 3 years with no path to citizenship. The moment the war will slow down, Ukrainians will be shipped back to destroyed cities & devastated areas.
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@PuesFranka wrote a very interesting piece on this issue voelkerrechtsblog.org/cooper…
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It was great to be part of the Ukrainian Legal Research & Networking Event on Ukraine’s reconstruction & reparations. Thanks to House of Commons International Affairs Hub & @edgehill for organising. Amazing presentations from Dr. Oksana Senatorova & other colleagues from Kharkiv
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Thanks to @RLI_News for publishing my piece. I argue that the UK Home Office's policy to accommodate unaccompanied asylum seeking children in hotels compromises the universality of protection mandated for all children without parental care,...1/ @UCLIRDR @SlaveryPEC
NEW BLOG POST:
'Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Hotel Accommodation, Removal from Child Welfare system, and Risk of Trafficking' by Yulia Ioffe
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Yes, also very annoying to see in the Russian so-called opposition media takes like: oh but he is a very good scholar--how can they do this to him? Not even a shadow of doubt that good scholars can be spies too. Great journalistic work.
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As a migrant worker, I pay for the NHS twice (NHS surcharge for work visa + national insurance) and I was unable to get an NHS appointment when I had pneumonia this winter. I don’t think it’s the migrants.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but migrants in the UK actually contribute more monetarily to the NHS than citizens. It’s a myth that migrants are a burden to a system that’s in shambles because of the conservative government.
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Please join today if you are in London 👇
Join us to discuss the abduction and forcible deportation of Ukrainian children, and learn how we can ensure justice for the victims of Russian war crimes. @MykolaKuleba will be in conversation with @yuliaioffe. 19 March, Europe House. Free registration: buytickets.at/ukrainianinsti…
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An excellent talk by @CateBriddick at @RLI_News conference on domestic violence asylum claims in the UK and gender-sensitive approach to political opinion. Looking forward to the paper that should come out soon!
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It’s interesting that just last year there was intense criticism from international lawyers of Baltic states that closed the borders for Russians escaping mobilization. Why don’t the same people criticize Egypt that doesn’t let people from Gaza in? Wouldn’t the same law apply?
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The latest report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine provides more evidence of unlawful transfers of Ukrainian children to Russia. The commission hasn't qualified these actions as genocide, but expanded its observations on the topic:
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Navalny & his team are responsible for a lot of people in the West still believing that the majority of Russians don’t support the war. They have cynically misrepresented the truth insisting that it’s ‘Putin’s war’. This has hurt Ukraine’s efforts to win this war
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The Office of Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that a pre-trial investigation has been launched with regard to the destruction of Kakhovka HPP and potential ecocide under Art 441 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code @AndriyKostinUa t.me/pgo_gov_ua/12932
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Thanks to the international law committee of Ukraine’s Bar Council for inviting me to speak at an event ‘Forcible transfers of Ukrainian children to Russia: Is international without power’ uba.ua/ukr/events/vikradennj… Recording of the event available shortly (in Ukrainian) @UCLIRDR 1/
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Very excited to receive a hard copy of this edition @profjmcadam! Looking forward to using it in my teaching for #BSc in #Global #Humanitarian #Studies @UCLIRDR 12 years ago I pored over the previous edition during my LL.M @Harvard_Law Life comes full circle 🙌
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And apparently Ukrainian children are also deported to Belarus: reuters.com/world/europe/bel… So Belarus may be also complicit in acts of genocide and/or may be held accountable for aiding and abetting genocide.
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Excited to meet with colleagues from the Polish Academy of Sciences to discuss future collaborations regarding sexual & gender-based violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine, accountability & protecting survivors in Poland. Possible thanks to @UCL_Global engagement fund @UCLIRDR
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I reviewed Dr. Estella Carpi's (@estycrp) book "The Politics of Crisis-Making. Forced Displacement and Cultures of Assistance in Lebanon" for @JRefugeeStudies. It offers crucial insights into the urgent need for reform in humanitarian systems:
academic.oup.com/jrs/advance… @UCLIRDR 1/
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Had an incredible time discussing Dr Estella Carpi’s @estycrp book! If you’re interested in reading a rich account of forced migration in Lebanon & a nuanced criticism of humanitarianism, the book is available now on Amazon, Kindle, Waterstones: amazon.co.uk/Politics-Crisis…
Secure your free ticket to Dr Estella Carpi's @estycrp book launch tomorrow!
"The Politics of Crisis-Making. Forced Displacement and Cultures of Assistance in Lebanon"
🗓️ 3 October '23
⏰ 5:15–7:15 pm BST
📍 Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
🎟️ bit.ly/48CtATD
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Looking forward to @RLI_News conference this week. Excited to be part of such an excellent panel @AhmadWali_Yar Kirsty Thomson, @MarkKlaassen_ I will be discussing work on the right to family reunification of asylum seeking children under the CRC rli.sas.ac.uk/rli-annual-con… @UCLIRDR
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Excited about hosting Judge @Gnatovsky at UCL. He will be reflecting on his important work at the @ECHR_CEDH & @CoE_CPT and on the role of international bodies in addressing armed conflict and migration, including in Ukraine
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Желаю вам никогда не пережить даже маленького процента того горя, которое мы проживаем каждый день. В любом случае эмпатии вам это не добавит. Людей убивают и насилуют каждый день от вашего имени, но защищаться нужно от украинцев. Мда.
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Thrilled to have contributed to the Oxford Handbook of International #Refugee Law, which is now available on the OPIL platform, ahead of print publication @OUPLaw. Our chapter with @ProfCCostello looks at non-penalization and non-criminalization: opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093…
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Excited to have Prof Maja Janmyr @MYRMEK at UCL to talk about the #Refugee Convention and non-signatory states in the Middle East. Please join this event on 17 November 2022, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm 👇 @UCLIRDR
For those who are around, you can't miss @MYRMEK's talk next week!
Hosted by @UCL_IAS and @MERC.
Chair @UCLIRDR @estycrp and @UCLIRDR discussant @yuliaioffe
ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advan…
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Lukashenka has no power though to offer any meaningful deal to Prigozhin. He might be trying to make himself look more relevant—looks very similar to when he supposedly tried to ‘broker peace’ in February 2022 before the invasion.
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New vacancies at UCL — we are also considering lawyers and people in related subjects for teaching in humanitarian studies. A good opportunity for PhD students nearing completion👇
New vacancies! We're looking to appoint two Associate Lecturers (Teaching) in #Risk, #Disasters and #Humanitarianism:
1. Full-time role until 31st October '23
2. Full-time role until 30 April '25
Application deadline: 12th January 2023.
More information: bit.ly/3v658aQ
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What are you even talking about? I’m a Ukrainian Jew from Donbas. Ukrainian people overwhelmingly voted for Zelenskyy in fair elections in 2019. Zelenskyy is Jewish— what Bandera Ukraine? Go to Ukraine, talk to actual Ukrainians, touch some grass.
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I’m looking for a teaching assistant for an undergrad module (face-to-face) at UCL on international law related to humanitarian action (IRDR0034) for 9 Jan-24 March 2023. Requirements: 1) must be a PhD student 2) have a right to work in the UK 3) knowledge of international law..
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I worked with Maksym at UNHCR Ukraine. Maksym has been a life-long human rights defender and anti-fascist. Sentencing him to 13 years’ imprisonment for alleged violations of IHL & human rights, is a cruel joke.
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A big thanks to @Verfassungsblog for letting us share our thoughts on homophobia, children’s rights, and Russia’s Constitutional referendum @HediViterbo
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I’m doing summaries of domestic court decisions for Europe & the UK for the International Journal of Refugee Law (ongoing task). I rarely see any decisions from Central & Eastern Europe. If you come across important decisions on refugee & migration law from this region now or…
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Thanks to @harlangcohen and the American Journal of International Law for editing and publishing my piece on compensation for mass human rights violations in the recent ECtHR case. Let’s see what the ICJ says in the DRC v Uganda.
@yuliaioffe reviews the ECtHR Grand Chamber’s decision ordering Russia to pay reparations to Georgia as “just satisfaction” for Russia’s unlawful arrest, detention, and forcible removal of Georgian nationals: bit.ly/2XJQ7bu. 1/
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Looking forward to presenting my research on Genetic Tracing, DNA Testing, and Forcibly Transferred Ukrainian Children at @ESIL2024Vilnius @UCLIRDR
🫂◻️Get ready for agora No 9 of #ESIL2024Vilniusconference: “Digital Technologies in Humanitarian Law” chaired by Mykola Gnatovsky (the European Court of Human Rights). 
Expert panel:
Agne Limante, Jonathan Hafetz and Yulia Ioffe.
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I have a forthcoming academic article exactly on this point—analyzing whether the events in Ukraine fall under Article II(e) of the Genocide Convention. Will share when it’s out
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If you are in London on Thursday 22 June, please come to our Annual Conference. Don't miss a session with Judge @Gnatovsky from @ECHR_CEDH who will discuss how international law addresses migration and conflict. Register 👇
This year's #IRDR Annual Conference is on 22nd June! Confirmed speakers include Judge @Gnatovsky from @ECHR_CEDH and Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government @UniofOxford.
Reserve your free place: lnkd.in/dWdDmg7p
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Honoured to provide oral evidence at the Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into the situation in Ukraine at the House of Commons. Our focus: forcible transfers of Ukrainian children to Russia. Tune in on Tuesday 12 March at 2pm: committees.parliament.uk/eve… @UCLIRDR
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An excellent article on the gender aspects of the war in Ukraine by Orysia Kulick: 'The war crimes uncovered in Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel...have made it impossible to avoid the implications of gendered vulgarisms – directed both at Ukrainian women and Ukraine itself –...
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I worked with Maksym Butkevych at @Refugees in #Ukraine. He is a human rights activist and a founder of UNHCR's implementing partner--No Borders Project. Maksym for many years worked to protect refugees and fight against hate speech #freeMaksymButkevych
Ukrainian human rights activist Maksym Butkevych was captured by the Russians in eastern Ukraine at the end of June.
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A man of few words, a carrot cake enthusiast, a warm person, and an unparalleled intellectual. He will be missed immensely. Heartfelt condolences to Judge’s family.
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Swedish parents. They’re still in Sweden. He moved to Switzerland for work. We talked about how Swedish and Ukrainian flags have the same colours. Another coincidence.
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Yesterday's discussion on transitional justice, women's & children's rights, genocide, & lawyering in Ukraine was excellent. Grateful for the insights gained & ample food for thought. Many thanks to @NorthwesternLaw, @CIHR_NULaw & Megan Osadzinski for this fruitful event @UCLIRDR
Grateful for the chance to discuss my research on forcible transfers of Ukrainian children at the one-day symposium on 'Re-imagining Transitional Justice in Ukraine' @CIHR_NULaw @NorthwesternLaw I'll be presenting in the 1st panel. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar… @UCLIRDR
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It’s interesting to see some people being upset about calling the vote for amending the Russian Constitution a ‘referendum’, but being totally fine with using that term with regard to the Crimean ‘referendum’. I’d call it karma if I believed in it.
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I think you're omitting the fact that majority of Russians don't protest because they still support the war (and war crimes/genocide committed in Ukraine) & think they themselves won't be conscripted, because the poor and/or national minorities will be the ones mobilised.
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А какие ‘позитивные реалистичные варианты’ для Украины, простите? Российская армия убила, изнасиловала, и запытала тысячу украинцев. Города стёрты с лица земли. Миллионы беженцев. Какие вот позитивные варианты для этих людей?
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My 13 y.o. sister is spending another school day in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, my father was lucky to pass Klitschko bridge just 15 minutes before the rocket strike. Please tell us again how #Russians do not support the war & about all the reasons they can’t protest.
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If I were an economist, I would avoid providing international law analysis, especially to such a big audience.
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