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🧵I couldn’t be more pleased that my paper “Litigation as statecraft: small states and the of the law of sea” has been accepted by @BritishYearbook and will appear online in due course. In it my central argument is that small states can - 1/10
Douglas Guilfoyle
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Douglas Guilfoyle
@djag2
Professor, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Host of Called to the Bar: m.soundcloud.com/calledtothebar (he/him)
Canberra
Joined February 2011
- Israel's UNRWA intelligence dossier has been seen by Sky News: "The Israeli intelligence documents make several claims that Sky News has not seen proof of and many of the claims, even if true, do not directly implicate UNRWA."
- No one is qualified to be a Vice-Chancellor if they do not: teach at tertiary level; conduct academic research; hold a PhD. Making it one more job to pass around the class who sit on boards because universities are "just another big organisation" has been a terrible idea.
- I only wish I knew who is due the credit for this work of genius.
- Academic Haiku: A whole hour passes I receive no new e-mail Peaceful. Am I dead?
- I tend to agree with @AdHaque110 that Israel's arguments challenging ICC jurisdiction are hopelessly bad. The submissions do helpfully, however, spell out the parallel legality in which Israel reasons. 1/The International Criminal Court has made public Israel's responses to the Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants. On the issue of Notice: justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl… On the issue of Jurisdiction: justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…
- Funded PhD opportunity with me - please RT! I am re-advertising, on a very short timeline, a call for expressions of interest to join my ARC project on small states and law of the sea litigation against great powers. The PhD will look at UNCLOS a vehicle for climate litigation 1/
- Delighted to announce that from January, I will be Professor of International & Security Law here at @UNSWCanberra. I owe thanks to many in this (re-)promotion effort, but especially to my referees @kevinjonheller, @ProfTimStephens & Prof Catherine Redgwell for their support 1/
- The “Hamas uses human shields and therefore is responsible for any civilian deaths that occur” narrative has a) little moral force, b) no traction in international law, and c) is considerably less persuasive when *Israel itself* has corralled civilians in the targeted site. 1/As an international lawyer, I think it prudent to mention that a disproportionate attack, on a refugee encampment that was until recently a supposed safe zone, carried out in violation of an ICJ provisional measures order does not become legal “because Hamas”
- After the Advisory Opinion it is no longer possible to treat Israel as a normal state. Its occupation of Palestine is a flagrant violation of international law which has to end as rapidly as possible. No assistance may be given to Israel which maintains the occupation 1/2
- Does the ICJ provisional measures decision in the Genocide Convention Case (South Africa v Israel) mean suspending funding to UNRWA is unlawful? I'd like to consider here the strongest legal argument and some counter arguments. First, context - (long 🧵) icj-cij.org/sites/default/…
- The ICC Prosecutor's response to the 64 (often irrelevant, tendentious or legally weird) amicus curiae briefs is pithy and on point regarding jurisdiction and the Oslo Accords. Thread.
- Today is going to be a very hard day for a lot of Australians. A reminder that proof beyond reasonable doubt is the test applied when someone is faced with the power of the state and the possibility of imprisonment. It is not a standard of historical proof or moral judgment. 1/5
