Antonio Coco

Senior Lecturer @EssexLawSchool, Fellow @ELAC_Oxford. Formerly @UNIGEnews, @Geneva_Academy and @unict_it. PIL, ICL, Cyber, IHL, Human Rights (& FC Inter Milan)

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

At long last, my own book (@OUPLaw) takes a spot on my bookshelves! It explores how and why #internationalcriminallaw places blame and punishment for failures to know the applicable law. If you happen to read it, any feedback (hopefully constructive 😅) is welcome!

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

Enriching days in beautiful Suzhou discussing attribution, cyber prepositioning & cross-border data flows with esteemed colleagues.
Thanks to @TheGCSP & @EUCyberDirect for the invitation, to our Chinese hosts for their warm hospitality & all for such a constructive exchange 🌐⚖️

[EU Cyber Direct @EUCyberDirect]

The 5th Sino-European Expert Working Group on International Law in Cyberspace met in Suzhou, China on 29–31 Oct 2025

Experts discussed #cyber attribution, prepositioning & international law in the context of #cyberdiplomacy

Thanks to all involved for your valuable contributions

[Armed Groups and International Law @armedgroupsintl]

🚨 Not to be missed today! @ACoco_IntLaw's post as part of the #AlHassan symposium we're co-hosting with @Articles_of_War: "The Defences of Duress and Mistake of Law in the Al Hassan Trial Judgment"
https://t.co/SdopNKBQqM

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

The second paper was authored and presented by @CarolDyckGPO @westernuLaw,'The Case for a High Seas Marine Protected Area in the Central Arctic Ocean' chaired by the excellent @ACoco_IntLaw with insightful and astute intervention by brilliant Discussant @soyeon_kim_IL.

[Human Rights Centre @EssexHRC]

Don't forget that this year's Annual Lecture is tonight and now online only! Join us at 4.30pm UK time. Register here: https://t.co/hkxY2HLmQg

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Excited to convene @ModernLRev Seminar, 'Multilateralism and the making of int'l law: #BBNJ' with José Manuel Pacheco Castillo @CarolDyckGPO @manfr93 @SamVarvastian Danai-Fani Georgoula @MMohiqi @soyeon_kim_IL @ACoco_IntLaw @C_Ahlborn @Elmethymaki Judge Ida Caracciolo @ITLOS_TIDM

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

It's this time of year again 🤩Welcome week for our students! Super excited to welcome new postgraduate students to @EssexLawSchool with @KyritsisD @andreafejos @ACoco_IntLaw. Looking forward to another great academic year!

[Essex Law School @EssexLawSchool]

We don't always take ourselves seriously, but we are serious when we say that we can't wait to meet all our new students and welcome back our returning ones.
✨SLAY✨

@geoffxgilbert and @TaraVanHo star in our latest Instagram reel

https://t.co/h9MTfPIBqp

[Essex Law School @EssexLawSchool]

Essex Law School is pleased to invite scholars, practitioners, and experts in the field of #internationallaw and international law of the sea to submit abstracts. Convened by @MeaganwongS thanks to Modern Law Review Funding.

#Callforabstracts here⛵️ https://t.co/KIMJV4cbcN

[Koldo Casla @koldo_casla]

Great to see this new @MinorityRights written by a group of students at Essex Human Rights Centre Clinic last year: @karampi_eleni Lucy Ridout, Kotono Takeshita & Saad Umer Ahmad, and supervised by @ACoco_IntLaw
cc @EssexHRC @Uni_of_Essex @EssexLawSchool @ResearchEssex

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Honoured to chair the 2024 International Law Lecture @EssexLawSchool, 'The Inter-State cases with the Strasbourg Court – follow-up to the Copenhagen commitments' delivered by Judge Erik Wennerström @ECHR_CEDH. Thank you @ACoco_IntLaw for being our host and to all who joined us!

[Essex Law School @EssexLawSchool]

Great to have this year's Annual International Law Lecture delivered by Judge Wennerström, @ECHR_CEDH at @EssexLawSchool today, chaired by @MeaganwongS with introduction by @ACoco_IntLaw. Thank you to all who attended the lecture and Cluster meeting beforehand!

[Judith Bueno de Mesquita @Judith_Mesquita]

1/5 Yesterday @EssexHRC & @EssexLawSchool PIL Cluster had the huge honour to host a triple book launch for esteemed colleagues @EPobjie @sophie_duroy and @LSW_RMAS and @EssexHRC fellow @ClaireESimmons.

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

Come join us on June 4th! 📚

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Excited to chair this special book launch event ft. monographs by my excellent colleagues @sophie_duroy @EPobjie @ClaireESimmons with @ACoco_IntLaw as Discussant on Tues 4 June 12-2pm @EssexLawSchool @EssexHRC Public International Law Research Cluster. More details in 🧵 --

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Excited to chair this special book launch event ft. monographs by my excellent colleagues @sophie_duroy @EPobjie @ClaireESimmons with @ACoco_IntLaw as Discussant on Tues 4 June 12-2pm @EssexLawSchool @EssexHRC Public International Law Research Cluster. More details in 🧵 --

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Honoured to chair the Annual International Law Lecture 2004 delivered by Judge Wennerström, @ECHR_CEDH at @EssexLawSchool on Mon, June 10th. For more information about the lecture and to register, see here: https://t.co/1qtmmo5NFs

[Meagan Wong @MeaganwongS]

Honoured that Judge @lijnzaad will be delivering the next Lecture in our Public In't Law Lecture Series, 'We're in this together, the scope of the "ship as a unit" rule' 🛳️on Wed 8th May, 6pm BST. Join Judge Lijnzaad, me and @edajones16! Sign-up here 🌊: https://t.co/kh8Bu9REJA

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

Grateful to @ASBCTSS @ZhaiGenT @PE_Stek Renato Lima de Oliveira for the opportunity to present my research on #multistakeholder initiatives clarifying #internationallaw for #cyberspace @ the beautiful @ASB campus in Kuala Lumpur.Great feedback from a wonderful research community!

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

@AfonsoSeixas Thanks Afonso!

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

🤖 Excited to share my latest article: it explores the impact of #automation #bias and complacency on criminal responsibility for #warcrimes, diving into the complexities of human-machine interaction & offering insights for effective legislative responses👇https://t.co/NHaySor4Ra

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

@MeaganwongS please feel free to DM if you need to get around the paywall 😉

[Antonio Coco @ACoco_IntLaw]

And thanks to Florian Jessberger, Henning Lahmann and
@MeaganwongS for comments on earlier drafts!