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[Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv]

It showers great posts today. Here's another @ejiltalk must-read by @djag2

"Reforming the #ICC: Is it Time for the Assembly of State Parties to be the adults in the room?" https://t.co/oqwHf3d2Fh

Sure! Although if this is what we expect of #ASP, we're done here I'm afraid...

[Christine Schwobel-Patel @CSchwobelPatel]

Regarding @IntlCrimCourt decision on Bashir immunity and customary international law, it is worth highlighting some fundamental (pro-Western) biases in the way CIL is understood.

A take on #hegemony, CIL and Africa for example by Joycelin Okubuiro at https://t.co/bPi6XZSMmr

[Kevin Jon Heller 🇺🇸🇩🇰 @kevinjonheller]

Anyone else think it’s shameful that the #ICC still has not released Judge Mindua’s separate concurring opinion, even though it’s been more than a month since the #Afghanistan decision — which itself took nearly two years? It’s not like anything hinges on it...

[Thijs B. Bouwknegt @thijsbouwknegt]

Bosco #Ntaganda's defence lawyers move to disqualify part-time #ICC Judge Kuniko #Ozaki (who is also #Japan's Ambassador to #Estonia.

[Dr Gabriele Ch @GChlevickaite]

Defence for Bosco #Ntaganda argue the #ICC Judge #Ozaki's appointment as #Japan's ambassador to Estonia is incompatible with her judicial role, and request disqualification.

[International Crimes @IntCrimDatabase]

Bosco Ntaganda's defence counsel has sought the disqualification of @IntlCrimCourt (#ICC) Judge #Ozaki on the basis of her appointment as Ambassador of #Japan in #Estonia, as it “creates the appearance that she is not independent”. Read the request here: https://t.co/H488Cpm1JM

[Thijs B. Bouwknegt @thijsbouwknegt]

Confirmed: #ICC judge Kuniko #Ozaki resigned as #Japan's Ambassador to #Estonia. She is in the trial chamber that deliberates on the judgement in the case of Bosco #Ntaganda re. atrocity crime charges in DR #Congo

[International Crimes @IntCrimDatabase]

Update: @IntlCrimCourt's Judge #Ozaki has reportedly resigned as the Japanese Ambassador to Estonia. #Ntaganda #ICC

[Collins Tabot - LL.M @collinstabot]

Today, 1 May 2019, the Office of the President of the #InternationalCriminalCourt -#ICC confirms (makes public), Judge Kuniko #Ozaki's resignation as as #Japanese #Ambassador to #Estonia.

It (ICC Presidency) further confirms th…https://t.co/zWqTGlntvS https://t.co/vEOU4BSdqR

[ICLMR (ICL Media Review) @iclmediareview]

On #ICLMR (https://t.co/3mDw1mrbZz): #ICC Judge #Ozaki resigns as #Japan’s #Ambassador to #Estonia. https://t.co/jFrPr24gtn

[Manu Klimis @ManuKlimis]

Et c'est parti pour le détricotage juridique (le politique, lui, n'est pas neuf) de la #CPI #ICC avec l'affaire #Ozaki (du nom de la juge, pour une fois, pas de l'accusé).

[International Crimes @IntCrimDatabase]

The Presidency of the @IntlCrimCourt (#ICC) has confirmed that the Court was notified on 23 April that the Government of #Japan accepted Judge #Ozaki's resignation as Ambassador to #Estonia on 18 April. https://t.co/M2903z7Kit

[Thijs B. Bouwknegt @thijsbouwknegt]

District Court of #TheHague orders #Shell oil company to disclose internal documents and minutes re. the 1995 arrest and imprisonment of 9 #Ogoni men in #Ogoniland, in #Nigeria. The "#Ogoni9" were sentenced to death by a special tribunal and hanged. https://t.co/BIxZy53Cg5

[Collins Tabot - LL.M @collinstabot]

Professor Maurice KAMTO has been charged by the Military Tribunal in Yaoundé- CAMEROON for #insurrection, #rebellion, #complicity in #destruction, #hostility to the #fatherland among others.

#profmauricekamto #mauricekamto https://t.co/2Q8fKmEEw6

[Collins Tabot - LL.M @collinstabot]

The #UnitedStates will withdraw or deny visas to any #InternationalCriminalCourt personnel #investigating
possible #warcrimes by #US. forces or #allies in #Afghanistan, Secretary of State #MikePompeo said on Friday.
Read: https://t.co/qqjFN7cp02 https://t.co/WUBNBmXv8c

[Collins Tabot - LL.M @collinstabot]

"#JudgeOzaki must resign. Or the #AssemblyofStatesParties must initiate proceedings under Art. 46 of the #RomeStatute to remove her from office."
Opines @KevinJonHeller in @OpinioJuris. #internatonalcriminallaw #icc
Read: https://t.co/Zw3NP2ATSR https://t.co/wIlA1j1oZb

[Thijs B. Bouwknegt @thijsbouwknegt]

#Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged #Spain’s King #Felipe VI and #Pope #Francis to make #apology for conquest and #colonial human rights abuses between 1519 and 1821

[Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv]

Thanks Barrie! I look forward to continued exchanges on these issues and highly recommend other titles mentioned in @Barrie_Sander's thread below.

[Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2]

My final post on crisis at the International Criminal Court for EJIL: talk! tackling institutional design, evidence and investigation, and judicial culture; and calling for greater modesty and collegiality.

What happens when we ask: “would a more modest ICC look like?”

[Katarzyna Zdunczyk @kasia_zdunczyk]

The #SouthAfrica’s NAP to combat #Racism, #RacialDiscrimination, #Xenophobia and related intolerance has been finally officially launched! @FHRRights @DOJCD_ZA