Jörg Polakiewicz

Berliner, Council of Europe and professor of human rights law at Europainstitut Saarbrücken. Posts are personal, Reposts no endorsements.

[Jörg Polakiewicz @jowicz]

#Ukraine becoming 125th party to #ICC Rome Statute 👏👏👏

[Iryna Mudra @IrynaRMudra]

#UN Together with the representatives of the @UKRinUN, the instrument of ratification was deposited for storage in the depository of the Rome Statute😍 Well done✌️

[Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour]

Former Prosecutor of ICC asking for its staff to be protected properly by an EU statute blocking US sanctions- statements of concern ring hollow when staff in reality have lives ruined. US aim is to bully and isolate, she claims. https://t.co/RpaIHxbj8Z

[Maxime PREVOT @prevotmaxime]

🇧🇪 Belgium joins the signatories of this statement in reiterating the importance of respecting international law and, consequently, of putting an end to the illegal settlements and their expansion.
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Joint Statement from the leaders of the E4 + Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands on the situation in the West Bank https://t.co/kn5fw35THw

[ECHR CEDH @ECHR_CEDH]

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[Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway]

Does International Law Make A Difference?

This is the question I've grappled with throughout my career.

Read my wide-ranging conversation with the co-editors-in-chief of the Yale Journal of International Law.

(Link in reply.)

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

The EU deregulation machine has found its next target: protected wildlife.

Under pressure from industry, member states want easier licenses to build industrial projects even if this entails killing species protected under EU law.

The Commission intends to “stress test” the Birds and Habitats Directives - Europe’s 50-year biodiversity backbone - reframed as red tape.

The Commission already wants to strip wolves of their strictly protected status, and now the logic is spreading species by species.

What comes after “simplification” risk becoming extinction.

https://t.co/SZqrFhVKrj

[Peter Van Elsuwege @P_VanElsuwege]

The Commission's proposal on the suspension of certain trade-related aspects of the 🇪🇺 🇮🇱 Association Agreement, on the table since 17 September 2025... can be adopted by QMV in the Council #EU #Israel #trade https://t.co/wd6zqrDSSD

[Mark Kersten || @markkersten.bsky.social @MarkKersten]

Spain and Slovenia are calling on the EU to block US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. But Brussels remains silent https://t.co/tyJk9owxHL #ICC

[Johann Spischak @SDGMasterglass]

ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou @nicopaulmichel has revealed that he is currently unable to use his bank cards even on European soil.

The reason? He is one of the judges who issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leading the United States to slap him

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

EXCLUSIVE: The Netherlands is seeking to restart talks on using up to €210 billion in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine keep defending itself next year.
https://t.co/HOlCnCvbu8

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

Now posted on our website is an updated, streamlined BACKGROUNDER on appointing the next SG, with details on GA interactive dialogues with candidates to be held 21 & 22 April in Trusteeship Chamber + information on how civil society will be participating:
https://t.co/lWR7SFDIMw

[Peter Van Elsuwege @P_VanElsuwege]

Announcement of what promises to be a landmark judgment on Article 2 TEU (EU values)
#EUlaw #Hungary #CJEU

[Paula Erizanu @paulaerizanu]

The Economist’s Democracy Index downgraded Moldova from “flawed democracy” to “hybrid regime” for issues with political culture, participation, governance. The label was last used for RM during Plahotniuc.

Romania is meanwhile upgraded from “hybrid regime” to “flawed democracy”

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

Meloni’s Gulf trip is less an Italian success than an EU failure.

Every member state shopping for its own gas deal is not strategic autonomy : it’s the structural weakness that makes Europe permanently vulnerable in energy crises.

Macron tried this after Ukraine.
Nothing durable came of it.

A flag on a bilateral deal is not a European strategy.

[Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway]

The Iran war--and the way it is being waged--is "so clearly unlawful and deeply misguided."

Glad to talk to Edward Wong for this @nytimes piece:

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

+++ Orbán's false flag operation: Commission convenes urgent emergency meeting on Tuesday.

[Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway]

Over 100 international lawyers (including me) warn that U.S. strikes on Iran violate the UN Charter and may be war crimes.

[Paula Erizanu @paulaerizanu]

End of an era: Moldova has left the Community of Independent States via a final parliamentary law after denouncing 283 agreements. After notifying CIS of the vote, the exit will be official within a year.

https://t.co/AmtadyKsfH

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

I'm not surprised the Hungarian government is controlled by Russia but I did not expect such level of servilism. I guess they prefer to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven...

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

The @eu_eeas refused disclosure of the Board of Peace’s Charter and its own legal analysis.

It also implicitly denied the existence of any other relevant documents and exchanges with the Member States.

A confirmatory request is warranted

[Kevin Jon Heller 🇺🇸🇩🇰 @kevinjonheller]

I have a long post @opiniojuris today about the standard of proof that applies in #ICC disciplinary proceedings. The answer is clear and unequivocal: proof beyond a reasonable doubt. https://t.co/Awm7jaxhgm