#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✌️
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
🇧🇪 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
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.)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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.
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
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...
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
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