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[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

Next week at SOAS, "The Genocide in Gaza: A Legal Analysis".
Featuring @MsJamshidi and @Alonso_GD, chaired by @pmpoc

Register here: https://t.co/Feu2k5RABm @soasLAW @SOAS_MEI

[Socio-Legal Review @SLR_NLSIU]

In the final essay, Birsha Ohdedar uses a justice-centred framework to comment on the Indian Supreme Court’s March 2024 judgement in MK Ranjitsinh v Union of India, where the Court recognised a right to be protected from the impacts of climate change.
https://t.co/4vqI6fGr1K

[Khalil Dewan @KhalilDewan]

My comments on #Israel’s use of #AI weapon systems in #Gaza and future of warfare amid great power competition. Great working with @roydendsouza @MissSamJohnson @AJEnglish

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

Join us at SOAS to hear Dr. Yonit Manor-Percival & Prof. Janet Dine discuss *Post-Colonial Globalisation* and its global impact. All welcome!

[Kanika Sharma @kanika_sha]

Join us on Friday, 21 June @soasLAW to analyse the relation between law and images and the return of cameras to courtrooms in the UK, India and China. https://t.co/43gW0xKf9C

[SOAS University of London @SOAS]

How can we mitigate the cost of corruption and provide local communities access to justice?

@soasLAW's Emilia Onyema will be delivering @Ciarb's hybrid Roebuck Lecture this year, focusing on those most impacted by corruption.

📅 26 Jun
🕕 6pm

https://t.co/HMWr5SNn65

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

New Publication 📚

'Print, Publish, Punish: The Qur’an and the Law from Colonial India to Contemporary Pakistan' by Prof. Martin Lau

https://t.co/wK0HzidvqT

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

Join the International School on Climate Mobilities & researchers from @soasLAW and @SOAS for this panel discussion about the ways in which we frame, understand and talk about climate-related (im)mobilities. Register here: https://t.co/VZoF7KAS4K

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

We are very pleased to announce two bursary awards available in 2024/25 for new students studying the Joint LLM/MA in Environmental Justice in South Asia with National Law University Delhi and SOAS University of London.

Read more below

https://t.co/fXIK5B2Buy

[Dr. Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna @olivialwabs]

@WorldBank @AfDB_Group @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @SOAS @soasLAW Will be Chairing a session on legal and economic reforms that target property and inheritance rights for women: ICR Facility @giz_gmbh @britishcou @expertisefrance @PressACP

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

@JonBashi @AfricaAtLSE @iel_collective @afronomicslaw @AfreximResearch @SOASDevelopment

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

🌍If you are interested in international economic law and the African continent, check out this fantastic workshop organized by Dr Jonathan Bashi.

Link to register below 👇

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

Another must-read thread by Dr Sultany on why 'Palestine is a litmus test'. 👇🧵

[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

The legal case before the ICJ is turning into an epic legal battle of Global South vs. Global North, as evident from German and Canadian interventions, and previous US statements, during the 2nd day of the ICJ hearing: 1/17

[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies MA scholarship 2024/25. Priority to applicants from the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially Gaza https://t.co/fTPpi3NpCM

[SOAS Centre for study of Colonialism, Empire & IL @CCEILSOAS]

Corrected program: We are happy to launch the award-winning book edited by @immi_tallgren on 20th May at SOAS (3-5PM). We will have 6 authors (Mai Taha, Roxana Banu, Gina Heathcote, @luizaleaoperei1, @SarahRileyCase and Berenice Schramm) present their chapters, with our students acting as discussants.

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

📚New Publication by Prof. Peter Munchlinski: "Sweatshops and Labour Law: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Ignoring Labour Law in Developing Countries"

#labourlaw #bizhumanrights

https://t.co/KiVRyXmEFi

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

📚New Publication: 'A Threshold Crossed: On Genocidal Intent and the Duty to Prevent Genocide in Palestine' by Nimer Sultany 🇵🇸

Link below and read the full thread for a summary. 🧵

#genocide #internationallaw #IHL #ICJ #Gaza

https://t.co/alHQZURixe

[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

In this new article for the @JournalGenocide I argue that Israel's onslaught on Gaza has crossed the threshold of the military logic of defeating the enemy to the genocidal logic of elimination: https://t.co/MVrqPQ851N

[SOAS Law @soasLAW]

📚New Book Publication: Islamic Contract Law

The first comprehensive & authoritative treatise of Islamic contract and private law in English.

Co-written by Dr Jonathan Ercanbrack (SOAS), Ilias Bantekas, Umar Oseni, & Ikram Ullah.

https://t.co/ne2Nf1rCq1

[UN Syria Commission of Inquiry @UNCoISyria]

Guest Essay by @UNCoISyria Commissioners
in The New York Times

Under Gaza’s Shadow, Syria Faces a New Welter of Conflict

https://t.co/cweejhwawC