Was the nation-state an inevitable outcome for the Mediterranean, or just the most aggressive one?
We’re editing a new volume exploring the "lost" alternatives that didn't fit the nationalist mold.
We’re looking for contributors to join the discussion. DM or email for more info
🎂 This year, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany @BVerfG turns 75!
📚 To commemorate this momentous anniversary, Matthias Jestaedt @UniFreiburg, Anna-Bettina Kaiser @HumboldtUni, Angelika Nußberger @UniCologne, and Andreas Voßkuhle @UniFreiburg have assembled a group of scholars and judges from 42 jurisdictions around the world to reflect on the Court, its work, and its influence abroad.
📝 My chapter is titled "Does Unamendability Ever Matter?" I suggest that unamendable constitutional rules matter only rarely -- and that one of these rare instances is evident in Germany, namely that unamendable constitutional rules matter where they are backed by an authoritative court of last resort that is both willing and able to enforce them against noncompliant actors.
📕 The book -- titled "A View from Outside -- International Liber Amicorum of the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Constitutional Court" -- is now available here: https://t.co/Q4DGOIcetC.
📰 An early draft of my chapter is available here, but I recommend the final edited version in the published book: https://t.co/1ehPjbLx7F
On the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, watch the lecture “International Law in the Diplomatic System”, by Professor Gerry Simpson, available at @UN_AVL https://t.co/s1gwV4FZFs
Are we after the war and before the peace? Because if we are, someone should inform the region.
The wars #Israel has launched on #Iran and #Lebanon do not exist in isolation. They are tied, inescapably, to the condition of Palestinians still living under the burden of a unlawful Israeli rule. You can change the map, rename the operation, hold the summit, draft the communiqué. None of it will hold.
Because if justice does not emerge for #Palestine, peace will not emerge for anyone else.
And that is not theory. It is not ideology. It is not rhetoric. It is the lesson of nearly a century, repeatedly taught, repeatedly ignored, and repeatedly paid for in blood.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV on Trump’s warning to Iran of “civilization” destruction —
“This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people.”
He adds the war is “continuing to escalate and is not resolving anything… is only provoking more hatred throughout the world.”
“attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also against sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”
Video @Reuters
#undíacomohoy en 1918 Ricardo Flores Magón y Librado Rivera fueron condenados en Estados Unidos a 20 y 15 años de prisión, respectivamente, por su “Manifiesto a los trabajadores del mundo” en contra de la participación en la Primera Guerra Mundial.
📢 Attention researchers and practitioners! The International Review of the Red Cross calls for papers on 'Addressing the Human Cost of Weapons: Past, Present and Future'. Submit by 20 March 2026.
Read more 👉🏽 https://t.co/UClHwDprbo
Oggi con @FranceskAlbs ad @amnestyitalia discutiamo del genocidio ancora in corso a Gaza e dei disegni legge in esame al Parlamento basati sulla definizione antisemitismo IHRA che sopprimono la libertà di educazione critica, dibattito e mobilitazione. https://t.co/7wcDEWWAHL
Apart from ethical judgments there are prudential ones. Subjugating & destroying others, inflicting immense suffering, are not going to make anyone safer or respected. They will intimidate, be feared, but peace will not be sown. Condemning future generations to bloodshed. Hurting
Wir haben mit Ignacio Rosaslanda (jW-Videojournalist) über die aktuelle Lage in Mexiko nach dem Tod von Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, genannt »El Mencho«, gesprochen. Das vollständige Videointerview findest du hier: https://t.co/U9jmCAwvgD
Mi español es… no muy bueno. Pero la lucha para cuidado infantil universal? Eso es muy bueno.
Asi que traje una amiga para ayudarme a compartirles porque registrarse para el kinder-3 y prekinder esta semana importa. Vamos a registrarlos.
Visite https://t.co/UkFHfq2yRA para empezar.
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My Spanish is… no bueno. But the fight for universal childcare? Muy bueno.
So I brought a friend to help me share why signing up for free 3-K and Pre-K this week matters. Let’s get you enrolled.
Visit https://t.co/UkFHfq2yRA to get started.
Mano llore. Porque salió mi bandera, mi gente y mi idioma en el escenario más grande del mundo. Y bailaron y gozamos. Y criticamos y seguimos Pa’Lante.
Gracias a @AnaximandroPeEs y @kfpboyar se escucharán en @UNAM_Historicas voces e inquietudes novedosas sobre la dimensión histórica de la violencia, la guerra y la militarización en Hispanoamérica durante los últimos 250 años.
3-5 febrero
Programa: https://t.co/M2VAtj5YKB