Tommaso Soave (@tommasosoave.bsky.social)

'International law, whose authority has been invoked by the [UNGA], has an important but ultimately limited role in resolving this problem'. Striking words at the conclusion of the #ICJ's #climatechange opinion. Has the ICJ been this humble in the past? icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

What happens to a legal community when its institutional core begins to fracture? At #SIEL2025 in Taipei, I spoke about how geopolitical shifts are reshaping not just WTO adjudication—but the very community of trade lawyers around it. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Yes, it's all tweeting on the Titanic at this point. But I am thrilled to see this book, edited by the wonderful Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín and @MansouriNegar, finally out in open access. Thank you for letting me contribute! #fndtn-information" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cambridge.org/core/books/way…

A gift shop in Esquilino, Rome. If our law cannot stop this (see 🇮🇹 Constitutional Court decisions 1/54 and 74/58), our politics must. #nopasarán #theyshallnotpass

Join us 1 April in Vienna for a roundtable on the new book 'Socialism and International Law. The Cold War and Its Legacies' (Oxford Univ. Press, 2024) oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Inst… More info about the book here: academic.oup.com/book/58976

Message by the Board of the European Society of International Law (5 March 2025). Read the full message here: bit.ly/4bwj7LE

Thanks so much to the participants in the inaugural SWAIL (Second World Approaches to International Law) workshop in Vienna. 2 intense days of conversations that have left me intellectually enriched and exhausted (in a good way). Hard to summarize this event...

👇👇👇 Statement by international lawyers, ESIL members and ESIL IG convenors on the very troubling decision by FU to curtail academic freedom in light of the forthcoming ESIL Annual Conference in Berlin. The letter remains open for signature.

Statement on Academic Freedom by @gleiderignacio, President of the European Society of International Law. Read the full statement here: bit.ly/4hTr7bT

No, @nytimes. Trump’s solution for Gaza is not ‘brazen’. It is an overt call for ethnic cleansing. It is illegal under both US and international law. It reaches levels of callousness that no one, irrespective of their views, should condone. Words matter. nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/…

It is important that the media covers the impact of Trump's trade policy. But could it please note that it violates US treaty commitments & international law, & parallels his violations of US law & the Constitution. It is all part of the US becoming a lawless, prerogative state.

🚨 The ESIL/ASIL Speaker Series returns this Spring! Join us on Feb 12 at 10 AM ET/4 PM CET for @laugepoulsen’s talk on "Compensation, Economic Hostages, and Market Access" with comments from @VidigalGeraldo & @JoostPauwelyn. 🔗 Register here: asil.org/event/internat…

Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.

@mabecker17 and I continue our fine tradition of agreeing with each other about everything in this piece about the Sebutinde plagiarism incident: middleeasteye.net/news/icj-presi…

@LucaRubiniLuca Bravo Luca!

Time for a big change. After three wonderful years at the Law Department of the University of Turin, effective February 15, I will join the Department of International Studies of the Università degli Studi di Milano ("La Statale") as Associate Professor in International Law. Stay tuned for further info and contact details!

Signed the contract for my next book Green Frontiers with @VersoBooks today! 💫 Greenland and its critical minerals have become disturbingly relevant… in this book I look at the laws (of extraction) that create new energy sacrifice zones, with Greenland as my central concern 🇬🇱

Second World Approaches to International Law Pleased to announce the programme for our workshop in Vienna on 21-22 February events.ceu.edu/2025-02-21/sea…

One more week to send in your abstract (deadline: 15 January 2025)!

@silviasteiningr Oh no! Get well soon!

not pictured: an emergency ER visit straight from MPIL 100, deep vein thrombosis, 24h of scariness and my body looking like a sausage in compression garments up until my eyebrows (just semi kidding). holidays couldn‘t come soon enough & if i owe you an email, i‘m sorry 🤕

🔥 Call for papers🔥 We’re proud to support this exciting workshop. Kudos @h_lovat and @UofGCILS! (Wow, Jan ‘25 will be intense for socio-legal abstracts… )