There is something deeply uplifting about having one of your queer feminist known associates/co-conspirators say that you are also an excellent doctrinal scholar
Claerwen O’Hara
@claerwen.bsky.social
Critical international law. Lecturer at Melbourne Law School, Co-Chair of the ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality and Int’ Law Interest Group & Editor, Australian Feminist Law Journal | they 💖💜💙
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my first monograph, Consensus in International Law: Critical History, Queer Reimaginings with Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Trans women are women. And Australia's Full Federal Court agrees. www.starobserver.com.au/news/giggle-...
Giggle v Tickle: Landmark Gender Discrimination Appeal Dismissed - Star Observer
An appeal against the landmark Giggle v Tickle gender discrimination case has been dismissed by the Federal Court this afternoon.
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Reminder that @ishtip.bsky.social is now calling for papers for the 17th annual workshop: this year hosted by the University of São Paulo on the theme of 'Intellectual Property and Democracy', 25-26 June 2026. Abstracts due 22 Dec 2025. Join us!
if this happens, it will be the biggest international law news in decades and will be immediately followed by several of the hardest fought sets of litigation you have ever seen. time to stop ignoring tax
Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · 10mo agoRule 1 of the global tax system is you tax multinational corporations where they SAY their profits are, not where they MAKE profit. Most countries backed flipping this 100-year-old rule in recent UN tax talks, to finally end the era of global tax abuse #UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/press/un-inc...
Published today—at the start of Transgender Awareness Week—in the American Journal of International Law, my new book review, "International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?" arrives at a moment that feels both personal and profound. Now up at @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
This essay reviews two recent edited volumes—Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings and Queer Encounters with International Law: Li
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Together with @wanshucong.bsky.social we put together a symposium on the 20th anniversary of Anghie's pathbreaking Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of IL. Our introduction is here: cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi.... Terrific contributions to come including a generous response by Prof. Anghie.
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There has been-ahem-a lot going on in international law. in this brief chapter, I tried to take stock of the past two years and what they mean for critical IL. TL;DR: the old moves REALLY don't work anymore: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Critical International Law amongst the Ruins
<span>This chapter consists of two decidedly uneven parts: a landscape and an explosion. In the first section, I offer an overview of the evolution of critical
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I had such a wonderful time over the past few days convening the @anzsilgsil.bsky.social workshop at Melbourne Law School on Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene and Authoritarian Capitalism with my dear friend @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
Academic selfie: day one of the @anzsilgsil.bsky.social workshop on Feminism in the time of Atrocity, Anthropocene and Authoritarian Capitalism is done, but I was too busy talking to people to remember to take a selfie with the wonderful people in attendance edition
On the eve of another workshop I’m organising with my comrade @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, it is delightful to read through this warm and generous review of the edited books that emerged from our last one - by the amazing @staceyhenderson.bsky.social! To many more queer & feminist conversations!
Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 11mo agoI was delighted to read the review that @staceyhenderson.bsky.social wrote of the queer sibling books that I edited with @claerwen.bsky.social ... on the eve of another @anzsilgsil.bsky.social workshop! law.adelaide.edu.au/adelaide-law...
We are still open to submissions for our upcoming special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” Please share this call for papers with anyone you think interested. The deadline for abstracts is Friday 31st October. 🏳️⚧️
Feminist Legal Studies@flsjournal.bsky.social · last yr.📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.
The next piece in our Special Issue on abolition and International Criminal Law is now out: Martin Clark on the relationships between domestic and international abolitions: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Abolitions, Domestic and International
Recent calls for an abolition movement for international (criminal) law take their grounding in decades of abolition writing built from local and national struggles against incarceration, police br...
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In our latest episode, @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social speaks with Ardi Imseis about the recent recognition of Palestine by western states and the history of the UN’s “rule by law” in relation to Palestine and the construction of its legal subalternity. #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine
In this episode, host Dr Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Professor Ardi Imseis (Queen’s Law School, Canada) for a timely conversation about international law, the United Nations, and the long struggle for
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Part time research assistant position in Melbourne working with the incomparable Jordy Silverstein on statelessness, migration, and intergenerational memory! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Research Associate
Role type: Part-Time (0.2 FTE) Fixed-Term for 3 years Faculty: Melbourne Law School Salary: Level A $85,555.00 - $116,094.00 p.a. plus 17% super Provide vital research support to an ARC Future Fellow...
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An important and wide-ranging interview with Nahed Samour on international law and Palestine, among other things on the role of law and narrative, on the relation between positivism and critique, and on transnational resistance: academic.oup.com/lril/advance...
International law, populism and Palestine: an interview with Nahed Samour
In this interview, Dr Richard Joyce and Professor Sundhya Pahuja are joined by German-Palestinian international legal scholar, Dr Nahed Samour, currently b
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Delighted to have my work on affective tension monitoring and the internal security apparatus accepted in Social and Legal Studies. This is the pre-print version. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Public Order and the Internal Security Apparatus: Affective Tension Monitoring as Police Epistemology
Farmer develops the concept of the civil order to help understand the function of criminal law, but civil order is a particularly capacious concept. In this art
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Registrations are now open for our workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism'! The workshop will be hybrid and take place on 30 & 31 October at Melbourne Law School. See the draft program: drive.google.com/file/d/1YbYn...
I’m really looking forward to this workshop that I’m co-organising with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social! If you’d like to join us online, register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/feminist-a... or get in touch to join in person (limited spots available)
Feminist Approaches to International Law Workshop
Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism
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ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality & International Law Interest Group@anzsilgsil.bsky.social · 12mo agoRegistrations are now open for our workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism'! The workshop will be hybrid and take place on 30 & 31 October at Melbourne Law School. See the draft program: drive.google.com/file/d/1YbYn...
Some gifts are so thoughtful that you can't express how much you appreciate them. Many thanks to @matteobassetti.bsky.social for this watercolour impression of my sky pirate microstate idea. Even if you can't get it from the sketchbook knowing it exists warms my heart 🥰
Wrote this piece on the need to recognise gendered oppression - in all its forms - as always the path to #tyranny. Gendered domination is alway present but failing to confront that = also failing to see the rapid return to patriarchy as the first sign of authoritarianism dflw.ie/power-gender...
Power, Gender and Tyranny in Our Time - Doing Feminist Legal Work
While writing my monograph On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order, the frequent appearance of gender struck me. But, more startling, how little remarked upon
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📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives. Details below. Please share.
Another article from our special issue on frames of human rights is out: @esrademir.bsky.social’s fantastic piece on oppositional frames, analysing how concepts like authoritarianism and populism are used and what this tells us about the Council of Europe itself www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The first piece in our Special Issue on ICL & abolition is out! It is an incredible essay by @disposablehuman.bsky.social & @debbiekilroy.bsky.social on 'the brutal realities of incarceration, particularly for Indigenous women in Australia.' Open Access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Prison is a Prison is a Prison
This essay reflects on the brutal realities of incarceration, particularly for Indigenous women in Australia. It begins with the tragic death of Selesa Tafaifa, who was killed in custody, highlight...
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Reminder that applications for this position close this Friday!
Australian Feminist Law Journal@aflj.bsky.social · last yr.The AFLJ is looking for a Publication and Media Support Officer to assist with its copyediting, outreach and engagement activities! Are you a Melbourne-based graduate researcher with an interest in feminism and law? This position could be perfect for you! drive.google.com/file/d/16z3u...
Pleased to have participated in a radio interview with Tess Matthews on yesterday’s episode of Done by Law on 3CR about the history and future of international law. If you’re interested, you can listen here: www.3cr.org.au/donebylaw
Done By Law
DONE BY LAW is grassroots radio for social justice on community radio station 3CR in Melbourne, Australia. We have been on the air since 1980, giving listeners our unique and irreverent take on curren...
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I had a blast talking about to my old friend and mentor Rob McLaughlin and the phenomenal @alonso-gd.bsky.social about why sinking random "drug" vessels is lawless AF
Douglas Guilfoyle@djag2.bsky.social · last yr.A US kinetic strike on a suspected drug boat, lawful self-defence or utterly lawless? (No prizes for guessing.) Join @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, Rob McLaughlin & @alonso-gd.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar as they unpack law & blurred lines in the “war on drugs/terror.” soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
🌻Read Gozde Turan's new article, 'Sexual and Gender Based Violence Only for the ‘Others’? A fantastic contribution to the discourse around sexual and gender-based crimes in conflict. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sexual and Gender Based Violence Only for the ‘Others’? The Islamic State against Muslim Women
This article is an inquiry into the limits of international criminal law (ICL) to pursue feminist goals. It argues that international criminal courts and tribunals have failed to prosecute intra-gr...
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