Hemi Mistry
@hemimistry.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Law, University of Nottingham Writes about and teaches international law, international criminal law, courts and tribunals, judges, tort. Posts about the above, HE and assorted other bits. She/her.
AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
Asking Authors About Their Own Papers
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Coverage of Day 2 of the 2026 Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference continues here ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/uon-...
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe return with coverage of the second day of of Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference 2026 #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice Follow along here for updates 🧵⤵️
We return with coverage of the second day of of Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference 2026 #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice Follow along here for updates 🧵⤵️
We’re excited to kick off our third annual Nottingham International Criminal Law Conference this morning, bringing together leading academics, practitioners & policymakers to discuss current issues and recent developments in the field. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice For updates, follow along here 🧵⤵️
What a wonderful couple of days with what is now a real highlight of my academic year.Thank you to our speakers for sharing and discussing their work, and to my colleagues in @uonlaw.bsky.social and @uon-hrlc.bsky.social facilitating and supporting our little annual ICL jamboree. Time for a holiday!
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe've had an amazing two days at the 2026 UoN International Criminal Justice Conference. Thanks to all our speakers & session chairs - & to our organisers @hemimistry.bsky.social & @olympiabekou.bsky.social without whom this wonderful event wouldn't have been possible. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice
Hugely excited to be attending and supporting this wonderful event for the third consecutive year. Looking forward to listening to (and live posting about) some very interesting conversations surrounding intl criminal law over the next couple of days! #UoN_ICJ2026 #IntlCrimJustice
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re excited to kick off our third annual Nottingham International Criminal Law Conference this morning, bringing together leading academics, practitioners & policymakers to discuss current issues and recent developments in the field. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice For updates, follow along here 🧵⤵️
So delighted to kick off the third Nottingham ICL Conference. It's a real highlight of our year and it's wonderful to catch up with old ICL friends and colleagues and new
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · 3mo agoWelcoming our speakers & attendees to the conference, Professor Olympia Bekou @olympiabekou.bsky.social, head of UoN School of Law & the HRLC's International Criminal Justice unit, delivers the opening remarks. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice
Welcoming our speakers & attendees to the conference, Professor Olympia Bekou @olympiabekou.bsky.social, head of UoN School of Law & the HRLC's International Criminal Justice unit, delivers the opening remarks. #UoN_ICJ26 #IntlCrimJustice
To expand on my theme slightly, people often misunderstand the purpose of a law degree. It is, emphatically, *not* to learn "The Law." That changes daily. By the time my first degree was over, Irish property law (as an example) had been overhauled beyond recognition. What a law degree is for is...
I thought I recognised that name! It's always great to find out what former students get up to, and even better to find out via the JICJ. Congrats @jdpope.bsky.social!
Jordan Pope@jdpope.bsky.social · 7mo agoI am delighted to share that my article, which sets out a draft amendment to Article II of the 1948 Genocide Convention, has been published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (OUP). A nice way to end the week! ✍🏻 academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".
Middle East conflict is 'assault on international law'
President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".
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Thrilled to announce that @uonlaw.bsky.social and @uon-hrlc.bsky.social will be hosting the Third Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference. Come, give your paper a test-run and catch up with old ICL-friends & new! Call for Papers: lnkd.in/ez9nuUh4 Submit Proposals here: lnkd.in/eNaupN2R
Nottingham ICL Conference 2026 - Call For Papers | Hemi Mistry
Speaking of things that bring me joy - we're genuinely thrilled to announce that the University of Nottingham School of Law and Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) will be hosting the Third Nottingham Inte...
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Imagine that.
Phil Klay@philklay.bsky.social · 8mo ago“Education is for the student’s benefit, not for the benefit of their future employer…students go to school not merely to acquire skills but to develop an entire social and intellectual life: to have something good and to have it forever” @thepointmag.bsky.social thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
Join us on 27 November in The Hague for the 2025 Leiden Journal of International Law Lecture with Professor Ardi Imseis on the topic 'Still Seeking Permission to Narrate: On International Law and the Question of Palestine’. More details and registration: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
This Friday, the HRLC is delighted to be joined @profgsgordon.bsky.social for the launch of his new book, Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice. 🕐 12:00-13:00 GMT 📌 C14, Monica Partridge Building 🔗 For more info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/eventsh...
📢New publication!! In this article I play around with the fictions (or frauds?) of transparency within international courts and tribunals and examine how transparency and secrecy constitute power and authority academic.oup.com/jids/article...
Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication
Abstract. This article applies transparency to itself. It asks ‘What is transparency?’, ‘What do we think it means?’, and ‘What are the effects of transpar
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📢New publication!! In this article I play around with the fictions (or frauds?) of transparency within international courts and tribunals and examine how transparency and secrecy constitute power and authority academic.oup.com/jids/article...
Transparency as performance: the ‘As Is’ and ‘As If’ worlds of international adjudication
Abstract. This article applies transparency to itself. It asks ‘What is transparency?’, ‘What do we think it means?’, and ‘What are the effects of transpar
academic.oup.com
LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.
The final session of the first day of the 2025 Nottingham Intl Criminal Justice Conference addressed accountability issues at the ICC. Chaired by Jennifer Giblin w/ presentations from Ezequiel Jimenez (@ezejim.bsky.social) & Kritika Sharma (@kritikasharma.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
Our third session of the day examined the legal complexities in issues of perpetration, chaired by Dr Javier S. Eskauriatza (@jseskau.bsky.social) with presentations from Dr Michelle Coleman (@michellecoleman.bsky.social), Mary Waterman & Rory Sugrue #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
Listening to great presentations at this conference just now. This is the second year @uniofnottingham.bsky.social organizes what promises to become a flagship yearly conference on international criminal justice
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · last yr.Today's first session explored the purposes, rationales & subjects of International Criminal Justice and was chaired by Olympia Bekou (@olympiabekou.bsky.social), featuring insights from Anna Lena Hörzer, Geraldina Ester Di Natali & Iva Vukušić (@vukusiciva.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
Session two, which focussed on contemporary developments in substantive crimes, was chaired by Caleb Wheeler with presentations from Victor Kattan (@victorkattan.bsky.social), Jolana Makraiová, Hemi Mistry (@hemimistry.bsky.social), Daryna Abbakumova & Francesco Cunsolo #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
Very happy to be here presenting on #AutoHistories of #InternationalCriminalLawyers with @ilariazavoli.bsky.social (and later my own paper on #EmotionalLabour in #ICL)
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · last yr.We are hugely excited to kick off the 2025 Nottingham International Criminal Law Conference this morning, bringing together leading academics, practitioners & policymakers to discuss current issues & recent developments in the field! #UoN_ICJ25 #IntlCrimJustice
Today's first session explored the purposes, rationales & subjects of International Criminal Justice and was chaired by Olympia Bekou (@olympiabekou.bsky.social), featuring insights from Anna Lena Hörzer, Geraldina Ester Di Natali & Iva Vukušić (@vukusiciva.bsky.social) #UoN_ICL25 #IntlCrimJustice
Lovely to be in Nottingham ahead of tomorrow’s @uon-hrlc.bsky.social International Criminal Justice Conference where I will present my research (part of a forthcoming book) about the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
Our letter was quoted by the Wall Street Journal. Full texe here: www.justsecurity.org/116904/israe...
Final preparations are well underway and we are looking forward to two days of dissecting and digesting the state of international criminal justice...
Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC)@uon-hrlc.bsky.social · last yr.The Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference is taking place next week from 14-15 July at the University of Nottingham, co-organised by the HRLC & the UoN School of Law. Details of our exciting speakers, alongside the full conference programme can be found here: bit.ly/4kvwM8v
