Jess Peake
@jesspeake.bsky.social
Director, International & Comparative Law Prog, UCLA School of Law. Interests = digital investigations/evidence, human rights, IHL, PIL, tech.
From Feb 20-21, 2026, ABILA and the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA School of Law hosted International Law Weekend – West. The theme of the conference was New Frontiers, Evolving Rules: The Future of International Law. A huge thanks to @jesspeake.bsky.social for ILW West's success!
I am excited to co-chair International Law Weekend again this year! Stay tuned for the call for proposals. #ILW2026
ABILA (American Branch of the ILA)@abilaofficial.bsky.social · 6mo agoAnnouncing: the ILW 2026 Co-Chairs, theme, and dates! We're delighted to announce that this year's Co-Chairs are Brady Mabe, @jesspeake.bsky.social, and Lisa Reinsberg. Theme: [R]evolution in the International Legal Order. Dates: October 22-24, 2026. Save the dates today!
Check out my new co-authored piece on @justsecurity.org In it, we discuss how crises can be catalysts for change in international law. Join us for @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend in NYC this weekend to explore this theme in more detail. #ILW2025
Just Security@justsecurity.org · 10mo ago"Progress in international law often emerges not in spite of crisis, but because of it." William Aceves, Amity Boye, and @jesspeake.bsky.social ask: How can today's crises become opportunities for innovation? www.justsecurity.org/122915/crisi...
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Check out this excellent thread from @eliothiggins.bsky.social on what misinformation is, the dangers it poses and how empowered citizens and critical thinking are vital to democracy.
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last yr.🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face. www.cato.org/policy-analy...
This is cruel. Children will die because they can’t get the treatment they need. This SCOTUS doesn’t care about the American people.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
🚨 Call for papers! Please consider submitting a proposal for our Emerging Voices Panel at @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend 2025. This is a great opportunity to present before a prominent international law audience + get feedback from experienced scholars. Deadline = July 6
ABILA (American Branch of the ILA)@abilaofficial.bsky.social · last yr.Emerging Voices 2025 Panel The ILW Organizing Committee invites the submission of abstracts relating to the theme of “Crisis as Catalyst in International Law.” Accepted applicants will be invited to present their papers at the Emerging Voices Panel. www.ila-americanbranch.org/emerging-voi...
The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.
Alexa@alexakoenig.bsky.social · last yr.3/ Second up: A Roadmap for Justice in Iran, outlining the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, with which we've been sharing open source data and analysis w/ an eye towards the pursuit of legal accountability www.justsecurity.org/113838/roadm...
2/ First up: Safeguarding Evidence from Nushin Sarkarati (Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project), @jesspeake.bsky.social (UCLA Lab) and Kelly Liu (Mnemomic) who outline our collab as the Iran Digital Archive Coalition + the special series www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...
The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests
Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.
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Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran
Alexa@alexakoenig.bsky.social · last yr.1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
Check out my new @justsecurity.org piece, w my brilliant collaborator/friends Nushin Sarkarati (@slpjustice.bsky.social) + Kelly Liu. We describe creating the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition + why it is important to collect #digitalevidence for #accountability www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...
The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests
Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.
justsecurity.org
If this can be done to a U.S. Senator, in full view of the press, no one in this country can feel safe.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last yr.Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser: “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
This @motherjones.com piece captures the horror + fear of ICE agents disappearing a woman without a warrant, while hiding their faces. Cowards. And then the Worcester Police steps in to help ICE + arrests a distraught 16 year old whose mother has just been taken. It’s disgusting.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A true scandal. One of the biggest free speech violations of our lifetimes and yet the people who screamed about free speech on campus for the past decade were either responsible for the violation (Trump, GOP) or ran cover for it and enabled it (Bari Weiss, Fox, etc).
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING: Federal judge in Vermont orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be released from detention "immediately" and on her own recognizance with no travel restrictions. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
Short 🧵 Today I became an American citizen after almost 16 years of living in the United States 🇺🇸 The woman who delivered the oath ceremony to the 40 of us who were being sworn in as citizens this morning thanked us for coming here and wanting to make it our home. 1/4
Moving and inspirational stories from past Aurora Humanitarian Awardees who are doing life changing work to support communities in Burundi, Congo, Iraq and Afghanistan
@safiyanoble.bsky.social talks of the “fantasy of AI” + the harm being wrought to by LLMs, + @aspainbradley.bsky.social emphasizes that education is a political project + we need to ensure access for all on a panel on The Future of Human Rights at the Aurora Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum
An interesting conversation to kick off the Aurora Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum, cohosted by the Promise Institute for Human Rights
I’m excited to be co-chairing the @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend this Fall with this excellent committee of colleagues and friends!
ABILA (American Branch of the ILA)@abilaofficial.bsky.social · last yr.Announcing: the International Law Weekend 2025 Organizing Committee! Including @jesspeake.bsky.social, @chris4short.bsky.social, @corrarino.bsky.social, @ewickeri.bsky.social, @freyadw.bsky.social and @leilasadat1.bsky.social www.ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-i...
Congratulations @leilasadat1.bsky.social, recipient of the @asilorg.bsky.social Goler T. Butcher medal for her incredible work pushing for a #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Delighted to be @asilorg.bsky.social Annual Meeting to see my friend and former colleague, E Tendayi Achiume, deliver the Grotius Lecture on the history of racialization, racism, and how international law is a site of contestation. #ASILAM
Today, the @UN_HRC voted to extend the mandate of #IranFFMI to investigate crimes committed by the Islamic Republic. #IranDigitalArchiveCoalition is dedicated to preserving digital evidence of these atrocities to ensure that they are recognized+addressed. humanrights.berkeley.edu/press-releas...
Open source information plays crucial role in identifying international crimes carried out by Islamic Republic of Iran - Berkeley Human Rights Center
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We're hiring! Bellingcat is looking for an Open Source Investigator and Trainer to join our Human Rights and Conflict Monitoring team. Read about the role and apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...
Bellingcat is Hiring: Open Source Investigator and Trainer (Conflict) - bellingcat
Bellingcat is hiring an open source investigator and trainer (conflict). Find out more about the role and apply within.
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I’m honored to be co-chairing the @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend this year with two wonderful colleagues. ILW is a fantastic conference and I’m excited to help shape it under our theme of Crisis as Catalyst in International Law.
ABILA (American Branch of the ILA)@abilaofficial.bsky.social · last yr.Announcing: ILW 2025 Co-Chairs! The International Law Weekend 2025 Co-Chairs are William Aceves (@californiawestern.bsky.social), Amity Boye (ABILA), and Jess Peake (@jesspeake.bsky.social / @law.ucla.edu). Read more about our Co-Chairs here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-i...
Today’s the day! If you’re in #Taipei for #RightsCon please consider joining us for these two sessions this afternoon. @rightscon.org
Jess Peake@jesspeake.bsky.social · last yr.I just landed in #Taipei and excited for @rightscon.org next week! If you're in town, let me know! And please join me as I co-host two #opensource workshops on Tuesday with @alexakoenig.bsky.social and others. #RightsCon2025 #opensource #OSINT #digitalinvestigations #digitalevidence
I just landed in #Taipei and excited for @rightscon.org next week! If you're in town, let me know! And please join me as I co-host two #opensource workshops on Tuesday with @alexakoenig.bsky.social and others. #RightsCon2025 #opensource #OSINT #digitalinvestigations #digitalevidence
My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
Byron Tau@byrontau.bsky.social · 2y agoApple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice. www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
