Hi Wellington friends, Author Marika Sosnowski is speaking on her new book '58 Facets: on law, violence and revolution' this Friday 28th Nov 6pm at Schrödingers Books, Petone. In conversation with Sarah Jane Parton. Please share widely and come along! www.facebook.com/share/p/1DLy...

NZ is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood – but there’s still time to show leadership, Prof Treasa Dunworth theconversation.com/nz-is-traili...

NZ is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood – but there’s still time to show leadership

Conditional recognition of a Palestinian state by other countries is politically and legally questionable. A more straightforward statement from NZ would help.

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Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation @amralee.bsky.social theconversation.com/air-dropping...

Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation

States must exercise their full diplomatic leverage to pressure Israel to let aid in at the scale required to avert famine.

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NZ is prepared to take ‘further action’ over the Gaza crisis – here are 5 options, Prof Treasa Dunworth theconversation.com/nz-is-prepar...

NZ is prepared to take ‘further action’ over the Gaza crisis – here are 5 options

A joint statement by NZ and 27 other countries opens a door for further action against Israel over Gaza. What domestic and international steps could be taken?

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Important contribution from my Te Herenga Waka-VUW and Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha-UC colleagues on the history, achievements, and limits of the 🇳🇿 Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024. 👏

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Nikitha Aithal, Helena Cook, Marnie Lloydd and Julija Sardelić focus on 🇳🇿 2024 citizenship restoration for Sāmoans, arguing it treats the symptoms, not the systems of colonial injustice Justice means dismantling ongoing racism & exclusion, not just restoring legal status ⚖️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/56wjhr8w

Nikitha Aithal, Helena Cook, Marnie Lloydd and Julija Sardelić focus on 🇳🇿 2024 citizenship restoration for Sāmoans, arguing it treats the symptoms, not the systems of colonial injustice Justice means dismantling ongoing racism & exclusion, not just restoring legal status ⚖️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/56wjhr8w

Citizenship as Reparations: Should the victims of historical injustice be offered membership? - Page 10 of 10 - Globalcit

Kickoff contribution by David Owen and Rainer Bauböck. Comments by Jocelyn Kane and Patti Tamara Lenard, Ashley Mantha-Hollands , Timothy Jacob-Owens , Lior Erez, Peter Spiro, Christoph Sperfeldt, Alf...

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❗New Forum Debate Entry ❗ Is reparative citizenship just selective immigration in disguise? Reinhard Schweitzer & @tinailaria.bsky.social examine 🇦🇹 & 🇪🇸 citizenship restitution policies 🤔 Justice... or strategic demographic engineering? 🗣️ Read their take in the debate tinyurl.com/y7s6m6uy

We're pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize is Emily McKechnie with: "Overcrowded and Understaffed: How Aotearoa’s international human rights obligations are struggling to prevent ill-treatmernt of the growing remand population". nzccl.org.nz/nzccl-vuw-la...

NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize winner announced!

Announcing the winner of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties VUW Law essay prize for 2024, as well as a special prize for a second essay.

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📖 Launched today – IHL in Focus: Annual Report. Documenting and analysing compliance with IHL in some of the world’s most pressing conflicts, it sheds light on the well-documented crises dominating global headlines. 👉 Read more and download the report: www.geneva-academy.ch/news/detail/...

IHL in Focus Annual Report: Assessing Compliance Across 22 Conflicts - The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

The IHL in Focus: Annual Report, which documents and analyses compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in some of the world’s most pressing conflicts, is now available.

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Our annual Govt Law — Year in Review event, convened by the NZ Centre for Public Law at @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, takes place in a fortnight (18 Feb, 10:45am-4:45pm). A range of great speakers and topics, for a modest registration fee. Register online now: www.wgtn.ac.nz/public-law/e...

#wellington peeps - I can't recommend highly enough Jaye's 4-week (8-hour) te Reo grammar class!! @ CEC Wellington Being offered 4 times in 2025 it seems 😍 Good for beginners with a few words of vocab www.cecwellington.ac.nz/w/courses/15...

Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference! The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University. The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. Please re-post!

Our annual #IHL Seminar takes place Friday 29 November. Excellent line-up of speakers, both international and NZ-based. In-person in #Wellington #VUW 9am-1pm or join online. No registration fee. All welcome. Draft programme and registration: createsend.com/t/y-F8974ACF...

Interested in the notion of "solidarity"? My exploration of the multiple meanings of solidarity in humanitarian action, “Sticking together while standing one's own ground”, out now open access in latest issue | International Review of the Red Cross | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3UXTUlV

Toituu te Tiriti ✊

The Christchurch mosque terrorism attacks has cost NZ more than than $2 billion, took 51 productive live,s and damaged countless more. There is no need or good reason to put these on the table.

Semi-automatics on the table in gun laws shake-up

But a mother whose son was killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings fears what will happen if the rules are relaxed.

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Extended deadline to 19 JAN, @ANZSIL Peace & Security Law interest group workshop in Brisbane 23 FEB. PhD cands welcome. Some travel funding for ECR. We have fab submissions but have room for some more - please join us and please re-post! anzsil.org.au/resources/AN...