Wait. John Bolton is right about something? RT@thedailybeast One GOP Prez Candidate Who Believes In Climate Change http://thebea.st/1yNsRbU

No, Going to the #ICC Is Not „Lawfare“ by Palestine http://opiniojuris.org/2015/01/22/no-going-icc-not-palestinian-lawfare/ …

RT @julianku: Can Congress Force President Obama Submit an Iran Nuclear Deal for their Approval? http://shar.es/1bxAAY  via @opiniojuris

All pre-cleared with WH RT @DouglasLevene: A list of foreign dignitaries addressing Congress, inc Netanyahu in 2011 http://history.house.gov/Institution/Foreign-Leaders/Joint-Sessions/ …

Boehner Netanyahu invite looks like Logan Act violation (see Jim Wright and the Sandinistas) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

Boehner to host Netanyahu (any precedent for Congress bypassing White House to invite foreign leader?) http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/benjamin-netanyahu-congress-invitation/ …

There is room for a book like this RT @multilateralist: Excited to be working with OUP on a book about law of the sea and ocean governance.

Constitutional protocol RT @APDiploWriter: White House says Boehner invitation to PM Netanyahu a breach of protocol http://bigstory.ap.org/article/66d392be139b4075a3fe7dc0d1d2ada1/white-house-boehner-invite-netanyahu-breach-protocol …

Corporations have rights. Now we need a global treaty on their responsibilities http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jan/21/corporations-abuse-rights-international-law?CMP=share_btn_tw … cc: John Ruggie

Russia likes to invoke international law for its sovereignty claims, but these claims are more performative (or „scripts“) than substantive

Good post @DailySignal on why Palestinians joining ICC probably doesn’t trigger US funding ban. http://dailysign.al/1GrSwxq  Sloppy drafting

it’s not just „our values“ that prohibit torture and guarantee free expression. it’s international law. #SOTU

Obama to Congress: Authorize the war I started back on Sep. 10….Though I don’t need it and won’t be constrained by it!

We reserve the right to act unilaterally, as we’ve done relentlessly to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies.

Well, yes RT@ZackKorman „Most states obey most int’l obligations most of the time.“ Int’l lawprofs actually believe this a strong argument?

Dutch court blocks extradition to U.S. over torture concerns http://dailym.ai/1BaJu22  via @MailOnline

PHR @P4HR 

Touching, personal accounts of #Syria|n children ranging from 5 to 16 years old, living as refugees: http://owl.li/HIwSN

No new polio cases in #Syria reported for a year, WHO reports http://bit.ly/1L0F4At

Car bomb explosion in Homs, #Syria, kills mostly women and #children http://owl.li/HHMxy 

Judge denies request for new grand jury in Ferguson case http://bit.ly/1zx4RN0 

Lotte Leicht @LotteLeicht1

Great to see so many NGOs&energetic MEPs at today’s re-launch of „The Friends of Human Rights“ in the #EP.Together we can make a difference

Do you see confidence? Me neither RT @GermanyDiplo: #Ukraine Conference has started: Steinmeier/Fabius/Klimkin/Lavrov

Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari

National security heavyweights oppose new #Iran sanctions http://thehill.com/policy/defense/230263-national-security-heavyweights-oppose-new-iran-sanctions#.VMARv0loft8.twitter …

US and #Iran nuclear negotiators will hold bilateral talks in Zurich on January 23 to 24, the State Department said in a statement.

Be My Eyes! Eine App die eigentlich auf keinem Smartphone fehlen sollte! Über Be My Eyes vernetzen sich Blinde… http://fb.me/6kVWapsol

Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari

At the ICDL in Berlin I will be discussing Transitional Justice from Counsel’s Perspective – Bosnia, Syria, Bangladesh and Palestine

On 24/01/15 I will be speaking at the Int. Criminal Defence Lawyers Conference in Berlin on Transitional Justice: Counsel’s Perspective

‘Examining The Crisis in Syria’ Event Hosted by the McCain Institute and Arizona State University http://www.ifdhr.org/2015/01/toby-cadman-speaks-at-the-examining-the-crisis-in-syria-event-hosted-by-the-mccain-institute-and-arizona-state-university/ …

Apparently BD tv news station has appealed for law to be changed for me to be prosecuted. I’m assuming they didn’t consult the legal dept