Sergey Vasiliev
@sevslv
International criminal law, international courts, transitional justice, rule of law | Professor of international law @OU_Nederland | highly obscure bands
Freshly delivered — Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, @CIJ_ICJ Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 #ICJ #ClimateJustice #climatechange icj-cij.org/sites/default/…
Imagine watching your kids cry inconsolably bc their stomachs are cramping w emptiness & there’s nothing you can do. That's reality for parents in Gaza due to Israeli-engineered mass starvation. Govs must urgently act—history will judge them. New from @hrw hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
It may often feel like we are back one century, BUT NO. We have a human rights system and often even constitutional rights. Let's use them. To hold accountable the perpetrators and their accomplices, from gvt officials to businesses and the media industry. This is already…
Remarkable that one of the strongest voices against the UK’s complicity is a Conservative. And he has the politics right: only the Labour back benches can change UK policy. We need a campaign to target *every* Labour MP to get a change, and soon.
"[I]f states continue to allow IHL to be shredded, the repercussions will be felt by many more around the world in years to come. History will not ask whether these governments did anything to stop genocide by an ally, but whether they did all they could." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
US withdrawing from UNESCO 🤦♂️ Has it ever occurred to you that it is rather the US that strayed from its professed mission and that UNESCO isn't the actual problem here?
Those people (and their minions) who once cried “Don’t drag children into politics!” now seem perfectly fine with involving them in making flying killing machines. Not surprising — but good it's now on record.
Dear @christogrozev and I did an investigation on how Russian kids help make weapons for the war in Ukraine. Big thanks to @Dobrokhotov @the_ins_ru for the help! Link to the video is here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGdDK… If you have anything that could help with future investigations,…
Trump is toast now, isn't he Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the #EpsteinFiles wsj.com/politics/justi…
“I am absolutely convinced that what’s going on in Gaza is a genocide, because the thing speaks for itself. My grandchildren will be learning in school about who did what in the worst crime of the 21st century." – Martin Griffiths, former Under-SG UN middleeasteye.net/news/former-un…
Office of President Zelensky now. The people of Ukraine demand @ZelenskyyUa to return back NOW independence of #NABU #SAPO
Our powerful @Daily_Express front page for tomorrow. The brutal suffering in Gaza must end. The shocking image shows Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, one, who weighs the same as three-month old baby due to the humanitarian crisis following the continued blocking of basic aid…
@Yolanda_Diaz_ ante el #Genocidio de #Gaza: "la gran verguenza de la humanidad. #Israel es el Horror, la impunidad, la crueldad. Nos duele #Gaza". Hay que acabar con la economía del genocidio, del exterminio. Las empresas españolas no pueden hacer negocios que violan los DDHH"
The mirrors are smashed. There won't be charity, words of shock and repentance, or apologies on the part of perpetrators, accomplices, and bystanders – only denials, silence, and cover-up.
Your charity, your words of shock after the genocide, won’t make a difference. We will not accept your apology after the genocide. What has been done, has been done. I want you to look in the mirror, and ask: where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide?
"The passage of Bill 12414, which subordinates #Ukraine’s two main independent anti-corruption bodies to the presidentially appointed prosecutor-general during wartime, had the feel of something done in panic." "...President Zelensky tightens his control" economist.com/europe/2025/07…
Unsure whether the Ukrainian public will be convinced by this story about RU infiltrators. The answer to the NABU and SAPO not functioning properly is renewing thr leadership and pursuing necessary reforms, not dismantling the institutions without anything coming in their place.
Zelensky finally speaks. And he digs in, claiming his move today to consolidate power and destroy independent investigative bodies was about purging Russian spies. “The anti-corruption infrastructure will operate. But only without Russian influences – everything must be cleansed…
🚨 Today we've seen coordinated raids by SBU, SBI & Prosecutor General's Office on NABU&SAPo are a blatant attack on Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption institutions.
Ukraine is a functioning democracy with a strong civil society and many capable people vying for leadership positions. It will spring back and correct the course.
End of an historic day here in Kyiv. Zelensky's status as an uncontested wartime leader is no more, whatever happens in the coming days. Huge uncertainty ahead.
Excellent piece on the context to the current political crisis in Ukraine caused by the hollowing out of the national anticorruption organs – worrying signs of Zelensky sliding into "corrupt authoritarianism".
This did not just happen overnight, even if it feels that way. This is a shift months in the making. I wrote last week about it coming to a head – and got a lot of criticism from many of the same people now condemning Zelensky. Read this for context: ft.com/content/22f4d5…
Enough with the empty talk already. No one is listenining on the other end of the line. Saar's account atm:
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points. All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges