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23 Jun Skeptical Thoughts on the Proposed Crime of “Ecocide” (That Isn’t)
...anticipated.” It will be difficult enough to prove that the perpetrator was aware there was a substantial likelihood his or her acts would cause the required environmental damage; it will be nearly impossible to prove that he or she was also aware the expected environmental damage would be clearly excessive in relation to the anticipated social and economic benefits. The requirement appears to require the perpetrator to make the value judgment in question (“this act won’t be sufficiently beneficial”), along the same lines of Art. 8(2)(b)(iv), which requires the perpetrator...
28 Mar Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia: Abstracts – Some Concrete Suggestions
...be shorter than pitching abstracts. They are less oriented towards contextualization and more towards seizing attention. Their purpose is to quickly convey to a journal editor and ultimately to an unknown reader why they might want to read your article or essay. A sharing abstract is something of a sales document (as crass as that may sound) and something of a storytelling text. It can be useful to think about its narrative arc: its beginning, middle, and end. First and last lines are especially important. It can be worthwhile, also,...
24 Sep Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Undermining the Right to Protest by Weaponizing Antisemitism
...protests in Amsterdam, which we witnessed firsthand, was particularly violent. Academic Freedom Fortunately, the importance of academic freedom is emphasized by many, as Senator Roovers motion for academic freedom has confirmed. However, we remain concerned that, as in other countries such as the USA and Germany, an antisemitism task force modelled along similar lines will fail to achieve its objectives. Moreover, we are concerned that by essentialising antisemitism as a form of hatred that deserves exceptional protection, and by focussing exclusively on Palestinian solidarity protests, this task force will further...
19 Dec Inhuman-in-the-loop: AI-targeting and the Erosion of Moral Restraint
...moral agency of those who practice violence is also at risk. To highlight these risks, we draw on Herbert C. Kelman’s work on mass atrocities. He recognised that a “historically rooted and situationally induced” hostility – often along racialized lines – forms a substantive element in systematic mass killing. The evidence of this in the Israeli response to the October 7 attacks is extensive. As Kelman further advises, however, other factors are also relevant in explaining the loss of moral inhibitions against violence. In his 1973 work on collective violence,...