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Abhimanyu George Jain

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Public international lawyer…?

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Launch of the Updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention (event highlights) On the 17th of October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection…

Video highlights from the panel discussion launching the Updated @icrc.org Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war. #IHL

16.12.2025 09:04 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention Good faith interpretation means reading GC IV in a way that realizes its object and purpose - to protect human beings in times of war.

📜 “It is possible to protect civilians in war.”

After five years of research and consultations, the @icrc.org has released the updated Commentary on GC IV, the cornerstone of civilian protection in armed conflict and occupation.

Read more → bit.ly/4ovsaSf
#IHL #GenevaConventions

21.10.2025 10:14 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1

Shout out to the members of the project team: Heleen Hiemstra, Yvette Issar, Kubo Macak, Mikhail Orkin, @epolicinski.bsky.social and @mpollard.bsky.social

21.10.2025 13:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention Good faith interpretation means reading GC IV in a way that realizes its object and purpose - to protect human beings in times of war.

@jhenckaertsicrc.bsky.social, the head of the project, has a great post introducing the commentary here: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

21.10.2025 13:15 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Very happy to share the @icrc.org updated commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in war is now out. The commentary is available for free online - ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat....

21.10.2025 13:13 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

The essay is a part of a fantastic review symposium on international law and technology, curated by @dimitrivdm.bsky.social. The symposium includes several other amazing review essays, and I’m thrilled to have been a part of this project.

02.02.2025 17:32 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

…to review Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi’s wonderful book ‘Drones and International Law’. I hope you’ll read the review essay and strongly recommend that you read the book!

02.02.2025 17:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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In/visibilities Abstract. In Drones and International Law, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi describes and explains how drones, war and law interact with and shape each other in the

My essay ‘In/visibilities’ is now up on the website of the European Journal of International Law. This essay draws on insights relating to technological agency, legal indeterminacy and the construction of transnational terrorist threats…

academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

02.02.2025 17:29 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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My "An International Law of the Emotions", forthcoming in the Cambridge History of International Law, has now been posted on @ssrn.bsky.social.

This one took some time. Please let me know what you think. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

18.12.2024 16:19 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 2
Informal portrait of ICRC staff responsible for the updated commentary to the Geneva Conventions, and members of the Editorial Committee.

Informal portrait of ICRC staff responsible for the updated commentary to the Geneva Conventions, and members of the Editorial Committee.

Another successful Editorial Committee meeting this week in Geneva, discussing draft commentaries on the Fourth Geneva Convention for the updated ICRC commentary. We expect online publication in 2025. Existing commentaries available here: ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
#IHL #IntLaw #ICRC

21.11.2024 10:19 👍 36 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Here is a preliminary, still rudimentary starter pack on sovereign debt—very much open to any suggestions you may have for expanding it!

13.11.2024 22:53 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 4

Starting over with a starter pack of people who work at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), particularly but not exclusively on international humanitarian law ( #IHL ).

(My earlier 'IHL & humanitarians' pack was becoming a challenge to manage, sorry!)

13.11.2024 16:28 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 2

A niche starter pack in the making. Hit me up with any suggestions & requests.

go.bsky.app/RqAEVau

13.11.2024 15:30 👍 76 🔁 28 💬 18 📌 2
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At @mhproulx.bsky.social's request: voici the official @bsky.app ICL (adjacent) starter pack. Become one of us 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️
go.bsky.app/CNaLAwU

09.11.2024 14:30 👍 29 🔁 12 💬 24 📌 4

I created a starter pack go.bsky.app/9mPfGRg

09.11.2024 15:16 👍 27 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 1

As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️

go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2

09.11.2024 11:18 👍 189 🔁 108 💬 36 📌 4

OK so I made a thing but can't figure out an easy way to remember all the people so if you identify as a jurisprudence person let me know and I'll add you
go.bsky.app/9AjCmGf

15.08.2024 10:09 👍 74 🔁 47 💬 27 📌 6

I also saw this one, there must be some overlap
go.bsky.app/RvMAF5K

09.11.2024 16:11 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

go.bsky.app/DVWzYxf

Work in progress

10.11.2024 22:23 👍 99 🔁 45 💬 29 📌 6

I have started building a stater pack for history of colonialism and imperialism

go.bsky.app/TDMSz4Y

09.11.2024 19:35 👍 527 🔁 212 💬 117 📌 12

Here is a rapidly growing starter pack with political theorists and philosophers. Please share it widely and send me a message if you want to be added to the list!!🌻 go.bsky.app/4uqLbgZ

08.11.2024 21:19 👍 308 🔁 162 💬 107 📌 8

Here's a Critical AI starter pack. I didn't see one so I made it! Likely to be missing people so please suggest folks, yourself included! go.bsky.app/UPULf1S

09.11.2024 15:14 👍 219 🔁 118 💬 60 📌 11