Our book is out. A lot of newly discovered facts, very few grand theories or wanton opining. I really hope you'll like it and use it.
Thanks to everyone, incl. the dog that sabotaged my selfie.
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International Human Rights Defenders Day is a reminder that progress on human rights doesn't happen by accident. Each step forward happens because HRDs persevere, year after year, choosing to be lighthouses instead of hurricanes. We owe them an eternity of gratitude. #HRDday
ALT A graphic celebrating Human Rights Defenders Day. On the left, bold white text on a blue background reads “Happy Human Rights Defenders Day!” The graphic is divided diagonally, with blue on the left and light purple on the right. Illustrated line drawings depict different human rights defenders: a woman speaking into a megaphone beside a man holding a protest sign; a group of three people smiling and holding a large Pride flag overhead; and a defender taking notes while listening to a woman speaking. In the bottom right corner is the logo of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders with the tagline “In Solidarity & Hope.”
Delighted to present our book at The Peace Palace Library, and grateful to the organisers and librarians for herding cats and to the audience for asking superb questions that made me reexamine what we've been doing. @EdJonesC@PeacePalaceLib@MPILheidelberg
Book Launch hosted by the Peace Palace Library: 'The Unseen History of International Law', 17 June 2025
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Edward Jones Corredera and Mark Somos, two of the co-authors, will introduce the book and answer questions.
Someone has to write a history on this. So many books on the East India and the Dutch East India company. None of those ends with a shopping mall going bankrupt
#Breaking: Hudson's Bay is set to shut the doors of all 80 of its stores and lay off some 8,000 employees by June 1 — marking an end to a 355-year legacy closely tied to the origins of Canada. trib.al/Y1jREsX
BOOK: Mark SOMOS, Matthew CLEARY, Pablo DUFOUR, Edward JONES CORREDERA & Emanuel SALERNO, The Unseen History of International Law. A Census Bibliography of Hugo Grotius' De Iure Belli Ac Pacis (1625-1650 Editions) [The History and Theory of International… ift.tt/iJ5KdSl
I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and to register for Zoom see below.
Our Just City ERC project is nearing its conclusion after intense years of research and publishing. We’ll say goodbye with a final conference on May 29-31 at NYU Law School, with keynotes by Carlos Lévy (Paris) and Lauren Benton (Yale)
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The crisis in Myanmar today ranks as one of the deadliest ongoing conflicts.
More than 3.5 million people have been displaced and 18.6 million people need humanitarian assistance.
Can the big powers justify their continuing inaction?
Read now!
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Our book on Hugo Grotius' magnum opus has a cover and a website! ⚖️⚖️⚖️
A new history of the origins of international law
A new material history of the production and reception of De iure belli ac pacis
More info coming soon!
Human rights defenders are the torchbearers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 76 years ago. Their work ensures that these rights are not just words, but lived realities. On #HumanRightsDay, let’s recommit to protecting those who breathe life into the #UDHR.