Lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social | Formerly @kfgintlaw.bsky.social & @eui-law.bsky.social Public International Law - Intelligence & Security - Human Rights - Feminism. Book: http://shorturl.at/itU19https://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3muw47jydas2cNEW PUBLICATION Very happy to share that my article on the Mazan/Pelicot case has been published in @flsjournal.bsky.social Read it open access here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-026-09618-2 It is a very personal article, and I owe a lot to the colleagues & friends who helped me find my voice on this topic.07 Sep 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw47jydas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3muw47jydas2cNEW PUBLICATION Very happy to share that my article on the Mazan/Pelicot case has been published in @flsjournal.bsky.social Read it open access here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-026-09618-2 It is a very personal article, and I owe a lot to the colleagues & friends who helped me find my voice on this topic.07 Sep 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw47jydas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mnwu7qhvik2u🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Delighted to see our paper published open access in the @eui-law.bsky.social Working Papers series: hdl.handle.net/1814/95303 @martinscheinin.bsky.social and I critically examine the ECtHR's approach to mass surveillance and the future of Article 8 privacy protections. https://hdl.handle.net/1814/9530310 Jun 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwu7qhvik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mnwu7qhvik2u🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Delighted to see our paper published open access in the @eui-law.bsky.social Working Papers series: hdl.handle.net/1814/95303 @martinscheinin.bsky.social and I critically examine the ECtHR's approach to mass surveillance and the future of Article 8 privacy protections. https://hdl.handle.net/1814/9530310 Jun 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwu7qhvik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mnwhsg5duc2uExcellent piece. Two key points, in my view: "The strike manufactured the war whose laws it now invokes for cover." "Whatever is permissible for Israel and the United States in 2026 is available to any state with the reach to attempt it in 2027." [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwhsg5duc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mmo2y2zsqs2gIs it ever acceptable to kill a few to spare the many? Is assassination a powerful tool for the future? Great debate at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival with David Whetham and Roy Allison, hosted by Angie Hobbs and the Forum for European Philosophy.25 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmo2y2zsqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mmo2y2zsqs2gIs it ever acceptable to kill a few to spare the many? Is assassination a powerful tool for the future? Great debate at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival with David Whetham and Roy Allison, hosted by Angie Hobbs and the Forum for European Philosophy.25 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmo2y2zsqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mkcui7d5q22fBest thing I've listened to in a while. Great discussion on the current state of the international order, its future, and what we (scholars/states) can and should do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcui7d5q22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mjvxtrfoxs23New essay, forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the Armenian Journal of International Law and already available on SSRN: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6567919 Comments welcome!20 Apr 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvxtrfoxs23https://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mjvxtrfoxs23New essay, forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the Armenian Journal of International Law and already available on SSRN: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6567919 Comments welcome!20 Apr 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvxtrfoxs23https://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mjmrfdk2y22iA roundtable on my book is now out in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Grateful for the thoughtful and generous engagements. A great interdisciplinary exchange on law, intelligence, and security, permitted by @kcsi.uk's Polly Corrigan Book Prize. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2646729 @elgarpublishing.bsky.social16 Apr 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmrfdk2y22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mjmrfdk2y22iA roundtable on my book is now out in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Grateful for the thoughtful and generous engagements. A great interdisciplinary exchange on law, intelligence, and security, permitted by @kcsi.uk's Polly Corrigan Book Prize. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2646729 @elgarpublishing.bsky.social16 Apr 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmrfdk2y22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mjejbb4pnk2xImportant remarks on legal advisers' duty to say no @ejiltalk.bsky.social: https://www.ejiltalk.org/when-government-lawyers-say-no/ I'd also encourage everyone to read David Luban's article on Lösener and von Moltke: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2368/ & Lavinia Parsi's excellent article: https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqae01713 Apr 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjejbb4pnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophieduroy.bsky.social/post/3mj4yzacsr22oThis is an excellent piece. Beyond the Minab school strike and the very human decisions that led to it, it is a reminder that compressing the kill chain (through tech or otherwise) has always led to targeting errors - in violation of IHL. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying10 Apr 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:duslrmdlhc2rw7d4bl4tarcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4yzacsr22o