. Prof int'l law & int'l relations, Central European University . www.patryklabuda.com . International law, peace and security, global history . Global East(ern Europe)-Global South . Formerly DRC, Sudans, Tunisia/Libya, Senegalhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mucrxfx37c2bWhat is Genocost? Understanding Congo’s new language of remembrance and justice https://theconversation.com/what-is-genocost-understanding-congos-new-language-of-remembrance-and-justice-286987 https://theconversation.com/what-is-genocost-understanding-congos-new-language-of-remembrance-and-justice-286987?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton30 Aug 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucrxfx37c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mtvdet7bws2kLiberia's Long-Awaited War Crimes Court: Momentum – and Risks https://www.justsecurity.org/151383/liberia-war-crimes-court-2/25 Aug 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvdet7bws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mtodskapkk2dA real pleasure to discuss the need to harmonize the ICC's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, and the wider debate over double standards in international law.22 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtodskapkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3msqwrdkdys2eKhartoum after the Storm. How Sudan’s revolutionary generation was dragged into total war https://www.equator.org/articles/khartoum-after-the-storm-el-gizouli10 Aug 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqwrdkdys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mscv4ufsqk2kTo Sudan, from Kenya: The case for prosecuting RSF atrocities in the courts of a regional neighbour https://justiceinconflict.org/2026/08/03/to-sudan-from-kenya-the-case-for-prosecuting-rsf-atrocities-in-the-courts-of-a-regional-neighbour/05 Aug 2026 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscv4ufsqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mscuqmrre22bAvoiding Deadlock in the Selection of a New UN Secretary-General - IPI Global Observatory https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/07/avoiding-deadlock-in-the-selection-of-a-new-un-secretary-general/05 Aug 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscuqmrre22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mqy4feow522320 years of the African Court: “States’ support is slow in coming” https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/162005-20-years-of-the-african-court-states-support-is-slow-in-coming.html19 Jul 2026 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqy4feow5223https://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mpqhsrkwqk2tSahel Countries’ Withdrawal From ICC Betrays Victims https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/07/02/sahel-countries-withdrawal-from-icc-betrays-victims03 Jul 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqhsrkwqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mplaltua3k2lThe Votes That Make a Secretary-General - IPI Global Observatory https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/06/the-votes-that-make-a-secretary-general/01 Jul 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplaltua3k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mp7cq5td2s2yDR Congo files ICJ case against Rwanda over role in conflict https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-files-icj-case-against-rwanda-over-role-conflict-2026-06-26/26 Jun 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7cq5td2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mozhl4ricc2vCongo colonel sentenced to death over murder of UN experts https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-colonel-sentenced-death-over-murder-un-experts-2026-06-09/24 Jun 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozhl4ricc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3moxqpkurck2jCPI : le Niger a officiellement déposé sa demande de retrait https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1806484/politique/cpi-le-niger-a-officiellement-depose-sa-demande-de-retrait/23 Jun 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxqpkurck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3moumxexwbs25Introducing the Symposium “International Criminal Law in Turmoil: Charting New Paths as They Unfold” https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-the-symposium-international-criminal-law-in-turmoil-charting-new-paths-as-they-unfold/22 Jun 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3moumxexwbs25https://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mougtfnoas2eYou can watch our webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Thanks Polina Kulish Gor Samvel Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín Eric Loefflad Ciaran Burke, Marek Wasinski... and of course all the participants for their great Qs, really enjoyed this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677tF23Qq3g22 Jun 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mougtfnoas2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3moiixioykc2xAfter 52 years away, Congo’s team returns to the World Cup in high style https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/world/africa/congo-team-world-cup-soccer-leopard-fashion-sapeur.html17 Jun 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiixioykc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mofkdw4xgk2mTrial begins of former Central African leader Bozizé https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/160374-trial-begins-of-former-central-african-leader.html16 Jun 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofkdw4xgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3modo3nxadc2qCourt spares authorities in Yumbi massacres trial https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/160108-court-spares-authorities-in-yumbi-massacres-trial.html15 Jun 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3modo3nxadc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3modngmczis2sFRIVAO at heart of a new multi-million-dollar scandal https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/159941-frivao-at-heart-of-a-new-multi-million-dollar-scandal.html15 Jun 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3modngmczis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3modloc6to22gCfP: Conference "Switzerland as an Incubator of Political Ideas for the Future of Central and Eastern Europe Between 1848 and 1918" https://dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/news/details/cfp-conference-switzerland-as-an-incubator-of-political-ideas-for-the-future-of-central-and-eastern-europe-between-1848-and-1918/15 Jun 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3modloc6to22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3modlkvjbgs2fFrom Demarcation to Administration. Rethinking Borders through the Italian Limes Project https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/from-demarcation-to-administration/15 Jun 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3modlkvjbgs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3modkgb43n226Drones Over Europe: The Prohibition on the Use of Force and Unintended Harm https://www.justsecurity.org/141133/russia-drones-europe/15 Jun 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3modkgb43n226https://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mnznhp5fds2nSabine Nolke on the ICC: “That's what you get when the governance of a court is given into the hands of political actors” https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/160313-sabine-nolke-thats-what-you-get-when-the-governance-of-a-court-is-given-into-the-hands-of-political-actors.html11 Jun 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnznhp5fds2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mnftmwwzus2yUkraine and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Redefining International Justice https://www.justsecurity.org/140365/ukraine-russia-tribunal-crime-of-aggression/03 Jun 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnftmwwzus2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mnff6fi3q22pWhere Does the Secretary-General Go? Travel as a Proxy for Effort https://theglobalobservatory.org/2026/06/where-does-the-secretary-general-go-travel-as-a-proxy-for-effort/03 Jun 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnff6fi3q22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mmblzkkdr22lWebinar: Second World Approaches to International Law, 9 June 2026, 14:00-16:00. Please register: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/5217792670773/WN_VhYI_nWhTliIy74fh1kYNQ This webinar offers an exploratory conversation around the research agenda tentatively called SWAIL. For details and author bios: https://sites.google.com/view/swail/events/webinar-9-june-2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmblzkkdr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mmw4ubo4tc23My short reflection piece on international law in our current moment "Whither International Law after Iran and Venezuela?" https://www.boell.de/en/2026/05/27/whither-international-law-after-iran-and-venezuela Many thanks to Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung for hosting the event on solidarity in Vienna and conversations that gave rise to this piece 🙏28 May 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmw4ubo4tc23https://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mnc2whpufs2sA reminder about our SWAIL seminar next Tuesday, 9 June 👇 Second World Approaches to International Law, please register below or use the QR code [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc2whpufs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pilabuda.bsky.social/post/3mn7wnwwvc22cTwo Syrians accused of torture on trial in Austria https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/159927-two-syrians-accused-of-torture-on-trial-in-austria.html01 Jun 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:tnmsk3t3ymjnbqsygi744trl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7wnwwvc22c