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IntLawBarbie

@intlawbarbie

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Because everyone deserves an action figure. Even international lawyers

Joined April 2023
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IntLawBarbie
1 year
On our left... EU Barbie. On our right, Council of Europe Barbie. They may share some similarities but they are not the same.
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1 year
As far as I can tell, Barbie has never been a judge. Til now - meet ICJ Judge Barbie
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IntLawBarbie
1 year
Black Letter Law Ken is 'explaining' to Feminist Approaches to International Law Barbie why 'there's no such thing as gendered international law'. It's going about as well as you'd expect. She's hoping he tries telling TWAIL Barbie that PIL doesn't reinforce colonial hegemonies.
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1 year
A colleague just told International Law Barbie that she doesn't research and teach 'real law'. She is ready for a frank and magnanimous conversation.
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10 months
International Law Barbie got her article peer reviews back. Accept with changes. Changes which, if implemented, would totally contradict one another. Contradict this, reviewers.
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1 year
This is Business Barbie and Human Rights Barbie. They usually work well together towards common goals, but sometimes Business Barbie gets distracted by shiny things...
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ILO Barbie is off to protest against every employer who fails to meet minimum worker protections and won't return til everyone has a safe and fair work environment. Oh god. We're never going to see her again, are we?
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Yes, yes, UN Ambassador Barbie is well aware of the irony of denouncing wealth inequality by banging a Louboutin stiletto on the podium of the General Assembly
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UNICEF Barbie is patiently explaining to her daughter that a failure to serve ice-cream and cake for breakfast is not a violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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IntLawBarbie
1 year
Law of the Sea Barbie is appearing before ITLOS. She hopes they appreciate her sense of whimsy.
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1 year
Meet ICJ Barbie's twin sister, UN Secretary-General Barbie. She's silently noting how many times delegates have said 'the rules-based international order' today. Current tally - 4268 times.
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11 months
International Law Barbie is at the Max Planck Institute! Apparently, they study international law here and not, as ILB thought, decking and other pieces of flat wood.
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International Law Barbie is abou... hang on... that's not International Law Barbie! That's International Relations Barbie! C'mon, they're not the same! Some similarities, sure, but not the same!
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Introducing International Humanitarian Law Ken and Law of Armed Conflict Ken. They may look similar but there are subtle differences
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Yes, International Human Rights Law Barbie is wearing a mask. No, its not a violation of her human rights. And no, its not a violation of *your* human rights
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This is Casual Academic Barbie. Also known as Habitually Underpaid Barbie, she is subsisting on a diet of instant coffee and instant ramen because, what with all the wage theft by her institution, its all she can afford
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International Law Barbie is delighted to announce the publication of the 'Oxford Handbook of Oh For Godsakes Ken Why Did You Agree To Contribute To The Collection And Then Never Meet A Single Deadline, No-One Forced You To Contribute, You Volunteered, You Numpty'. Out Now.
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Still to come... Law of the Sea Barbie Refugee Law Barbie LAWS Barbie ANSG Barbie Climate Change Barbie Nuclear Disarmament Barbie Fact Finding Ken Intangible Cultural Heritage Ken UN Ambassador Barbie FAO Barbie WIPO Barbie ITU Barbie Space Law Barbie Air Law Barbie WMO Barbie
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International Boundary Dispute Barbie is on the Case of the Nine Dash Line
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1 year
International Law textbooks really lean-in to that UN blue... snaps to Jan Klabbers and Stephan Hall for going red.
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International Law Barbie is thinking of starting a journal for when you have an decent idea but are not sure the research will yield anything. She's gonna call it the "International Journal of 'Huh, So Here's a Thing'". Or possibly "The Journal of 'Would You Look at That'"
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So... this happened. On Referendum Day. I've peaked. Nothing will top this ever.
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IntLawBarbie
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I'm gonna Shaw everything from now. Critical review? Someone shuffled my papers. Terrible student evaluations? Shuffled. Grant application rejected? Its Shuffletown, baby.
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PhD Candidate Barbie just got her examiners reports back - no emendations required. Is this the utopia Koskenniemi talks about?
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EU Barbie's accessory is both a shout-out to her roots and a useful way of working out frustration when people say that leaving the EU will get them 'out of the clutches of the ECHR'
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Academic Barbie is attending graduation. Swear to Grotius, if one more student tells her to enjoy 'all that spare time she has between semesters'...
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International Climate Change Law Barbie sure has been racking up the therapy bills... does anyone know if Aramco has a paypal or a venmo she can send the invoices to?
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International Disaster Law Barbie is thinking of changing her name to Increasingly Horrific Dystopian Reality Barbie. Because of, well, everything...
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This is International Refugee Law Barbie. She is Wonder Woman. Because... well, you know.
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International Law Barbie is annoyed that she does not have articulated limbs because, man, the foetal position is really looking appealling
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IntLawBarbie
11 months
Hey CEDAW Barbie... maybe smile a little more? Might make your message a little more palatable? Little less shrill? Maybe?
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10 months
They've just asked if there is a doctor on board. Given current events, there is a not-insignificant chance that this is right in International Law Barbie's wheelhouse.
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Oh man, Armed Non-State Actor Barbie left her camo in the wash... she's gonna get such a telling off when she reports in the morning... "Soldier, you're out of uniform" and "Soldier, that skirt with that top? Really?!"
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Anti-Money Laundering Barbie appears to have picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport... or *did* she?
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Professor Emerita Barbie is being deliberately provocative in her choice of black dress and leather coat for her keynote address. However, if the hosts had wanted her to dress conservatively, perhaps they shouldn't have used the word 'senior' so often in their invitation.
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Jurisdiction Ken wants International Law Barbie to know that maybe she's not a introvert... maybe she just has a passive personality. International Law Barbie is wondering where she left her baseball bat.
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International Environmental Law Barbie is cleaning plastic trash from the beach. Incidentally, 'plastic trash' is usually the most benign thing she gets called on social media by blowhard edgelord climate-change deniers
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International Fact-Finding Ken thinks there should be more TV shows about international lawyers. CSI: The Hague... NCIS: Nairobi maybe?
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Interpreter Protocol Barbie is unsurprised that there is no Dothraki translation for 'rules-based international order'. But, go figure, there is for Klingon 🖖.
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Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2 Also works for Lex Ferenda v Lex Lata... Natural Law v Positivist Law... Utopia v Apology...
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Exam Marking Barbie is keeping a tally of how many times students call it opinion juris. Its a lot. At least she's pioneered the Espresso Martini to go... basically just pouring vodka and coffee straight down her gullet.
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International Law Barbie is voting yes
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International Law Barbie is going to get a badge printed that says 'Not Rude, Just Introverted'... and wear it to every conference from now on...
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Antarctic Treaty Barbie wants a word with the drafters... c'mon, territorial claims are "frozen"?!? What's next? That States must be "ice" to each other? That "snow"one has sovereignty over the Antarctic?
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International Law Barbie is packed and ready for the #ANZSIL conference. She's considering starting a betting pool to see how long it takes for someone to have a comment rather than a question.
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Jurisdiction Ken is going around telling everyone about universal jurisdiction. Is it possible to vote someone out of international law? Asking for a friend.
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International Law Barbie is starting a line of clothing called 'Inactive Wear'. Great for both not exercising and not writing.
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International Law Barbie wants to add to the utterly deserved chorus of praise for the loveliest and most deserving @DapoAkandeLaw on the Chichele Chair. No chance of tempting you with the Lay-Z-Boy Chair of International Law at Mattel University? Maybe? Let me know!
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State Responsibility Barbie is now advising Jus ad Bellum Barbie that shivving someone in the lunchroom is not a proportionate and necessary countermeasure.
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As her twins fought over who got to use the iPad first, Peacekeeping Barbie both lamented and celebrated her lack of work-life balance
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Apparently, the Barbie movie has been banned in Vietnam for showing a map of the South China Sea with the 9-dash-line. Sounds like a job for International Law Barbie...
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Private International Law Barbie knows that, when you're trying to log on to Eduroam, *everywhere* is forum non conveniens. (Shout out to Etsy seller Dunya Diverse Dolls, who makes hijab and other modest clothes for Barbies - ).
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VCLT Ken is wandering the halls, telling everyone he's found a material breach. No-one thinks he's funny.
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International Law Barbie is packing for a conference. She'll be gone less than a week. So, 11 ballgowns and 9 pairs of socks, yes?
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1 year
@Dr_Joe_McIntyre Did someone ask for Her Excellency Judge Hilary Charlesworth Barbie?
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International Family Law Barbie thinks that Research Assistant Ken might be working with the wrong Hague Convention
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Luxury Fashion Law Barbie has gone shopping. For.... research.... reasons....
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International Criminal Law Barbie is ready to change the world. Ambassador for Global Justice @BethVanSchaack - what else does she need beyond handcuffs, enforceable int'l & domestic laws, State cooperation and a nuanced understanding of complex socio-political forces? Anything?
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Congratulations to @CSchwobelPatel for her promotion to Professor! International Law Barbie also just got a chair. Sadly, she bought it from Ikea.
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Appearing Before the ICJ Barbie lost her wig on the way to The Hague. She's hoping that no-one twigs that she's improvising with a narcoleptic poodle...
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Space Law Barbie is thrilled to do field work at the ISS... if only the grant hadn't run out before she could buy gloves...
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International Law Barbie's in a staff meeting, but at least she's playing her fave game, Blowhard Bingo. The rules: once 5 colleagues complain about teaching/admin/not being allowed to sleep with their students, she takes a drink. She is currently hammered and it's only 11am.
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Given recent feedback, International Law Barbie thinks that if she ever tires of this whole law thing she could have a lucrative albeit pretty short new career of making Barbies for international lawyers.
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Jus ad Bellum Barbie is prepared to use force against whoever keeps launching armed attacks against her sandwiches. Dammit, she was looking forward to that schnitzel baguette.
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International Law Barbie has, inexplicably, inherited a racehorse. She's going to name it after the last thing she was called by a student in an end-of-semester survey and the last thing she ate. Introducing.... Woeful Fettuccine!
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Jus In Bello Barbie knows she has to balance the two but dangit if it isn't really hard to do sometimes
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International Law Barbie's friend and collaborator, Associate Professor Jessie Hohmann Barbie @DrJessieHohmann is at @griffith_uni Law School to present her research on international law and botanic gardens!
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IAEA Barbie is reading about nuclear close calls.
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CITES Barbie really wishes her pet lizard would stop jumping in her suitcase when she's packing for a conference.... come on Gary, you know the optics are terrible...
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International Economic Law Barbie: I can make bad puns too! Check out my umbrella clause! Pedantic Colleague Ken: Actually, its really more of a parasol (IEL Barbie proceeds to hit him with said parasol)
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This is ICRC Barbie... she has no accessories, lest she inadvertently become Misuse of the Emblem Barbie
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It has come to International Law Barbie's attention that there are some colleagues on social media who think what she's doing is at best banal and useless, at worst harmful and arrogant. Sounds exactly like ILB's last article reviews...
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International Law Barbie can do both...
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WHO Barbie did not expect that she would have to, at any stage in her career, instruct people not to take bleach internally...
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International Law Barbie is trying not to get invested in her follower count. Much like China before the ICJ... its not happening
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Ken has got a thousand-yard stare going... because he's trying to figure out whether the submission to register "Seattle Coffee Culture" as intangible cultural heritage is serious or not
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Cyber War Barbie is concerned she might be DPH... @Schmitt_ILaw ... help a Barbie out?
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International Aviation Law Barbie thinks everyone should cosplay their specialisation. Well, maybe not everyone... IHRL cosplay def not... or ICL... IHL... actually, let's forget the whole idea
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Polar Law Barbie is hoping that dressing up as a beloved cartoon Snow Queen might finally get people to be worried about the melting ice caps
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International Animal Law Barbie encounters some messed up stuff in her career... but this one might take the cake. WHO BONSAI'D THIS PANDA?!
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Better get down here Professor Guilfoyle... or we'll make a Ken of you...
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International Sports Law Barbie probably shouldn't have worn this outfit to the hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. She definitely shouldn't have yelled at the bench 'YOU'RE MISSING A GOOD GAME, REF!' when the hearing didn't pan out as she hoped
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International Law Barbie just got her grant reviews back. She's considering her rejoinder.
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FYI... coming down the IntLawBarbie pipeline... IHRL Barbie IMF Barbie Jus ad Bellum Barbie State Responsibility Barbie Sports Law Barbie Business & Human Rights Barbie Disaster Law Barbie International Criminal Law Barbie Feminist Approaches to Int Law Barbie ... tbc...
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Barbie just wants everyone to be chill and calm and not read anything into her new social media post where she welcomes our new robot overlords. Seriously, nothing to worry about... honest
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World Meteorological Organisation Barbie is looking at long term weather forecasts. Does anyone know if gin comes in bottles larger than a Nebuchadnezzar?
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Just like an attendee at a conference when the morning session goes too long, International Law Barbie is getting a little thirsty...
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International Law Barbie just wants to say to the French... you've got the South Pacific, you dont need the soccer ball
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Chemical Weapons Inspector Barbie wasn't expecting to WFH... not until her daughter decided to mix bleach and ammonia in the kitchen sink...
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International Law Barbie stands with the targeted academics of ACU.
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Its Ntina Tzouvala Barbie... she is Wonder Woman after all @ntinatzouvala
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Professor Surabhi Ranganathan Barbie in the house! #ANZSIL30
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International Law Barbie has taken @CSchwobelPatel 's advice and got herself a better chair
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International Arbitration Barbie is thrilled to be featured in a trade publication list of "Best in the World"... however, she thinks the photographer might be a little... off... with the props for the photoshoot. Wrong scales of justice, Photographer Ken...
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International Law Barbie thanks you all for helping her get over 1000 followers. International Law Barbie also asks that you never congregate in a single space at once, because she's a profound introvert.
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International Law Barbie is hoping for either a Westphalian number of followers or a Congress of Vienna number of followers...🤞
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Cultural Heritage Barbie *was* going to call in authenticators to confirm the provenance... then she saw that it is printed on photo paper with an ink-jet... so... nevermind...
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Accepting follower submissions for TWAIL Barbie, IOM Barbie, Indigenous Approaches to International Law, Gender and International Law and basically any subject matter that a middle-aged white lady should *categorically not* be placing herself in the centre of discussions about
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This is Legal Sightseeing Barbie... if you know, you know
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