"As of today, all the Nordic countries have signed bilateral #security agreements with #Ukraine. This is a true manifestation of a long-term commitment to #SupportUkraine... guided by Ukraine's needs"
"Volodymyr, you and Ukrainian people can count on continued strong, Nordic support. Our strategic aim is Ukrainian #VICTORY.
"The #Nakba is a structure, not an event. Its authors openly admit its aims" explains Dr. #ArdiImseis, professor of #InternationalLaw, Queen's University, Canada
The #Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that #Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has violated #InternationalLaw, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of #military aid, #State Dept told #Congress Fri.
The Corpus of Resolutions: UN Security Council (CR-UNSC)
✅ 2722 resolutions (1946-2024)
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✅ 82 Variables
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✅ #OpenData and #RStats#OpenSource
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"Israeli officials fear potential ICC prosecution over #Gaza actions. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned top officials of possible arrest warrants, although the ICC has not confirmed issuing any. What would #ICC arrest warrants mean for #Israel's #WarOnGaza – and for #InternationalLaw?"
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Mark Kersten, Asst Prof of Criminal Justice, Univ of the Fraser Valley
"Sadly, #GuineaBissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate #starvation, #illegalSiege and genocide of Palestinians in #Gaza. @israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International #HumanitarianLaw, #UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice #ICC@cij_icj . Israel is only allowed to get away with this because we have an international order where law does not apply equally, where people are not valued the same, and where might equals right. The US has hijacked #internationalLaw and is violating its own laws to protect Israel at every turn. A recently-leaked #USAID memo states that ' #famine in Gaza is inevitable,' and that 'changes could reduce but not stop widespread #civiliandeaths.' It also states that the government of Israel does not currently demonstrate necessary compliance with #USlaw required to receive #USmilitary aid. Nevertheless, last week, the #USCongress passed and Biden signed a $26 billion aid package for Israel. It is this kind of naked impunity, over decades, that has brought us to this point where Israel can carry out a #genocide "
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Referenten sind Norman Paech, emeritierter Professor für Öffentliches Recht an der Universität Hamburg und Wiebke Diehl, Autorin und Journalistin. Die Moderation übernimmt Jutta Kausch-Henken.
"Mit dem #Webinar wollen wir nach den Ostermärschen die Lage und die weiteren Perspektiven analysieren und Schlussfolgerungen für die #Friedensbewegung ziehen."
Ex-Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence official #AliciaKearns, chair of the House of Commons [#SelectCommitteeOnForeignAffairs] said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all #ArmsSales to Israel without delay
The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, is an expert on #HumanRights and #InternationalLaw.
She is widely published, holds a number of academic positions, and has ten years experience advising various international bodies on human rights.
She has just delivered her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, in which she summarises the patterns of violence in #Gaza and public statements by Israeli officials before reaching this conclusion: "The only reasonable inference to be drawn is a state policy of genocidal violence against Palestinians."
It is worth watching the 12 minute summary of her report.
The #NationalSecurity memorandum signed by #POTUS#Biden on Feb 8 was a response to rising concerns about Israel’s conduct of the #war. It repeated many of the arms transfer rules in place in #UnitedStates#Law & #InternationalLaw, but included NEW assessment, transparency & reporting requirements.
While the memo applies to >70 countries receiving US weaponry, more restrictive reporting requirements are placed on 7 countries currently involved in armed conflict, incl’g both #Israel & #Ukraine.
In the past decade, #Putin has taught the world a master class on using #homophobia as a political weapon. Now he is showing us what #homophobia looks like as a #WeaponOfWar.
Investigators have a chance to build a case in #Ukraine unlike anything ever seen under international law: that persecuting #LGBTQ+ people constitutes a #CrimeAgainstHumanity.
The targeting of #LGBTQ+ people in #conflict — such as #ISIS making a spectacle of executing men accused of homosexuality by throwing them off buildings — has received much attn in recent yrs, but no #international#tribunal has ever held that this kind of persecution violates #InternationalLaw.
Jurists have done painstaking work to make clear how existing international #law gives the #ICC the power to investigate persecution on the basis of #sexuality & #gender identity. #Russia#Putin#Ukraine
We could not have found a better expert to write this article, as Fedele is research fellow at the university of Lille and focusses in his work on premodern #diplomacy and international law. His seminal study “Naissance de la diplomatie moderne” is available open access.
It's nothing to see. It's another act of the most moral army in the world using precision bombing to prevent any civilian casualties as Blinken told the world.
#Israel on trial?
This is not what the #ICJ organises. Its role is to establish the law.
A halt of invasion?
In 2022, the ICJ issued a condemnation on the #Russia invasion, to no consequence.
Kate Ferguson: “Will it be enough to stem the tide of atrocity crimes? No, of course not.” https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-kate-ferguson@israel