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@fromsaltintears.com

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on public international law’s iteration of the republic of conscience, its Yes to humanity, through stories that echo its meaning https://fromsaltintears.com; plus radical or root international justice for kids cahtreaty4kids.org #hope-walking

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · Nov 24

Something we hadn’t seen revealed. / Only the meaning [its radical intent & inherent limits] wasn’t revealed.
—Louise Glück’s Averno 4

Why I blend international #humanrights law’s reasoning mode & effective power with storytelling’s narrative mode & affective power fromsaltintears.com/about

In From Salt In Tears I blend international human rights law with storytelling: 1 to make its Yes to humanity more visible; 2 create meaning that arcs justice; & 3 support international law’s ground for resisting injustice. Learn more at fromsaltintears.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 18h

"There is a lesson here for me, for my team, for the people of Ireland that if you put your head above the parapet and you dare to speak out and give a rational opinion that is based on evidence, this is what we will do, we will take you out, and this is really a very serious point in the campaign."

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 9d

"We need a president who can give a voice to those who feel they don't have a voice, who can give a voice to the real challenges in our society, who can give a voice to the terrible injustice that's happening in our world right now." - @mariesherlock.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 3d

“There isn’t one single line on a commitment to public childcare.” - Catherine in the Dáil today, responding to the FG/FF Budget.

We want a president who speaks truth to power, vote Catherine Connolly #1 on October 24

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 1d

One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Breda O'Brien: One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system

We must stop outsourcing the care of vulnerable young people

www.irishtimes.com

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 3d

‘Domestic judges cannot undo the case law of the Strasbourg court that so irritates a section of the political class and its journalist outriders. But they are doing everything short of that to make human rights as much of a domestic legal irrelevance as possible.’

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 4d

Ahhh *childish* is an insult to children, Alan.

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

@equalitynow.bsky.social press release welcoming the decision of the African Commission on Human & People's Rights in relation to sexual violence committed by DRC military personnel in South Kivu
reliefweb.int/report/democ...

Landmark ruling finally brings justice for survivors of wartime sexual violence in DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo

News and Press Release in English on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 6 Oct 2025 by Equality Now

reliefweb.int

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 5d

#Gaza: 2 years too long.

UNRWA’s photographers document the suffering of the people in #Gaza, and the work our dedicated teams continue to do.

International journalists are banned to enter Gaza and independently report.

See Gaza through their eyes.

#UNRWAworks

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

"We need to look at the cost of genocide to our humanity."

@catherinegalway.bsky.social #twip #aras25

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 5d

Today I stood
and watched the trees let their leaves go.

War made me more sensitive to beauty.
Don’t wait for war to see it –
just look around.

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 8d

Care as a human right?

The IACtHR recently recognised this right and specified respective state obligations.

MIRIAM L. HENRÍQUEZ VIÑAS & SABRINA RAGONE explain what this entails – and why we may soon witness a proliferation of norms at the domestic level.

verfassungsblog.de/right-to-car...

Quote from the piece by Miriam Henriquez Vinas & Sabrina Ragone: “The Court provided a comprehensive interpretation of the right to care as implicitly embedded in the Convention, connected to other conventional rights, and multifaceted in nature.”

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 10d

OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio.
It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply

card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?"

WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 13d

'Sinister, criminal or reckless' Too many questions remain over Blackwater fish kill - concerned groups say inconclusive final report must not be last word on it
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

‘Some big polluter is breathing sigh of relief’: Questions remain over Blackwater fish kill

Inconclusive report must not be last word on devastating incident, say environmentalists

www.irishtimes.com

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 13d

‘The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.’ ✨

Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 13d

Silent Spring was published on this day in 1962, catalyzing the environmental movement. The deeply human story behind it: www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/27/r...

The Story Behind “Silent Spring”: How Rachel Carson’s Countercultural Courage Catalyzed the Environmental Movement

“It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have the opportunity to speak out — to many thousands of people — on something so important.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Suzy Byrne @suzybie.bsky.social · 13d

I very much support the scrapping of the means test for carers allowance. If it happens it must not be allowed to continue to defray the states responsibility to support people to live independently (with supports as required). It can’t be the answer to the no vote to #CareRef.

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 14d

The International Criminal Court matters. For the most vulnerable it is a ‘small light’ in the darkness. When enkindled it protects us all from severe forms rights deprivation.

REDRESS Trust @redress.org · 18d

🚨 Joint Global Call to #SaveTheICC

The US is expected to sanction the ICC. Civil society urges States Parties to stop these sanctions before it’s too late.

📄 Read and endorse the joint statement here: redress.org/news/save-th...

#ICC #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #JusticeForVictims

Joint Statement: Save the ICC and the Rule of Law

Global call to defend the ICC from US sanctions that threaten international justice, accountability, and victims of war crimes and atrocities.

redress.org

sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 14d

‘Parity of esteem is the foundation principle of the Belfast Agreement but, when it comes to electing a president, there is no equal regard for Irish citizens living on this island.’

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‘Denying legions of potential voters [in the North] the right to choose their first citizen is an extreme exercise in gerrymandering.’

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Justine McCarthy: If Northerners had a vote, Catherine Connolly would be our next president

Northerners have a vested interest in an election portrayed as seminal for the abolition of partition. But they don’t have a vote

www.irishtimes.com

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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 14d

In this post @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social & I trace how the Starmer Government's repeatedly misconstrues its obligations under the Genocide Convention in #Gaza, hiding behind a Court judgement that is years away with a position that we call "legally illiterate" and "morally indefensible".

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 15d

‘He is largely responsible because he’s supporting Prime Minister Netanyahu. The United States is complicit in this famine and unfolding genocide; it’s on his watch.’

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 15d

Mary Robinson brands Trump a "bully" after "incredibly stupid" comments www.irishcentral.com/news/mary-ro...

Mary Robinson brands Trump a "bully" after "incredibly stupid" comments

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has hit out at ‘bully’ Donald Trump as she insisted he was ‘largely responsible’ for the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.

www.irishcentral.com

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 18d

“While welcome, the recognition of a Palestinian State doesn’t mean much if there isn’t a ceasefire in #Gaza.

The recognition must be followed by a genuine commitment to a peace process in the region.

#CeasefireNow“

— UNRWA Commissioner-General

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkX...

#UNGA80

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 21d

Unfortunate use of ‘blind’ in the headline.

Blindness (unconscious bias) is characteristic of every day discrimination, not severe forms of discriminations in which the hostility is conscious and purposive.