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In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
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Episode 146 – When Is It A War? with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg

With the last weeks of U.S. strikes on alleged drug dealer boats and saying they are in “a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, we ask ‘when is war’ and whet…

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What’s really going on with the ‘war on drugs’ that has led to the US killing dozens of alleged drug dealers off the coast of Venezuela Colombia & most recently Mexico?
How is "a non-international armed conflict" legally defined?
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social @alonso-gd.bsky.social explain

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 3d

#Sudan

Since seizing the city of El Fasher just last week, after an extensive siege and bombardment, the #paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of the ethnically motivated mass killing of more than 2,000 unarmed civilians

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Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group

Rapid Support Forces accused of killing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher in recent days

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 3d

4 more strikes today, killing 14 more people, with one survivor left to the Mexicans to deal with - this ongoing campaign of extra-judicial killing flagrantly violates international law and reflects a notorious disregard for the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 3d

Out tomorrow on #Patreon 📣
We watched The New Yorker documentary 'In Flow of Words: Translating the Trauma of War' together at the
Hague Humanity Hub & reacted to it in REAL TIME!

We discuss how interpreters at intl trials can be impacted by what they hear from victims + perpetrators

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 8d

Want to know details of the statute for the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine? How will it work? Our main interlocutor is Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s ambassador to The Hague and former prosecutor general.
Episode out now👇
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Justice Update – Checking in with Ukraine’s New Aggression Tribunal

This week’s Justice Update is all about the new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression – created specifically to hold the Russian Federation to account for its war of aggression i…

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

My thread on the #ICJ's AO ruling. #Israel has been hammered, its obligations under treaty law & CIL made clear. Honestly, nothing surprising, just the ICJ confirming #intlaw obligations. But plenty of noting of Israel's violations of intLaw. Sebutinde out in the cold as was expected.

Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

Time for another #ICJ ruling! Advisory Opinion on Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other Int Organizations & Third States in & in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory dropping now.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

#Israel prohibited from taking actions contrary to obligations under UN Charter & CPIUN in and regards to OPT. Must allow free movement of UN personnel so they can carry out their mandated activities.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

ICERD, ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CROC, CRPD all relevant!! #ICJ says #humanRights obligations outside its own territory, esp in OT applies with respect to all these treaties. CIL also applies. Wide range of human rights apply & are relevant to OPT pop'n. All alongside #IHL occupation obligations.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

#Israel has positive obligation to respect & fulfil #humanRights of OT pop'n even in times of armed conflict. Doing so has been assisted by UN incl #UNRWA, so diminishment of UN ability means Israel's obligations increase.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

All occupied persons must be respected & humanely treated. Rights incl right to life, right to freedom from torture (etc), right to liberty & security, right to freedom of movement, protection of family life, adequate std of living, enjoyment of health, education, freedom from discrimination

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

#Israel obligated not to use starvation as method of warfare. As OP, Israel has #IHL obligations to respect & fulfil #HumanRights of pop'n.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

Starvation is prohibited as method of warfare. #Israel blocked humanitarian aid, preventing relief from entering. Israel's consent to ops of GHF since May 2025 & to other ltd humanitarian aid has not signfiicantly alleviated the situation. Local pop'n inadquately supplied.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 9d

#Israel must provide supplies essential for survival of pop'n of OT. Art 55-56 API obligations extend beyond #Gaza to other parts of OPT, Not only a positive obligation to provide supplies to pop'n to the fullest extent, & negative obligation not to impede provision of supplies or health services.

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Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social · 9d

Those minutes until you find your child after the kindergarten is shelled. If you need to explain what hell is, this is it.

The world's biggest child kidnapper, Putin, hit a kindergarten in Kharkiv. There are injured children. There is a fire in the kindergarten.

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · 9d

The top United Nations court is set to give an opinion Wednesday on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Top UN court to rule on Israel's obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians

The United Nations court is set to give an opinion on Israel's legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The U.N.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 9d

Coming tomorrow: We are getting our heads around the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. But there’s still a lot of detail to be ironed out.

Andriy Kostin, now ambassador in The Hague explains why Kyiv needed this Special Tribunal agreed.

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Mark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 14d

Betald jobbmöjlighet (folkrätt) för juriststudenter i Stockholmsområdet. Dela gärna detta inlägg, särskilt ni som är juristudenter eller har nätverk med studenter i Stockholmsområdet. www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-k...

SJAC Job Advertisement - Trial Monitors for UJ Trial | Mark Klamberg

Betald jobbmöjlighet (folkrätt) för juriststudenter i Stockholmsområdet. Organisationen SJAC, baserad i Washington DC söker svenska juriststudenter för att bevaka rättegång om krigsförbrytelser som s...

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Janet H Anderson @janethanderson.bsky.social · 14d

I’d guess Nicaragua and its amazing agent top the list.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 22d

There’s a lot going on at the ICJ including the return of ‘ghost’ cases. Juliette McIntyre explains what’s going on & looks ahead to the big genocide case coming up on #Myanmar - how will it affect the #Israel case that follows?
Episode out now👇
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Episode 145 – Lawfare at the Busiest Court in The Hague with Juliette McIntyre

Juliette McIntyre explains what’s happening at the International Court of Justice and what she’ll be looking out for in upcoming genocide cases. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe …

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 22d

Meloni’s government in #Italy has just voted to block the prosecution of these 3 officials, who allegedly helped Al-Masri escape an #ICC arrest warrant for crimes committed in #Libya

www.politico.eu/article/ital...

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Dr Juliette McIntyre ☯︎🩷💚 🏳️‍🌈 @drnajimagi.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you to the lovely Asymmetrical Haircuts team for letting me hyperfixate at them!!

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Out tomorrow: Why do states bring cases to the ICJ - even when there’s no jurisdiction? @drnajimagi.bsky.social helps run though the current caseload. Plus with the genocide cases against Myanmar and Israel, are states trying to be useful or just delaying when they make additional interventions?

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 23d

Out tomorrow: Why do states bring cases to the ICJ - even when there’s no jurisdiction? @drnajimagi.bsky.social helps run though the current caseload. Plus with the genocide cases against Myanmar and Israel, are states trying to be useful or just delaying when they make additional interventions?

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Benjamin Duerr @benjaminduerr.com · 23d

Aanklager van het Internationaal Strafhof beschuldigd van seksueel misbruik. Nieuw, uitgebreid onderzoek in @nrc.nl: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Misbruik, manipulatie en achterdocht in de top van het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag

VN-onderzoek: Tegen de hoofdaanklager van het Internationaal Strafhof loopt een onderzoek van de Verenigde Naties – een naaste medewerker beschuldigt hem van seksueel misbruik. Dit ging een rol spelen...

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · 24d

A farmer, a prison guard, and a teacher were among residents of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to speak in a Hague courtroom Tuesday and accuse the Netherlands of not doing enough to protect them from the effects of climate change.

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