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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 20h

Full decision 👇
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 20h

#Duterte has been denied interim release from the #ICC

Judges note:
- Him calling his arrest a "a pure and simple kidnapping"
- Daughter's insistence he could be "broken out"
- Political contacts

They are unconvinced by his "commitment to returning", nor that would not return to the #Philippines

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 20h

This is also an insane genre of political reasoning:

“We can do an objectively bad thing because we found people who do it other than Trump”

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 22h

The #Nobel Committee awards the #Peace Prize to María Corina Machado "for her efforts to advance democracy in #Venezuela". She was blocked from running against Nicolas #Maduro in 2024.

First peace prize award to a politician since Abiy Ahmed, PM of #Ethiopia, in 2019.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.com

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 1d

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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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 1d

Full Press Release can be read here:
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

www.icj-cij.org

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 1d

The International Court of Justice, #ICJ, will deliver an Advisory Opinion on "Obligations of #Israel in relation to the Presence & Activities of the #UN, Other International Organisations & Third States in & in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory" on 22 October @ 3pm.

Press Release 👇

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Justice Info @justiceinfo.bsky.social · 4d

🇷🇼 #Rwanda [opinion] - When is a trial no longer a trial? When is a defendant no longer a defendant? When is a court no longer a court?

#Kabuga by @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social

www.justiceinfo.net/en/150638-th...

The many endings of the Kabuga trial

When is a trial no longer a trial? When is a defendant no longer a defendant? When is a court no longer a court?

www.justiceinfo.net

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 3d

When is a trial no longer a trial? When is a defendant no longer a defendant? When is a court no longer a court?

I wrote about #Kabuga, the politics of #justice, and the significance of justice spaces, for @justiceinfo.bsky.social

www.justiceinfo.net/en/150638-th...

The many endings of the Kabuga trial

When is a trial no longer a trial? When is a defendant no longer a defendant? When is a court no longer a court?

www.justiceinfo.net

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 4d

#ICC judges convict Abd-Al-Rahman, Janjaweed militia leader, of 27 counts of crimes against humanity & #warcrimes in Darfur, #Sudan, in 2003-04.

Judge Korner made a point of naming #victims from each incident. There was a significant 🇸🇩 presence in the gallery.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

ICC convicts Sudan ex-militia leader Ali Kushayb of Darfur war crimes

The 27 guilty verdicts are the first handed down by The Hague-based court over war crimes in Sudanese region in 2000s.

www.aljazeera.com

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 4d

30 minutes until the #ICC’s first (and only) judgement re: violence in #Sudan in the early 2000s!

Link to stream in the reply below 👇🏻

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 5d

In 2005 the #UN Security Council referred the “Situation in #Darfur” to the #ICC.

Today, at 2pm 🇳🇱 time, after 3 years & 74 witnesses, the ICC’s only #Sudan trial will end.

Alleged #Janjaweed leader Abd-Al-Rahman will hear the judgement on his 31 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 5d

The closing statements in the Abd-Al-Rahman case took place over 3 days in December. I wrote about them on my #substack

lucygaynor.substack.com/p/abd-al-rah...

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 5d

The judgement will be streamed live (not with a 30 minute delay, as with ICC hearings), and can be followed here:

www.icc-cpi.int/streaming-al...

ICC CPI Streaming | International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes agai...

www.icc-cpi.int

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 5d

In 2005 the #UN Security Council referred the “Situation in #Darfur” to the #ICC.

Today, at 2pm 🇳🇱 time, after 3 years & 74 witnesses, the ICC’s only #Sudan trial will end.

Alleged #Janjaweed leader Abd-Al-Rahman will hear the judgement on his 31 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 6d

Shabbiha militias as a phenomenon, and their role in the #Assad regime and its violence, have been written about extensively by @uungor.bsky.social

See here, for example:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3R...

Shabbiha: Assad’s Paramilitaries and Mass Violence in Syria - Uğur Ümit Üngör

YouTube video by USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

m.youtube.com

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 6d

Anwar S. - a suspected former #Shabbiha militia leader in #Aleppo, #Syria - was arrested in #Germany last week on charges of Crimes Against Humanity: killing and torture.

Assad used Shabbiha both for the commission of violence, and the evasion of responsibility.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

German police arrest Syrian man suspected of crimes against humanity

German police arrested on Tuesday a Syrian man suspected of committing crimes against humanity, including killing and torturing, as a militia leader in 2011 in Aleppo, prosecutors said.

www.reuters.com

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 10d

A military court in #Kinshasha sentenced former #DRC President Joseph #Kabila to death - in absentia - on charges incl. murder, sexual assault, torture, & insurrection.

President #Tshisekedi has claimed Kabila (who now lives in 🇿🇦) is responsible for M23 violence.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Congo military court sentences ex-president Kabila to death in absentia

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting him of crimes including war crimes.

www.reuters.com

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Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research @nnhrr.bsky.social · 12d

🎓 PhD Spotlight! 🔦

👋 Meet Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social, PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.

Lucy examines the construction and contestation of historical narratives within international criminal trials, focusing on the ICTR.

🔍 Read the Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 12d

Summer 2025 has been a good ‘un for #reading

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

Al-Masri - wanted by the #ICC for crimes committed at Mitiga prison in #Libya -was arrested in January after a football game in #Italy, but released after 48 hours.

3 gov. officials allegedly helped him escape justice & hid secret meetings about it from parliament.
www.politico.eu/article/liby...

3 top Italian government officials accused of helping Libyan warlord flee justice

Italy’s parliament will vote on Tuesday on whether two ministers and a cabinet secretary can be prosecuted over the case.

www.politico.eu

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

A surprise end to the #Kabuga status conference.

Judge Bonomy announces that this will be the last time Courtroom 1 at the mechanism, #IRMCT, formerly the #ICTY, will be used as a Courtroom.

The last time “this storied and historic courtroom will be used”.

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Stephanie van den Berg @svdberg.bsky.social · 15d

The gang was all there for #Kabuga at the #IRMCT only to learn it was the last ever hearing in the #ICTY's legendary courtroom 1 where I spent a big chunk of my late twenties with accused Yugoslav war criminals @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social @janethanderson.bsky.social @mollyquell.bsky.social

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

One could never tell!

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

Hundreds of judges, lawyers, witnesses, registrars, assistants, interpreters, security, and defendants have sat in its chairs.

But, Bonomy said, “a court is at its heart simply a forum where arguments are made, evidence is heard, and decisions are made”.

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

A surprise end to the #Kabuga status conference.

Judge Bonomy announces that this will be the last time Courtroom 1 at the mechanism, #IRMCT, formerly the #ICTY, will be used as a Courtroom.

The last time “this storied and historic courtroom will be used”.

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 15d

A surprise end to the #Kabuga status conference.

Judge Bonomy announces that this will be the last time Courtroom 1 at the mechanism, #IRMCT, formerly the #ICTY, will be used as a Courtroom.

The last time “this storied and historic courtroom will be used”.

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