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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 10h

that's out tomorrow With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social with support of @justiceinfo.bsky.social

Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 10h

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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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · 2d

There are very rare wins for survivors and activists in the current climate. Uplifting to see the establishment of an independent investigative mechanism for #Afghanistan following over 4.5 years of advocacy by Afghan & international civil society. Unsurprisingly, the US has always been opposed.

Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · 2d

Rawadari welcomes the establishment of the independent investigative mechanism on Afghanistan that will collect evidence of international crimes and most serious violations of international law.

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · 6d

Also on Monday, the International Court of Justice will kick off three days of hearings over the right to strike for yet another advisory opinion.

Justice Update – All you need to know about ICJ Advisory Opinions

Molly Quell gives us the lowdown on Advisory Opinions at the International Court of Justice.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 6d

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Episode 144 – Lady of the Lake with Monica Feria-Tinta

In this episode of our Climate series, we look at Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood. A unique place for several reasons, Mar Meno is now also the first natural entit…

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 6d

Can the largest permanent saltwater lagoon in Europe – Mar Menor in Spain – as the first ecosystem granted legal personhood in Europe in 2022, be represented at the European Court of Human Rights? Our guest Monica Feria-Tinta, explains what the case could mean for climate justice.
Episode out now👇

Episode 144 – Lady of the Lake with Monica Feria-Tinta

In this episode of our Climate series, we look at Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood. A unique place for several reasons, Mar Meno is now also the first natural entit…

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 7d

To understand what’s at stake for #climatejustice, we spoke to the lake’s legal representative Monica Feria-Tinta

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 7d

Out tomorrow We are exploring the largest permanent saltwater lagoon in #Europe, Mar Menor in #Spain. Why? Because it’s the first ecosystem to be granted legal personhood in Europe. And now it’s also likely to be the first ecosystem to be represented at the European Court of Human Rights.

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · 8d

My country is made offline and for tens of thousands of young women who connected to learning, to hope, to community, to aspirations through Internet, all of that is gone by the orders of a small group of tyrannical, fearful men. #Afghanistan

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 8d

Link to the IIMM report. Extensive list of entire villages destroyed to make way for large Border Guard Police compounds, leaving it impossible for those villages to be rebuilt. Clearly shows targeted destruction of #Rohingya villages (intent). iimm.un.org/sites/defaul...

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 8d

It's a really interesting report, because it focuses on property destruction (i.e. not killing), & the important role this crime plays in #genocide. Tatmadaw has used the #law to prevent #Rohingya from reclaiming their land, just like the Ottoman Turks & Nazis did for Armenians & Jews.

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 8d

The IIMM has released a report on the destruction of #Rohingya property in #Myanmar, positioning this as #genocide. I spoke to @janethanderson.bsky.social, who covered the report. www.justiceinfo.net/en/150350-my...

Myanmar: Making sure there is no return

On September 29, the UN Fact-Finding Mechanism on Myanmar publishes a report on “the destruction and seizure of Rohingya homes, farms, mosques, and other property in 2017.” An integral part of the gen...

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Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social · 10d

Russia once again assured the UN that it wants peace, but bombed peaceful cities in Ukraine for 12 hours straight. Four people died in Kyiv, including a nurse and a patient at the cardiology institute. A whole street was destroyed in Petropavlivskyi Borshchagovka.

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Kevin Jon Heller @kevinjonheller.bsky.social · 13d

If you're in Copenhagen October 10, come see Andrew Cayley KC, who ran the Palestine investigation at the #ICC, give a
Centre for Military Studies talk entitled "The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View." 15:00 at the Law Faculty. Register: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/the-f...

The Future of International Criminal Justice: An Insider’s View

International Criminal Justice is facing a tipping point. Questions about its efficacy, its efficiency and a hostile political climate are raising doubts about its relevance and, even further, its ver...

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 13d

How is social media being used to shift public perception around the ICC?

Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Stephanie van den Berg @svdberg.bsky.social · 13d

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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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 13d

Full episode here - www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @redress.org @justiceinfo.bsky.social

Episode 143 – Disinformation in the Philippines with Benjie Aquino

Stef, Benjie and Janet in The Hague Humanity Hub A complex legal shuffle is going on in The Hague currently, where the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte is being held at the Inte…

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 13d

How is social media being used to shift public perception around the ICC?

Benjie Aquino from Redress explains how disinformation campaigns have - and continue to be - used in the Philippines around the alleged crimes against humanity of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 14d

With @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 14d

Out now on #Patreon 🎙️
For our September episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son', about war crimes in #Bosnia & a fictional trial at the #ICTY
"Everyone came out looking bad" - we agreed👇
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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 14d

Tune in tomorrow with @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @redress.org @justiceinfo.bsky.social

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 14d

Out Tomorrow - With former Filipino President Duterte waiting to stand trial at the ICC, we look at the misinformation initiatives employed during and after his ‘War on Drugs’ campaign in which human rights orgs say over 12,000 Filipinos were murdered.

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

Yesterday my colleagues and I wrote up the story that was floating around for a few days, lets see what's next
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon

The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 15d

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 15d

Out tomorrow on #Patreon 📣
For the War Criminals #BookClub, we watched the 2015 movie 'The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son' and we discussed what was accurate and what wasn't in the depiction of Bosnia, the Netherlands and the processes at the #ICTY

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