
Mona Rishmawi
@rishmawimona
Focusing on international human rights law & policy
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12-03-2020 13:05:54
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#Palestine upgraded yesterday International Labour Organization to a non member state. ilo.org/resource/confe…

Is there a “right to kill” clause in the Geneva Conventions? One military general thought so. He might do well to listen to our next episode, with the Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights coming out this Thursday. With Janet H. Anderson stephanie vandenberg @svdberg.bsky.social & andrew clapham.




Briefing the United Nations Security Council, Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen expressed concerns about continued violence and instability in #Syria as well as threats to its sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. His full remarks: specialenvoysyria.unmissions.org/sites/default/…


#ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC: If we work together, #ICC & #UNSC can be a powerful force for justice & strengthen the basis for peace. But if action is taken against the #ICC, it will impact our collective ability to support victims in #Darfur and globally.

Andrew Clapham receives prestigious Paul Reuter award for his masterly book ‘War’, in honor of his contribution to #IHL, at ceremony in #Geneva last night. andrew clapham Gilles Carbonnier Cordula Droege Geneva Graduate Institute

#Sudan: On #InternationalWomensDay, UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59 Fact-Finding Mission calls for urgent action: 🔹 Protect women & girls from #SGBV 🔹 Ensure #justice, accountability 🔹 Support survivors & deliver humanitarian aid 🔹 Empower women economically & politically ohchr.org/en/statements-…

#السودان: في #اليوم_العالمي_للمرأة، تدعو بعثة تقصي الحقائق في السودان UN Human Rights Council إلى تحرك عاجل: 🔹 لحماية النساء والفتيات من العنف الجنسي 🔹 لضمان العدالة والمساءلة 🔹 لدعم الناجيات وإيصال المساعدات 🔹 لتمكين المرأة اقتصاديًا وسياسيًا. ohchr.org/ar/statements-…

ATLAS's profile of the inspiring Mona Rishmawi is out! Mona is a Palestinian, Jordanian & Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a Member of the Independent Intl Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan. Read about her journey - and her advice for others 👇 atlaswomen.org/profiles/2025/…


Grateful to Opinio Juris 4 publishing 👇. I argue that cancelling 4 Geneva Convention March Conference on OPT undermines IHL, not just in the OPT, but in conflicts as #Ukraine & #Sudan. I discuss other opportunity to advance justice. #IHL #ICC #HumanRights

.Opinio Juris has two important posts up today about the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first, from Mona Rishmawi, discusses enforcement of IHL. Mona has held innumerable important UN posts, including at the OHCHR and the Commission of Inquiry for Darfur. opiniojuris.org/2025/04/08/enf…

As fighting in #Sudan enters its third year, the United Nations's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan is calling on the warring parties to cease fire, warning that the conflict's “darkest chapters” may lie ahead. More ➡ bit.ly/4j96hpF


