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intriguing new article - by Ryan Martínez Mitchell brill.com/view/journals/…

Eyal Benvenisti now also recognizes that Israeli government is pursuing policies amounting to war crimes. justsecurity.org/116459/israel-…

interesting and highly relevant new article - Do Americans Support War Crimes Prosecutions? academic.oup.com/fpa/article-ab…

this is a fascinating new article by Dirk Moses - comparing the genocide debates of Vietnam & Gaza. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

One way to support Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt is to read, circulate, cite, quote, and teach the rigorous reports she has written on self-determination, carceral system, child rights, genocide, and corporate complicity. Here is a list:

this is a courageous and exceptionally incisive article by Anne-Lot Hoek - formerly a member of the Dutch research project on the Indonesian War of Independence, who now reflects on her experiences and on the structure of the project itself. bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/1…

#Tigray Ethiopian troops 'executed' aid workers in Tigray conflict, MSF official says - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/…

“You’ve got more languages students setting up successful start-ups than you do maths graduates, and the same number of history students setting up start-ups as engineers, so there’s a bit of myth busting that needs to go on.” ft.com/content/31628e…

yes liberties.aljazeera.com/en/out-of-sigh…

323 votes in favour, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - Ukrainian Parliament has just ratified by a constitutional majority the Agreement between Ukraine and Council of Europe on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. We are advancing fast toward accountability for the crime of

On 19/6/25, the Nottingham International Law & Security Centre (NILSC) hosted a hybrid workshop on #genocide, #apartheid & ethnic cleansing. It was convened by Victor Kattan & myself. The recordings of the 3 panels can be accessed here: nottingham.ac.uk/research/group…

Shocking but completely unsurprising.

The story makes two key points deliberately elided by the dishonest WSJ and Dropsite News stories: (1) the decision to seek warrants was made *before* there were any misconduct allegations; and (2) there was *no* active investigation when the applications were actually filed.

forthcoming in a few months - honoured to contribute to this exceptional Cambridge history of rights project. cambridge.org/be/universityp…

an important statement on Gaza from the Hague Group following its conference in Bogotá - and interesting to see its plea for universal jurisdiction, particularly in light of the different positions of its members (Libya, Nica, Iraq etc.) on this issue. thehaguegroup.org/meetings-bogot…

"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: ft.com/content/21cf3d…

How Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication theguardian.com/education/2025…

UN experts rally in solidarity with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, warning that US Government sanctions against the Special Rapporteur on the occupied #Palestinian territories is a direct attack on the integrity of the UN human rights system. ohchr.org/en/statements/…