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#israel #palestine : #westbank / #imprisonment / #children / #internationallaw
„Family of Walid Ahmad, 17, say his health had deteriorated and Palestinian officials say he was denied medical care.
Oneg Ben Dror of the Jaffa-based NGO #PhysiciansforHumanRightsIsrael called for an #independentinvestigation into the death of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and military camps. “We urge the international community to hold Israel accountable for these deaths,” he said.“
FYI the Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Law is now available #OpenAccess for one year: https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/MPIL
Looking to learn about international legal buzzwords like human dignity, tariffs or the use of force? Try the MPIL.
Brisbane city council has pulled funding for a music awards after winner used her acceptance speech to denounce #genocide, while the conservative LNP Queensland state government also considers withdrawal of financial support.
Jazz composer and pianist #KelleeGreen used her acceptance speech at the #2025QueenslandMusicAwards to speak of the suffering of #Palestinian civilians and to support peaceful protest against Australian government complicity in selling weapons to Israel (in contravention of obligations under international law, including a specific injunction by the #InternationalCourtOfJustice).
The claim by the council is that her speech was 'divisive'.
Treating opposition to genocide as #divisive is (implicitly or explicitly) to normalise being pro-genocide as a legitimate political stance.
Normalising support for genocide is itself a crime under #InternationalLaw.
By only ever punishing anti-genocide speech, and never those who express unqualified support for a genocidal regime (or who even seek to justify its extreme violence through appeal to a 'right to defend itself'), political authorities send the clear message that we ought to be tolerant of those who support exterminative violence and intolerant of those who oppose it.
Never.
#hungary #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #uno / #internationallaw
„Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu will visit Hungary on April 2 (…), defying an International Criminal Court (#ICC) #arrestwarrant issued over alleged #warcrimes in Gaza. The ICC issued warrants for Netanyahu & former defence minister Y. Gallant over allegations of crimes against humanity & war crimes -- including starvation as a method of warfare -- in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.‟
WTAF??
The #Trump admin says in its #SCOTUS filing requesting a stay of #Boasberg’s #AlienEnemiesAct #TRO that it can't confirm or deny whether #ElSalvador is complying with #UNCAT [#UnitedNations Convention Against #Torture] because doing so might damage its relationship with El Salvador.
AYFKM???
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #idp / #displacement / #uno / #internationallaw
„The U.N. Human Rights Office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders".
The Israeli army has issued what the U.N. described as 10 mandatory evacuation orders (…) since it resumed its war against Hamas on March 18, ending a two-month-old ceasefire amid rows over terms for extending it.“
Interview: "Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S."
We need "a universal, international criminal justice system instead of one where only some nations are held to account."
~Wolfgang Kaleck
Kaleck twice filed war crimes suits against former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Germany.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/21/human_rights_attorney_wolfgang_kaleck_on
My column is out:
The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law
“Checks & balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the #US legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against #judges & #lawyers.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/ #Trump #internationallaw #humanrights #ruleoflaw #DEI #immigration #law #lawfedi
#China has executed four #Canadians over #drug-related convictions, #Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday, a development that threatens to worsen an already tense relationship between the countries.
Mélanie Joly, the Canadian minister, told reporters that she condemned the #executions, & that the government would still seek clemency for others.
#geopolitics #insanity #DeathPenalty #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/asia/china-canada-drug-executions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=C08785F3-84B8-415A-B4C1-88873966D790
Analysis: "US officials taking part in attacks on the ICC in defence of Israel are obstructing justice".
~Craig Mokhiber
The ICC could prosecute US officials & Israeli officials for obstruction of justice. Both Biden & Trump allowed Israel to act with impunity on Gaza & Palestine.
Trump's administration has also attacked the ICC - a crime under international law.
Interview: Craig Mokhiber resigned as a director in the UN over the UN leadership's policy on Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Mokhiber: "My critique was never of the idea of the UN.
"My critique was of the UN leadership, which was so frightened by western power that it abandoned the very mandate, principles & purposes of the organization out of fear."
#UN #InternationalLaw #BDS #CraigMokhiber #GazaGenocideNotWar #WesternComplicity #USPol .
Analysis: "US officials taking part in attacks on the ICC in defence of Israel are obstructing justice".
~Craig Mokhiber
The ICC could prosecute US officials & Israeli officials for obstruction of justice. Both Biden & Trump allowed Israel to act with impunity on Gaza & Palestine.
Trump's administration has also attacked the ICC - a crime under international law.
Interview: Craig Mokhiber: "My critique was never of the idea of the UN.
"My critique was of the UN leadership, which was so frightened by western power that it abandoned the very mandate, principles & purposes of the organization out of fear."
Mokhiber resigned as a director in the UN over the UN leadership's policy on Israel's genocide in Gaza
#UN #InternationalLaw #BDS #CraigMokhiber #GazaGenocideNotWar #WesternComplicity #USPol .
Interview: Craig Mokhiber: "My critique was never of the idea of the UN.
"My critique was of the UN leadership, which was so frightened by western power that it abandoned the very mandate, principles & purposes of the organization out of fear."
Mokhiber resigned as a director in the UN over the UN leadership's policy on Israel's genocide in Gaza
#UN #InternationalLaw #BDS #CraigMokhiber #GazaGenocideNotWar #WesternComplicity #USPol .
Analysis: "US officials taking part in attacks on the ICC in defence of Israel are obstructing justice".
~Craig Mokhiber
The ICC could prosecute US officials & Israeli officials for obstruction of justice. Both Biden & Trump allowed Israel to act with impunity on Gaza & Palestine.
Trump's administration has also attacked the ICC - a crime under international law.
Analysis: "US officials taking part in attacks on the ICC in defence of Israel are obstructing justice".
~Craig Mokhiber
The ICC could prosecute US officials & Israeli officials for obstruction of justice. Both Biden & Trump allowed Israel to act with impunity on Gaza & Palestine.
Trump's administration has also attacked the ICC - a crime under international law.
Interview: Craig Mokhiber, who resigned as a director in the UN over the UN leadership's policy on Israel's genocide in Gaza
"My critique was never of the idea of the UN.
"My critique was of the UN leadership, which was so frightened by western power that it abandoned the very mandate, principles & purposes of the organization out of fear."
#UN #InternationalLaw #BDS #CraigMokhiber #GazaGenocideNotWar #WesternComplicity .
Erased from public life. To mark International Women’s Day, [The National] profiles the push to recognize their treatment in #Afghanistan as #genderapartheid and examine #Canada’s role in holding the #Taliban to account | by Holly Lake, the National Magazine, published by the Canadian Bar Association
https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/in-depth/2025/erased-from-public-life #law #internationallaw #InternationalCriminalCourt #ICC #InternationalCourtOfJustice #ICJ
(small quotes from me).
As @davidallengreen & others have pointed out, the Rule of Law is currently under threat from the machinations of the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant.... here I reflect on this & wonder whether the practices of International Law show the future of the uneven, but still largely followed Rule of Law....
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/the-rule-of-law-why-should-we-care/
