Helpful update and discussion of prognoses of the Karim Khan investigation by @janethanderson.bsky.social
@justiceinfo.bsky.social "has been provided with information from all parties showing that this investigation is at risk of being seen as seriously flawed"
www.justiceinfo.net/en/156124-wh...
"...t is difficult to see past the conclusion that their argument boils down to a single and disturbing outcome: that “tacit support given by many Western States” can, in essence, legitimate aggression."
Forthright analysis from @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social and @bechamilton.bsky.social
Screening of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ @uniofgalway.bsky.social followed by a panel discussion
Wednesday March 11th at 7pm.
Hosted by the Irish Red Cross in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Avant Garde Society.
Register here:
www.redcross.ie/newsroom-pos...
Superman flies through a window to confront a criminal: WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT OF ME? IM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FATE YOU DESERVE, LUBANE, FOR PROMOTING THIS WAR AND PROFITEERING UPON THE DEATH AND MISERY OF OTHERS:
Morning Bluesky.
Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hegseth promised “death and destruction from the sky all day long”.
Because of the US bombing of oil storage facilities, Tehran residents are now at risk from toxic acid rain falling from the sky.
Appalling human and environmental cost to this war.
The United Kingdom is not only aiding and assisting the United States’ unlawful use of force against Iran but also is running the risk of committing an act of aggression itself.
The 1974 Definition of Aggression of the UN General Assembly includes the following:
Three days ago, Israel ordered the south evacuated. Two days ago, they did the same to the southern suburbs. That’s more than one million people. Some, the most vulnerable, are sleeping rough by the sea or on sidewalks. Today, it is raining. War harms the poor the most.
Ireland will remember what International Law is on or after 18th March.
Important in-depth @secondcaptains.bsky.social episode addressing the online racism at Edwin Edogbo and the part played by US platforms and media.
Very insightful conversation between Dr Eileen Culloty @fujomedia.bsky.social and @younghorgan.bsky.social
A real honour to have hosted Judge Dire Tladi of the International Court of Justice for the Irish Centre for Human Rights Annual Distinguished Lecture.
A deeply fascinating and timely discussion of peremptory norms and erga omnes obligations
@uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social
The United States bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999 - "a mistake, due to outdated maps".
The US apologies and paid $28 million in compensation to China and the families of those killed.
www.irishtimes.com/news/us-to-p...
"it's more likely that the strike was the result of an error"
It will make little to no difference to victims families whether the missile strike was intentional or a mistake
And it remains a severe violation of international law for which the US/Israel is responsible
www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...
The last photo of Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, a third-grade student killed in the reported U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran.
He is waving goodbye to his mother.
How the Council of Foreign Relations describes the current conflict in the Middle East
The International Criminal Court may not have jurisdiction over Iran or Lebanon, or the crime of aggression in this context, but Benjamin Netanyahu is still wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza.
Unenforced arrest warrants are not a deterrent.
www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/ne...
Ireland is a cog in the wheel of an aggressive and reckless war.
"a number of flights that transited through Shannon over the weekend. ... two US Air Force Hercules C-130H landed at Shannon on Saturday morning, while a US Navy air logistics flight left the airport for Sicily on the same day".
Most of the world is focused on Iran or the GCC. Haven’t heard much from international actors comment on Israel reclosing entry into Gaza or the disproportional response Israel is committing on Lebanon through mass displacement and constant attacks
big day for law on the use of force discourse and the most circular of logics:
US imperialist aggression
was actually US pre-emptive self-defence
against imminent Iranian self-defence
in response to planned Israeli aggression
which US fully supported in the first place
This headline from the BBC distorts what Rubio revealed.
He states that Israel was planning an attack on Iran, to which Iran would respond instantly by targeting US bases:
"they would immediately come after us".
Does not alter the illegality of the attack.
But it should be reported accurately.
This headline from the BBC distorts what Rubio revealed.
He states that Israel was planning an attack on Iran, to which Iran would respond instantly by targeting US bases:
"they would immediately come after us".
Does not alter the illegality of the attack.
But it should be reported accurately.
"We are deeply alarmed by attacks on civilians, including civilian infrastructures, schools, and hospitals.
Schools and hospitals must not be attacked."
UN Special Representatives
violenceagainstchildren.un.org/en/news/join....
Rubio's justification for attacking Iran:
Iran would have retaliated against the US if Israel attacked Iran. Therefore the US acted preemptively.
So, why didn't the Trump admin just restrain the principal recipient of US military assistance from launching such an illegal attack in the first place?
The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal.
Iran's attacks in Gulf States are illegal.
The U.K. defending Gulf States is legal, but allowing the U.S. to use its bases is illegal.
In short, everyone is violating international law and should stop.
My latest @justsecurity.org
If United States pilots are shot down over Iran (as opposed to "capable partner" Kuwait), does Hegseth think that "stupid rules of engagement" including the 1949 Geneva Convention protecting prisoners of war should be observed by Iran?
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Starmer must know that the ICC Statute defines as an act of aggression:
"The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
