Beatrice Fihn (@beafihn) 's Twitter Profile
Beatrice Fihn

@beafihn

International law, security & weapons at @lexintl_org. Senior Fellow @UNIDIR. Former Executive Director of ICAN @nuclearban, @nobelprize laureate 2017. 🇸🇪🇨🇭

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Beatrice Fihn (@beafihn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you make the missile point downwards, do you feel anything different when seeing this report from the original image? Would love to hear people’s thoughts on this.

If you make the missile point downwards, do you feel anything different when seeing this report from the original image? Would love to hear people’s thoughts on this.
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There’s a certain kind of person—usually a man—who basically thinks war is cool. He’s never been in one, of course, but he reads lots of military histories, watches war movies and identifies with the heroes, and when a war starts anywhere in the world, he treats it like a

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The civilians of Ukraine are paying the price for the impunity that Russian commanders enjoyed for their war crimes in Syria and Chechnya. This cycle of impunity and more atrocities must end. A new report from The Reckoning Project. thereckoningproject.com/justice/press-…

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James Cameron is set to direct ‘LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA’ as soon as ‘Avatar’ production allows him to. The film follows the man who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, got on a train to Nagasaki and then survived a nuclear explosion in that city. (Source: Deadline)

James Cameron is set to direct ‘LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA’ as soon as ‘Avatar’ production allows him to.

The film follows the man who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, got on a train to Nagasaki and then survived a nuclear explosion in that city.

(Source: Deadline)
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Today, 🇵🇸 introduced its draft #UNGA resolution on the ICJ's Advisory Opinion. It is incumbent on the General Assembly to act upon the Court’s findings. 🇮🇪 has co-sponsored and will vote in favour of this resolution. Full Statement ➡️ bit.ly/10thESSIreland

Richard Lennane (@dikilennane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), to which Israel is a party, has quite clear prohibitions on the use of certain types of booby traps and "other devices". Surprised not to see more discussion of this.

Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), to which Israel is a party, has quite clear prohibitions on the use of certain types of booby traps and "other devices". Surprised not to see more discussion of this.
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Lebanese eye surgeon tells Sky News many patients he’s treating following the pager explosions have ‘life-changing injuries’ and added:’it’s a massacre. Whoever did this is a criminal’

Beatrice Fihn (@beafihn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This line of argument is ridiculous by Switzerland. Imagine if someone said that we couldn’t demand a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine without mentioning how to guarantee Russias security. You can’t keep illegally occupying another state just because you are scared.

Beatrice Fihn (@beafihn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Swedens abstention is also extremely disappointing, both my countries are failing to stand up for international law, human rights and freedom these days — playing straight into the hands of Russia & other authoritarian states that want nothing more than a world without such rules

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Honestly, the EUs data privacy law is one of the best things that have come from the EU. I’m constantly grateful for it. We need more more more politics like this that takes a strong stand and doesn’t let the multinational corporations dictate the rules.