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Mia Swart

@_MiaSwart

Former Producer Al Jazeera, Visiting Prof Wits Law School, International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice

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calendar_today24-04-2018 06:46:37

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Laleh Khalili ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ(@LalehKhalili) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For those shocked by the cruelty of Israel withholding martyrs' bodies, Suhad Daher-Nashif has written 'Colonial management of death: To be or not to be dead in Palestine' journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11โ€ฆ

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Opinio Juris(@opiniojuris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Symposium on Dominic Ongwen Case: Perspectives from Ugandan Survivors and Activists on Reparations in the Dominic Ongwen Case
opiniojuris.org/2024/04/08/symโ€ฆ

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Law for Palestine | ุงู„ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ูู„ุณุทูŠู†(@Law4Palestine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The legal team representing Nicaragua in its CIJ_ICJ case against Germany for 'facilitating Gaza genocide' is referencing the recent report of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt. In the report, Albanese called for accountability for Israel and complicit states in actions thatโ€ฆ

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Mia Swart(@_MiaSwart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big day: my book is out! Based on almost 100 interviews with Michael Katz, a Holocaust survivor from Lviv. Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many bookshop websites. Dedicated to all children that have to hear bombs fall at night.
barnesandnoble.com/w/on-bonifratrโ€ฆ

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Nicola Perugini(@PeruginiNic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A group of 600 German civil servants have written to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other senior ministers calling on the government to โ€œcease arm deliveries to the Israeli government with immediate effectโ€ aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/7/โ€ฆ

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Mia Swart(@_MiaSwart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

John Kirby sounding so lame on the content of that phone call..Totally unclear what consequences would be if Netanyahu simply ignores it.

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Business Day(@BDliveSA) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MIA SWART: War crime of man-made famine is occurring under our noses businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/colโ€ฆ

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Mia Swart(@_MiaSwart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My column on Gaza today:
MIA SWART: War crime of man-made famine is occurring under our noses businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/colโ€ฆ

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Alonso Gurmendi(@Alonso_GD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I read both Orders and the Judge's separate opinions in South Africa v. Israel and I got a bit more hopeful, which honestly terrified me, so I wrote this...

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Democracy in Exile(@DAWN_Journal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Israeli scholars continue to construct legal interpretations to shield Israel from accountability, often in direct response to international condemnations or probes, sometimes even anticipating them during Israeli operations in real time.' Maya Wind dawnmena.org/how-israeli-unโ€ฆ

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Alonso Gurmendi(@Alonso_GD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Judges who said the CIJ_ICJ should have called for a ceasefire (7):
Salam ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง
Yusuf ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด
Xue ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Brant ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
Gรณmez Robledo ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Tladi ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Charlesworth ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

Judges who did not (9)
Nolte ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Tomka ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Sebutinde ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Abraham ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Bhandari ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Iwasawa ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Cleveland ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Aurescu ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด
Barak ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

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Siphosami Malunga(@SiphoMalunga) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Receiving news that Tanele Maseko, Thulani Maseko's widow has been detained by Swazi Police with her 2 little boys.First, they gun down her husband in front of her & their 2 children & now torment her for seeking justice for his murder. The wicked truly do not rest.

Receiving news that @tanele_maseko, Thulani Maseko's widow has been detained by Swazi Police with her 2 little boys.First, they gun down her husband in front of her & their 2 children & now torment her for seeking justice for his murder. The wicked truly do not rest. #LetHerGo
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Times Higher Education(@timeshighered) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UK universities that have not called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war must explain how that is consistent with their foundational democratic values, says SOAS v-c Adam Habib
timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univerโ€ฆ

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Ayesha Omar ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ(@DrAyeshaOmar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As South Africans reflect on human rights month, I recount 64 years since the Sharpeville uprising when 69 unarmed protesters were massacred by Apartheid police. I use Sharpeville as a lens to reflect on the humanitarian-aid massacres in Gaza.

mg.co.za/thought-leaderโ€ฆ

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Mark Kersten(@MarkKersten) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Unfortunate to see misunderstandings of the basic law of genocide. Genocide *is not* a numbers game.

In Srebrenica, a genocide, 8,000 men and boys died. I hope this ๐Ÿ‘‡ is not a denial of that, or intentional misinformation. Again, genocide is not a mere measure of the # of dead.

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