📽️ “I was captured in June 2022. I spent over two years in Russian captivity. I was tortured, sentenced in a fabricated trial, and finally released.” In this video, Maksym Butkevych, Ukrainian human rights defender and journalist, shares his personal experience of captivity and

DN har intervjuat insatt folk från Försvarsmakten, min kloka kollega o projektledare FOI Lasse Forsell o mig om utvecklingen svensk drönarförmåga. dn.se/sverige/sverig…

“For the first time, every country will have a seat at the table of AI.” — António Guterres The Global Dialogue on #AIGovernance launched at #UNGA80 — the world’s principal venue for collective focus on AI. Learn more: un.org/ai-dialogue 🎥webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k… Annalena Baerbock

In war, truth is the first casualty. Most IHL violations aren’t debated—they’re denied. That’s why real-time, reliable fact-finding is essential to accountability. Read attached article by my colleagues Manuel Galvis & Marko Milanovic 👉 EJIL: Talk! #IHL ejiltalk.org/improving-fact…

"While restoring public order is an urgent priority, ... [t]he carrying out of executions without a previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court, offering all judicial guarantees, also amounts to a war crime."

"The targeting of civilians not directly participating in hostilities constitutes a war crime regardless of the location of t he incident and its proximity to agreed deployment lines. The Israeli military must take immediate measures to ... prevent further unlawful killings."

At Sida’s 60th, I honoured Sweden’s legacy—and sounded the alarm. Humanitarian principles are eroding. 2024 was the deadliest year for aid workers. If we abandon impartiality, we abandon humanity. Sweden must lead on law + accountability#IHL #Humanitarian linkedin.com/posts/peter-lu…

📜 “It's possible to protect civilians in war” After 5 years of research & consultations, the ICRC has released the updated Commentary on GC IV, the cornerstone of civilian protection in armed conflict & occupation. Read more → bit.ly/4ovsaSf #IHL #GenevaConventions

#ChemicalWeapons #Syria #OPCW #Destruction Syria Accelerates Destruction of Assad-Era Chemical Weapons levant24.com/news/2025/10/s… The Syrian government has begun a sweeping campaign to destroy all remaining remnants of the chemical weapons program developed under the ousted regime

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17 March 2023, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber issued 2 arrest warrants since there are reasonable grounds to believe that (Putin &) Lvova-Belova bears ind criminal responsibility the war crime of unlawful transfer of population from occupied Ukraine to Russia, regarding Ukr children.

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As a reminder, advisory opinions are authoritative statements of *binding* international law. When international lawyers say that advisory opinions are "non-binding" what we mean is that the opinion does not *create* any *additional* obligations *owed to the Court* 1/

PRESS RELEASE: The #ICJ delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory go.icj-cij.org/43lWwyk

Andrew Saberton (UNFPA) after his visit to #Gaza/#WestBank: "I was not fully prepared for what I saw. One can't be. The sheer extent of the devastation looked like the set of a dystopian film. Unfortunately, it is not fiction. There is no other way to put it: Gaza has been

Läs gärna detta intressanta memo om erfarenheter från Ukraina avseende postväsendet. FOI foi.se/rapporter/rapp…

The International Court of Justice just found, unanimously, that Israel must "respect the right of protected persons from the Occupied Palestinian Territory who are detained by the State of Israel to be visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross"

De marina sjöstridskrafterna i Östersjön kan spela en avgörande roll i det nya säkerhetsläget som råder för Sverige⚓ Se presentationen med FOI-forskaren Linus Fast om säkerhetsläget runt Östersjön här: ow.ly/kOJ450XjLqJ

1/ With mounting evidence of atrocities by RSF in el-Fasher, I asked two top legal scholars whether the ICC could investigate UAE officials or citizens for supporting the paramilitary in Sudan’s Darfur🧵

A Swedish Court of Appeal has convicted a Sw citizen of grave war crime & terrorist offence. The case concern a filmed execution of a Jordanian pilot, captured in Syria Dec 2014, while on a mission for the global coalition against the IS. domstol.se/svea-hovratt/n…