🇧🇪 Belgium condemns any threats and acts of intimidation against the Int'l Criminal Court.
 
The #ICC plays a fundamental role in the fight against impunity and must be able to act and carry out its functions independently, without interference.

Ron de Santis is passing laws controlling what Americans eat, preventing Americans from protecting their health and that of the planet. nbcnews.com/science/scienc…

Just pathetic! Netanyahu asked families of HOSTAGES
held in Gaza to appeal to the International Criminal Court on behalf of potentially targeted officials timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-icc-….

While focus is justifiably on Gaza, let's not forget the catastrophe unfolding in #Sudan as WFP warns that starvation is taking hold in north Darfur as fighting around El-Fashir hinders delivery of humanitarian relief. WFP warning of widespread death in region. Window to avert…

Even if we all know the story, this data on the declining taxes paid by the very rich in modern America, is, nevertheless, mindblowing.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-41…

With the spotlight on student-led protests, we reaffirm our commitment to Palestinians in Gaza, assert the rights of students to protest peacefully w/out threat of abuse, & speak out against rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. My thoughts:

politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/a-moment-to-re…

BREAKING: Amnesty International USA Condemns University Administrations’ Responses to Campus Protests

Paul O'Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, said:

amnestyusa.org/press-releases…

Dividends payments soar globally as worker pay stagnates theguardian.com/business/2024/…

The Global Plastics Treaty has ended on a disappointing note as the negotiation caved in to the interests of the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. Read our reactive here: #INC4
greenpeace.org/international/…

What will happen if the ICC charges Netanyahu with war crimes? | Kenneth Roth theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

📣 It appears that the Int'l Criminal Court will issue, or may have already issued, an arrest warrant against senior Israeli officials!

A brief analysis of what this means. 🇮🇱⚖️🇵🇸

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#Israel is violating a White House directive requiring recipients of #USA military assistance to comply with international humanitarian law & permit unimpeded delivery of USA-funded #humanitarian aid to #Gaza , say USAID officials in a confidential paper devex.com/news/exclusive…

Israel didn't manage to prove its allegations against UNRWA, just deprive it of $450 million needed to deliver food to starving civilians in Gaza. That's Netanyahu's starvation strategy and his hope to make disappear millions of Palestinian refugees. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Reminder this #EarthDay : fossil fuel companies are still gaslighting people into thinking some of the dirtiest energy options, like Liquefied Methane Gas, are actually “clean.” Why we need to reject LNGs and transition to clean and safe energy: oxfamamerica.org/explore/storie…

One of the dirtiest fossil fuels you might now know: Liquefied Methane Gas.

Despite what companies want you to believe, LNG extraction & exports harm all of us—disproportionately BIPOC communities.

The U.S must reject LNGs and support clean and safe energy.

It was a pleasure to take part in the #FixTheFinance webinar (link below) with Andreas Sieber Harjeet Singh Teresa Anderson @ericdnjuguna and others speak on how to advance climate justice through progressive taxation, including of profits from carbon pollution.

Climate litigation is in the spotlight again after a landmark decision last week. But do climate lawsuits lead to action? Joana Setzer, Lucy Maxwell and Maria Antonia Tigre assess their impact.

Read nature.

nature.com/articles/d4158…