This The Guardian report of children in #Gaza being killed by snipers (if you manage to read it all) leaves no room for the belief that the IDF are committed to #IHL. #ArmsEmbargoNow ⬇️THIS btw is "lawfare": using IHL in bad faith to legitimise what you know to be a war crime.

Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salem from Gaza won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award today for his image of a Palestinian woman holding the body of her five-year-old niece at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. 1/4

Why is more attention not being paid to a mass grave found at a Khan Younis hospital after Israeli troops withdrew in which "some of the bodies had been found with hands and feet tied." edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

Please share with interested Ukrainian defence and victims counsel our series of trainings in May & June with speakers inc @UpRights_ Ruby Axelson and more! ⬇️ Registration closes this Sunday

The UvA College sent the police for the 2nd time this week today to evict peaceful #GazaSolidarity/anti-genocide protesters from occupied premises/areas on the campus. Some got injured as a result of police violence—so much for safety. Horror and also utter disbelief and shame.

Belgian TV right before the start of Eurovision: "We condemn the violations of the Israeli state. Israel is also destroying the freedom of the press. That's why we temporarily interrupt the screen."

1/20 This might be a difficult 🧵 to read. It’s a hard topic to digest. Hard images to see. Hard questions. About everything russia is doing, and everything we aren’t doing. It’s the hard truth. But maybe right now, is a good time to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

🚨Extraordinary 13-2 order by the #ICJ today indicating new provisional measures in #SouthAfrica v #Israel: Israel must immediately cease the military offensive in #Rafah, allow unimpeded access to UN investigatory bodies to ensure evidence preservation, and open Rafah crossing.

Full house T.M.C. Asser Instituut at our #SCL lecture on ‘The Register of Damage for #Ukraine: Towards #reparation for #victims?’, with Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, @istrefik, Victoria Kerr, Olesia Zaiets and James Patrick Sexton. Grotius Centre coalitionfortheicc UKR Embassy in NLD Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U). More info: asser.nl/education-even…

I just announced, in the Peace Palace - Vredespaleis during an event commemorating the lives and legacies of Thomas Buergenthal and Benjamin Ferencz (legacy), that our #SCL lecture series will now be called the Benjamin Ferencz Lecture Series on International Criminal Justice! asser.nl/about-the-asse…

🔴 Due to great demand, registrations for our in-person public lecture on women’s right to health in #Gaza on 6 June 2024 are closed. Online attendance is still possible, so don’t miss out and register now! 👉🏻 Read more and register: asser.nl/about-the-asse… #Palestine

UNL-voorzitter Caspar van den Berg: "We hebben veel te verliezen. Vergelijkbare bezuinigingen hebben de afgelopen jaren in het VK en DK tot een uittocht van topwetenschappers geleid. Dat dreigt nu in Nederland ook te gebeuren.” Vandaag in NRC: nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/06…

Great new crossborder funding opportunity from @freepressunltd - 10 X 10K in funding, plus mentorship and training with Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Open to CoE Europe + journos in exile from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus- check it out here: freepressunlimited.org/en/jobs/call-g…

281 in favor. Ukraine has finally ratified the #RomeStatute and joined the Int'l Criminal Court. It was a 10-year journey, full of doubts and misunderstandings. But in the end, we did it! I am grateful to everyone involved. Now it remains to “deal” with the application under Article

12-year-old Salwa left everything behind when war broke out in #Sudan last year. She dreams of a better life, but is haunted by the horrors she witnessed back home.

On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2nd, the MFC highlights the indispensable role of journalists and media workers reporting from crisis and conflict zones. Read the full statement: mediafreedomcoalition.org/joint-statemen… #IDEI2024