I came back today. I thought I had known despair before, but what I saw today is beyond despair. It is not grief, nor horror, nor pain. It is something colder, a stillness where even God seems to have withdrawn His hand. The sky was impossibly blue. The kind of blue that mocks

Join us live in one hour (3 pm CET) for the High-Level Launch of the Progress Report of the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to #IHL Turning shared principles into action helps to protect civilians in conflicts. 🔴Watch live here 👉🏽 youtube.com/live/-SzsS0NHG…

Declaring that any "attempt to cross the line will be met with fire" does not change the fact that is illegal to shoot civilians not taking direct part in hostilities.

On August 13, the ICJ invited the UN, Palestine, and Israel to update the Court on the humanitarian situation in Gaza by August 27, and to comment on each other's submissions by September 8. Hopefully, this portends a broad (albeit overdue) ruling tomorrow. 1/🧵

There is no reason for the EU to hold back on sanctions directed at Israel's ongoing violations of international law in the West Bank, which were the primary focus of the ICJ's 2024 Advisory Opinion:

ICJ: Israel must - agree to & facilitate by all means at its disposal relief schemes on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza incl. in particular by UNRWA - cooperate in good faith & provide any assistance to UNRWA - not impede them - not use starvation methods icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

I condemn the 11th US military strike on alleged drug vessels, taking the toll to almost 40 dead civilians. This campaign of mass murder must end. The responsible US officials must be investigated and prosecuted reuters.com/world/americas…

We are now seeing house to house clearance, mass killing, and mass displacement in El Fasher. And we are only one day in to RSF control. Hundreds are dead, if not thousands. More will die as governments do nothing. Silence is complicity. #KeepEyesOnSudan x.com/hrl_yalesph/st…

Repping Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH on Al Jazeera English yesterday to break glass and raise alarm on our evidence of a campaign of mass killings by RSF against civilians in El Fasher. youtu.be/ieDxeeyYh64?si…

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🧵

The IDF's top lawyer "was simply afraid to open investigations. Where was she when the IDF used Palestinian civilians as human shields? Where was she when aid was blocked? When universities and hospitals were bombed?"

🔴#SouthSudan 🇸🇸 Localised conflict, expanding civil insecurity and widespread flooding in South Sudan continue to drive 5.97 million people into high levels of acute #FoodInsecurity, including 1.3 million people facing Emergency conditions. Luakpiny/Nasir County remains a

Looking forward to speaking about the War in #Gaza and International law at the CCIL-CCDI this coming Friday. Say hi if you are in Ottawa. site.pheedloop.com/event/ccilccdi…

👥 Meet the panelists for: “Launch of the Updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention.” The panelists will come together for a dynamic discussion on the Commentary’s key findings and their practical implications. Register now: bit.ly/49Ei3Gi #GenevaConventions

1/2 Our new paper has just been published in European Journal of International Security 🥰 We designed & fielded an original elite experiment to investigate when & how public opinion on nuclear weapon use shaped elite decision-making.