Balkinization: Norm Breaking at Columbia: balkin.blogspot.com/2024/04/norm-b…

In a major new report, based on unprecedented access, we detail a human rights crisis for 56,000 men, women and children imprisoned following the territorial defeat of Islamic State in NE Syria in 2019. Ten facts, a 🧵amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem: Council sanctions four individuals and two entities over serious human rights abuses against Palestinians - Consilium consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

“Mr al-Hawsawi needs to be held in a humane environment where his long-term medical issues can be properly treated, where he can be rehabilitated from the effects of almost 20 years of detention, where he can have direct and unmonitored communications with his family...'

The best way to support a scholar under attack is by reading her extraordinary work. Here Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s unparalleled work on children - cited in multiple #UN reports of mine as Special Rapporteur is a good place to start.

In 2021, we ran a Book Forum on Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian's _Incarcerated Childhood and the Politics of Unchilding_ (CUP 2019) featuring commentaries by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Sherene Razack, Smadar Ben-Natan, and Noam Peleg with Nadera's response. tandfonline.com/toc/cjgr20/23/3.

Spring Alumni week UofM Human Rights Center // a great panel this afternoon showcasing our work on women’s rights & equality led by our amazing students and welcoming back former students.

US and UK complicit in detentions at Syrian camps where torture rife, says Amnesty | Syria | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

A salute to the artists. What an extraordinary privilege to see the work of six Guantanamo artists exhibited in the United States and hear from three artists at this symposium. #art #hope #acknowledgement #Accountability and #Reparations . The art belongs to the artists.

An extraordinary report from #AmnestyInternational on Syria: Mass death, torture & other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat – confirms & extends what SRCT & HR found during 2023 technical visit. Urgent action needed. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

nytimes.com/2024/04/17/opi…

A Month at Guantanamo Proves 'Crushing' and 'Corrosive' as Battle Over Incriminating Evidence Endures | Lawdragon lawdragon.com/news-features/…

But none of the four reporters can switch courtrooms during the morning hearings to check on developments in the other case by walking the 20 or so steps between the two courtrooms…

Protect Democracy by Defending its Defenders justsecurity.org/94612/defendin…

Drone strikes: tears in Congress as Pakistani family tells of mother's death | Drones (military) | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2013/oct…