🚩🚩🚩🚩The world's leading experts have now announced that famine is underway in Darfur. This is not a drill. Thousands are starving to death. Here's a thread with HRW's reaction ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user…

I am here in Sinjar at the Yazidi Genocide Memorial, joined by survivors, community members, grassroots organizers, friends, and allies to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide and to honor the memory of those we lost at the hands of ISIS. Ten years on, our

Today marks the 10 year commemoration of the #IslamicState #YazidiGenocide. Despite a decade of persecution, displacement, abuses, and insecurity, meaningful and inclusive justice has not been achieved. Here’s a thread of key research from this past decade, *please add*: 🧵

⚠️ Food insecurity and malnutrition continue to drive grave needs in parts of #Ethiopia. Due to underfunding, humanitarians are forced to make heart-wrenching #ImpossibleChoices daily. Response plans must be adequately funded so that no one gets left behind 🔽 #InvestInHumanity

The brilliant, groundbreaking, and deeply sobering work of Sareta Ashraph

My book symposium CILDialogues starts today - very grateful to Meg deGuzman Temple Law School, Patryk I Labuda and Martha M Bradley for engaging with my work, and to Martins Paparinskis and the editors CILDialogues for generously hosting the discussion. NUS Centre for International Law Int'l Criminal Court OUP Law

Prior to Oct 7, Hamas long tried to differentiate between its political and military wings. Today's decision to announce Yahya Sinwar - masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks - as the new politburo chief ends all misconceptions surrounding the group's structure.

My observations to the ICC are up: icc-cpi.int/sites/default/… Hope the Court reads them, since they present the objectively correct legal position.

Delighted to share my new podcast “Islamic Laws of War” as part of the symposium on Islamic law and international law. This podcast is hosted by the Conflict Law Center (part of the Pakistani-based think tank the Research Society of International Law). youtu.be/zpaTvrAptqQ

Grappling with how to legally assess Israel‘s conduct oh hostilities in #Gaza with Craig Martin and Adil Haque for JIB-JAB - The Laws of War Podcast

Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association is holding a webinar on Titled "Challenges Facing Arab Countries Joining Arms Trade Treaty" This on the sidelines of the ATT CSP10 conference. Zoom Meeting link us06web.zoom.us/j/83111215222... Passcode: 672837 #ATT #CSP10

📙 I am SO excited to share that my book - The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State - is due out w/Oxford University Press very soon!! 🥳 Through 1st-hand accounts of 63 Iraqi, Syrian & Kurdish (Sunni + Yazidi) women, I unpick #IslamicState's intra-gendered stratified system of #governance

From Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel acceptance speech!

I thought about this when drafting a Just Security post, and Adil Haque really hits the nuanced characterisation here: that the prosecutor’s charges of attacks against humanitarian aid workers (Article 8(2)(b)(iii)) —confirmed by the PoE report —“fold into the charges” brought:

#Ukraine is ready to ratify the #ICC statute, but may invoke an exception to its jurisdiction. Read Prof. Tom Dannenbaum's thorough analysis on why the move would “contradict its own national interest” - and how it can be corrected: justsecurity.org/98733/ukraine-…

Like other observers of #Iraq, it seems I am preparing myself for another #Tishreen type protest breakout at a time we're still waiting for justice for 2019 and its aftermath. Below are some words that stayed with me in the first months of the 2019/2020 protests:

Join us for a compelling webinar on "Legal Cynicism and Contemporary Armed Conflicts," organized by the ASIL Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict. 🗓 Date: September 16, 2024 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET 💻 Platform: Zoom Register for free: asil.org/events

The Nobel Peace Conference 2024 is live! 🎙️ This year's focus: the rollback of women's rights and its impact on global peace. Our board member akila radhakrishnan will be speaking at 15:15 CET on powerful solutions for gender equality. Tune in now🔗nobelpeacecenter.org/en/livestream-…