#international-law — Public Fediverse posts
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A Paris magistrate has opened a Khashoggi murder investigation against MBS. Eight years after a journalist was killed. The law does not move fast. But it moves. Sometimes.
#Khashoggi #SaudiArabia #Accountability #InternationalLaw #Geopolitics #HumanRights
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260516-french-judge-to-probe-complaint-against-saudi-s-mbs-over-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-s-killing -
🚨 BREAKING: Major developments today as international legal and military pressure mounts. The ICC has reportedly issued 5 NEW arrest warrants for top Israeli officials (3 politicians, 2 military leaders) under a secret order. This comes as the regional conflict takes a devastating toll, with Lebanon reporting 18 killed and 124 wounded in Israeli strikes over the past day alone. 🧵 👇
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
Russian military unit documents own war crime, milblogger publishes then deletes video -- Russia plans to attack Ukraine or NATO from Belarus -- After Putin approval rating hits wartime low, Russia's state pollster revises methodology -- Explosions reported at Russian chemical facility in Stavropol Krai, Russian local media says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/saturday-may-16-2026/
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities #UsMilitary #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Venezuela #Colombia #Ecuador #TrinidadAndTobago #StLucia #Drugs #InternationalLaw #Caribbean #UsPolitics #UsNews #Americas #WorldNews
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When will the Iran war end? The US can’t even decide when it began | Lawrence Douglas https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/iran-war-criminal-aggression #UsisraelWarOnIran #InternationalLaw #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Iran #UsNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews
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Zack Polanski continuing to tell truths that Zionists don't want told.
Why should one nation be above the laws and rules of all the others?
When you start making exceptions, terrible things happen...#ZackPolanski #Nationalism #Colonialism #Zionism #UKPol #UKpolitics #Fascism #InternationalLaw #Genocide
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Is the United States at War with Iraq?
In addition to the international armed conflict between the United States and Israel, on one side, and …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #ArmedConflicts #genevaconventions #InternationalArmedConflict #InternationalLaw #iran #Iraq #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps(IRGC) #israel #LawofArmedConflict(LOAC) #Self-defense #Trumpadministrationsecondterm #UnitedStatesofAmerica #UnitedStatesUS
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
Ukraine targets 3 more major Russian energy facilities overnight -- Russian forces ordered to behead, display bodies of 2 fallen Ukrainian soldiers -- Moscow bans publication of Ukrainian drone strike damage without official permission -- Russian lawmakers approve bill allowing Putin to invade foreign countries ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-14-2026/
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Duterte was arrested in March last year & flown to the ICC’s headquarters in The Hague for detention. He remains detained by the #ICC in the Netherlands & is facing a trial for alleged #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the killings in his brutal crackdown, in which #RonalddelaRosa has been named as one of several co-perpetrators.
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…On Monday, the #ICC unsealed an arrest warrant for dela Rosa, a former national police chief who first enforced then President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug crackdowns, in which thousands of mostly petty suspects were killed.
Originally issued in November, the warrant charges #RonalddelaRosa with the #CrimesAgainstHumanity of murder of “no less than 32 persons” between July 2016 & the end of April 2018, when he led the national police force under Duterte.
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#Senate President Alan Cayetano briefly appeared before journalists in the Senate & confirmed that he has been told by the building’s security that gunshots were fired, but he didn’t provide other details & hastily left.
“The emotions are high here,” Cayetano said. “This is the Senate of the Philippines & we are allegedly under attack.”
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It wasn’t immediately clear what set off the gunfire or if there were injuries in the #Senate chamber, where Sen. #RonalddelaRosa has stayed under the protection of allied senators as Philippine authorities tried to arrest him & possibly turn him over later to the #ICC.
#law #InternationalLaw #Philippines #Senate #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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#Gunshots heard in #Philippines #Senate, where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court [#ICC] has been resisting arrest
A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the ICC for a charge of #CrimesAgainstHumanity, an AP journalist & other witnesses said.
#law #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-gunfire-senate-dela-rosa-icc-fdaeba231d80a51f191b06ce25057f40 -
#israel #palestine : #westbank / #opt / #violence / #murder / #settler / #idf / #impunity / #children / #internationallaw / #uno
„Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of Palestinian children, while in Gaza tens of thousands with life-changing injuries lack access to treatment and rehabilitation, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.“
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The Silence That Meets the #Rape of #Palestinians
Male & female Palestinians describe brutal #SexualAbuse at the hands of #Israel prison guards, soldiers, settlers & interrogators.
It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the #MiddleEast conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.
#terrorism #torture #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.LaPH.UM_TCEtFy_4N&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#israel #lebanon #palestine #gaza #warfare #internationallaw #uno #ccw
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„The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons“
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#israel #lebanon #palestine : #gaza / #warfare / #internationallaw / #uno / #ccw
(The world's arms industries are apparently full of sadistic psychopaths who, under the guise of defense, are able to act out their most perverse fantasies — with government support and encouragement!)
„Tiny tungsten cubes from Israeli bombs are causing devastating internal injuries to people in Lebanon.“
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#US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.
Since Feb 4, the US Navy & Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft & drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana & Santiago de Cuba, & some coming within 40 miles of the coast, acc/to FlightRadar24.
#Trump #imperialism #LandGrab #law #WarPowers #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/americas/us-spy-flights-cuba-latam-intl -
Spain awarded Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit, recognizing her work documenting alleged violations of international law in Gaza. The move carries diplomatic weight far beyond the ceremony itself.
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#usa #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #hamas / #targetedkilling / #family / #collectivepenalty / #internationallaw
„Azzam Al-Hayya, son of Khalil Al-Hayya, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday after being struck in an Israeli attack on Wednesday night. (…)
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#spain #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #internationallaw / #unitednationsspecialrapporteurintheoccupiedpalestinianterritory / #uno
»Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez describes the UN's Palestine rapporteur as 'a voice that upholds the conscience of the world'«
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#israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #truce #lowintensitywarfare #executive #internationallaw #uno #Police #warcrime #UnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRights #attacks
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… as a key factor in the collapse of civilian life in the Palestinian territory.«
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#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #lowintensitywarfare / #executive / #internationallaw / #uno
»" #Police officers are civilians. Unless they are directly participating in hostilities, targeting them violates the principle of distinction and constitutes a #warcrime," condemned the #UnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRights, which documented a recurring pattern of #attacks on Gaza's police and administrative structures, seeing this …
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#spain #eu #usa #palestine #gaza #genocide #internationallaw #icc #uno #protection #USsanctions
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… Brussels to protect the #independence of both institutions and their "actions to end the genocide in Gaza".
"Sanctioning those who defend international justice puts the entire #humanrightssystem at risk."«
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#spain #eu #usa #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #internationallaw / #icc / #uno / #protection
»Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday called on the European Commission to activate the EU's Blocking Statute to shield the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations from #USsanctions.
"Spain does not look the other way," Sanchez wrote on X. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he added, calling on …
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/spains-sanchez-asks-eu-block-us-sanctions-icc -
#israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #heritage #identity #destruction #internationallaw #warcrime #uno #UNESCO
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… verified damage to 164 cultural sites in the enclave—among them fourteen religious sites, 128 historic or artistic buildings, three depositories, nine monuments, two museums, and eight archaeological sites. The Gaza Government Media Office (GGMO) put the number much higher, at more than 316 sites.“