#lawsofwar — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lawsofwar, aggregated by home.social.
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Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the #US #Senate #ForeignRelations Committee, on Tuesday denounced the #RSF attacks on the city, & called for it to be designated as a foreign #terrorist organization.
“The RSF has waged terror & committed unspeakable atrocities, genocide among them, against the Sudanese people,” he wrote on X.
#SVAC #CRSV #LawsOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #RSF #geopolitics #Sudan #Darfur #elFasher #WarCrimes #terrorism
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#Trump plans to continue this business deal approach on Friday, said a source….
#Russia operates the world's only fleet of #nuclear-powered #icebreakers, which play a central role in maintaining year-round #shipping access along the #NorthernSeaRoute, a strategic path for global #energy & #trade flows.
#geopolitics #Putin #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
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At the same time, ambitious #judges are overreaching [?] & cynical actors are using the global #courts to wage #lawfare, undermining their institutional authority & even the concept of a #RulesBasedOrder [🚨]. In short, when people complain that the #LawsOfWar are often ignored, they are right.
#law #ICC #ICJ #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #geopolitics
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Many supporters of global rules are in despair. “I cannot remember a time when I was more concerned about the state of international humanitarian law,” says Michael Schmitt, a law professor at the University of Reading & former American Air Force officer. “And I go back a ways.”
#law #LawsOfWar #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #ICC #ICJ #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #geopolitics #RulesBasedOrder #NewWorldOrder
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The International Criminal Court (#ICC), which prosecutes people for the vilest offences, such as #CrimesAgainstHumanity, is investigating a dozen conflicts & has issued arrest warrants for 30 big-time defendants who are still at large. The International Court of Justice (#ICJ), which settles disputes between countries, is ordering mighty armies to stop fighting.
#law #LawsOfWar #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #geopolitics #RulesBasedOrder #NewWorldOrder
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The #LawsOfWar Are Being Largely Ignored
#International #courts have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more #civilians are being bombed, #starved & #raped by men with guns. These are the curses that the laws of war were invented to prevent, & that international courts are meant to punish & deter.
#law #InternationalLaw #ICC #ICJ #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #geopolitics #RulesBasedOrder #NewWorldOrder
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored -
#Netanyahu has said that the #IDF are developing a plan to *evacuate* #civilians from #Rafah, although the #UnitedNations — by far the largest distributor of #aid in #Gaza — has said that nowhere is safe & that it will not be party to #ForcedRelocation, itself a violation of #InternationalLaw.
#LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #HumanitarianLaw #HumanRights #Law #war #HumanitarianCrisis #Palestinians #geopolitics #ForeignPolicy
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#Kobylash & #Sokolov are alleged to have directed attacks at civilian objects & caused excessive incidental harm to #civilians or damage to civilian objects. The #ICC also accused both of #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #inhumane acts. Tuesday’s announcement marks just the 2nd time the court has issued #ArrestWarrants in its investigation into alleged #WarCrimes in #Ukraine.
#law #war #Putin #Russia #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine #LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #GlobalSecurity
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The #ICC issued #arrest warrants on Tues for 2 Russian #military leaders in connection to alleged #WarCrimes in #Ukraine. The court said in a stmnt that it had issued warrants for Lt Gen Sergei Ivanovich #Kobylash & Adm Viktor Kinolayevich #Sokolov.
#law #war #Putin #Russia #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine #CrimesAgainstHumanity #LawsOfWar #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #GlobalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/05/icc-russia-ukraine-kobylashn-sokolov/ -
#Jordan's #KingAbdullah said in his opening speech at the #CairoPeaceSummit on Sat that the forced or internal #displacement of #Palestinians would be a #WarCrime.
#Abdullah denounced what he termed global silence on #Israel's attacks, which have killed thousands in #Hamas-“ruled” #Gaza & made >1M homeless, & urged an even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
#HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cairo-peace-summit-grapples-with-gaza-war-risks-region-rise-2023-10-21/ -
#POTUS #Biden wants to know 'what exactly happened' at #hospital
Pres Biden in stmnt said he was “outraged & deeply saddened by the explosion at the #AlAhli Arab hospital in #Gaza, & the terrible loss of life that resulted.”
Biden said he immediately contacted & spoke w/ King #Abdullah II of #Jordan & #Israel PM #Netanyahu.
#Hamas #war #FogOfWar #HumanitarianCrisis #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #NonCombatants #LawsOfWar
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna120747/rcrd21885?canonicalCard=true