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  1. #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #massacre / #uno / #unhrc / #internationallaw

    „UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:

    The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“

    jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-cas

  2. #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #massacre / #uno / #unhrc / #internationallaw

    „UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:

    The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“

    jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-cas

  3. #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #massacre / #uno / #unhrc / #internationallaw

    „UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:

    The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“

    jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-cas

  4. #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #massacre / #uno / #unhrc / #internationallaw

    „UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:

    The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“

    jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-cas

  5. #israel #lebanon : #militaryinvasion / #massacre / #uno / #unhrc / #internationallaw

    „UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:

    The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“

    jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-cas

  6. #Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone

    "According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.

    According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:

    In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.

    Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:

    Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.

    Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

    The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."

    #JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism

  7. #Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone

    "According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.

    According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:

    In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.

    Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:

    Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.

    Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

    The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."

    #JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism

  8. #Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone

    "According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.

    According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:

    In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.

    Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:

    Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.

    Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

    The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."

    #JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism

  9. #Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone

    "According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.

    According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:

    In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.

    Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:

    Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.

    Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

    The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."

    #JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism

  10. #Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone

    "According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.

    According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:

    In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.

    Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:

    Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.

    Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.

    The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."

    #JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism

  11. The #UNHRC in #Sudan:

    We documented horrific violations last week in Al-Fashir

    • The situation in Al-Fashir city is terrifying

    • No one is safe

    • Large numbers of women are being kidnapped

    • The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are carrying out cleansing operations

    • Extremely concerned about what is happening in Al-Fashir

    • We documented assaults, torture, and sexual crimes

    • Safe corridors must be provided for the exit of civilians

    #AlShafir #UAE #Genocide #WarCrime #SaveSudan

  12. The #UNHRC in #Sudan:

    We documented horrific violations last week in Al-Fashir

    • The situation in Al-Fashir city is terrifying

    • No one is safe

    • Large numbers of women are being kidnapped

    • The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are carrying out cleansing operations

    • Extremely concerned about what is happening in Al-Fashir

    • We documented assaults, torture, and sexual crimes

    • Safe corridors must be provided for the exit of civilians

    #AlShafir #UAE #Genocide #WarCrime #SaveSudan

  13. The #UNHRC in #Sudan:

    We documented horrific violations last week in Al-Fashir

    • The situation in Al-Fashir city is terrifying

    • No one is safe

    • Large numbers of women are being kidnapped

    • The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are carrying out cleansing operations

    • Extremely concerned about what is happening in Al-Fashir

    • We documented assaults, torture, and sexual crimes

    • Safe corridors must be provided for the exit of civilians

    #AlShafir #UAE #Genocide #WarCrime #SaveSudan

  14. The #UNHRC in #Sudan:

    We documented horrific violations last week in Al-Fashir

    • The situation in Al-Fashir city is terrifying

    • No one is safe

    • Large numbers of women are being kidnapped

    • The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are carrying out cleansing operations

    • Extremely concerned about what is happening in Al-Fashir

    • We documented assaults, torture, and sexual crimes

    • Safe corridors must be provided for the exit of civilians

    #AlShafir #UAE #Genocide #WarCrime #SaveSudan

  15. The #UNHRC in #Sudan:

    We documented horrific violations last week in Al-Fashir

    • The situation in Al-Fashir city is terrifying

    • No one is safe

    • Large numbers of women are being kidnapped

    • The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are carrying out cleansing operations

    • Extremely concerned about what is happening in Al-Fashir

    • We documented assaults, torture, and sexual crimes

    • Safe corridors must be provided for the exit of civilians

    #AlShafir #UAE #Genocide #WarCrime #SaveSudan

  16. Việt Nam tái đắc cử vào Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc, tiếp tục khẳng định vai trò, vị thế và uy tín ngày càng cao trên trường quốc tế. Thành công này là bước triển khai hiệu quả Nghị quyết 59 về hội nhập quốc tế trong tình hình mới. #Vietnam #UNHRC #HumanRights #Hoinhapquocte #Nhanchuongquocte #VietnamInternationalStanding

    vtcnews.vn/tai-dac-cu-hoi-dong

  17. Việt Nam tái đắc cử vào Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc, tiếp tục khẳng định vai trò, vị thế và uy tín ngày càng cao trên trường quốc tế. Thành công này là bước triển khai hiệu quả Nghị quyết 59 về hội nhập quốc tế trong tình hình mới. #Vietnam #UNHRC #HumanRights #Hoinhapquocte #Nhanchuongquocte #VietnamInternationalStanding

    vtcnews.vn/tai-dac-cu-hoi-dong

  18. Việt Nam chính thức tái đắc cử vào Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc với số phiếu 180 – cao nhất trong Nhóm Châu Á – Thái Bình Dương – cho nhiệm kỳ 2026–2028. Đây là minh chứng cho sự ghi nhận quốc tế đối với nỗ lực thúc đẩy và bảo vệ quyền con người của Việt Nam.

    #HumanRightsCouncil #UNHRC #Vietnam #VietNamTaiDacCu #QuyenConNguoi #LHQ #NhiemKy20262028 #HumanRights #HộiĐồngNhânQuyền #LiênHợpQuốc

    vtcnews.vn/viet-nam-tai-dac-cu

  19. Việt Nam chính thức tái đắc cử vào Hội đồng Nhân quyền Liên Hợp Quốc với số phiếu 180 – cao nhất trong Nhóm Châu Á – Thái Bình Dương – cho nhiệm kỳ 2026–2028. Đây là minh chứng cho sự ghi nhận quốc tế đối với nỗ lực thúc đẩy và bảo vệ quyền con người của Việt Nam.

    #HumanRightsCouncil #UNHRC #Vietnam #VietNamTaiDacCu #QuyenConNguoi #LHQ #NhiemKy20262028 #HumanRights #HộiĐồngNhânQuyền #LiênHợpQuốc

    vtcnews.vn/viet-nam-tai-dac-cu