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Sudan’s humanitarian emergency continues
With the world’s attention focused on other conflicts, humanitarian organisations are urging people not to forget about Sudan. Two years in to a brutal civil war, tens of thousands of people have been killed in the north African nation and…
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Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
As Rebecca Hamilton, an American University law professor, put it in Just Security last month, it all amounts to “a wholesale effort by Trump and his allies to eviscerate the free press in order to construct an information ecosystem dominated and controlled…
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Trump’s Anti-Media Rhetoric Turns to Action
“I don’t know if Trump himself has a ‘game plan’ per se, but it is clear that the overall picture is of an Administration that disdains a free press,” Rebecca Hamilton, a law professor at American University, said in an…
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Meta Is Laying the Narrative Groundwork for Trump’s Mass Deportations
Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta’s recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.
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ICC Charges Against Russian Officers
I spoke to the NYT about the conduct of hostilities charges being brought against Russian officers in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The court has pursued war crimes charges, but that is not all: “They’ve pulled them together into…
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ICJ provisional measures in South Africa v. Israel
Shortly after the International Court of Justice handed down its provisional measures order in South Africa v. Israel, I spoke – along with Professor Steve Ratner, to Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. For extended reactions, see our compilation of expert views…
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Hamas-Israel War: The Laws of War Have Limits
Thanks to NYT journalist Amanda Taub for her consistently high quality work to bring international law to a mainstream audience. I spoke with her about the laws of war and the role of the International Criminal Court in relation to…
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White phosphorus use in war
I spoke to McClatchy journalist, Brendan Rascius about the international laws governing the use of white phosphorus.
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Debating a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression
I am grateful to Foreign Affairs for giving me the chance to engage in this discussion about accountability for Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Rebutting the view that pursuing a tribunal now is too risky, I argue that “No one is…
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The long struggle to “save Darfur”
Thanks to The Take for the chance to reflect on lessons from the #SaveDarfur movement 20 years on as violence again wreaks havoc across Darfur. “These were activists who were really seized with wanting to do the right thing by…
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