Showing posts with label law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

“Silence in the face of suffering and injustice is not neutrality, it is complicity,” he wrote. “Shutting down discussion on the starvation of the Palestinian people weakens the reputation of the organisation and the legitimacy of our mandate. Being true to our mandate calls for a frank and open discussion around starvation, famine, and genocide in Palestine and elsewhere.” Benjamin Davis, Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza

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Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’ Julian Borger in ...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

A global initiative for humanitarian law: The Global IHL Initiative exists to restore respect for the rules of war and ensure that the Geneva Conventions remain a living lifeline for the vulnerable. In an age of rising conflict and fading restraint, we stand for the sanctity of life, for accountability and for a future where the laws of war are not forgotten relics but the foundation of our shared humanity.

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https://youtu.be/xliM7atAwD0?si=ORBSx1V0J9qcHBUP  Born from the ashes of World War II, the Geneva Conventions are a p...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

People who protest war crimes get longer sentences than people who commit war crimes

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Rashida Tlaib: Politicians should not be allowed to profit from war

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Tlaib introduced the Stop Politicians Profiting from War Act to ban members of Congress and their families from owning defense stocks. Ras...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Calling on EVERYONE to utilize all legal and political tools to uphold the international rules-based order.

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Founded in 1945, after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, the United Nations valiantly and wisely promotes peace, cooperation, and internati...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper? ... The Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah's article was censored- disappeared... The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

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The Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah. Photograph: Courtesy Rabea Eghbariah Jonathan Guyer Sun 9 Jun 2024 08.00 EDT W hen th...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why: What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics.

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‘The TikTok law, like the Al Jazeera one, isn’t limited to its initial target.’ Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA Seth Stern   T he White Hous...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

"Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform" Barbara Brown Taylor Quote

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Monday, November 29, 2021

I Support Palestine Because I Believe in Basic Human Rights & The Rule of Fair and Just Laws... International Day of Solidarity with #Palestine November 29, 2021

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1920 Good old days.. Coffee shop #Palestine 1930 Women embroidering a dress, Ramallah, Palestine - every village had its own patterns & ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Full Official Text of President Mahmoud Abbas' Speech at the UNGA

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Full Official Text of President Mahmoud Abbas' Speech at the UNGA  President Mahmoud Abbas called in his speech to the United Nat...