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Gabriel Armas-Cardona

@garmascardona.bsky.social
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Mostly professional with some geopolitical musings. #InternationalLaw & #HumanRights | #GlobalHealth & #Right2Health | #OneHealth & Law | Rights in Conflict | Maybe domestic 🇺🇸, 🇳🇱, 🇩🇪, and 🇦🇲 issues.

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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 07/10/2026
Neutral was Never an Option How Desmond Tutu sided against injustice without losing the humanity in the oppressor
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Neutral was Never an Option
How Desmond Tutu sided against injustice without losing the humanity in the oppressor
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 05/10/2026
From the Sports Field to the Constitutional Court How Irene Grootboom and 900 other evicted people redefined the right to housing
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From the Sports Field to the Constitutional Court
How Irene Grootboom and 900 other evicted people redefined the right to housing
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 04/10/2026
Not Guaranteed but Still Worth It What does the International Day of Non-Violence mean in a year of record conflict?
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Not Guaranteed but Still Worth It
What does the International Day of Non-Violence mean in a year of record conflict?
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
US Citizens, wherever you live, take advantage of your right to vote! TOMORROW is the last day to register in many states. Get it done ASAP!
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Someday, maybe I'll be so lucky as to be able to cite Grotius in my legal research. #InternationalLawNerd
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Lost in Translation? The impressive work that carries rights across languages
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Lost in Translation?
The impressive work that carries rights across languages
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 29/09/2026
Turning Domestic Violence Into a Crime Against the Public How Mozambique took the burden from women in prosecuting offenders
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Turning Domestic Violence Into a Crime Against the Public
How Mozambique took the burden from women in prosecuting offenders
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Incredible deep dive by Mother Jones on how white nationalists have worked for generations to dismantle black representation. Unfortunately, they're winning right now.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
US citizens living outside of the US --> You can vote! Every US citizen has the right to vote. If you care about how the world is going, you have a responsibility to use that right.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When winning self-made partisan battles matter more than the rule of law.
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 25/09/2026
The Original Twelve Amendments Two didn't make the cut. The rest became America’s Bill of Rights.
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The Original Twelve Amendments
Two didn't make the cut. The rest became America’s Bill of Rights.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We knew this is coming. We know this is coming. What are we doing to prepare?
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Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With the upcoming sanctions against the ICC, I'm wondering if I can weaponize my US citizenship. If I get a job at the ICC, could I then sue the US government claiming the sanctions violate my due process rights?
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 23/09/2026
300 Languages You’ve Never Heard – or Heard of Happy International Day of Sign Languages! 👐
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300 Languages You’ve Never Heard – or Heard of
Happy International Day of Sign Languages! 👐
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 22/09/2026
The Right to Have Rights Hannah Arendt named what statelessness takes away because it had been taken from her everydayhumanrights.substack.com/p/…
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible work by Amnesty International to identify the perpetrators in the 2022 mass killing of Iranian civilians in by security forces. This report is _1200_ pages! These people need an award, or even better, more funding. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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Iran: Architects of Atrocities: State Machinery Orchestrating Crimes Against Humanity in Iran’s 2022 Woman Life Freedom Uprising - Amnesty International
Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity to crush the Woman Life Freedom uprising between September and December 2022, unlawfully killing hundreds of protesters and bystanders, including ...
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A shout-out to Ms. Rachel in the town of Witzenhausen, Germany!
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
America used to respect the rule of law. And, if we continue to fight for it, rule of law will matter again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate (Gift Article)
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great event by the Center for Truth and Justice on Armenia and the ICC. Happening today at 3pm CEST. The event is in both English and Armenian. Register at: shorturl.at/rrTN1
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Միացե՛ք մեր առաջին հանրային իրազեկման վեբինարին՝ «Հայաստանը և Միջազգային քրեական դատարանը (ՄՔԴ). նախնական քննություն, կոմպլեմենտարության սկզբունք և տուժողների իրավունքներ» թեմայով։ Հռոմի… | Center fo...
Միացե՛ք մեր առաջին հանրային իրազեկման վեբինարին՝ «Հայաստանը և Միջազգային քրեական դատարանը (ՄՔԴ). նախնական քննություն, կոմպլեմենտարության սկզբունք և տուժողների իրավունքներ» թեմայով։ Հռոմի կանոնադրությ...
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 17/09/2026
When a State Steals the Life You Could’ve had How Loayza Tamayo v Peru made courts consider what someone who is wrongly imprisoned loses
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When a State Steals the Life You Could’ve had
How Loayza Tamayo v Peru made courts consider what someone who is wrongly imprisoned loses
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the *Financial Times* is calling out the billionaires' political bias, you know it's serious. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push
Ultra-wealthy overwhelmingly back Donald Trump’s party over Democrats as money floods into midterms race
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 11/09/2026
Shutting Down a Nation of 1.4 Billion People How Dalits refused to allow India’s Atrocities Act to be watered down
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Shutting Down a Nation of 1.4 Billion People
How Dalits refused to allow India’s Atrocities Act to be watered down
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great article about how we eroded our own rights to allow these abuses. "Barring once-in-a-generation reform, this and any future administration with an authoritarian bent now know they’re free to at least try even egregiously illegal policies and police actions..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...
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Opinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)
The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For US citizens living abroad, VoteFromAbroad.org is a much, much more reliable site.
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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org
Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is great. States can also sign up for the WHO's GOARN: Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. We need to coordinate health information and surveillance, whether the federal government supports it or not.
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 09/09/2026
How Do You Turn Your People from Subjects Into Citizens? Phan Châu Trinh’s use of the principles of the colonizer to free Vietnam
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How Do You Turn Your People from Subjects Into Citizens?
Phan Châu Trinh’s use of the principles of the colonizer to free Vietnam
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Essentially everyone knows how terrible the US's healthcare system is compared to other developed countries. Apparently our education system is as well. One would expect better results from the wealthiest country in the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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U.S. Reading Scores Plummet on Global Exam (Gift Article)
Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Props for this level of transparency from Mamdani. Transparency is one of the few clear ways we have to rebuild trust with the government. In general, it's not populist but a sign of good governance. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/08/u...
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero | CNN
New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions aro...
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 07/09/2026
Is Big Brother Watching You? How Klass and Others v Germany established a right to challenge a spy you can’t see
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Is Big Brother Watching You?
How Klass and Others v Germany established a right to challenge a spy you can’t see
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What the United Nations could be. (Advertisement in Adventure Comics #210 (1955))
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 05/09/2026
The Blogger Who Couldn't Read Her Own Blog Yoani Sánchez wrote a blog receiving millions of visits, and Cuba blocked her for it
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The Blogger Who Couldn't Read Her Own Blog
Yoani Sánchez wrote a blog receiving millions of visits, and Cuba blocked her for it
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well this was a depressing morning read. "... we are not facing a rerun of the authoritarianism of the past. This is, instead, a sequel, taking us all to places we have never been before. We call this chilling new development “end times fascism”." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism
How nationalists, religious fundamentalists and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1.8C is still the "good" outcome. From all of our activity, we got the projected 4C down to 2.3C. We still need to work harder to make human civilization sustainable on this planet.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Bombing weddings, an America tradition for at least the last 15 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...
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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy (Gift Article)
The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sorry for harping on this, but there is active voter suppression in the US. If you're a US citizen, (re)register to vote, ensure you will receive your ballot, and vote. For Americans abroad, send your filled ballot electronically. Both the USPS and customs are delaying mailed-in ballots.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"US corporate profits have hit a record high while workers’ slice of the pie has sunk to historic lows" US corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wilt - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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US corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wilt
Pre-tax earnings hit highest share of national income since aftermath of second world war
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Definitely one of the better choices I've made in life.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why am I alarmed about climate change? Because what we are doing to the planet *has never occurred before during the existence of humanity*. Our societies and well-being aren't ready for what's to come. [h/t u/glibsonoran on Reddit for the image]
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For anyone in Berlin, here is a cool event on the right to health in times of war on 12 September. www.health-and-globalisation.org/global-healt...
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Global Health Conference | Health and Globalisation
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Dutch aren't pulling their punches. From @rechten050.bsky.social.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
US citizens living internationally still have a right to vote. Help us improve the government by voting for politicians that uphold the rule of law.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is the warmest summer of your life... so far.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Great article of how being a bully is counter effective when trying to organize a comprehensive approach that needs allies. "Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths" - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT (gift article)
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Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths
Inefficiency, untrustworthiness and cronyism are weakening the administration’s plans to stand up to China
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A small but determined group to get One Health on the agenda of the International Law Association, with @pedroav.bsky.social, Josephine Götze, and Matthew Carvalho. Thank you to Park Ji-hyun for the photo.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 19/08/2026
The US government sanctioned two additional International Criminal Court officials this week under an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in February 2025. ICC member countries should strongly condemn this misuse of sanctions. Read more: bit.ly/4wGQioL
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.dw.com/en/can-a-hea... A creative way to protect informal workers from the effects of climate change: heat wave insurance for when it's too hot to work.
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Can a heat wave trigger a paycheck? India is trying it
As deadly heat threatens livelihoods, women working in Delhi's informal sector are trying out heat wave insurance that pays out automatically when temperatures spike.
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nice juxtaposition between political science and legal studies here in the Great Ceremonial Hall at the University of Vienna.
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Everyday Human Rights @everydayhumanrights.substack.com · 13/08/2026
When a Country Gave Women Rights Most of the Region Still Lacks How the Personal Status Code made Tunisia a positive outlier
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When a Country Gave Women Rights Most of the Region Still Lacks
How the Personal Status Code made Tunisia a positive outlier
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Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Always great to talk about GC14. It's the first instrument that shifted my career from general human rights to the right to health.
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