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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Support our bold new initiative which aims to coordinate legal actions across multiple countries for maximum effect.

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We had a great talk at Green Drinks last night by Kieran Cunnane from Galway Energy Co Operative, who shared insights about how to access renewable energy and make homes more efficient.

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

“This is not self-defence. It is a blatant violation of the UN Charter, a deliberate destruction of prospects for peace, and an affront to multilateralism and the UN-based international order” UN human rights experts condemn Israel’s attack on Lebanon www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement, demand immediate halt to hostilities

GENEVA — UN experts* today condemned Israel’s illegal aggression and indiscriminate bombing campaign against Lebanon on 8 April, only hours after a ceasefire agreement was brokered by Pakistan between...

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Irish lawyers have long carried a particular instinct: that power should answer to law, wherever it is exercised. It was striking to see that tradition alive and well in the room on the night. Grateful to LILA for the platform, and for the extraordinary generosity shown in support of GLAN’s work.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It can force uncomfortable questions It can expose connections that would otherwise remain hidden. It can shift the terrain in favour of those who have the least access to it And at moments like this, when international norms are under strain & might is right, that kind of friction matters

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

At GLAN, we try to close that gap through innovative means. Not because we think the law is a perfect tool. It isn’t. It has often travelled alongside power. But used strategically, persistently, and sometimes creatively, it can still do something important: it can create friction.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Power operates transnationally. Accountability, far less so. And that creates a gap. A gap between harm and responsibility. Between those affected and those who decide. Between what the law promises and what it delivers.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

can the law meaningfully hold power to account across borders? It’s a question that feels increasingly urgent. Because many of the most serious harms today - from climate breakdown to corporate abuse to conflict - are shaped by decisions taken far from where their impacts are felt.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Thank you to the London Irish Lawyers Association for the invitation to speak at their annual dinner. I returned to a question that has echoed through the work of Irish lawyers for centuries — from Edmund Burke's legal actions against the East India Company onwards:

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Don't forget, its our reliance on fossil fuels that green lights the horror that the West inflicts on the people of the Middle East (West Asia).

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Not Gaza 2025, but Jaffa 1948, after the Nakba The Manshiya quarter of Jaffa was destroyed in a series of bombardments led by the Irgun during the 1948 Nakba in order to drive out its Palestinians inhabitants #ThisDidntBeginonOct7 #HistoryRepeating

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Yesterday the High Court ruled it was for Parliament to scrutintise UK Gov's supply of Israel with warplane parts. Now the Gov can't hide behind "its for the courts", they must reveal their Gaza genocide assessment & stop withholding info on targeting of civilians news.sky.com/story/govern...

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Government accused of 'stark' contradiction over position on Gaza genocide allegations

Despite toughening their condemnation of what's happening in Gaza, ministers have consistently refused to describe Israel's actions as genocide. A court ruling has given MPs the chance to further ques...

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🚨 Monday @ 10.30am we will have a decision! Together with @alhaq_org we challenged UK weapons exports to Israel which are being used to commit atrocity crimes in Gaza. Stay tuned.

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Israel Weapons Sales | glanlaw

GLAN and Al Haq have written to UK government asking them to halt weapons sales to Israel on basis of breaches of international humanitarian law.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We forced the UK gov to reveal it's assessment that Israel is not committed to complying with int'l law. The UK now argues that continuing to supply Israel's war planes is key to maintaining "international peace & security". On Tuesday we intend to challenge this absurdity.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Israeli warplanes rely on international supply chains. 15% of the F35 jet is sourced from the UK & exports continue On May 12 we will be in the High Court in London with Al Haq challenging these transfers. The UK Gov could end their complicity now but are opting to enable genocide

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

9/ GLAN’s Director, @gocuinn.bsky.social said: "Sa'ar is directly linked to mass death, destruction, and suffering in Palestine. The UK government must stop arresting those who speak out or protest against genocide and start arresting those who are responsible." #EndIsraeliImpunity

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We are working to stop involvement of economic service providers, like the London Metal Exchange in serious human rights and environmental harms. #westpapua

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

To be pro-humanity, pro-international law and anti-double standards now makes you ready for deportation and cancellation in the eyes of the Trump regime. #Palestine

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

In its final days, the Biden administration is pushing an $8 billion arms deal to Israel, right as: –Human Rights Watch & Amnesty say Israel is committing genocide –IDF kills several journalists; babies freeze to death –IDF attacks last hospitals in northern Gaza, detains hospital director

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

“They’re the new #Caribbean pirates. They want to take our land.” The Times reports on exploitation of #Barbuda by billionaire colonial-style developers, & the strong community resistance We're supporting local legal strategies to stop land grabbing www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...

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The island rebellion to save Princess Diana’s haven from developers

Barbuda has been accused of taking advantage of Hurricane Irma to make itself a playground for the rich and famous. Its people are not happy

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Israel's targeting of the Irish gov has nothing to do with anti-Semitism nor distraction. Others have recognized Palestine & intervened in the ICJ case. Whats different? The Irish gov will pass the Occupied Territories Bill banning goods & services from illegal settlements. Israel is price tagging.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

In defiant criticism of the decision, Ireland's PM @simonharrisireland.bsky.social said: “You know what I think is reprehensible? Killing children ... You know what I think is reprehensible? People being left to starve & humanitarian aid not flowing.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Israeli foreign minister calls Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘antisemitic’

Taoiseach said he would not comment on ‘personalised and false attacks and remains focused on the horrific war crimes being perpetrated in Gaza’

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Daniel Machover @dmachover.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

‘Entire families were crushed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Not even memories remain’ - mass atrocities including #genocide & yet it continues - #BDS now; new #ICC arrest warrants now. With the UNSC inactive due to US veto other blocks of states must apply sanctions. www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

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Entire families were crushed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Not even memories remain

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Fatima Ahdash @fatimaahdash.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

My latest with Heidi Matthews and Priya Gupta on the role of universities during this moment of genocide. We critique the censorship of anti-genocide protest and critique in Western universities and the role they have sadly played in furthering the scholaticide : theconversation.com/universities...

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Universities should not silence research and speech on Palestine

Universities play an indispensable role in supporting the free inquiry needed to do the essential work of analysis, evidence gathering and recording of war crimes.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

1 million children are being starved & bombed in Gaza. The UK is doing everything it can to continue to supply warplanes sold to Israel. We have just forced them to review this & Amnesty's report adds pressure David Lammy, don't fight this in court, end all arms exports now.

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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Will be on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social at 2125 GMT to discuss the UK's abject failure on Palestine - this being the latest. The UK continues to treat Gaza as a humanitarian crisis not as one of atrocities, war crimes & genocide www.gov.uk/government/n...

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UK bolsters humanitarian funding for Gaza on minister’s visit to the region

The international community will convene at a humanitarian conference in Egypt to collaborate on boosting aid in Gaza.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

13/ This does not end here. We need to keep the pressure up to end all arms transfers. Please consider supporting these efforts: www.crowdjustice.com/case/disrupt... Thanks to @dmachover.bsky.social & @vidyakumar.bsky.social for pushing me to jump me here.

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Stop the UK's profit from war

GLAN pursues innovative legal actions across borders to challenge powerful actors involved in systemic human rights violations.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

12/ GLAN Senior lawyer, Dearbhla Minogue said: "We welcome the fact that the gov has been compelled to reconsider this F-35 "carve-out". The position they took is ... legally untenable & we hope they will stop the transfer of any British weapons for use by Israel against Palestinians."

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

11/ Shawan Jabrin, Director of Al Haq said: “Every day our people are being killed by F-35’s in Gaza. Refugee camps packed with displaced families, the elderly, the sick, & children are being bombed by F-35s, so-called ‘safe zones’ ...The UK has int'l obligations to stop"

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

10/ 2) David Lammy stated in Parliament that Gaza was not a genocide as millions have not yet died. As a lawyer he distorted the definition of genocide to sidestep a clear legal duty to prevent it and to enforce a total arms embargo.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

9/ We are keeping the pressure up. We have expanded our existing legal action because: 1) The UK has refused to state its red lines for halting arms exports to Israel. This is despite famine & expulsions on encircled civilians. The situation in Northern Gaza is apocalyptic.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

8/ What’s next? The UK government has now said it is reviewing its decision on F-35 components following our legal intervention. This is a critical step, but far from the comprehensive action needed to stop UK complicity. Press release is here: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...

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UK Government Forced to Make New Decision on F-35 Exports

The UK forced to review exports of F-35 warplane components after admitting Israel “not committed to complying” with international law.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

6/ In the meantime Israel uses the F35 to drop devastating 2000lb bombs on defensless residential areas & the tents of displaced families. One attack killed over 100 people in a so-called safe zone of Al Mawasi. Injured kids are trapped in Gaza. danwatch.dk/en/major-civ...

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Major civilian casualties: Danish-equipped fighter jets behind bloody attack in Gaza – Danwatch

For the first time during the ongoing war, Danwatch and Dagbladet Information can link Israeli F-35 fighter jets with Danish parts to a specific airstrike in Ga

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

5/ When questioned in court the UK government admitted that the “risk to the UK/US relationship” was a key factor when weighing their decision to continue F-35 exports. They openly prioritized political relationships over protecting civilians in Palestine.

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

4/ In September, the gov suspended ~ 30 arms export licences to Israel after GLAN & Al-Haq sought emergency court order for a complete stop to all UK arms export licences. This suspension included all weapons that could be used in Gaza & the West Bank BUT exempted the F-35 programme

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

3/ In our High Court hearing before the ICC warrants were announced, the UK government admitted that, by their own legal assessment, “Israel is not committed to complying with international humanitarian law.” Despite this, arms exports to Israel continued. www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...

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UK admits in court that Israel is not committed to complying with international humanitarian law

18 November: In the High Court today, GLAN and Al-Haq exposed several failures in the government’s decision-making over arms exports to Israel: • During proceedings in our case, the government was for...

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

2/ The ICC recently issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders for alleged crimes against humanity, including murder and using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. We argued it unconscionable & illegal for UK weapons to enable the destruction of Gaza

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

1/ On November 25th, GLAN and Al Haq sent a legal letter to the UK government, demanding they halt all arms exports to Israel. This included the F-35 warplane program, which was exempted from an earlier suspension of arms export licences. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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Groups to ask for court ban on UK arms sales to Israel after Netanyahu arrest warrant

Campaigners will apply for emergency injunction to stop exports of F-35 parts used in ‘extermination campaign’

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Gearóid Ó Cuinn @gocuinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hello bsky - my first post: 🚨 BREAKING: The UK gov has been forced to review its decision on F-35 warplane exports after admitting in court that Israel is “not committed to complying” with international law. Here’s what’s happening: 👇 www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...

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