Reposted by Lisa OldringSteven Guilbeault @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below. 1751084309
Reposted by Lisa OldringJohn Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 18/11/2025At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally. 10269161
Reposted by Lisa OldringAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 03/11/2025LIVE: Leaders from Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Assembly of First Nations are in Ottawa to call on the federal government to create a plan to manage the toxic tarsands waste to help protect the health and safety of surrounding communities.youtube.comIndigenous leaders call on Ottawa to create plan to manage tarsands waste | APTN NewsYouTube video by APTN News 32812
Lisa Oldring @lisaoldring.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Grateful for the invitation and looking forward to the discussions next week! 100
Reposted by Lisa OldringRobb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation gets it exactly right: "This province works backwards." Will the Alberta government ever get serious about the massive harms of oil sands on communities, nature and the climate? @cape-acme.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/oil-sands-ta...theenergymix.comOil Sands Tailings Plan Sparks Indigenous Opposition, Calls for Federal OversightAs the Alberta government advances a proposal to treat toxic oilsands tailings stored in massive ponds and eventually release the treated water into the Athabasca River, nearby Indigenous nations are ... 12410
Reposted by Lisa OldringEzequiel Jimenez @ezejim.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Call a spade a spade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHl...youtube.comGaza siege a textbook case of genocide under international law, says legal expertYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 002
Reposted by Lisa OldringProf Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 23/06/2025While everyone is distracted by strikes on #Iran, the conflict, #genocide & crisis in #Sudan is escalating, w/'increased use of heavy weaponry in populated areas and a sharp rise in sexual and gender-based violence... hospitals & medical facilities under siege.' #IHL www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgSudan war intensifying with devastating consequences for civilians, UN Fact-Finding Mission saysGENEVA – The civil war in Sudan is intensifying with devastating consequences for countless civilians caught in the conflict, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan warned... 33624
Reposted by Lisa OldringAlex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 09/06/2025In our Open Letter to @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, 412 legal, human rights, diplomatic, international affairs, social justice, civil society, faith & labour leaders & experts make it clear: Canada must act to end genocide in #Gaza. 🧵1/10alexneve.caPrime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights AlongWe write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ... 411864
Reposted by Lisa OldringBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 06/06/2025New commentary from my @crisisgroup.org colleagues. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...crisisgroup.orgThe Gaza Starvation Experiment | International Crisis GroupIsrael’s new U.S.-backed aid scheme in Gaza integrates food into military strategy. Since the war began, Israel has restricted aid, easing up when famine alerts appeared, tightening as attention faded... 0811
Reposted by Lisa OldringKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/06/2025This is what we call a negative feedback loop in scientific circles! 15436127
Reposted by Lisa OldringCatherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Horrifying to read this story - the impact of climate change is here and now in Canada. 30,000 people having to leave their homes, a massive impact on remote Indigenous communities, and smoke causing dangerous air quality levels in North America. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comSome wildfire evacuees are leaving their First Nation for first time ever, chief saysAbout 30,000 people have now been told to leave their homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan 17221
Lisa Oldring @lisaoldring.bsky.social · 04/06/2025www.ohchr.org/en/statement...ohchr.orgHC Türk: Climate emergency is a clarion call for a new politicsDistinguished guests, faculty and students, friends,It’s an honour to participate in this lecture series, and a pleasure to be with you today.The Tanner Lectures on Human Values are a beacon of learni... 010
Reposted by Lisa OldringAmanda Ghahremani @amandaghahremani.com · 12/05/2025It just keeps getting worse. With recent reports of Trump planning to send immigrants (including possibly asylum-seekers & refugees) to #Libya & #Rwanda, it’s all the more urgent for #Canada to withdraw from the #SafeThirdCountry Agreement. For context, read my piece in @thestar.com 👇 #cdnpoli 034
Reposted by Lisa OldringThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 26/05/2025BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.bit.lyIsraeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics sayAn Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. 15426322097
Reposted by Lisa OldringFionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Olmert … saying what is true and must end … war crimes and crimes against humanity. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...huffpost.com 002
Reposted by Lisa OldringAlex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Such an important legal challenge. The obvious course of action would be to scrap the #STCA. At a minimum we need transparency as to how the federal government can possibly consider DT's USA to be a safe country for refugees.theglobeandmail.comGroups mount legal challenge against Ottawa over refugee treaty with U.S.The Safe Third Country Agreement is premised on both countries being safe for refugees, but groups say Canada’s oversight of the deal is ‘fundamentally flawed’ 098
Reposted by Lisa OldringUCLA Law The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe) @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social · 16/04/2025One year has already passed. It is time to take action now! The ECD sets minimum standards, but we have the opportunity to go further and implement not just stricter, but better measures, for the sake of people, planet, and future generations. bit.ly/2pagerECO #environment #ECD #EU #ecocidelawpromiseeurope.law.ucla.eduEuropean Crime Directive - Factsheet Ecocide — UCLA Law The Promise Institute EuropeA Practical Guide for Transposing the ECD’s Qualified Offence EU Directive 2024/1203 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (ECD) came into force on 20 May 2024. It requires all E... 132
Reposted by Lisa OldringProfessor Leila Sadat @leilasadat1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Really proud to stand with WashULaw colleagues in defense of the rule of law during a time of profound crisis. sites.google.com/view/washula... 15512
Reposted by Lisa OldringChristine McNab @christinemcnab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The people of DR Congo deserve attention and protection. "Most estimates state that over 6m have died, making it the deadliest conflict since WWII. But many of us who live in Congo believe that the real number is much higher. And the world remains largely silent." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage?This is not the first time the world has overlooked violence in the country. 011
Reposted by Lisa OldringAmerican Society of International Law @asilorg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025ASIL.org/ASILStatement 03422
Reposted by Lisa Oldringkatemackintosh.bsky.social @katemackintosh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Ecocide Law Advisory is live! Check it out and read the manual here ecocidelawadvisory.comecocidelawadvisory.comEcocide Law Advisory — UCLA Law The Promise Institute Europe 011
Reposted by Lisa OldringUCLA Law The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe) @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Legal tools for a livable planet: Read all about the launch of Ecocide Law Advisory and the new Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide. 🌍📘 bit.ly/ecocidelaw 053
Reposted by Lisa OldringRicochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon. The first of four parts in a riveting series about the impact of a Canadian mining project on Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, feat stunning photos by Ian Wilms. ricochet.media/indigenous/b... #Indigenous #cdnpoliricochet.mediaBrandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the AmazonDeep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities. 816576
Reposted by Lisa OldringUCLA Law The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe) @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Thank you to UN OHCHR for hosting yesterday's roundtable on ecocide and human rights. Lisa Oldring and Kate Mackintosh shared updates on efforts to amend the Rome Statute to include ecocide. Special thanks to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo for driving this conversation forward. 📸dominikgehl.com #ecocide 042
Reposted by Lisa OldringFionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025www.justsecurity.org/106856/inter... An extraordinary letter — protection of the ICC is vital.justsecurity.orgWe Need the International Legal Order: A Call to Protect the International Criminal CourtAll current and former Presidents of the International Criminal Court Assembly of State Parties write about the ICC's importance at this moment in time. 073
Reposted by Lisa OldringRobb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Missing data, wrong numbers and erroneous claims haunt the Alberta Energy Regulator, which is supposed to hold industry to account. If the AER is asleep at the wheel, what are the implications for the health of people across Alberta? @cape-acme.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/two-spills-p...theenergymix.comTwo Spills Per Week: Alberta Regulator Lacks Evidence for Oil Sands Cleanup Claims, Study ConcludesA new analysis of a decade's worth of data kept by Alberta’s oil and gas regulator suggests the agency has made unsubstantiated claims about the success of oilsands tailings spills cleanup. 054
Reposted by Lisa OldringJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Doctors Without Borders: What our medical teams have witnessed is "consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza." www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...doctorswithoutborders.orgGaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destructionAmid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza. 25927
Reposted by Lisa OldringAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Today on APTN National News: Another First Nations person has died following an interaction with law enforcement in Canada — the 15th Indigenous person to die during or shortly after an encounter with police since August. youtube.com/live/2bWcN28...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 01313
Reposted by Lisa OldringCatherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Many were looking to access my recent Toronto Star piece - I've posted it here: www.climateandnature.com/media/opinio...climateandnature.comOpinion | As environment minister, I believed the oil sands sector would help us save the planet. I was wrong. — Climate and Nature SolutionsIn May 2016, I was leading intense negotiations between the federal government and the provinces and territories to secure Canada’s first national climate plan . 53702291
Reposted by Lisa OldringIsabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I wrote about the UK's submission to the International Court of Justice for The ENDS Report, poking holes in its attempt to distance itself from the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia and looking at how it puts the country's climate leadership reputation #climateICJAO www.endsreport.com/article/1899...endsreport.comUK climate leadership reputation in question following ICJ submissionLegal experts and diplomats have questioned the UK’s avowed attempt to regain its position as a climate leader after the government set out its position on state responsibilities at the world’s top co... 043
Lisa Oldring @lisaoldring.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Your posts (including on octopuses) are so appreciated! 010
Reposted by Lisa OldringIsabella Kaminski @isabellakaminski.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says recognising #ecocide as an international crime would be a “milestone” and a "pivotal" way of guaranteeing human rights INCLUDING right to a healthy, clean & sustainable environment recognised by UN in 2022 digitallibrary.un.org/record/39825...digitallibrary.un.orgThe human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment : 154
Lisa Oldring @lisaoldring.bsky.social · 27/11/2024www.stopecocide.earth/events/a-fif...stopecocide.earthA Fifth Crime of Ecocide: Opening Considerations — Stop Ecocide InternationalOFFICIAL SIDE EVENT, 23rd Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Fifth Crime of Ecocide: Opening Considerations In-person & li... 021
Reposted by Lisa OldringHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 20/11/2024At least 350 transgender and gender-diverse people have been murdered over the past year, according to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project. This Trans Day of Remembrance should serve as a rallying cry for vigilance, protection, and action.hrw.orgTrans Day of Remembrance Marked with Grim Murder DataAt least 350 transgender and gender-diverse people have been murdered over the past year, according to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, a global initiative of Transgender Europe (TGEU). 10284131
Reposted by Lisa OldringSimon Bagshaw @simonbagshaw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Very grateful to the Beyond Compliance Consortium and the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare for this opportunity to contribute a piece on the "full protection of civilians" to the Beyond Compliance Symposium: lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-full...lieber.westpoint.eduBeyond Compliance Symposium – Towards the Full Protection of Civilians - Lieber Institute West PointWorking towards the full protection of civilians would allow to overcome the narrow focus on IHL compliance. 052