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Marc Schack

@marcschack.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of International Law and National Security, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law research.ku.dk/search/result/?pure=…

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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Very useful guide on Iranian ballistic missiles - and a key point: “Iran’s missile response included weapons from its most advanced arsenals … each capable of long-range precision strikes, though fundamentally indiscriminate when deployed in urban areas.”: aoav.org.uk/2025/a-brief...
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A brief guide to Iranian ballistic missiles - AOAV
This AOAV guide outlines the key ballistic missile systems used by Iran, namely the Haj Qasem, Khaibar Shekan, Ghadr, and the Emad. It briefly sets out their technical specifications. We contend that ...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Ny InterMil-opdatering om krigen mellem Israel og Iran: Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, Ulrik Graff (FAK) og jeg ser bl.a. på, om Israels angreb kan forstås som lovligt selvforsvar, og om krigens love ser ud til at blive overholdt i forbindelse med Israels og Irans konkrete angreb. (link nedenfor)
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Ny kronik med @astridk_p: Helt kort er pointen, at Mads Bryde Andersen ikke gengiver folkeretten loyalt, når han diagnosticerer og foreslår løsninger på det erklærede problem, at EMRK/EMD på urimelig vis står i vejen for udvisning af kriminelle udlændinge: www.berlingske.dk/kronikker/da...
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Danmark og otte andre lande har indledt et stort opgør med konventioner - men det er ikke et nemt projekt at realisere
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I guess this calls for a repeat of the debate on the 1999 NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) facilities and when such facilities can be considered dual use. I.e. whether Iranian state TV can plausibly be considered part of Iranian military C3.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
For those following the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently produced a briefing note on the availability of food in Gaza (before the GHF began operating - i.e. the baseline for that operation). They presented the following estimate:
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The head of the ICRC with an extremely clear and alarming message on the situation in Gaza: “Humanity is failing in Gaza … We cannot continue to watch what is happening. It’s surpassing any acceptable legal, moral and humane standard.” www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Act now to save lives in Gaza, ICRC head urges world leaders
Mirjana Spoljaric has appealed to world leaders to intervene in the conflict in Gaza.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Fint overblik over de reelle forhold omkring Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstols praksis på udvisningsområdet - og forsøget på at påvirke domstolen: www.berlingske.dk/politik/foer...
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Førende eksperter: Mette Frederiksen kan ikke »tvinge« en uafhængig domstol til at makke ret – men hun har flere muligheder
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Information har talt med Alex de Waal, en af verdens absolut førende forskere inden for sult under krig og konflikt, om situationen i Gaza. Han er altid værd at lytte til:
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Read Alex de Waal to understand the situation on aid in Gaza: A key element: “Encouraged by the United States, Israel has tried to keep the Gazans from descending into “famine” by turning the aid tap on whenever the data indicate it is about to cross that threshold….” unherd.com/2025/05/the-...
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The brutal flaw in Israel’s starvation plan
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Interesting. And hard to disagree with their skepticism.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Der pågår en ophedet debat om, hvordan Danmark kan udfordre EMRK's praksis om udvisning af kriminelle udlændinge. I den forbindelse diskuteres muligheden for, at Danmark udtræder af konventionen med det formål at genindtræde med forbehold. En lang 🧵om den debat:
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This new piece of information moves the needle on the legal classification of the October 7th-attack closer to crimes against humanity-territory and further away from genocide-territory. As such, it illustrates a simple point: (1/2)
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I en ny InterMil-opdatering ser Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen og jeg nærmere på nogle af de folkeretlige spørgsmål, som relaterer sig til Israels aktuelle blokade af Gaza (link nedenfor)🧵
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification @theipcinfo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🔴 #GazaStrip The Gaza Strip—2.1M people—still face a critical risk of Famine following 19 months of conflict, mass displacement, and humanitarian aid blockade. 📉 Extreme Hunger is deepening every day! ⚠️ 1 in every 5 people starving. More: www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The ICJ today rejected Sudan's case against UAE for complicity in genocide because of a UAE-reservation to the Court's jurisdiction under the Genocide Convention. Interestingly, the vote was 14-2 on rejecting provisional measures but much closer (9-7) on removing the case from the General List.🧵
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Det her er altså en uheldig tendens: I et debatindlæg om Østre Landsrets afgørelse om våbeneksport til Israel nøjes @rajeshholmen.bsky.social ikke blot med (helt legitimt og forståeligt) at ærgre sig over afgørelsen og mene, at sagen burde afgøres anderledes. (1/2) www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
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Frie Grønne-kandidat: Alle alarmklokker ringer, når retten afviser ngo'er, der angriber våbeneksport - Altinget
Retten lukker døren for civilsamfundet, når den afviser at behandle en sag om dansk våbeneksport til Israel. Tilbage står man med en usikkerhed om, hvem der reelt kan holde staten ansvarlig i sådanne ...
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The ICJ will deliver its provisional measures order in Sudan v. UAE on Monday (5 May 2025). The Court will probably say that the UAE's reservation to article 9 of the Genocide Convention deprives the Court of jurisdiction. But you never know.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
En af de hidtil klareste udtalelser fra Danmark om Israels (oplagte) brud på folkeretten i Gaza:
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"A new peace proposal the Trump administration offered in London on Wednesday would include U.S. recognition that Crimea is part of Russia..." It's worth noting that such a recognition would constitute a clear violation of international law. (1/4) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance
A new U.S. peace plan offered to Russia and Ukraine proposes American recognition of the peninsula, which Moscow seized in 2014.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
As Israel has now blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza for over 50 days, France, Germany and the UK restates the obvious: “Israel is bound under international law to allow the unhindered passage of humanitarian aid.”
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This story provides a pretty good insight into the mood in Denmark regarding the US and Trump, as threats are made against Greenland, as statements about Denmark being a ‘bad ally’ are repeated, and as a global trade war is hitting US-allies like Denmark hard: www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/amer...
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America Rattles Denmark | National Review
A report from an allied capital in a strange time.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Den offentliggjorte undersøgelse/forklaring fra IDF om drabene på nødhjælpsarbejdere fra bl.a. Røde Halvmåne d. 23. marts er en joke: (1/5) idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC200425932...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
God dækning på DR af den fuldstændig forfærdelige krig i Sudan, som nu har varet to år. Det er desværre meget retvisende, når krigen ofte kaldes “den glemte konflikt”. Det er ikke meget, som “verdens største humanitære krise” i øvrigt fylder i de danske medier: www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
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'Den glemte konflikt' går nu ind i sit tredje år
To års borgerkrig i Sudan har ført til uoverskuelige konsekvenser for befolkningen i landet. Næsten 13 millioner mennesker er tvunget på flugt fra deres hjem i der bliver set som den største humanitær...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Fin gennemgang af Østre Landsrets afgørelse om retlig interesse i våbeneksportsagen. Kort: Domstolen har anlagt en traditionel (og dermed tilbageholdende) tilgang til, hvem der har tilstrækkelig retlig interesse til at køre en sag. Den sagde dog intet om materien. www.information.dk/indland/2025...
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»Et hul i dansk ret«: Østre Landsret afviser sager om våbeneksport til Israel
Landsretten afviser at tage stilling til søgsmål om Danmarks eksport af dele til F-35-kampflyene. Organisationer vil nu anke til Højesteret
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The head of the ICRC calls Gaza “hell on earth” and talks of an "extreme hollowing out" of international law. It’s hard to disagree with that assessment. Unfortunately, even these unusually clear statements by the ICRC are unlikely to change anyone’s minds at this point. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues
"No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic cleansing," Mirjana Spoljaric tells the BBC.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Another report that can be added to the pile of materials detailing the by now well-documented war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the war in Sudan. This time 34 pages on rape and sexual slavery:
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Denne udmelding fra Forsvarsministeriet er højst overraskende. Det antydes, at amerikanske private sikkerhedsfirmaer under forsvarsaftalen med USA vil kunne løse “militære opgaver” for de amerikanske styrker og bære våben i den sammenhæng. (1/8) jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE1...
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Vild udvikling: Amerikanske sikkerhedsfirmaer – med våben – får lov at operere i Danmark
En ny baseaftale med USA betyder, at amerikanske sikkerhedsfirmaer får lov at bære våben i Danmark. Det bekræfter regeringen over for Jyllands-Posten, der har gransket aftalen. Tidligere har USA anven...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hungary is planning to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. The decision was announced as Netanyahu visited the country - and based on the argument that the Court has become a "political court" (apparently in relation to its treatment of Israel) (1/5): www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit
The move is announced hours after Israel's PM, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrives in Budapest for a state visit.
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Aurel Sari @aurelsari.com · 06/03/2025
'Inconsistent' as in incompatible / flatly contradict / manifestly violate Article 5, given that it expressly provides that an attack on one (or more) members shall be considered an attack against them all. In other words, Article 5 entails a binding commitment to collective self-defence.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A new genocide-case has been filed at the ICJ: Sudan has filed an application on alleged violations of the Genocide convention by the United Arab Emirates in relation to support provided to the Rapid Support Forces: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Danmarks deltagelse i F-35-programmet giver anledning til en række folkeretlige spørgsmål. Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen og jeg har set nærmere på nogle af de mest centrale spørgsmål i en ny InterMil-opdatering. Den kan læses her: jura.ku.dk/pdf/icourts/...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Og ICCs retspræsident: www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
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Statement of ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane following the issuance of US Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court
I note with deep regret the issuance by the United States of an Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions on the officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC, Court), harm the Court’s independ...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚨🚨 @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu has blasted US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose aggressive economic sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
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EU chiefs chastise Trump for sanctioning the ICC
In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa said the U.S. president’s move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
79 ICC-medlemsstater, herunder Danmark og de øvrige nordiske lande, leverer et hurtigt svar på USAs sanktioner mod ICC: buildingtrust.si/79-states-pa...
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79 States Parties in support of the ICC - Building Trust
Today, 79 States Parties have joined the following statement in support of the International Criminal Court...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The U.S. sanctions against the ICC are here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
No wonder the ICRC (and many others) are worried about the current level of respect for international law. We will now - again - see U.S. sanctions imposed against people who are simply trying to hold leaders accountable for atrocities crimes, including war crimes: www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said.
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
“The growing normalization of violations of international humanitarian law poses an existential threat to the Geneva Conventions and international law more broadly. This alarming trend requires urgent collective action.”
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Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Many have correctly noted that forced transfer/deportation is a war crime & crime against humanity. On “voluntariness,” it bears emphasizing that the forced nature of transfer can be established where the perpetrators take advantage of a coercive environment that precludes genuine choice.
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Jyllands-Posten @jyllands-posten.dk · 05/02/2025
Dansk ekspert om særlig del af Trumps plan: »Det vil være en forbrydelse imod menneskeheden« 
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Dansk ekspert om særlig del af Trumps plan: »Det vil være en forbrydelse imod menneskeheden« 
Donald Trumps plan for Gaza vil være i strid med en række internationale regler.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/02/2025
President Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say. Here's what to know.
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Trump’s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say
Forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave would be “a straightforward crime against humanity,” an Oxford professor said. It would be a further violation to take over the territory.
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Bo Elkjær @boelkjaer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Søfartsstyrelsen indfører havnestatskontrol af ældre tankskibe, der ankrer op ved Skagen. Dermed kan skibe fra den russiske skyggeflåde risikere at blive tilbageholdt, hvis de vurderes til at udgøre en risiko for sikkerheden og det danske havmiljø. (NB: Paywall) www.information.dk/indland/2025...
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Nu vil Danmark kontrollere den russiske skyggeflåde ved Skagen
Nedslidte tankskibe risikerer at blive tilbageholdt af danske myndigheder. Søfartsstyrelsen indfører målrettet kontrol af ældre tankskibe, der ligger for anker ved Skagen
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Luke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire as M23 entered the city in eastern DRC www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city
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Mark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Press release: The Special Tribunal will be established by an agreement between the Government of Ukraine & the Council of Europe (COE). It will derive its jurisdiction from Ukraine. The COE will be in charge of the procedure for adoption of the draft legal instruments. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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The Commission and High Representative Kaja Kallas welcome a major step towards holding Russia accountable for its war of aggression against Ukraine*
Today, senior legal experts of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the Council of Europe, Ukraine and 37 States concluded the legal work on the establishment of a Special Tr...
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza: Live Updates
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The involuntary 'resettlement' of Palestinians in other countries by an occupying power would be a war crime. No ifs, buts, or maybes. Similarly, 'taking over' and 'owning' Gaza would constitute the crime of aggression. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
President’s plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Not going to parse language or explain context. Just note what is being said/implied in light of the following definition of the ‘crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer’:
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
UN SecGen to staff on US foreign-aid freeze: "... we are working closely w/colleagues throughout the UN system to understand & mitigate the extent of its impact on our operations"
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“The independent, non-profit organisation known as Acled … estimates global conflict has doubled over the past five years, that incidents of political violence in 2024 were 25% up on 2023, and that one in eight people worldwide were exposed to conflict.“
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Luke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
At least 770 killed and 2,880 injured in Goma, eastern DRC, after a week of fighting between government forces and Rwanda-backed M23 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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At least 770 killed in Goma, east DRC, in fighting with Rwanda-backed M23
Rebels had captured the city in January in major escalation of 10-year-old conflict
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