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Sareta Ashraph

@saretaashraph.bsky.social
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ICL barrister. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, intl justice, genocide, gender, armed groups, ISIL. Co-founder @atlaswomen.bsky.social #EndGenderApartheid 🇹🇹

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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Thrilled to see "Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court" by Sheila Paylan and myself now published in JICJ in its Jan 2026 issue. It's open access! academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
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Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court
Abstract. In September 2023, the mass exodus of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno–Karabakh into neighbouring Armenia captured international attent
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Strategic Litigation Project @slpjustice.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The SLP is grateful to the survivors, IHRDC, Argentine lawyer Maximo Castex who filed the complaint, and the legal support provided by Nizar El Fakih, @lisandranovo.bsky.social, @saretaashraph.bsky.social, and Nushin Sarkarati. We will continue to provide updates here.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Have a read of Valeria Cetorelli and my recent work - Yazidi Victims Demographic Documentation Project's paper on the ISIL attack on Tel Banat and Tel Qasab, supported by @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social and @cja-news.bsky.social Read & download it here: eprints.lse.ac.uk/120263/1/The...
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Happening today @ 5pm @ LSE! This event will provide an update on recent European trials of ISIL members for crimes against the Yazidi community. Roza Qaidi, Sana Murrani and I will be speaking. You can register to join in person or online here: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
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Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis
5.00pm Wednesday 19 November | Sareta Ashraph | Free event at LSE
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
London/ Hybrid, Wed 19 Nov @LSE 5pm Roza Qaidi, Sana Murrani & I are discussing "Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis. I'll be exploring recent genocide cases & the role of demographic doc. @cja-news.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
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Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis
5.00pm Wednesday 19 November | Sareta Ashraph | Free event at LSE
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Very happy to have been part of this conversation, now published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice, titled "Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Views from Practice." academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...
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Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Views from Practice
To reflect on the theme of professionals and professionalism(s) covered within the articles in this symposium, on 14 February 2025, the guest editors and t
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Heartened to be at the Gender Justice in International Criminal Law conference. Listening now to a fascinating discussion of emerging justice opportunities in Syria with Joumana Seif, Razan Rashidi, Mariana Karkoutky, Sema Nasser, and Sana Kikhia. @4genderjustice.org
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Coming –in person or online– to the Gender Justice in International Criminal Law, taking place in The Hague on 29 and 30 September? To attend in-person, please email admin@4genderjustice.org or register online here: 4genderjustice.org/our-work/gen...
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Gender Justice in International Criminal Law Conference 2025 | Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 15/09/2025
The lethal U.S. strike in the Caribbean that killed 11 people doesn’t fit the counterterrorism justification, writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social. The lack of legal basis suggests the Trump administration may be asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law:
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Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror”
An absence of credible legal basis for the Caribbean strike suggests the Trump admin is asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Incredibly insightful discussion on genocide litigation on international law, led by Oxford’s Janina Dill! A good final day at the ESIL conference, giving much food for thought.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thrilled to be at the ESIL conference. Just finished my panel and now listening to a packed forum on “Institutional Reconstructions: Which Role for the United Nations?” with Prof Brunk, Prof Klabbers and Assoc Prof Sinclair, moderated by Prof Chinkin.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Looking forward to being part of these discussions! Join in person or online on Thursday 18 Sept for "Countering Gender Apartheid with International Law: A Strategic Convening" @umichlaw.bsky.social @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Excellent blogpost "Afghanistan and the Erosion of the International System" by Amb. Nasir A. Andisha and Hamid A. Formuli on @justsecurity.org Really pleased by the recognition of the efforts of the End Gender Apartheid movement. See endgenderapartheid.today for more information and resources.
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End Gender Apartheid
The women and girls of Afghanistan and Iran have united in a call to end gender apartheid.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
About a week after DOGE outed him, Taliban intelligence agents in Kabul descended on the homes of his relatives and detained three of his family members. They were blindfolded, thrown into the backs of 4x4 pickup trucks and driven to a small remote prison. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Now sanctioned are Nicolas Guillou, France; Nazhat Khan, Fiji; Mame Mandiaye Niang, Senegal; Kimberly Prost, Canada. Deputy Prosecutor Khan & Judge Prost were profiled by ATLAS in 2022 and 2019, respectively. www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/202... www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/201... In solidarity.
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ATLAS: Nazhat Shameem Khan
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is a national of the Republic of Fiji.  She was elected by the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC on 10 Decem...
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan & the establishment of a governance system based on gender oppression and violence. It is the worst place in the world to be a woman or girl. Recognise Gender Apartheid. End Gender Apartheid. endgenderapartheid.today
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End Gender Apartheid
The women and girls of Afghanistan and Iran have united in a call to end gender apartheid.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Today, 3 August, is the 11th anniversary of the start of ISIL’s genocidal attack on the Yazidis of Sinjar, northern Iraq. Thinking of the victims, survivors, and the many still missing.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court" by CUP is now available *open access* Thrilled to have contributed –together w/ 60+ scholars & practitioners – to reimagining how international criminal law can advance gender justice. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court
Cambridge Core - UN and International Organisations - Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Please read!
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
So much horror in the world, and a serious threat is building in West Africa. "Emboldened by their success in the landlocked nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, insurgents affiliated with AQ and IS are moving south towardsand into coastal nations." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/w...
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
My latest blogpost: "Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink" @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...
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Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink
While there have been some elements of relief that the Iraq parliament has pulled back from legalizing child marriage, the situation remains dynamic.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/04/2025
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.
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Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice @4genderjustice.org · 14/04/2025
🌍 Last Friday, our colleague Juliana Laguna Trujillo moderated a panel on Gender Justice & the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty at the #JoinedUpJustice conference on Gender in ICL & IRL at Tilburg University. Big thanks to our speakers including @saretaashraph.bsky.social for their contributions!
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
My latest blogpost: "Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink" @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...
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Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink
While there have been some elements of relief that the Iraq parliament has pulled back from legalizing child marriage, the situation remains dynamic.
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Karima Bennoune @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Honored to take part in this @ejiltalk.bsky.social podcast on international law & the rights of #Afghan women w @saharfetrat.bsky.social of @hrw.org She said women use the word "suffocating" to describe the situation under Taliban rule & argued that #Afghanistan may now be unlivable for #women
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The CDC has literally been gutted today. There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet. Thousand of scientists fired. Entire departments erased. 1/
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you @ayicl.bsky.social for featuring me in your IWD campaign! The entire series is fantastic, with so many inspiring friends and colleagues also included!
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📷 Workshop on Gender in International Criminal Law and Refugee Law Friday, April 11th, Tilburg University, NL. Keynote @saretaashraph.bsky.social Organised by Gezy Schuurmans, Rory Schuurmans, and Shima @Esmailian. Registration is through the following link: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Shyamala Alagendra @salagendra.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This was an inspiring read. A recurring theme throughout every chapter of her career—from Palestine to Darfur, Sri Lanka to Syria—is that the dignity of victims and survivors must be the foundation of any justice effort. That is one of the many powerful takeaways.
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Evelyne Schmid @evelyneschmid.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So deeply impressive @monarishmawi.bsky.social. I also remember a conversation on Sudan sometimes during my thesis and I thank you again for your time during that meeting and above all, your competence, commitment, energy and brilliance for this world.
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Mona Rishmawi @monarishmawi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Honored to walk down memory lane with @saretaashraph.bsky.social , reflecting on my journey across Palestine, Switzerland, Iraq, Sudan, & Syria. Sareta’s insights & presence made this conversation meaningful & enjoyable. Thanks www.atlaswomen.org for creating an inspiring space to learn & grow.
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ATLAS
ATLAS empowers, supports, and connects women who are pursuing, or who are embarking on, a career in international public law.
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
. @monarishmawi.bsky.social's career is a storied one. Born in Gaza before 1967, she become one of the first lawyers, before and as part of Al Haq, to research the legal architecture of the military occupation and document and raise violations.
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
3. Embrace your ambition. When girls are young, they can be very vocal about what they want to be. But this impulse gets sort of hushed up, perhaps because for a long time ‘ambitious’ was not a compliment for a woman. Be proud of your goals, of what you want to make of yourself.
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
ATLAS's profile of the inspiring @monarishmawi.bsky.social is out! Mona is a Palestinian, Jordanian & Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a Member of the Independent Intl Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan. Read about her journey - and her advice for others 👇 www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/202...
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ATLAS: Mona Rishmawi
Mona Rishmawi is a Palestinian, Jordanian and Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a  Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan . She is a former senior officia...
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Register here: www.geneva-academy.ch/event/atlas/...
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Gender in Investigating and Documenting International Crimes - The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
<p>This event, co-organized with the ATLAS network,&nbsp;seeks to critically examine how international crimes are investigated, documented, and prosecuted through a gender-competent lens.</p>
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Sareta Ashraph @saretaashraph.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Very happy to have contributed a chapter on "Valuing the Defence: A Comparative Analysis of the Hybrid Tribunals’ Stumbling Efforts Towards Giving Meaning to Defence Rights". Enjoying chapters by experts incl Kirsten Ainley, Mark Kersten, Erica Bussey, Rosemary Grey, Alice Dieci & many others.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
America is fighting fascism by showing the rest of the world how fucking stupid fascism looks
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 01/03/2025
USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed “Many of the programs are in fragile countries that are highly reliant on U.S. aid to support health systems, nutrition programs and stave off starvation” apnews.com/article/usai...
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USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding.
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Lotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
"The scene at the White House yesterday took my breath away. I would never have believed that we would ever have to defend Ukraine from the United States" German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier www.yahoo.com/news/german-...
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German leader: Trump's conduct with Zelensky 'took my breath away'
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has fiercely criticized US President Donald Trump, describing the angry White House encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as beyond belief. "Di...
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
An enormous challenge these days is processing & responding to what seems like the crumbling of the edifice of intl law. I hold on to this quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, “We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope”. We keep at it, the best we can.
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Many thanks to Priya Gopalan for being ATLAS's Feb profile, and to @saretaashraph.bsky.social for interviewing Priya. Read our profile of this inspiring woman in international law here: www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/202...
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ATLAS: Priya Gopalan
Priya Gopalan is a Malaysian lawyer specialising in international criminal law, transitional justice, gender and intersectionality. In 2021, Priya was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to the...
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Nuremberg Academy Lecture, 1 April at 5.30 pm at Courtroom 600: Prof. Leila Sadat on ‘The Long Arc of Justice: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity’. The lecture is open to the public free of cost and without pre-registration. www.nurembergacademy.org/public-disco...
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Nuremberg Academy Lecture: Professor Leila Sadat: Nuremberg Academy
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/02/2025
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. 
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Litigation Tracker we're producing at @justsecurity.org hits 80 cases Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · 20/02/2025
The @atlaswomen.bsky.social network is now here, and there’s a starter pack of verified Atlas members. Check them out below and give them a follow if you haven’t yet! cc: @saretaashraph.bsky.social If you’re part of the network, message me via the FB group and I’ll add you 👇🏼
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ATLAS Women @atlaswomen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Geneva Academy & ATLAS 'Women in International Law' podcasts are back! Listen to Caroline Abu Sa'da, DG, SOS MEDITERRANEE Switzerland Suisse with Nathalie Mivelaz Tirabosco Huge thanks to Natalie and Paige Morrow, as well as the rest of the team at the Academy! soundcloud.com/geneva-acade...
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SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds
Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio
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Devorah Margolin @devorahmargolin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The New Humanitarian: "US aid freezes escalate Syria’s crisis: “From a humanitarian perspective, this is catastrophic.”" www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
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US aid freezes escalate Syria’s crisis
Aid officials involved in the response say people are already suffering and predict huge problems ahead due to the abrupt end of programmes.
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