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Simone Wisotzki

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Peace/Conflict Research; Humanitarian Arms Control; Arms Export Control; Feminist Peace Research

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 17/05/2025
"Flooding on US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens, according to a new study — an alarming glimpse into the future as some scientists warn the current system could be just decades from collapse." @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/c...
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A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US. | CNN
A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.
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Amélie Godefroidt @ameliegodefroidt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Excited to be at today’s Reimagining PEACE conference bringing together nearly 300 peace researchers from around the world! Grateful to be part of this global exchange of ideas and insights. #ActionPEACE2025 | Organized by the Flemish Peace Institute
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Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
NEW I The Israeli government has threatened additional airstrikes if the Syria fails to stop violence against the Druze. Both airstrikes and the pressure campaign are unlikely to protect the Druze. 1/9 www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
US Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg recently reaffirmed that Ukrainian officials remain committed to resolving the war in Ukraine, despite ongoing Russian refusals to accept US President Donald Trump’s repeated proposals for a general ceasefire in pursuit of lasting peace in Ukraine.
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Erik Kalkoken @erikkalkoken.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Link to full text for easier reading: skyview.social?url=https%3A...
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A BlueSky thread by Frank Sauer on Skyview
1/29 Ich weiß ich wiederhole mich. Aber aus gegebenem Anlass (bzw. aus gegebenen Anlässen) ein Thread zu der Frage, ob wir nicht mal etwas mehr nüchterne strategische Analyse statt Panikmache bräuchte...
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
An update from @stratcomcentre.bsky.social on the flight paths of the drones and missiles used against Ukraine in yesterday’s complex attack by Russia.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/04/2025
thank you Elon and DOGE! what the world definitely needs is unchecked drug resistant gonorrhea
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/04/2025
Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel mines and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country's President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.
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Finland will exit global land mine treaty as Russia fears grow
President Alexander Stubb also announces major ramp up of defense spending to 3 percent of GDP.
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🇺🇸 Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, Reuters reports. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... #usa
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Exclusive: Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, four sources familiar with the discussions said.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Russian officials continue efforts to undermine the proposed US-Ukrainian mineral deal by promoting potential US-Russian rare earth mining projects. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar033125
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🇷🇺 Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik surfaced in Moscow on Monday night, as authorities in Sarajevo demand an international arrest warrant following his conviction for defying the country’s Constitutional Court and advancing a separatist agenda. www.politico.eu/article/milo... #Russia
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Bosnian Serb leader flees to Moscow as authorities step up pursuit
Bosnia’s most wanted man turns up in Russia after Sarajevo requested Interpol issue a red notice for his international arrest.
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Georg Restle @georgrestle.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"Insgesamt ist alles, wirklich alles, was ich hier jeden Tag sehe, es ist unfassbar. Also es ist unbeschreiblich, empörend und niederschmetternd - unbegreiflich." Ein deutscher Arzt aus dem Gazastreifen berichtet. MONITOR www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
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Monitor: Bruch der Waffenruhe: Was Ärzte aus Gaza berichten - hier anschauen
Der Krieg ist zurück im Gazastreifen. Nach einigen Wochen der Waffenruhe, gibt es nun wieder fast täglich neue Luftschläge des israelischen Militärs – mit hunderten Toten und Verletzten. Auch die wen...
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Insanity.
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PRIF @prif.org · 18/03/2025
Wie kann ein Blick in die Geschichte helfen, die regelbasierte Ordnung zu verteidigen? Auf dem #PRIFblog zeigt @chrismeth.bsky.social, wie das Völkerrecht besonders von kleineren Staaten aus Asien und Afrika verteidigt wurde – und was Europa jetzt daraus lernen kann. blog.prif.org/2025/03/18/f...
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Festhalten an der regelbasierten internationalen Ordnung: Wie Europa als Allianz kleiner Staaten gegenüber den Supermächten bestehen kann - PRIF BLOG
Wenn westliche Stimmen den russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 als Angriff auf die „regelbasierte“ oder „liberale“ internationale Ordnung beschrieben haben, schwang dabei stets mit, da...
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 19/03/2025
ICYMI:Trump has put a 90day hold on most US foreign aid, with devastating effects on a system built over decades for preventing famine. Result may be more & deadlier famines, greater impunity for parties using starvation as weapon of war @crisisgroup.org (2/28/25) www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
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U.S. Aid Cuts Make Famine More Likely and Easier to Hide | Crisis Group
The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famines, w...
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Alice Bota @alicebota.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Man kann Baerbocks Nominierung ja gern kritisieren. Aber so? Helga Schmid sei erfahrene Diplomatin - stimmt, und Baerbock ist Außenministerin. Baerbock sei ein „Auslaufmodell“ - Schmid ist 64, bald endet für gewöhnlich eine diplomatische Karriere. Kurzum: finde die Wortwahl ziemlich drüber.
Meldung zu Ch. Heusgen, der Baerbocks Nominierung für die UN-Generalversammlung scharf kritisiert und Baerbock als „Auslaufmodell“ bezeichnet.
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Gerade beginnt die zweit mündliche Verhandlung der Klimaklage #SaulvsRWE. Eine Entscheidung über die nächsten Schritte könnte schon heute fallen. Folgt @duycks.bsky.social für regelmäßige Updates aus der Verhandlung.
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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Die #Koalitionsverhandlungen fokussieren sich auf Deutschlands militärische „Hard Power“- zur Lasten der #Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Darin sehen nielskeijzer.bsky.social & Svea Koch einen strategischen Fehler der nächsten #Bundesregierung. 💡 Via @makronom.bsky.social: makronom.de/warum-die-na...
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Warum die nächste Bundesregierung auch Deutschlands Soft Power stärken sollte
Die Koalitionsverhandlungen konzentrieren sich auf Deutschlands militärische „Hard Power“ – und das wohl zur Lasten der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Damit würde die nächste Regierung aber einen strateg...
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Die 100 Milliarden Euro für den Klima- und Transformationsfonds klingen gewaltig. Doch im Schnitt sind das nur 8,3 Mrd. Euro mehr pro Jahr. 2025 und 2026 langt das nicht mal, um die bestehende Deckungslücke („globale Minderausgabe“) im KTF zu schließen. Mehr Infos (€): table.media/climate/anal...
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Klimafinanzierung: Warum die 100 KTF-Milliarden allein nicht reichen
Aus dem neuen Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur sollen 100 Milliarden für den Klimaschutz fließen. Was viel klingt, reicht dennoch nicht aus.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 17/03/2025
President Trump declared US broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among other government-funded broadcasters like Voice of America, “unnecessary” & ordered it “eliminated” @ambdanfried.bsky.social says the demand belies these outlets’ history of success: www.justsecurity.org/109219/us-go...
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The US Government’s Self-Harm in Killing RFE/RL
RFE/RL's decades-long record of success demands something other than summary termination based on unsupported accusations.
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
On 16 March 2022, the Mariupol Drama Theater was attacked. It served as a shelter for civilians from the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine & was clearly marked with the sign ‘CHILDREN’. The research group CST for has compiled an archive showing the attack's extent theater.spatialtech.info/en
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Mariupol Drama Theater. Spatial Archive
An archive dedicated to the study of the Russian air bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater. The Center for Spatial Technologies is collecting media materials about this crime and the history of the th...
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Dies Woche verhandelt das Oberlandesgericht Hamm die Klimaklage #SaulvsRWE. Kläger Saúl Luciano Lliuya kämpft dafür, dass große Emittenten wie der deutsche Konzern RWE Verantwortung für ihre Rolle in der Klimakrise übernehmen. Das Verfahren könnte zu einem weltweiten Präzedenzfall werden.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025
" ‘We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia’s fragile Tigray region." @apnews.com apnews.com/article/ethi...
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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region
Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025
Democracy dies in silence.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 15/03/2025
ICYMI: Parties in Germany agree on historic debt deal - The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing. DW www.dw.com/en/germany-p...
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Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal – DW – 03/14/2025
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.
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Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NEW | The outbreak of violence between competing factions in #Tigray, Ethiopia, risks escalating into another civil war. A renewed war in Tigray could cause a regional war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. 1/7
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
An important piece by two leading experts. Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s) By Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social) and Adam Cox (@adambcox.bsky.social)
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Explainer on First Amendment and Due Process Issues in Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Student Activist(s)
"Khalil’s case involves an assertion of government power over lawful permanent residents far beyond what we have seen in decades, if ever."
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 12/03/2025
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court is a historic step toward justice. This sends a message to human rights abusers everywhere that they could be held to account.
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Philippines: Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Georg Restle @georgrestle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Die „menschliche“ Migrationspolitik der SPD - und was nach den Sondierungsgesprächen mit der Union davon übrig geblieben ist.
Die SPD wollte eine menschliche Migrationspolitik. Bei den Sondierungen hat sich die Union allerdings in relevanten Punkten durchgesetzt: Beim Stopp des Familiennachzugs, bei Beendigung freiwilliger Aufnahmeprogramme bspw. Für afghanische Ortskräfte der Bundeswehr oder bei Abschiebungen nach Syrien und Afghanistan.
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Georg Restle @georgrestle.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"Die Streben nach Wahrheit ist wesentlicher Bestandteil moderner Gesellschaften. Wenn wir das zerstören, zerstören wir dieses Land. Der Rest der Welt sollte darüber sehr besorgt sein. Wenn sie das mit Klimawandel und Gesundheitswesen tun können, können sie es mit allem tun." youtu.be/48JpNm4Xqwg?...
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Flucht vor Trump: Exodus der Wissenschaft? - MONITOR
YouTube video by Monitor
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🗣 #Moldova is facing increasingly blatant Russian attempts aiming at destabilising the country, which shares a border with #Ukraine and wants to join the European Union by 2030, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/europe... #russia #france
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France's Macron says Moldova is facing blatant Russian destabilisation attempts
Moldova is facing increasingly blatant Russian attempts aiming at destabilising the country, which shares a border with Ukraine and wants to join the European Union by 2030, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 10/03/2025
Remarkable
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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Ja, wissen wir jetzt auch nicht, wer von beiden richtig liegt. Vielleicht mal Sandra Maischberger fragen:
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."
— Elon Musk
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
- Hannah Arendt
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 08/03/2025
This 👇
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PRIF @prif.org · 08/03/2025
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Clara Perras spoke to Ukrainian activist & researcher Olena Zinenko: What are the challenges for Ukrainian civil society in times of war? And are there feminist perspectives for peace? Read the interview on #PRIFblog. blog.prif.org/2025/03/08/o...
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On International Women’s Day: Feminist Peace Perspectives for Ukraine - PRIF BLOG
February 24 marked the third anniversary of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Various options for peace are being debated internationally, often without focusing on Ukrainian perspectives an...
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 07/03/2025
In case you haven't read it already...
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/03/2025
Hanuš Harzstark, 14 years old - one of an estimated 1.5 million children murdered in the Holocaust. Lest we forget.
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Dr. Thomas Reinhold / @cyberpeace1 @cyberpeace1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Scientific study from Polish university finds evidence for mobile GPS jammers on ships in the Baltic Sea gpspatron.com/gnss-interfe...
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GNSS Interference in the Baltic Sea: A Collaborative Study by GPSPATRON and Gdynia Maritime University | GPSPATRON.com
Discover the latest findings on GNSS interference in the Baltic Sea from a joint study by GPSPATRON and Gdynia Maritime University.
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Katharina König-Preuss @katharinakoenig.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Gestern Abend veröffentlichte @exifrecherche.bsky.social, dass es Verbindungen des Attentäters von #Mannheim in extrem rechte Szene -auch nach #Thüringen- gibt. Auf Foto ist nicht nur Täter bei rechtem Aufmarsch 2018 in Berlin zu sehen, sondern auch der Thüringer #AfD-MdL Wolfgang Lauerwald. #thread
Ein Bild des Aufmarsches 2018 in Berlin, zu sehen sind mehrere Personen der rechten Szene, u.a. mit Deutschland und schwarz-weiß-roten Fahnen. Neben dem mutmaßlichen Täter ist auf dem Bild auch der Landtagsabgeordnete der Thüringer AfD zu sehen.
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“A deal with the Trump administration that sidelines Ukraine would hasten both Russian short-term and long-term objectives while validating aggression as a legitimate strategy. If Putin emerges victorious…it will reshape global security in dangerous ways.” www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...
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Ukraine Without America
How Kyiv can persist in the face of a hostile Washington.
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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero" now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
NY Times : never in the history of the USA has an administration sided with the aggressor of an democratic country...until now www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before
Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 02/03/2025
ICYMI: "DefSec Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's 1st female chief, last week without any clear explanation - part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint Chiefs chairman, who is Black." @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
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PRIF @prif.org · 21/02/2025
Fast jeden Tag ein Femi(ni)zid in Deutschland. Das neue Gewalthilfegesetz verspricht Lösung – greift jedoch zu kurz und adressiert die Ursachen patriarchaler Gewalt nicht, argumentieren Irem Demirci & Helena Hirschler auf dem #PRIFblog. blog.prif.org/2025/02/21/m...
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Mehr Prävention gegen Femi(ni)zide: Warum das Gewalthilfegesetz zu kurz greift - PRIF BLOG
Der Anstieg geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt und die daraus resultierenden Debatten rücken zunehmend in den Fokus der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung. Fälle wie der Prozess um die Taten gegen Gisèle Pelicot, d...
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Madita Standke-Erdmann @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📰 new blog-Bundestagswahl 2025🚨 Was sagen die Wahlprogramme zum §218 StGB, Selbstbestimmungsgesetz und feministischer Außen- und Entwicklungspolitik in Zeiten von globalem Anti-Feminismus? @simonewisotzki.bsky.social und ich haben uns dazu @prif.org Gedanken gemacht. blog.prif.org/2025/02/17/d...
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Der Kampf um Körper und Identität: Rückschritte sind zu befürchten - PRIF BLOG
Das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung und Souveränität über den eigenen Körper und die eigene Identität bleiben auch im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025 ein umstrittenes Thema. Die Debatten stehen stellvertretend fü...
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PRIF @prif.org · 17/02/2025
Was sagen die Parteien zur #Bundestagswahl über Selbstbestimmung über den eigenen Körper und die eigene Identität? @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social und @simonewisotzki.bsky.social analysieren im #PRIFblog die Wahlprogramme und betten sie in globale Entwicklungen ein. ⬇️ blog.prif.org/2025/02/17/d...
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Der Kampf um Körper und Identität: Rückschritte sind zu befürchten - PRIF BLOG
Das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung und Souveränität über den eigenen Körper und die eigene Identität bleiben auch im Bundestagswahlkampf 2025 ein umstrittenes Thema. Die Debatten stehen stellvertretend fü...
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/02/2025
[1/3] The Trump Administration’s Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement by 16 US Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies www.justsecurity.org/107687/state...
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The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies
High-level US human rights experts express concern about the Trump administration's turn away from of international law and institutions.
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Italian authorities arrested a Libyan general wanted by the ICC. But instead of transferring him to The Hague, he was released. ECCHR's @chamelons.bsky.social analyzes on @justsecurity.org how the case impacts cooperation between States and the ICC. www.justsecurity.org/107175/italy...
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Italy, Libya, and the Failure of State Cooperation with the International Criminal Court in the Elmasry Arrest Case
The decision to release Osama Elmasry Njeem and fly him back to Libya immediately drew widespread outrage in Italy and beyond.
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