Returning to this story 4 years after our first podcast on the issue. As countries gather in #Vienna for #HumanityattheCrossroads conference, I discover that the tech has developed...alarmingly. Thanks so much to The GCSP & Stop Killer Robots for their thoughts.

Tuesday pm #GlobalNewsPod 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h… featuring Imogen Foulkes and Yolande Knell on Israel/Gaza; Reha रेहा on the death of #NikaShakarami ; Shingai Nyoka on the #Zig ; will ross on death of #AbuHuzeifa in Mali;

I remember that speech. Heard it at uni, it spoke to me as first girl in my family to go. Brilliant then and brilliant now. We need more of that inspiration and dedication now.

My final report to the United Nations António Guterres on the neutrality of United NationsRWA is public.

It contains 50 recommendations across 8 critical areas.

Implementing these recommendations will help UNRWA fulfil its mandate and restore confidence when needed 👇
bit.ly/3U3Bj6S

Report says Israel has not provided evidence of widespread militancy among UNRWA staff washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

I welcome the findings & recommendations of the independent review led by Catherine Colonna of the UNRWA adherence to the humanitarian principle of neutrality.

Safeguarding the Agency’s neutrality is central to our ability to continue delivering lifesaving aid in #Gaza + education &…

Sigh. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

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Super important verdict coming up in less than a month, on 15 May 2024, in #Switzerland in the trial of Ousman Sonko, the highest-ranking official ever to be tried in Europe on the basis of #UniversalJurisdiction
#Gambia #CrimesAgainstHumanity

To avert imminent famine, and further preventable deaths, we need a quantum leap in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
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Humanitarian agencies, led by UNRWA, must be able to move food & other supplies safely & via all possible routes & crossings, into & throughout Gaza.

This thread. ‘ Es steht also auch für Europa viel auf dem Spiel. Für die UkrainerInnen steht alles auf dem Spiel’. Keep that thought in mind.

Truth

Thirty years since the #rwandangenocide . Why couldn't we stop it? And what have we learned, if anything, since? A real honour to talk to #R2P negotiator Gareth Evans, former #UN humanitarian coordinator Charles Petrie, and MSF International 's Christopher Stokes.

Here we go. I’m in Amman now. Jordan just closed their airspace. Iranian attacks on Israel have begun. Netanyahu acted incredibly recklessly and Iran took the bait. Zero adults in the room and the entire region now at risk.

Interesting thread on #Georgia & proposed 'foreign agents law'. Are #Russia 's neighbours reflecting on Putin's re-election & possible advances in #Ukraine & nervously wondering which way to jump?

⚖️In a landmark ruling the ECtHR clearly establishes states' obligations to protect #HumanRights in relation to #ClimateChange , & Switzerland's failure to comply w its duties in this regard

The verdict opens up all Council of Europe members to similar cases in their nat'l courts

Landmark case, power to women, and especially to those who have been around the block a few times. #Switzerland #climate ECHR CEDH theguardian.com/environment/20…

Something truly herstoric is to happen here at the ECHR CEDH

Want to know what it's like for humanitarians on the ground in #Gaza ? Listen to @https://twitter.com/krsb74 of the World Health Organization (WHO). Want to know the risks & challenges for human rights defenders? Listen to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Sara Ibrahim Abdelgalil, Phil Lynch ISHR - an honour to talk to them.

Famine – even in northern #Gaza – could still be averted. We need:

🔴 An immediate stop to the fighting
🔴 Full access for aid organizations to reach the entire civilian population

A declaration of #famine means it’s too late. We must act now to save thousands of lives.

“I carry the voices of the vast majority of the world who have seen enough.” António Guterres on #Gaza theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…