Israel dice que solo mata a terroristas y que los civiles muertos son “daños colaterales”. Los médicos piensan distinto: “Hay que apuntar muy bien para disparar a alguien y darle en la cabeza”, explica una doctora frente a niños tiroteados en el cráneo elpais.com/internacional/…

PRESS RELEASE: South Africa submits an urgent request for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of previous provisional measures indicated by the #ICJ in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel tinyurl.com/3bphwf3p

I give you ✨The International Community✨
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Constitutional Court of Ecuador strikes down decree declaring a state of emergency due to an internal armed conflict for lack of justification.
Court considers that current constitutional regulations gives government enough tools to address violence and crime in the country.

APUO Statement on the Right to Protest on Campus
apuo.ca/statement-on-t…

Ha sido un placer moderar este panel sobre mecanismos no judiciales en materia de empresas y derechos humanos con apreciad@s colegas Flor Wegher Osci Denisse Cufré 🐘 bhre.social/@dencufre Salvador Herencia-Carrasco Katerina Yiannibas y gracias a Daniel Iglesias Márquez y Estrella del Valle Calzada por todo su trabajo

🔴 URGENTE. La Asamblea General adopta una resolución que otorga a #Palestina más derechos de participación en la ONU y pide al Consejo de Seguridad que reconsidere su membresía plena

A favor: 143
En contra: 9
Abstenciones: 25

🚨Conferencia El desafío en el acceso a la justicia en la construcción de normas globales sobre
empresas y derechos humanos. A cargo de Humberto Cantú Rivera
Más tarde también intervienen Sebastian Smart Denisse Cufré 🐘 bhre.social/@dencufre Flor Wegher Osci Katerina Yiannibas Salvador Herencia-Carrasco Laura Íñigo Àlex MU
Enlace 👇👇👇

Civilians in #Gaza are being starved and killed, and we are prevented from helping them.
 
This is Gaza today, even after 7 months of horrors.

Firmemos esta petición para inmediata activación de la Carta Democrática Interamericana.
Sumemos esfuerzos ciudadanos, es AHORA.

Defendamos Democracia Peruana: Activemos Carta Democrática Interamericana ¡Firma la petición! chng.it/rfVrkkZ44f a través de @ChangeorgLatino

Today, I got the wonderful news that another student of my course on the Inter-American Human Rights System, offered by Droit Civil uOttawa and uOttawa CREDP, was admitted to the Law school of UOttawa.
I'm proud to see students achieving their goals and getting ready to make a stand.

This paper has some significant methodological flaws and at least one significant finding. It is though, at present, probably mis-titled for reasons the authors themselves explain. There is also a mis-match between project design and methods. Yale Journal of International Law 1/

I see there has been an 'empirical' study of 'international law scholarship' by 'very famous'™️legal scholars based on metadata from a for-profit academic database. I haven't read the study is this not just reflective of the Eurocentrism of legal academy?

#IHL : Important CfP from the ICRC review, focusing on gender, sexuality and armed conflict.
Review accepts proposals in English, French, Spanish and other languages. Deadline: 27 June.
Thanks Mariana Salazar Albornoz for sharing. FYI uOttawa CREDP, Canadian Red Cross.

Rest in Peace to these two ambitious ‘projects’:

i) Responsibility to Protect #R2P : you were too ambitious and ambiguous anyway!

ii) Humanitarian Intervention: you lacked a legal basis anyway!

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El silencio de la CPI, frente a lo que está ocurriendo en la ciudad de Rafah, ya no parece cautela sino displicencia.
Nadie les obligó a candidatearse de juezas, jueces y fiscales de la CPI. Cumplan con su mandato, independientemente de las presiones.

Today I got the news that another student of the Human Rights Clinic uOttawa CREDP, who worked with us on the Business and Human Rights project, got admitted to the Law School of our university.
I was humbled that she chose to highlight her time at the Clinic on her application.

Peru: Fujimori is asking for a pension as former President. However, a law he enacted in 1995 prohibits him from accessing such benefit. He was accused by Congress and later convicted for gross violations of human rights.
He currently owes the state USD $15 million in reparations

We regret cabinet decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel. A free & independent media is essential to ensuring transparency & accountability. Now, even more so given tight restrictions on reporting from Gaza. Freedom of expression is a key human right. We urge govt to overturn ban

Happy May 4th to the nerdy academics who celebrate