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Kate Ferguson

@WordsAreDeeds

Founding Director @IBVprev | Visting Research Fellow @KCL_CGS | Trustee @HMD_UK | Internationalist | #Yugogeek | #UKMAprev🕊

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linkhttps://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/architectures-of-violence/ calendar_today01-12-2011 21:51:53

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust(@HMD_UK) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is just one week until .

Visit our website to discover the different and meaningful ways you can get involved, including attending an HMD activity, watching the UK Ceremony: Curated Moments or joining the national moment.

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Sophie McNeill(@Sophiemcneill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Evidence points to systematic use of rape & sexual violence by Hamas in 7 October attacks

“UN independent experts said given the number of victims & the extensive premeditation and planning of the attacks... pointed to possible crimes against humanity”
theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

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Kate Ferguson(@WordsAreDeeds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is very sad news. One of his last - perhaps final - speech in parliament was during the debate he secured marking the 75th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights & the Genocide Convention. 🕊️

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Kate Ferguson(@WordsAreDeeds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*And UK stated commitments to international justice are further undermined by its dogwhistle talking points of ‘standing up to foreign courts’ in order to force through .

The ECHR does not belong to a foreign nation but is an international court, like the ICC & ICJ.

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The Elders(@TheElders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, comments on South Africa's case against Israel at the CIJ_ICJ:

'South Africa has shown moral leadership in bringing its application to the ICJ under the Genocide Convention, to protect the Palestinian people in Gaza. It is right and proper…

Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, comments on South Africa's case against Israel at the @CIJ_ICJ: 'South Africa has shown moral leadership in bringing its application to the ICJ under the Genocide Convention, to protect the Palestinian people in Gaza. It is right and proper…
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Rohan Talbot(@rohantalbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

That sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you wake up each morning and remember that it still hasn't stopped yet. 100 days tomorrow.

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UN News(@UN_News_Centre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's day 2 of the South Africa v. Israel hearings at the UN's top court CIJ_ICJ. Watch the Israeli legal team's response to accusations of genocide in Gaza.
LIVE from The Hague, 10:00 CET.
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k…

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Kate Ferguson(@WordsAreDeeds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘The urgency of this case is obvious. But its broader importance is to reinforce that the genocide convention is a matter for everyone. States have a responsibility not just to refrain from genocide, but to prevent it’👏

The Guardian view on the ICJ case theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Atrocities Watch Africa(@AfricaAW) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Fact-Finding Mission on invites individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation relevant to its mandate.
The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2024: ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/h…

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Ian Bancroft(@bancroftian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A powerful and timely piece given today's historic proceedings - 'Just a month after its 75th anniversary, the convention could be entering a new age of greater relevance' - Julian Borger for The Guardian. . theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

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Balkan TJ (BIRN)(@BIRN_BTJ) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Serb nationalist and pro-Moscow groups from Bosnia, Serbia, and Russia celebrated the controversial Day of Republika Srpska this week with fireworks, militaristic warnings, and slogans glorifying war criminals.

Read more 👇

balkaninsight.com/2024/01/11/rig…

Serb nationalist and pro-Moscow groups from Bosnia, Serbia, and Russia celebrated the controversial Day of Republika Srpska this week with fireworks, militaristic warnings, and slogans glorifying war criminals. Read more 👇 balkaninsight.com/2024/01/11/rig…
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Protection Approaches(@IBVprev) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to see IDC Chair Sarah Champion ensuring mass atrocity prevention is on the Foreign Secretary’s agenda.

As mass atrocities continue - from Syria, to Sudan and Gaza - the need to uphold our responsibility to protect people from these crimes has never been so immediate 🕊️

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