@zs-d-r.bsky.social
Int’l law, law of int’l orgs incl law of int’l civil service, UN law; (socio-cultural) genocide; PhD (Leiden); independent researcher.
En wéér beslist het Westen wat goed is voor de Palestijnen.
https://rightsforum.org/trumps-plan-voor-gaza-een-recept-voor-het-voortzetten-van-de-genocide
Het plan van de Amerikaanse president Trump en de Israëlische premier Netanyahu voor ‘vrede in Gaza’, is niets minder dan een neokoloniaal project. ‘Dat dit in 2025 wordt verkocht als vredesplan, is een voorbeeld van macht boven recht.’ rightsforum.org/trumps-plan-...
01.10.2025 16:52 — 👍 29 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 2Trump's 20-point plan for 'peace' is a call for Palestinian surrender - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trumps-20-point-plan-peace-call-palestinian-surrender
01.10.2025 10:44 — 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0A corporate occupation: Trump's plan is no guarantee the Gaza hell will end - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/corporate-occupation-trump-plan-no-guarantee-gaza-hell-end
30.09.2025 18:04 — 👍 11 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0Trump-Netanyahu deal: A new recipe for Palestinian subjugation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trump-netanyahu-deal-new-recipe-palestinian-subjugation
01.10.2025 05:00 — 👍 19 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 3EU fordert das US-Einreiseverbot für Abbas zu kippen #Abbas #Palästinenser #Nahost
30.08.2025 17:41 — 👍 23 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 0De motie die oproept tot de ‘totale vernietiging’ van Hamas is in de praktijk een oproep tot voltooiing van de Israëlische genocide op de Palestijnen. De VVD hielp de motie aan een meerderheid. https://rightsforum.org/rechtse-partijen-roepen-feitelijk-op-tot-vernietiging-van-gaza/
26.08.2025 14:15 — 👍 49 🔁 31 💬 6 📌 2Israël negeert de VN. Daarom moet Nederland Israël dwingen de bezetting van Palestina te beëindigen. The Rights Forum bereidt een campagne voor waarbij zich al bijna 10.000 Nederlanders hebben aangesloten
18.08.2025 13:46 — 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0De bezetting van Palestina moet stoppen. Dat is ook de eis van het Internationaal Gerechtshof en de Verenigde Naties. Toch gaat Nederland door met (wapen)handel en diplomatieke steun aan Israël. Word mede-eiser van het einde van de bezetting op stopdebezetting.org
11.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 109 🔁 66 💬 3 📌 3Plastic pollution poses a grave threat to both human and planetary health.
A legally binding UN treaty on the production and disposal of plastics would be a historic step forward. States must act decisively to overcome divisions and secure an effective treaty to end plastic pollution.
Israel Heightens Its Social Media Campaign to Counter Global Outrage Over Gaza passblue.com/2025/08/13/i...
13.08.2025 20:19 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1... - a measure intended to influence the SR in the conduct of her professional activities, hence directed against her independence as a UN expert - is a form of immunity necessary for the independent exercise of the functions of an expert on mission, safeguarded under Section 22 of the Convention.
12.07.2025 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0... the Status, Basic Rights and Duties of Officials other than Secretariat Officials, and Experts on Mission. Should the SG assert her immunity and demand the US to discontintue violation thereof, the central issue is likely to concern the question whether protection against asset freeze ...
12.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0... Of course, SR Albanese is must "immediately report the matter to the Secretary-General, who alone may decide whether such privileges and immunities exist and whether they shall be waived, in accordance with the relevant instruments" as per Regulation 1(e) of the Regulations Governing ...
12.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0… It should also be noted that so far, only the UN High Commissioner for HR appears to have protested the US conduct re SR Albanese, while it is for the UNSG (or the OLA on his behalf) to formally assert the immunity of UN experts on mission (including special rapporteurs). ...
12.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0UN urged to take legal action at ICJ to uphold Francesca Albanese’s immunity - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-urged-take-legal-action-icj-defend-francesca-albaneses-diplomatic-immunity
11.07.2025 16:37 — 👍 148 🔁 52 💬 8 📌 4… So far, the two relevant precedents (regarding the P&I of ECOSOC SRs Mazilu and Cumaraswamy) have been requested by ECOSOC (under Art 65 ICJ Statute and Sect 30 CPIUN, respectively). …
12.07.2025 18:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0… Here, the General Assembly would be the organ competent to request an advisory opinion (SR Albanese being appointed by the Human Rights Council, an UNGA subsidiary organ). This is bad news, as the Assembly appears to be significantly less inclined to request such opinions than ECOSOC. …
12.07.2025 18:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0… Significantly, Section 30 uses the imperative ‘shall’ (rather than ‘may’), so there is an obligation to submit such disputes to the ICJ, though this admittedly often enough does not happen (e.g. as with IRMCT Judge Akay).
12.07.2025 18:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0… disputes covered by Section 30 of the Convention. So the ICJ may have jurisdiction here. However, Section 30 CPIUN requires that there is a dispute (‘difference’). A relevant difference most likely exists (or will crystallize) between the US and the UN (rather than a specific UN member state). …
12.07.2025 18:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0“The ICJ, the UN's highest court, does not have jurisdiction over the US in contentious inter-state disputes without its consent.”
This is correct, but when becoming a party to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the UN, the US has consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over …
Hot on the heels of the advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 3 July confirming obligations on states, the International Court of Justice #ICJ Advisory Opinion #AO on #climatechange to be delivered on 23 July. One to watch!
08.07.2025 07:37 — 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders.
09.07.2025 04:30 — 👍 166 🔁 37 💬 8 📌 6Voor informatie over de Toekomststoel zie 👇
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Klimaatsenioren verliezen hoop in Shell en nemen cadeau terug
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Thank you! Pity about this one, but I will keep an eye out for your posts concerning upcomjng online events.
18.06.2025 21:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England
17.06.2025 06:11 — 👍 146 🔁 94 💬 38 📌 95Is it possible to follow this event online?
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