Jessica Benton

Scholasticide in Gaza: A Need for Recognition of Systematic Educational Destruction as Genocidal [Kate May is an LLM international human rights law and practice student at the University of York] As Palestinian scholar Nabulsi warned over ten years ago, “Israel is seeking to annihilate an educ…

Scholasticide in Gaza: A Need for Recognition of Systematic Educational Destruction as Genocidal

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A screenshot of The Guardian’s homepage. It says: Middle East Crisis Live. There is a photo of a woman holding a severely emaciated child.

In 2025, you can watch a genocide live. It’s entirely right the media should report on Israel’s mass murder of Palestinians but “live feeds” sums up the horror: the world watches fellow human beings starve as those with power do nothing.

Care Homes were put under 'intense pressure' to 'make their contribution' by admitting covid-positive patients from the NHS.

Important evidence today at the Covid Inquiry from Cathie Williams on behalf of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.

Today I was told that if I can’t at least cook simple meals for myself I should be institutionalized.

That people on disability should not be allowed to access “luxuries” like food delivery services because they’re unhealthy and expensive.

This is eugenics. 🧵

Feeding oneself is literal survival

Steve and Mandy walking on beach

Councillor Steve Darling MP with a guide dog shaking the hand of a small child.

Steve with Harbourmaster

#DisabilityPrideMonth spotlight: Councillor Steve Darling MP used his lived experience to transform council culture in Torbay. By working with Disabled colleagues, they reduced barriers for staff & councillors.

Read the full case study:
www.local.gov.uk/case-studies...

Am I now arriving at the fabled part of the PhD where it seems you can’t do anything right? 😭 but I keep pressing on bc I’ve fought so hard to get here even if ppl don’t see it. Your reminder that disabled #PhD are probably grappling with more than you see. For me that’s trauma, finance and health

I’m proud to have contributed to this zine particularly drawing on resistance to eugenics and eugenics itself as a tool for suppressing dissent. My contributions focus on hidden history of disabled persons resistance against Nazis & how eugenics was (is) used to suppress black resistance in the US

#Disability Day of Mourning remembers disabled people murdered by caregivers. But, all too often that caregiver is the state. If we sanitise murders by individuals as a ‘mercy’ how can we prosecute state officials for facilitating murder of disabled people? ICL scholars should think of that #PhD

Disabled people should not be obligated to make our expressions of our oppression ‘nice’ or palatable to those oppressing or upholding the power to oppress #PhD #LocalGov #DisabilityRights

My experience in developing and facilitating training is growing; from local government to volunteering to tutoring. I hope to create something unique; knowledge and training on how disabled people’s organisations and disabled public servants can harness and shape international criminal justice.

That intl criminal justice has not been part of this yet is symptomatic of the exclusion of disabled people from this vital system, both in practice and in academia. It has to end and I’ll find a way to make it so we aren’t ignored by making the field face itself and empowering people with knowledge

International criminal justice can and should be part of the conversation around the democide of disabled in the UK. Cuts bringing about our deaths are shown to be used to fund genocide of Palestinians. The UN has called out the UK yet again for policies which may cause death and suffering +

Love to disabled people today.

Whatever happens, whatever our Democidal MPs vote... We won't give up fighting for the basic rights and support everyone deserves

Vital listening as the gov now prepares to go after disabled children’s rights to education next

The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa: Gabon/Equatorial Guinea at the ICJ Introduction On 19 May 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered judgment in Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea). The Court relied on a...

The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa: Gabon/Equatorial Guinea at the ICJ | by Christopher Nyinevi and Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew

I love this! Especially that idea that intl law is ours to seize and create. If that’s to happen however, academia must own up that knowledge to the public and make our work and ideas accessible

The rules-based order died in Gaza. Will international law live? Distorted in service of Western power, the rules-based order is dead. Rescuing an international law we can believe in is now up to us, says Alonso Gurmendi.

great piece by @alonso-gd.bsky.social

www.newarab.com/opinion/rule...

#BinUCBill Template Letter to MP's DO NOT EDIT THIS DOCUMENT DIRECTLY! How to use this document: Copy and paste the text below into a new document. Then input your info into the below fields. You can send the entire email, or you can ...

📅Tomorrow is the final vote of the Government's disastrous Universal Credit Bill

Crips Against Cuts have created this MP email template - let's flood their inboxes and do everything in our power to make this vote fail tomorrow! #BinUCBill

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I know everyone is exhausted, but if you can possibly bear it, please pop on this link, copy and paste the email, and get it sent to your MP today.

There’s a link here + MP address:

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#BinUCBill

Fascism returned with a red tie

star trek and disability, contribution deadline closing soon

Closing soon! Looking for contributions to Star Trek & Disability part 2, only 120-350 words. Please reach out if interested.

Think I’m just gonna embrace the chaotic energy that comes from me crashing out so hard over years I decided to do a PhD and move away from everyone I know about it. Politics/Law PhDers we need to start meeting chaos with chaos

GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to star…

If this was speech about any other demographic there’s be outrage and posts everywhere including from intl law and human rights academia. Do disabled people not matter?

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/gb-news-says...

For sure! I’d love to get coffee with you when you can

This what I mean when I say crime against humanity and democide

Spiritual hug for you, I know how stressful that is (and how much graduate loan systems can screw around). I know it’s not much but I’d be happy to lend an ear if you ever need 🙂

The COVID pandemic’s forgotten legacy: a rising tide of disability While political debate intensifies over rising DWP welfare costs, a quieter crisis grows in plain sight after the COVID pandemic

The COVID pandemic’s forgotten legacy: a rising tide of disability

While political debate intensifies over DWP welfare costs, a quieter crisis grows in plain sight after the COVID pandemic
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No democide, no genocide

Thanks that’s good to know! Even if there’s an online option I just want to put myself out there to ICL peers more, and even affording PhD study and living as a disabled person can be an expensive business

Rachel Reeves crying is not the story.

Bob Vylan is not the story.

Spray Paint on RAF planes is not the story.

The story is the continued democide of disabled people in the UK which is also being used to fund and arm genocide of Palestinians.