Abhimanyu George Jain

Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention Good faith interpretation means reading GC IV in a way that realizes its object and purpose - to protect human beings in times of war.

📜 “It is possible to protect civilians in war.”

After five years of research and consultations, the @icrc.org has released the updated Commentary on GC IV, the cornerstone of civilian protection in armed conflict and occupation.

Read more → bit.ly/4ovsaSf
#IHL #GenevaConventions

Shout out to the members of the project team: Heleen Hiemstra, Yvette Issar, Kubo Macak, Mikhail Orkin, @epolicinski.bsky.social and @mpollard.bsky.social

Protecting civilians in good faith: the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention Good faith interpretation means reading GC IV in a way that realizes its object and purpose - to protect human beings in times of war.

@jhenckaertsicrc.bsky.social, the head of the project, has a great post introducing the commentary here: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

Very happy to share the @icrc.org updated commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in war is now out. The commentary is available for free online - ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat....

The essay is a part of a fantastic review symposium on international law and technology, curated by @dimitrivdm.bsky.social. The symposium includes several other amazing review essays, and I’m thrilled to have been a part of this project.

…to review Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi’s wonderful book ‘Drones and International Law’. I hope you’ll read the review essay and strongly recommend that you read the book!

In/visibilities Abstract. In Drones and International Law, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi describes and explains how drones, war and law interact with and shape each other in the

My essay ‘In/visibilities’ is now up on the website of the European Journal of International Law. This essay draws on insights relating to technological agency, legal indeterminacy and the construction of transnational terrorist threats…

academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

My "An International Law of the Emotions", forthcoming in the Cambridge History of International Law, has now been posted on @ssrn.bsky.social.

This one took some time. Please let me know what you think. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Informal portrait of ICRC staff responsible for the updated commentary to the Geneva Conventions, and members of the Editorial Committee.

Another successful Editorial Committee meeting this week in Geneva, discussing draft commentaries on the Fourth Geneva Convention for the updated ICRC commentary. We expect online publication in 2025. Existing commentaries available here: ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
#IHL #IntLaw #ICRC

Here is a preliminary, still rudimentary starter pack on sovereign debt—very much open to any suggestions you may have for expanding it!

Starting over with a starter pack of people who work at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), particularly but not exclusively on international humanitarian law ( #IHL ).

(My earlier 'IHL & humanitarians' pack was becoming a challenge to manage, sorry!)

A niche starter pack in the making. Hit me up with any suggestions & requests.

go.bsky.app/RqAEVau

At @mhproulx.bsky.social's request: voici the official @bsky.app ICL (adjacent) starter pack. Become one of us 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️
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I created a starter pack go.bsky.app/9mPfGRg

As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️

go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2

OK so I made a thing but can't figure out an easy way to remember all the people so if you identify as a jurisprudence person let me know and I'll add you
go.bsky.app/9AjCmGf

I also saw this one, there must be some overlap
go.bsky.app/RvMAF5K

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Work in progress

I have started building a stater pack for history of colonialism and imperialism

go.bsky.app/TDMSz4Y

Here is a rapidly growing starter pack with political theorists and philosophers. Please share it widely and send me a message if you want to be added to the list!!🌻 go.bsky.app/4uqLbgZ

Here's a Critical AI starter pack. I didn't see one so I made it! Likely to be missing people so please suggest folks, yourself included! go.bsky.app/UPULf1S