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"The bottom line: there is no legal basis for targeting the drugs, the boats carrying them, or the people on board. That is true under the law that applies (international human rights law) and under the law that does not apply (the law of armed conflict)."

The Just Security 2025 Year-End Book Recommendations Just Security editors recommend books they read this year, including those that illuminated world issues and brought joy into their 2025.

(1/3) It’s time for one of our favorite annual traditions, end-of-year book recommendations from the Just Security community!

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"Two survivors, shirtless, clung to the hull, tried unsuccessfully to flip it back over, then climbed on it and slipped off into the water, over and over."

"Then Adm. Frank M. Bradley ... gave an order for a follow-up strike. Three flashes of light filled the video screen. And the men were gone."

Not the fog of war because not a war.

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India demands installation of government app on all smartphones Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping

India demands installation of government app on all smartphones

“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”

We're hosting two webinars on Thursday! Join AJIL Board member @jorgecontesse.bsky.social, with Ingrid Brunk and @monicahakimi.bsky.social, as he analyzes how Latin America views the second Trump administration.

Register here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Experts explain what the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime.

Pleased to speak with Ben Finley of @apnews.com about the law and the latest developments with the administration's maritime killing spree and be quoted alongside @mikeschmitt.bsky.social.

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"A Historian in Gaza (Hurst) is an unflinching eyewitness account of the destruction wreaked by Israel, with Anglo-American support."

"That protesting Britain’s complicity in these crimes can get you arrested is a reminder that liberal democracies are not always liberal."

White House Defends Hegseth Over Strike on Alleged Drug Boat That Killed Survivors An admiral who ordered the strike acted under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s authority, the White House press secretary said.

Spoke with @wsj.com about how the reported facts of the September 2nd maritime attack appear to be unlawful even under the Trump administration’s own (bogus) legal construct and DoD’s own longstanding legal positions.

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H.E. Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the ICC, delivers her remarks at #ASP24

Today, nine elected officials have been designated for sanctions, along with terrorists and drug traffickers. Court officials have been been subject to criminal investigations and arrested in absentia.

Jack Goldsmith was head of the Office of Legal Counsel under George W Bush.

ICC 'in limbo' as chief prosecutor's fate uncertain ahead of member states assembly UN inquiry into allegations against Karim Khan missed October submission date with no explanation as key annual meeting by International Criminal Court's governing body due to begin

Important @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social article by Sondos Asem on the current investigation at the #ICC. Extensive quotes from @ezejim.bsky.social and @sevslv.bsky.social. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-lim...

Five-byline alert: 🚨

“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Breaking Ranks: Inside the Israeli Army is free to watch on YouTube.

An important film.

Shout out to @itamann.bsky.social for the legal perspective.

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America Unbound in the Caribbean The real costs of Washington’s use of force.

The Trump administration’s lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific “suggest that the U.S. executive holds a license to kill—one that could potentially be wielded within U.S. borders,” writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social.

I’ll note that it is striking how anemic the scholarly support has been for the lawfulness of the boat strikes.

Of former USG natsec lawyers who know what they’re talking about, none have publicly defended the killing spree at sea.

Deadly Israeli strikes continue in Lebanon nearly a year since ceasefire began Next week marks one year since the ceasefire that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon. During that time, fighting on the ground has continued. Just this week, Israel launched strikes in southern...

Dust, fire & death: the daily reality for Lebanese. In the year since a so-called ceasefire was signed to end the Israel-Lebanon war, Israel has violated the ceasefire 10,000 times. As strike victims try to heal, bombs continue to fall. Our @newshour.bsky.social story: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.

Opinion | I’m in Venezuela. This Is the True Cost of Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy.

From my @crisisgroup.org colleague Phil Gunson.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Trump nods just a bit ...

All in the game

Trump looks with great fondness upon Mamdani

You can’t tell me that Don Jr and Eric won’t flinch a little on seeing this footage and learning their father is in fact capable of such unaffected fondness.

well, id like to see ol Zohlo Mamdani charm his way out of THIS trap!

*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*

ah. well. nevertheless,

Trump was *this* close to joining DSA ...

My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.

Last month, Germany filed preliminary objections in the case brought by Nicaragua alleging that Germany failed to prevent genocide or ensure respect for IHL in Gaza.

The ICJ should reject Germany's objections and decide the case on its merits.

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