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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · 3d

Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 19h

Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.

The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 1d

For a discussion of some of the legal issues concerning classifying such executions as a war crime, here's a @opiniojuris.bsky.social post from 10 years ago.

opiniojuris.org/2015/11/09/g...

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 19h

Irrespective of what the ceasefire agreement states, Israel was and continues to be obliged to provide the required humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as the recognised occupying power.

The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 doesn't equivocate:

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 1d

For a discussion of some of the legal issues concerning classifying such executions as a war crime, here's a @opiniojuris.bsky.social post from 10 years ago.

opiniojuris.org/2015/11/09/g...

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 1d

"Hamas-led authorities said they executed three men accused of collaborating with Israel"

Extra-judicial executions of alleged collaborators have been documented by UN commissions of inquiry and fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Hamas deploys fighters as hostages released, in show of strength

Hamas deployed fighters in Gaza on Monday as a release of hostages seized in the October 7 attacks was under way, Reuters footage showed, in an apparent show of strength by the militant group which President Donald Trump says must disarm.

www.reuters.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 2d

"The conclusion of the trial is like a beam of light from another galaxy. In the twenty years since the ICC opened its investigation, no other culprit for the crimes in Darfur has been arrested. Kushayb faced justice only because he surrendered himself."

Alex de Waal on the latest ICC judgment

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

‘The Kushayb trial demonstrates that the ICC is scrupulous and just. The question is whether the governments that are members of the court, such as the UK and all European Union states, will rally to support it.’

Alex de Waal on the ICC’s Darfur judgment, from the blog
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Alex de Waal | At the ICC

Last Monday, three judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague delivered their verdict on Ali Abdelrahman...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 2d

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 2d

President Erskine Hamilton Childers looking remarkably like his father Robert Erskine Childers (executed 50 years prior to his son taking office) according to today's Irish Times website...

@irishtimes.com @erskinechilders.bsky.social @kevinrafter.bsky.social

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 3d

British forces using Republican prisoners as human shields in a modified armored car during the Irish war of independence (1919-21)

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 3d

Post-Srebrenica

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 3d

British forces using Republican prisoners as human shields in a modified armored car during the Irish war of independence (1919-21)

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 6d

"Yes, hope flickers for a moment but the exhaustion, the loss, and the fear will still sit deep inside."

Hani Askari, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Gaza ceasefire plan live: Israel says it is preparing to pull back troops; living hostages could be released within days

US president Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to ‘first phase’ of plan to pause fighting and release some hostages and prisoners

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 7d

"Yet no matter what Israel did to Palestinians, to Palestinian land, Palestinian homes or even to the schools and clinics funded by these very same diplomats, nothing would break their unshakable faith in the magic pill."

Diana Buttu

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu

For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · 8d

I spoke to The New Humanitarian about Gaza and the current moment in international law.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...

“The backlash of the powerful”: Two years of Israel’s war in Gaza and the crisis of international law

We spoke to legal expert Tom Dannenbaum about accountability efforts and how the US’ response is threatening to break the system of international law.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 9d

First conviction before the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur two decades ago.

Abd-Al-Rahman convicted on numerous counts, including attacks on civilians, pillage, torture, rape, and property destruction.

www.icc-cpi.int/news/trial-j...

Trial Judgment in Abd-Al-Rahman case on 6 October 2025 – Practical information

On 6 October 2025 at 14:00 (The Hague local time), Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court”) will deliver its judgment on conviction or acquittal in the case of The Pr...

www.icc-cpi.int

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 9d

The Academic Writing Centre new Opening Hours! Floor 2 the Library!

Uaireanta Oscailte Nua an Ionaid Scríbhneoireachta Acadúla! Urlár 2 sa Leabharlann!

#academicwriting
#scríbhneoireacht
#newterm
#téarmanua

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 9d

In 2005 the #UN Security Council referred the “Situation in #Darfur” to the #ICC.

Today, at 2pm 🇳🇱 time, after 3 years & 74 witnesses, the ICC’s only #Sudan trial will end.

Alleged #Janjaweed leader Abd-Al-Rahman will hear the judgement on his 31 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 12d

Ends with:
"I believe the idea that foreign investors would leave Ireland has been much exaggerated,” said @aliceeire.bsky.social, of jt committee on foreign affairs and trade, who backs inclusion of services. “What is the alternative? To reward profiteering in goods and services on stolen land?

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 12d

Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill being hollowed out at the behest of US and Irish business interests

Uninterrupted trade and investment being placed above compliance with international legal obligations and meaningful action to end atrocities in Palestine

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources

There is pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment.

www.reuters.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 11d

"According to residents, Israeli tanks bombarded Talateeni Street, a major artery in the heart of Gaza City, after Trump’s message to Israel to stop."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages

Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 11d

"Government officials are now poised to limit the scope of the legislation to goods only, catching a handful of products imported from Israeli-occupied territories such as fruit that are worth just 200,000 euros ($234,660.00) a year."

Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 12d

Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill being hollowed out at the behest of US and Irish business interests

Uninterrupted trade and investment being placed above compliance with international legal obligations and meaningful action to end atrocities in Palestine

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources

There is pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment.

www.reuters.com

Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 12d

Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill being hollowed out at the behest of US and Irish business interests

Uninterrupted trade and investment being placed above compliance with international legal obligations and meaningful action to end atrocities in Palestine

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources

There is pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment.

www.reuters.com

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 12d

Is briseadh mór croí dom an scéal a chloisteáil faoi bhás Mhanchán Magan ar maidin. Thug sé beocht agus brí nua don teanga trína chuid oibre ag léiriú gur lionsa eile í an Ghaeilge leis an domhan a fheiceáil agus a thuiscint.

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 12d

What a terrible loss.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55

Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

www.irishtimes.com

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