Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
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Empowering civilians to monitor and document violations of their rights and seek justice and accountability.
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20 years after 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by US Marines in Haditha, new blog post by Alannah Travers remembers the victims and reflects both on the need for justice and to address the dynamics that enabled the atrocity, as well as on how new tech risks deepening patterns of dehumanisation.
Twenty years after the Haditha massacre, why are militaries no more accountable?
On the twentieth anniversary of the Haditha massacre, justice for the victims is still out of reach. The way wars are fought may be changing, but the evasion of accountability remains a defining featu...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
20 years after 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by US Marines in Haditha, new blog post by Alannah Travers remembers the victims and reflects both on the need for justice and to address the dynamics that enabled the atrocity, as well as on how new tech risks deepening patterns of dehumanisation.
Afghan Inquiry publishes redacted evidence from closed hearings in 2024 involving former Special Forces members, after refusing the MoD’s request to delay release.
Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.
Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.
Special Forces heads suppressed SAS war crime evidence, inquiry hears
An officer tells the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan UK Special Forces leadership was
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December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Afghan Inquiry publishes redacted evidence from closed hearings in 2024 involving former Special Forces members, after refusing the MoD’s request to delay release.
Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.
Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.
Can civil justice, operational learning and civilian agency help close the IHL enforcement gap?
Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm.
Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm.
Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
Upholding humanity: The role of redress in preventing and responding to civilian harm | International Review of the Red Cross | Cambridge Core
Upholding humanity: The role of redress in preventing and responding to civilian harm
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November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Can civil justice, operational learning and civilian agency help close the IHL enforcement gap?
Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm.
Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm.
Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
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A new report by @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social finds the UK is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm during future UK military operations.
Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm.
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Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm.
airwars.org/civilian-har...
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A new report by @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social finds the UK is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm during future UK military operations.
Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm.
airwars.org/civilian-har...
Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm.
airwars.org/civilian-har...
OUT NOW: Our new report finds UK defence is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm from UK military operations.
Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...
Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
OUT NOW: Our new report finds UK defence is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm from UK military operations.
Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...
Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...
We've joined almost 300 organisations to express our support for the ECHR 🔽
75 years since the European Convention on Human Rights was signed, it’s still protecting us all.
That’s why almost 300 organisations are calling on our government and politicians to REJECT the harmful claim that human rights aren’t in the public interest.
#echr #humanrights
That’s why almost 300 organisations are calling on our government and politicians to REJECT the harmful claim that human rights aren’t in the public interest.
#echr #humanrights
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We've joined almost 300 organisations to express our support for the ECHR 🔽
How can the UK prepare to protect civilians from its military actions in a volatile world?
Join us this Wednesday for the launch of our new report.
▶️ QUB Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @airwars.bsky.social
Join us this Wednesday for the launch of our new report.
▶️ QUB Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @airwars.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
How can the UK prepare to protect civilians from its military actions in a volatile world?
Join us this Wednesday for the launch of our new report.
▶️ QUB Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @airwars.bsky.social
Join us this Wednesday for the launch of our new report.
▶️ QUB Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @airwars.bsky.social
Join us as we launch our latest report for a discussion at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how the UK can prepare to protect civilians from its own actions in a volatile world.
▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Join us as we launch our latest report for a discussion at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how the UK can prepare to protect civilians from its own actions in a volatile world.
▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm
RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS
We join survivors and survivor-led organisations in calling for the UNSG to list the Russian state actors responsible for well-documented patterns of sexual violence in his Annual Report.
ASP joins 26 other organisations to urge the Secretary General of the UN to list Russian state actors in the annex of the forthcoming Annual Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.
🔗Read the full letter: allsurvivorsproject.org/urgent-call-...
🔗Read the full letter: allsurvivorsproject.org/urgent-call-...
Urgent Call for the Listing the Russian Federation in the Annex to the Annual Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
ASP joins 26 other organisations to urge the Secretary General of the UN to list Russian state actors in the annex of the forthcoming Annual Report […]
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October 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We join survivors and survivor-led organisations in calling for the UNSG to list the Russian state actors responsible for well-documented patterns of sexual violence in his Annual Report.
With civilians in #Ukraine facing renewed attacks and peace talks still uncertain, how can the UK ensure its support is truly victim-centred? New blog post by Samantha Perren out now: www.ceasefire.org/how-can-the-...
How can the UK support victim-centred responses to civilian harm in Ukraine? - The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
While the possibility of peace negotiations remains uncertain, Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine continues, with Ukrainian civilians coming under renewed attack. Civilians harmed by the conflict have a ...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
With civilians in #Ukraine facing renewed attacks and peace talks still uncertain, how can the UK ensure its support is truly victim-centred? New blog post by Samantha Perren out now: www.ceasefire.org/how-can-the-...
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Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.
Reparations are a right.
As the EU considers using seized Russian assets for a reparations loan to Ukraine, GSF and allies urge that at least 2% be allocated to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and other human rights violations.
Read the full call to action here: www.globalsurvivorsfund.org/latest/artic...
Read the full call to action here: www.globalsurvivorsfund.org/latest/artic...
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.
Reparations are a right.
Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.
Reparations are a right.
As the EU considers using seized Russian assets for a reparations loan to Ukraine, GSF and allies urge that at least 2% be allocated to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and other human rights violations.
Read the full call to action here: www.globalsurvivorsfund.org/latest/artic...
Read the full call to action here: www.globalsurvivorsfund.org/latest/artic...
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.
Reparations are a right.
As RSF attacks on Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher intensify, Yousif Mohamed argues that remote and civilian-led monitoring and documentation efforts should be supported and used to guide policy responses.
New blog post out now:
New blog post out now:
In the absence of witness: Why remote and civilian-led documentation of atrocity violence in Sudan must be supported by international actors
by Yousif Mohamed - Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year, has torn the country apart. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by foreign powers and ...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As RSF attacks on Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher intensify, Yousif Mohamed argues that remote and civilian-led monitoring and documentation efforts should be supported and used to guide policy responses.
New blog post out now:
New blog post out now:
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On another unspeakably grim day for Palestinians in Gaza, I talked to @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social about starvation as a war crime.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On another unspeakably grim day for Palestinians in Gaza, I talked to @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social about starvation as a war crime.
mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qDghRd...
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We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new #CivilianRights blog – a platform centring the rights, perspectives and lived realities of civilians affected by conflict.
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Blog - The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Blog Search Our blog aims to provide an inclusive platform for commentary and analysis which centres the rights, perspectives and lived realities of civilians affected by conflict. Posts reflect the v...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new #CivilianRights blog – a platform centring the rights, perspectives and lived realities of civilians affected by conflict.
www.ceasefire.org/blog/
www.ceasefire.org/blog/
“I do not see why Parliament was not read in to the situation… so they could exercise that oversight and scrutiny”
Mike Martin MP says the Afghan data leak + superinjunction expose a wider MoD culture of cover-up. Without democratic scrutiny, accountability suffers. Afghanistan is a case in point.
Mike Martin MP says the Afghan data leak + superinjunction expose a wider MoD culture of cover-up. Without democratic scrutiny, accountability suffers. Afghanistan is a case in point.
July 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“I do not see why Parliament was not read in to the situation… so they could exercise that oversight and scrutiny”
Mike Martin MP says the Afghan data leak + superinjunction expose a wider MoD culture of cover-up. Without democratic scrutiny, accountability suffers. Afghanistan is a case in point.
Mike Martin MP says the Afghan data leak + superinjunction expose a wider MoD culture of cover-up. Without democratic scrutiny, accountability suffers. Afghanistan is a case in point.
Our partner, Volodymyr Shcherbachenko, speaking to Times Radio: "I do believe in justice... It's a huge amount of money, frozen russian assets, they are available, and this money can be used for #reparations for civilians."
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
#Ukraine
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
#Ukraine
Putin’s frozen assets could be used as reparations for Ukraine
YouTube video by Times Radio
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July 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our partner, Volodymyr Shcherbachenko, speaking to Times Radio: "I do believe in justice... It's a huge amount of money, frozen russian assets, they are available, and this money can be used for #reparations for civilians."
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
#Ukraine
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
#Ukraine
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“The UK must approach Ukraine reparations not as a distant post-conflict project, but as a current and urgent imperative.”
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
July 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The UK must approach Ukraine reparations not as a distant post-conflict project, but as a current and urgent imperative.”
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
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Thank you to @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social for hosting yesterday's event on how the UK can support reparations for Ukraine.
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
July 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thank you to @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social for hosting yesterday's event on how the UK can support reparations for Ukraine.
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
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Transparency on official legal advice is essential to democratic control of war powers, as recommended in recent report from @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
Here: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers urged to publish legal advice on UK involvement in Israel-Iran war
Calls follow news that attorney general advised government to limit its involvement to defending allies
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June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Transparency on official legal advice is essential to democratic control of war powers, as recommended in recent report from @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
Here: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
As speculation rises about the UK’s potential involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, one thing is clear: Parliament should have the power to say no.
Read our report on war powers reform: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
Read our report on war powers reform: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
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June 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As speculation rises about the UK’s potential involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, one thing is clear: Parliament should have the power to say no.
Read our report on war powers reform: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
Read our report on war powers reform: bit.ly/4lc4MHI
SAVE THE DATE – 7 July, 17.00, House of Commons
Join us in marking the UK launch of our recent report with an expert panel to discuss how the UK can support reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine.
Chaired by Alex Sobel MP and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-th...
Join us in marking the UK launch of our recent report with an expert panel to discuss how the UK can support reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine.
Chaired by Alex Sobel MP and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-th...
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
SAVE THE DATE – 7 July, 17.00, House of Commons
Join us in marking the UK launch of our recent report with an expert panel to discuss how the UK can support reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine.
Chaired by Alex Sobel MP and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-th...
Join us in marking the UK launch of our recent report with an expert panel to discuss how the UK can support reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine.
Chaired by Alex Sobel MP and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP
RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-th...
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Does the law of targeting require objective or subjective tests to determine state responsibility for violations?
Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians.
My latest, forthcoming in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social :
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians.
My latest, forthcoming in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social :
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Objective and subjective tests for determining violations of the law of targeting: the unreasonable commander and the guilty mind
In the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel has acknowledged that its attacks caused civilian casualties but has defended conduct as lawful on the basis that such casu
papers.ssrn.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Does the law of targeting require objective or subjective tests to determine state responsibility for violations?
Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians.
My latest, forthcoming in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social :
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians.
My latest, forthcoming in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social :
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
1/2 What does today's #StrategicDefenceReview mean for civilians? Increased military capability can bring increased risks. It’s vital that #CivilianRights, protection and accountability are at the heart of defence policy, ensuring that the UK upholds its responsibilities under international law.
June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/2 What does today's #StrategicDefenceReview mean for civilians? Increased military capability can bring increased risks. It’s vital that #CivilianRights, protection and accountability are at the heart of defence policy, ensuring that the UK upholds its responsibilities under international law.
Amid a surge in grave violations against children in conflict, we call on #UNSG António Guterres to publish a complete list of perpetrators in his 2025 Children and Armed Conflict report. #CAAC #CivilianRights
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Amid rising child casualties, Ceasefire joins call for UN to publish a complete list of perpetrators in its 2025 Children and Armed Conflict report
Ahead of the publication of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights has signed a joint letter, published to...
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May 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Amid a surge in grave violations against children in conflict, we call on #UNSG António Guterres to publish a complete list of perpetrators in his 2025 Children and Armed Conflict report. #CAAC #CivilianRights
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