Sam P-F
@smhwpf.bsky.social
Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade @caatuk.bsky.social. Leftist, Sci-fi/fantasy fan. Dundee-based, Londoner at heart. He/him.
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Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
Excellent explainer by the inimitable @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, and @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
Totally misleading headline. The collective leadership model they voted for is the one Zarah Sultana was pushing for (though not Corbyn). Whatever you think of YP, and they have clearly made a total pig's ear of things, this is simply misleading reporting
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Totally misleading headline. The collective leadership model they voted for is the one Zarah Sultana was pushing for (though not Corbyn). Whatever you think of YP, and they have clearly made a total pig's ear of things, this is simply misleading reporting