All of this is in the context that the current government is trying to pass a law which would make prosecuting war crimes of more than 5 years old much more difficult - see my podcast with @davidallengreen and @SonyaSceats anchor.fm/better-human/e…
In short, investigation closed as ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate where state authorities have genuinely been willing to carry out relevant investigations and/or prosecutions and decisions not to prosecute were not because state was unwilling...
BUT still plenty of troubling reading in this report:

"preliminary examination has found that there is a reasonable basis to believe that various forms of abuse were committed by members of UK armed forces against Iraqi civilians in detention"...
"Nor is it controversial to conclude that the initial response of the British Army in theatre at the time of the alleged offences was inadequate and vitiated by a lack of a genuine effort to carry out relevant investigations independently or impartial"
And this shocker
All of this is in the context that the current government is trying to pass a law which would make prosecuting war crimes of more than 5 years old much more difficult - see my podcast with @davidallengreen and @SonyaSceats anchor.fm/better-human/e…
The first tweet of the thread copied the last one for some reason! Rather than doing it all again, this is about an important new @IntlCrimCourt report on possible war crimes by UK troops in Iraq 2003 icc-cpi.int/itemsDocuments…

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14 Dec
A year ago, the idea that you could close every restaurant, café and pub in the capital without a Parliamentary vote or even a debate would have been unthinkable. Today we have allowed government by executive decree and it now seems normal. Covid lawmaking has corroded democracy
To explain: since March, the government has used the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 to pass lockdown laws - over 60 (I have listed them here docs.google.com/document/d/1ne…). ImageImageImageImage
The lockdown laws have imposed stringent restrictions on movement, freedom of association, family life, religion etc. But each and every lockdown law passed has used the super emergency procedure which allows the government to pass them without a parliamentary vote for 28 days
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11 Dec
I have been a consistent critic of the way the government has enacted Covid regulations but the analogy to Nazi Germany is (as it often is) wrong, an over-exaggeration and undermines the civil liberties arguments about lockdown regulations.
I too am troubled by aspects of the courts' approach - particularly allowing the govt to wriggle away from challenges because they have enacted new regulations. But parliament is now given a vote on all major regulations....
There has been at least one successful challenge to Covid regulations (bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…). We have a functioning but flawed democratic process including Parliamentary committees and votes.
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11 Dec
I am told that this “legal advice“ has been handed out to thousands of people in the ultra orthodox Jewish community. It should not be followed. It is riddled with errors. It will lead people to getting £10,000 fines and worse
I will explain the problems with it later as I am about to go into a meeting but if people from the ultra orthodox community want to email me I should be able to provide help without charge
I don't really know where to start with this. A few big things:
- The advice on "gatherings/simchas" is wrong as it doesn't mention a key requirement which is that in all Tiers guests are not permitted to mingle (Tier 1 groups of 6 and Tiers 2 and 3 not at all).
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10 Dec
I'm so proud of the @EachOtherUk team for producing their first full length (45 min) documentary on a vital human rights issue: school exclusions.

Exclusions raise profound human rights issues, little talked about

Watch Exclusion now & spread the word:
A project which gets to the heart of what @EachOtherUk is doing, great for #HumanRightsDay:
- Foregrounds voices of those whose human rights are affected (the entire 45 mins is young people's voices)
- Engages with wider human rights values & campaigns
Huge props to @sarahwishart @jack_satchell and the team
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10 Dec
It’s doughnut time!*

First night of the Jewish festival@of #Chanukah is tonight

Chanukah is a festival of freedom so appropriate it starts on #HumanRightsDay this year

*Doughnuts pictured at Daniels in Temple Fortune
I queued for 20 minutes for those by the way
Don’t @ me about the coffee icing
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10 Dec
Today is #HumanRightsDay - the 72nd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

It’s been a tough year everywhere but I believe that if we focus on dignity, liberty and equality our societies will do better even against the worst threats
What is the Universal Declaration if Human Rights (video from 3 years ago)
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