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Dr Melanie O'Brien

Mar 2 • 4 tweets • 5 min read

A few other #peace & #security #intlaw situations going on in the world that have slipped off the radar because of #Ukraine....

#UNSC imposed an arms embargo on #Yemen's Iran-aligned #Houthis. #UAE was accused of 'making a deal w/the devil' to secure #Russia's vote. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

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@RapporteurUn released report naming #Russia, #China, #Serbia as supplying arms to the #Myanmar #Tatmadaw, & called for states to comply with #UNGA res asking states not to supply arms to Tatamadaw. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Gunmen killed 9 #polio #vaccination workers in #Afghanistan, which has led to the suspension of the vaccine program in 2 provinces. #healthcare reuters.com/article/afghan…

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If you are a student & would like a reference from one of your professors 🧵:
1. ASK THEM FIRST if they are will & able to do it. Do not assume.

2. Send them an email w/request. Remind them of who you are (what did you study under that professor).

3. Provide them w/main details about the job you are applying for. They need to know this to decide if they think you really are right for that job, & what kind of content to put in the reference.

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Sep 9, 2021

Let's discuss the absurdity of #academia promotions. I'm going to do a thread of every level of 'approval' required for someone to get a promotion in #academia, just to point out how ridiculous & burdensome the process is.

But first, before the approvals, an extensive application must be written, that takes hrs & hrs of an academic's time. After that, it gets sent off for the first approval...

Approval 1: the head of school or dept. This is not a mere 'signing off'- the HoS/D must also complete an extensive amount of the form, incl apparently knowing all of the candidate's publication stats (thus, this ends up being done by the candidate anyway).

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Dec 11, 2019

Day 2 #Gambia v #Myanmar #ICJ begins, w/#ASSK up first. She declares #genocide is a crime, applied by #ICTR to #Rwanda but not to #Kosovo or #Croatia by #ICTY or #ICJ, because of a lack of dolus specialis.

Gambia has put fwd 'Incomplete & misleading factual picture'. Situation in #Rahkine is 'complex & not easy to fathom'. (same rhetoric as we have heard for years)

Complexities go back for yrs. Claims conflict btwn Arakan Army w/5000 fighters & the #Myanmar Army, w/Arakan Army seeking independence. The conflict has led to displacement & security measures such as curfew & checkpoints, applied to all regardless of background.

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