USA ๐บ๐ธ
(at 1:36:00)
"heartbroken and horrified" by Rafah attack
"do more to protect innocent Palestinian lives" and conduct an investigation
"Israel has a right to defend itself" but has "obligations to protect civilians"
"Israel must do more" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Sierra Leone ๐ธ๐ฑ
must "secure a ceasefire"
Rafah operation "exacerbated situation"
There are "breaches of IL" in Rafah
"condemns" Rafah attack. IHL must be complied. "Respect and protect civilians and civilian objects" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
"outraged" by the events. "condemn" Hamas' indiscriminate attacks. "strongly condemns" the Israeli strike in Rafah.
IHL requires parties to distinguish civilian/military objects; take precautions in attack
"opposition" to Rafah operation webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
France ๐ซ๐ท
"calls for a ceasefire" and expresses "opposition to Israeli operation in Rafah" - operation must end "without delay". Expresses "indignation" with Rafah attack. Israel must "immediately halt its military offensive". Condemns Oct 7 and rockets webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Russia ๐ท๐บ
"Bloody military operation of 7 months"
"Israel continues to indiscriminately bomb" Rafah despite the ICJ/UNSC
Rafah "condemned by absolute majority of intl community"
"we condemn" Rafah "war crimes". Israel must comply with IHL webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
"unimaginable suffering", "starvation and disease on the rise", "no safe space in Gaza".
"Opposes full scale military operation in Gaza"
Calls for ceasefire
(does not specifically refer to the May 26 attack)
Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
rejects military operations in Gaza
"our worst fears [re Rafah] have come true" due to the attack.
"Firmly condemns the strike on displaced persons in Rafah"
Rafah strike not an isolated event. Violations not being investigated webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Ecuador ๐ช๐จ
"Images [from Rafah attack] are difficult to forget", "time to put an end to the cycle of violence" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Guyana ๐ฌ๐พ
"Displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents were set on fire after Israeli airstrikes"
"there is no safe place in Gaza". Calls for swift independent int'l investigation.
"no justification for killing of innocent civilians" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท
"Israel claims that the killing of dozens of civilians in tents ... was a tragic mistake, but when such instances are repeated again and again... it would be difficult to regard them as just mistakes" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
UK ๐ฌ๐ง
"appalled by the deeply distressing scenes emerging from Rafah following Israeli airstrikes"
"call on Israel to launch swift comprehensive and transparent investigation"
"do not support" military operation in Rafah without a humanitarian plan webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ
"Haunting images from Gaza flood our screens"
"If they don't steer the spirit of humanity in all of us then words will be useless"
Israel "continues to cover up murders and commit what they say are tragic mistakes" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Mozambique ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Resulting global outrage and condemnation [of Rafah attack] further enhances Israel's int'l isolation.
"condemn Rafah operation"
Israeli offensive "blatant violation of all laws of war" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Palestine ๐ต๐ธ
instead of halting its offensive Israel "has bombed people it has displaced". It is unbearable "to hold a beheaded child in your arms". "Unbearable human suffering". "There is no red line imposed by legality that Israel has not crossed" webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Rafah attack was a "precise strike", done with "extensive verification to avoid civilian casualties". "Fire broke out due to secondary explosions from terror munitions". "It is Hamas who must be held accountable". webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
UAE ๐ฆ๐ช
(on behalf of Arab Group)
The Rafah attacks are "unspeakable" and require "special condemnation". "The heinous massacre ... is merely the latest episode in this series of systematic war crimes against Palestinian people". Israel has defied IL webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/kโฆ
France ๐ซ๐ท
(Already summarised this one above, but putting it here since it is easier to access than finding it in a 2 hour long live feed of the UNSC meeting)
I agree, we do not do enough to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan. So, let's see what is it we do thus far, so that we can understand what "too little" means, shall we? ๐งต
The Taliban have been subjected to sanctions for their treatment of Afghan women since 1999, through UNSC Resolution 1267.
In 2011, this sanctions regime was divided in two by UNSC Resolutions 1988 and 1989, so that it could cover both the Taliban and al-Qaida. The first of these created a Sanctions Committee so that sanctions could be properly updated
Stares in...
- Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
- Pablo Gonzรกlez Casanova's Sociologรญa de la Explotaciรณn (1969)
- Edward Said's Zionism from the Perspective of its Victims (1979)
- Anรญbal Quijano's Colonialidad y Racionalidad/Modernidad (1991)
AND SO MANY OTHERS
Um... no. The whole point of the emergence of coloniality as a concept was that it is a set of relations, not a specific political process. You don't need "European settlers claiming res nullius" to establish a colonial relation. That just happens to be common in history.
The conclusion here would be that the Spanish colonial empire would not be colonial because Spaniards also "co-existed" (massive quotation marks there) with the indigenous people of the Americas
Judge Sebutindeโs Dissent has resurrected old claims that Israel is entitled to all of Palestinian Territory under the doctrine of uti possidetis juris. While this has encouraged many anti-Palestinian-rights actors, the argument remains as unconvincing as ever ๐งต
Uti Possidetis is a doctrine that originates in the early 1800s during the independentist processes in Latin America, whose leaders used this Roman law concept to claim that colonial internal borders would continue after independence as the intโl borders of the new Latin states
In simple terms, therefore, the doctrine holds that the territory of the Viceroyalty of Peru is the same as the territory of the (now independent) Republic of Peru. Its a simple and intuitive way to solve the uncertainty of the transition to independence
From reading the Separate Opinions, it seems that except for Judge Sebutinde, the Court did not have many profound disagreements. This is important considering prior experience with the Court (remember Comma-Gate). Here, things seemed pretty straght-forward. Some thoughts ๐งต
Abraham (๐ซ๐ท), Tomka (๐ธ๐ฐ) and Aurescu (๐ท๐ด) disagreed with the majority that the occupation could become illegal as a whole. They rather believed that Israel was doing illegal things in the context of an otherwise normal occupation
In a very radical and divergent position, Sebutinde (๐บ๐ฌ) does not seem to believe that the OPT is occupied at all but that is rather simply a disputed territory. At several points she talks of an "alleged occupation" or territory "considered occupied"
"yeah yeah but it doesn't matter anyway"
Sure, this Opinion will not stop Israel in Gaza. But there's some things you should consider before dismissing this historic Opinion... ๐งต
This case was never meant to be a reaction to Gaza. It began in Jan. 2023 as part of a broader effort to use the law in defence of Palestinian rights. It is meant to help increase the tools at the disposal of Palestinians. In this regard, it has been extremely successful
The ICJ, the highest tribunal on intl law, has essentially confirmed that Israel is an apartheid state, that it must dismantle all settlements and that it must allow the return of those Palestinians it displaced. This alone is huge but not because of what it can accomplish today