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teaches @MaynoothLaw┋ author 'Empire, Emergency & International Law' @CUP_Law┋ editor @TWAILReview┋ member @AcaForPalestine┋
Dec 27, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
The Israeli army's International Law Department now has 35+ full-time legal advisors and over 100 reservist legal advisors, and the best they've managed to come up with re Palestinian civilians being massacred in such insane numbers is, once again... jpost.com/israel-hamas-w…
Image ... that fighting against non-state forces in an urban environment is "incredibly complex" and a "new" scenario. That is, the exact same thing they said in 2021, 2014, 2009, 2002, 1982.. etc.
Dec 13, 2020 30 tweets 12 min read
I spoke with @aliceeire at the launch of this report in 2017 by the Comhlámh Trade Justice group. There are real and serious social implications of the CETA agreement for Ireland, Europe, Canada, and the global South The text of the CETA (EU-Canada “mega-regional” trade & investment) deal was agreed between the EU and Canada in 2016, but needs to be ratified by every EU member state to come fully into force. Only around half have done so far, partly because of mass activism across Europe