Great turnout for today’s lunchtime seminar @uniofgalwayichr.bsky.social by Dr Paul Bradfield speaking on representing victims in the Kony proceedings before the International Criminal Court @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social

US Secretary of State Rubio called the court "a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare" against the United States and Israel. The inevitable risk of pursuing accountability against an ally of the most powerful of non-States parties. The alternative was equally risky.

Amnesty International's new report on corporate complicity in int'l crimes in Palestine includes an incredible response from Airbnb on rentals in unlawful settlements Essentially: "don't worry, bookings are down, and in any event, we donate any profits to charity" www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Tribute to Professor Conor from the Irish Centre for Human Rights @uniofgalwayichr.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social ichrgalway.org/2025/09/15/p...

Amnesty International's new report on corporate complicity in int'l crimes in Palestine includes an incredible response from Airbnb on rentals in unlawful settlements Essentially: "don't worry, bookings are down, and in any event, we donate any profits to charity" www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

“ISRAEL HAS KILLED the equivalent of a classroom of 28 children in Gaza every day since October 2023”. An appalling statistic. And a searing indictment of the UN Security Council and the European Union - on account of their most powerful members - for refusing to act.

“ISRAEL HAS KILLED the equivalent of a classroom of 28 children in Gaza every day since October 2023”. An appalling statistic. And a searing indictment of the UN Security Council and the European Union - on account of their most powerful members - for refusing to act.

"an organisation’s values are not just what is officially written. They are the universal values of human rights and sport as set against community expectations. Given Irish society’s views on Palestine it is hard to see how any case for continuing with the sponsorship can be currently justified".

📣 Our new symposium, #KnowledgeUnderOccupation: Academic Freedom and #Palestine on the Global Stage, is finally online! Throughout this week and the next, #Ö brings together diverse voices reflecting on how #AcademicFreedom is increasingly restricted: voelkerrechtsblog.org/introducing-...

I can't begin to describe to you the suffering my family in Gaza is going through right now and I am a writer. Words fail me completely, there's no description. I just gasp and hope that you don't forget my words. Keep thinking of this post even when you forget us.

Professor Shane Darcy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights spoke to RTÉ’s News at One about how an independent UN commission reached its conclusion that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

The analysis by the UN Commission of Inquiry is painstaking and at times painful: "seven girls had had their legs amputated without anaesthesia" "Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers" "An increase in miscarriages of up to three hundred percent has been reported"

As U.S. President Donald Trump ratchets up pressure on the International Criminal Court, staff responsible for investigating the world’s worst crimes are finding ways to work around U.S. sanctions of the kind more usually imposed on officials from autocratic regimes.

Spoke on RTÉ radio ‘News at one’ today on the UN Commission of Inquiry report on genocide in Gaza. @rteradio1.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social You can listen back here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The analysis by the UN Commission of Inquiry is painstaking and at times painful: "seven girls had had their legs amputated without anaesthesia" "Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers" "An increase in miscarriages of up to three hundred percent has been reported"

Odd framing of this article by the @thejournal.ie which works to undermine by the work of the Commission of Inquiry. Sure, it doesn't speak on behalf of the UN - neither does the International Court of Justice - and it has faced Israeli criticism - as has *every* Commission, UN expert and the ICJ

The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry concludes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The most significant finding of a UN body to date on genocide against the Palestinians. Full text of the report is here: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

The Representative Office of Ireland in Palestine now accepting applications for the Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme for the academic year 2026-2027 30 full scholarships for one-year Master’s-level programmes in Ireland. Deadline is 5 October 2025. See: www.ireland.ie/en/ramallah/...

Great episode on the Kony in absentia proceedings at the International Criminal Court from @asymmetricalh.bsky.social

By mid-October 2023, several Global South states were using the language of genocide in relation to Gaza. Heads of the Arab League and African Union warned that Israel's planned ground invasion “could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions”. justiceinconflict.org/2023/10/16/t...

“People do it for a reason. It’s horrible what’s happening currently and I think those protesting do so here, because they need a forum to be heard.” Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the Vuelta, and the protests which disrupted several stages of the race. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

“People do it for a reason. It’s horrible what’s happening currently and I think those protesting do so here, because they need a forum to be heard.” Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the Vuelta, and the protests which disrupted several stages of the race. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Great episode on the Kony in absentia proceedings at the International Criminal Court from @asymmetricalh.bsky.social

By mid-October 2023, several Global South states were using the language of genocide in relation to Gaza. Heads of the Arab League and African Union warned that Israel's planned ground invasion “could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions”. justiceinconflict.org/2023/10/16/t...

Tomorrow, more than 53 years after Bloody Sunday, former paratrooper Soldier F goes on trial for two murders & five attempted murders that day. @humanrightsfirst.org www.derrydaily.net/2025/09/14/b...

Israeli military commanders openly speak of not being constrained by legal advice That the role of legal advisers is to defend Israel's actions in Gaza to the outside world using international law They are "rubber stamps", as @michaelsfard.bsky.social put it www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

A lovely tribute from Áras an Uachtaráin to mark Professor Conor Gearty's passing: president.ie/en/media-lib...

Curious if anyone knows which country was responsible for the recent strikes on Qatar? No mention in the UN Security Council press statement that was issued...

Awful to hear the very sad news of the passing of Prof Conor Gearty. www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/profess...

The real life impact of racism and othering rhetoric

Four EU countries have now banned the import of goods from unlawful Israeli settlements. Totally undermining the claim made for years by Ireland that EU law was on obstacle to passing the Occupied Territories Bill. Complying with the ICJ advisory opinion requires it. And considerably more.

Four EU countries have now banned the import of goods from unlawful Israeli settlements. Totally undermining the claim made for years by Ireland that EU law was on obstacle to passing the Occupied Territories Bill. Complying with the ICJ advisory opinion requires it. And considerably more.

Webinar on corporate accountability taking place tomorrow at 17:00 Irish time. Hear from those at the frontlines of accountability efforts for international crimes perpetrated in Gaza. And me. Still time to register 👇👇👇

A family from Gaza "torn apart in a few hours by men who grew up in Naperville, Illinois and Munich, Germany." The United States and Germany can and have prosecuted crimes committed in conflicts overseas (Syria, Iraq, Liberia etc.). Gaza should be next. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This isn't "just" Shaheds on Poland It's jamming v/d Leyen and German general's planes It's bombing the EU HQ in Kyiv It's bombing Ukr civilians every day and night with 800+ drones and missiles AND THIS IS JUST LAST WEEK.

That's dire. UTV Live the source of this picture from Lough Neagh.

University of Galway launches digital archive of Long Kesh journals www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new... @araireland.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social

“Most of us were so infected by the sense of our own superiority over these ‘lesser breeds’ that we scarcely regarded these people as human.” The Black and Tans applied similar repressive measures that they had used in Ireland when sent to Palestine. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Looking forward to participating in this week's webinar with colleagues from @icjpalestine.com @hindrajabfoundation.be, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Law for Palestine. Registration is open here: t.co/Z5z8bYShH6

Looking forward to participating in this week's webinar with colleagues from @icjpalestine.com @hindrajabfoundation.be, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Law for Palestine. Registration is open here: t.co/Z5z8bYShH6

This is both profoundly stupid, and profoundly dangerous

Cauvery is one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and I hate that she has to write this. We need leadership and firm action now before the very worst of us succeed in dragging us all down with them

“Most of us were so infected by the sense of our own superiority over these ‘lesser breeds’ that we scarcely regarded these people as human.” The Black and Tans applied similar repressive measures that they had used in Ireland when sent to Palestine. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The Irish Times provides a breakdown of the €3.8 billion imports from Israel to Ireland in 2024. Can the Irish government possibly show that such a significant volume of imports - second only to the US - does not contribute to funding genocide in Gaza and the unlawful occupation of the West Bank?

‘Why us?’ ask last Catholic family in Belfast housing development plagued by intimidation

If true, this means that Russian authorities will have written records of the political views and activities of these asylum seekers on their return to Russia. Yet we all know what Putin's regime does to dissident. Some of these people will likely die in some penal colony in Siberia

“The European Union can do far more than any other grouping by suspending the pillar of preferential trade for Israel under the EU-Israel Association Agreement". Mary Robinson, former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...