Canada must stop merely condemning atrocities & annexation efforts by Israel & start implementing actual consequences: sanctioning those responsible, supporting #ICC warrants for them, & making it clear to anyone in 🇨🇦 that owning settlement property is illegal www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Law not war. Belgium has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice alleging Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Belgium joins Ireland, Spain, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, & Colombia on the case. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202... #ICJ

This will only encourage more people to watch it, lol.

the days are getting longer the days are getting longer the days are getting longer

"Justice does not simply conclude. It evolves, lingers, droops, stoops, shoots, and takes new forms." Thoughtful and important post on the legacy and after-lives of international tribunals, by Maria Elander, Rachel Killean, & Mark Drumbl, at JiC: justiceinconflict.org/2025/12/22/a...

After the Trial Ends: Why Residual Mechanisms Deserve Our Attention The following is a guest-post on the afterlife of international criminal tribunals, written by Maria Elander, Rachel Killean and Mark Drumbl. Maria is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean, Research and Industry Engagement…

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand summoned Israel’s ambassador to explain why a delegation of Canadian members of Parliament was refused entry to the West Bank earlier this week. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Agreed: which is why their play is to not only attempt to destroy the #ICC but to coerce states into amending the Rome Statute in order to grant themselves impunity. They could not make themselves look more guilty.

Inordinate wealth is generated upon the slaughter and destruction of people around the world. We must find ways to displace greed and death in favour of value and life. Israeli arms companies’ revenues soared in 2024: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Another #ICC member-state calls out US sanctions against the Court. Meanwhile, Canada: 🦗 🦗 🦗

Good on Norway to only on express support for the #ICC, but name the US as the source of threats against the Court and rule of law 👇 That may seem obvious, but this isn't something Canada has done. Do we have the will and principles to do so, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?

"Gains are fragile, perilously so." He said 1.6 million people in Gaza, more than 75% of the population, are projected to face "extreme levels of acute food insecurity and critical malnutrition risks." - @antonioguterres www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea... #Gaza

This will be a big one. #ICJ #Genocide

The #ICJ will hear the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya from January 12-29, the first time the ICJ considers a genocide in a decade & one that will set precedents for South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Canadian authorities are busier than ever in identifying suspected perpetrators of international rimes. Yet Canada continues to deport perpetrators without any guarantee that they’ll be subsequently held accountable. My latest at JiC: justiceinconflict.org/2025/12/18/m... #cdnpoli

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged leaders to use €200 billion of frozen Russian assets but Belgium, where the vast bulk of the cash is held, demanded guarantees on sharing liability that proved too much for other countries.” www.bbc.com/news/article... #Ukraine

Very good to see this. Canadian leaders, like Ambassador Rae, should be able to call a spade a spade. It's low hanging fruit. This #ICC is a court we helped build & claim to support. Those under attack by Trump are good people and include our own citizens. With wings back, let it fly, Mr. Rae.

"We continue to express our concerns about deteriorating rights, freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong." G7 calls for Jimmy Lai’s release, increasing pressure on China www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #FreeJimmyLai

For too many, war and war crimes are lucrative. Addressing their greed can deter atrocities. Gold & oil are stoking Africa’s worst wars, report says: theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... For more, see my article Linking Transnational Organized & International Crimes: brill.com/view/journal...

Congratulations to my friend and human rights champion @alexneve.bsky.social on his appointment to members of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela! www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #HumanRights #Venezuela

Canadian authorities are busier than ever in identifying suspected perpetrators of international rimes. Yet Canada continues to deport perpetrators without any guarantee that they’ll be subsequently held accountable. My latest at JiC: justiceinconflict.org/2025/12/18/m... #cdnpoli

More of the same, or changes on the way? For the first time in a decade, the Canadian War Crimes Program sheds light on what it has been up to. People in Gaza flee ongoing violence (Photo: Reuters) Atrocities in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine raise a question: do people in countries far away, like…

Ru is like a mobster benefiting from habeas corpus and vigorously defending himself in court, while at the same time trying to bribe the prosecutors or whack the judge. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

"Take your anger and… just spread happiness and love and memory for my lovely niece. I hope maybe she's an angel now. Maybe she [will] send some good vibes to the world." 'Maybe she's an angel now' says aunt of 10-year-old Bondi victim www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Those sanctions are designed to attack our independence as judges, and we are not giving up our independence. As judges, we are more united than ever." Life as an ICC judge sanctioned by Trump: www.middleeasteye.net/news/life-ic... #ICC

"Every Russian war crime must have consequences for those who committed them. It’s not enough to force Russia into a deal. It’s not enough to make it stop killing. We must make Russia accept that there are rules in the world.” www.reuters.com/world/europe... #Ukraine

In response to the growing backlash against international LGBTQI+ rights and other aid donors' waning support, Norway is increasing its funding in this area. A good example for other countries, such as Canada, to follow. www.norad.no/en/news/news...

A group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first universal jurisdiction, criminal complaint against 40 Iranian officials alleging crimes against humanity: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... #Iran

👏 👏 👏 U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

“These are parliamentarians who were simply seeking to visit in a professional way, [and] denying their entry, with that objective in mind, is not in keeping with the bilateral relationship that we have shared w Israel over the course of a number of decades.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

"Canada shouldn’t be exporting war criminals. It should hold them to account. Doing so means using Canadian courts to address the suffering of others as an act of solidarity with those who flee atrocity for the safety and promise of Canada." My latest: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Good on them. Trans rights are human rights. Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

"An Israeli officer came up to me and he was yelling at my face and said, 'Go away,' and he pushed me. I took a step back into the wall and I said, 'Don't touch me, please.' And he said, 'I'll touch you as much as I want,' and he pushed me again." - 🇨🇦 MP www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/lib...

Perpetrators, apologists, and demagogues beware: the #ICC warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant aren't going away. ICC rejects Israeli bid to block #Gaza war crimes investigation: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

"There is no getting around the fact that a Canadian national-security strategy would have to be diametrically opposed to the Trump version." Canada should craft its own national-security policy: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli

The arrest of Sanna Manjang, a key player in Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship, may lead to a spectacular trial about crimes of the former hit squad, the Junglers. It also comes under the threat of Jammeh’s return to The Gambia. www.justiceinfo.net/en/153581-ga...

"Canada shouldn’t be exporting war criminals. It should hold them to account. Doing so means using Canadian courts to address the suffering of others as an act of solidarity with those who flee atrocity for the safety and promise of Canada." My latest: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

“Ottawa needs to put its money where its mouth is and use its courts to prosecute alleged war criminals.” For the first time in a decade, Canada’s War Crimes Program shares what it has been up to — my latest in the @theglobeandmail.com: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Apart from some right-wing states, 🇺🇸🇦🇷🇮🇱🇭🇺 & a few others, UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backs a resolution demanding that Israel open unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza, end attacks on UN facilities, & comply with international law. Canada voted in favour 🙏

"You can't blame somebody who doesn't know. But you can only blame somebody who knows and says nothing." They escaped war. Now, they’re fighting for Sudan from Saskatchewan www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #KeepEyesonSudan #skpoli

This.

“The fight for these children, for their safe return, for the punishment of their abusers, is something bigger than me…and the only weapon I have is international law.” A Ukrainian lawyer’s campaign to rescue the children stolen by Russia: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #Ukraine

Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering. Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed. At least two suspects are in custody.

On Friday, the UK sanctioned Rapid Support Forces commander Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris, also known as Abu Lulu. Bellingcat previously geolocated him in three videos filmed at the site of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Sudan. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Such a horrific act of hate and devastating anti-Semitic violence. The way forward, I hope, is love, and not more hate; respect for the lives and rights of all, and not only of some. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

A really important recap of this year’s ASP by the brilliant and consistent @markkersten.bsky.social, one that strikes a balance I have yet to find: the acknowledgement that we must save the ICC, but without naming the exact threat for what it is. I expected this year’s to be worse, tbh

"Lukashenko will not release people because he somehow became humane, he wants to sell people as expensive as possible.” www.bbc.com/news/article... #Belarus

In 2024, the UK government, likely via David Cameron, threatened to defund the #ICC and leave the Rome Statute if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, according to legal filings of the ICC Prosecutor: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec... #Gaza

"The Court is not blind to the political context or the human suffering behind many of our cases. The Court itself, in its judgments, takes note of these considerations. However, the decision is based on law." An interview with #ICJ President Judge Yuji Iwasawa: www.ejiltalk.org/the-court-is...