This is driven by an absence of legal accountability for attacks on civilians, aid workers and journalists in both Lebanon and Gaza.

Syria’s revolution was first crushed, and then misread. @qunfuz.bsky.social reviews five recent books that show how elites, ideologues and foreign observers alike failed to see the people at its heart

Join us on April 8 at 9am ET for The Global Future of Civilian Protection: Learning from the Gaza Genocide, an event presented in collaboration with @crsyork.bsky.social and the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Learn more and register to attend here: go.yorku.ca/8april2026

How #AI shapes modern war is not just a technological choice—it is an institutional one. Chris Rogers on how U.S. leadership can articulate a vision of military AI that treats civilian protection, legality, and accountability as core design objectives: www.justsecurity.org/134321/iran-...

NSW police can learn from the example set by police in Queensland to prevent a repeat of Monday’s violence. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/was-the...

“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.” Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

What can we realistically expect from international courts during an ongoing armed conflict? Do they help or hinder efforts for peace? As part of the End of War Symposium, read more from Nienke Grossman here: www.justsecurity.org/129275/legit... #EndofWar #InternationalCourts #armedconflict

$1.5 billion for a seat: Is Trump's new Board of Peace an 'irreparable' threat?

Military Force Will Not Help the People of Iran By @dassakaye.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/129024/milit...

Allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza is not a favor: It is an obligation under international law. Today, more than ever, Palestinians need more services—not less @msf.ca

After mass violence such as the Bondi beach terror attack, distress does not stop with those directly affected.

What does #famine look like? People in Al‑Fashir ground oilseed cake to survive, hospitals reduced to dressing wounds with mosquito nets, starvation replaced markets and kitchens. It’s a powerful reminder: famine isn’t an abstraction. Read more here: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/voices-...

With several ANU colleagues who have shared their thoughts on Gaza in the media, join Annabel Dulhunty, Ian Parmeter and Amra Lee as they discuss the role of academics and academia in addressing global conflicts. Learn more: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/when-h...

A possible armed conflict in the Asia-Pacific would be unprecedented in scale and intensity. As military prep gains momentum, a commensurate effort to limit the likelihood and severity of civilian harm is essential, writes Jenny McAvoy: www.justsecurity.org/124864/mitig... #AsiaPacific

Sudan expels food aid officials when 24 million people are facing acute food insecurity. www.bbc.com/news/article...

For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on. This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline. www.972mag.com/the-genocide...

#Sudan: MSF fears large numbers of people remain trapped in grave danger in #ElFasher, blocked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from reaching safer areas after they and their allies seized control of the city this week. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-de...

Aid workers are dying at greater numbers than ever. A new declaration is a start – now it must lead to great protection on the ground.

NEW: Ten years after the Islamic State group executed Khaled al-Asaad, the “father of Palmyra,” his family recalls the man who gave his life to protect Syria’s greatest archaeological treasure. Cian Ward reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sy...

💯 clearer laws would help but also need to address strategies and tactics that misrepresent factual reporting as biased and lcontroversial

80 years ago the UN was created as a guardrail against catastrophe, but now mediation has slipped into transactional deals and performative ceasefires. Read more about how the UN could again become politically couragous and create meaningful peace: dialogueinitiatives.org/can-the-un-r...

My full statement on the Gaza Famine :

Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians Classified intelligence from May reveals Israel believed it had killed ~8,900 militants in Gaza, indicating a proportion of civilian slaughter with few parallels in modern warfare. www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...

Amra Lee (@civilianprotection.bsky.social), PhD Scholar in our Dept. of IR, explains why airdrops are dangerous, inefficient & a distraction from what is needed to prevent mass starvation in Gaza. 🎧ABC Listen: quicklink.anu.edu.au/csx9 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

“What is unfolding is not complicated. It is not inevitable. It is the result of deliberate political choices by those who create these conditions….International law cannot be a tool of convenience for some if it is to be a viable tool of protection for all.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

observer.co.uk/news/opinion... @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social

"We can't say we didn't know", @civilianprotection.bsky.social PhD Scholar from our Department of International Relations, writes for @aunz.theconversation.com

We hold all parties to the standards of international law. We don’t have to choose – and we must not choose – between ending the starvation of civilians in #Gaza and demanding the unconditional release of hostages. My remarks at Security Council:

Honest question for the historians of empires: is the end always this stupid or are we breaking new ground here?

Israeli international law experts: plans to “concentrate” Gazans in the south “manifestly illegal”, would amount to grave international crimes

Some good news - helped rescue 🦭an injured Sub-Antarctic fur seal at the Bluff 🦭 yesterday. Thanks to Melbourne Zoo's Marine Response Unit for removing the rope it was tangled in.

This week’s IHSA blog 👇🏽 While the IASC principals decide the terms of the humanitarian reset – there are urgent calls for greater collective action to prevent further atrocity crimes and centre Gazans’ experiences in discussions on the humanitarian system’s future. Read more: bit.ly/IHSA2025-21

Amra Lee, Bell School PhD Scholar, writes for The Conversation. Read the article: theconversation.com/israels-new-...

Enough. We demand rapid, safe, and unimpeded access to starving civilians in Gaza. We have a plan. We have thousands of trucks of food at the border. Let us in. Let us work. bit.ly/3S7M0oo

One day everyone will have always been against this but the question is what are you doing now?

It is unconscionable and unfathomable that life saving aid continues to be denied to the people of Gaza. Image: Oliver Jeffers

Australia's role in a shifting world order: stepping up to protect civilians and international law @aiianational.bsky.social article with @grantwyeth.bsky.social informed by consultations with over 70 legal, policy and humanitarian experts www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

This week we hear why the world cannot accept the ‘new normal’ in Palestine and why voices outside current centres of power must inform the humanitarian reset. Subscribe to International Humsnitarian Studies Association weekly blog here: bit.ly/IHSA2025-10

“As a middle power, Australia is well positioned to drive diplomatic efforts in an increasingly contested world order and challenging…” Read Amra Lee in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/protecting-frontline-humanitarians-australia-s-role-middle-power

In our latest blog Amra Lee, Dr Felicity Gray, and Professor Bina D’Costa urge the world to confront a collective failure to protect the most vulnerable and demand accountability.