We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.

A federal judge ruled construction must temporarily stop at “Alligator Alcatraz” as hearings challenging the Everglades-based detention center’s environmental impact continue.

Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run immigrant detention center in the country, over concerns about environmental harm.

🇧🇷 🛎️ Reitero minha preocupação com a discussão que a Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil realizará sobre o Projeto de Lei PL 2159/21. @binadcosta.bsky.social #DireitosHumanos #LicenciamentoAmbiental #HumanRights #PLdaDevastação

Please mark the date and join us later this year at UQ / @visualpolitics.bsky.social for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture with Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion. With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).

“To speak of Sudanese, both from the North and the South, is to speak of an unspeakable suffering. How much must we endure even outside our country? What fault is it to flee in the hope of finding a calm life somewhere?” …. @davidyambio.bsky.social

Small Children Left Drifting At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard #Refugees

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We are very much looking forward to Gabriella’s presentation 🌺👇🏾

oPt: Caritas Jerusalem provides urgent aid for over 40,000 displaced in Jenin #Refugees

#Humanitarian images often foreground suffering. How can we provide more complex visualisations that ensure collaboration & protection? Come see this powerful photographic exhibition 1 week only, Mon 24 - Fri 28 Mar, ANU bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/photog.... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social #visitCBR

The Humanitarian Lifeline in DR Congo Under Threat: We Need Urgent Action #Refugees

'Where there is power or effective control, there is responsibility. The outsourcing of operations does not absolve States of accountability. Offshore detention facilities are not human-rights free zones for the State party, which remains bound by the provisions of the Covenant.' 👇🏾

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The border milita movement will be one to watch as Trump looks to every desperate option on the southern border. www.wired.com/story/border...

Excited to launch Anna Powles' and my special section of the @austjia.bsky.social about the Australia Zealand alliance on 5 December, co-hosted by the AIIA and NZIIA. Online and free - register here: aiia.glueup.com/event/austra...

Resharing the 75th anniversary special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs on bsky. Many thx to the editors for the invitation. My essay is titled: 'Learning/unlearning in International Relations through the politics of margins and silence' Pls check out the full collection 👇🏾

The conflict in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with many at risk of famine. The Sudan Research Group study noted that 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since 15Apr23. Amnesty Intl said French military technology was being used, in violation of a UN arms embargo.

Please circulate through your networks. Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.

Here a video of our latest Visual Politics Program event: Federica Caso talks to Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about Settler Military Aesthetics and her new @edinburghup.bsky.social book. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/https/w...

In Oct, we called on all leaders to move beyond dehumanising & polarising narratives, & actively work for an immediate cessation of all hostilities & crimes in Palestine/Israel & the region, for the release of those arbitrarily detained, both Israelis held in Gaza & Palestinians held by Israel. 👇🏾

During humanitarian emergencies situation reports & SITANs (situation analysis) offer invaluable information. 👇🏾

Great leadership by global south states offering an example of reimagining a new international order 👇🏾 The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

‘Should Israel carry out the decision, the Committee will consider it a grave violation of Israel’s obligations in accordance with the CRC, & other IHRL & IHL. It’d violate the ruling of the ICJ order to guarantee the delivery of aid & to facilitate access to essential services.’ 👇🏾

Our statement 👇🏾 #COP29 #HumanRights ‘International obligations on children’ and women’s human rights, on the prohibition of racial and other forms of discrimination, and international human rights guidance on intersectionality should be integrated in all decisions.’ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

If interested, other academic books are here 👇🏾

Hi! My first post here is abt research that I am deeply committed to. Published 13 years ago. Yes, I would have written it differently now. No, I didn't have a launch. Neither did I receive any award. I won't go into the contours of legitimacy & recognition of deshi academia here. But- 1/4