"Satellite imagery analysis reveals multiple strikes and burn marks around a school in southern Iran, suggesting it was hit more than once, in an attack Iranian authorities say killed 168 people on Saturday."
First Lady of Iraq:
"Leave The Kurds Alone. We Are Not Guns For Hire."
"The Dena sent a distress signal after it was hit. The Sri Lankan Navy sent ships to help and was able to rescue 32 Iranian sailors. At least 80 people on the ship were killed, according to the Sri Lankan authorities."
British PM Starmer says that U.K. bases will only be used for ’defensive’ operations and not ‘offensive’ ops. But how can that be so when they are being used by the aggressor?
Great discussion here with Milanovic, @adhaque.bsky.social @janinadill.bsky.social
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Every Iranian analyst agrees this is a terrible idea.
Amazing public service. The journalist has an MSc in International Human Rights Law from Oxford. It shows.
You know things are bad when ...
Very interesting to see an intervention aligned with the respondent state (which has not been typical in the so-called “mass intervention” cases so far).
Paraguay's Declaration of Intervention:
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
Ugh last parens should say (dolus eventualis)
On the third point, the Court should take a measured approach in evaluating the methods and findings of UN bodies and NGOs, including by accepting testimony or affidavits from the principal investigators.
@mikebecker.bsky.social is the best on this:
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On the second point, the Court should accept the substantive point accepted by both the Gambia and Myanmar (!) that genocidal intent can coexist with other military or political aims:
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On the first point, the Court should follow the Yugoslavia Tribunal and find that genocide includes killings with direct or oblique intent (dolus directus in the first or second degree) or depraved indifference (dolus specialis):
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Paraguay's intervention in the Gaza genocide case offers a preview of Israel's legal arguments:
- Attacks on military targets that also kill civilians cannot constitute genocide
- Genocidal intent cannot coexist with other motives
- UN and NGO reports cannot prove genocide
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Good quotes from Marko and Brian.
"The dry and the wet burn together. One hundred and sixty-five graves have been dug in Minab ... for those killed when US or Israeli missiles struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school on Saturday morning as classes began. Most of the dead were girls aged between seven and twelve."
HRANA update:
"The total number of reported civilian deaths stands at 1097, including 181 children under 18, with 880 reported deaths currently and under review"
www.en-hrana.org/the-fourth-d...
“We were not informed in advance. We were not asked to participate. Prima faci[e], it appears that these actions are inconsistent with international law,” [Carney] said.
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"the United States of America and Israel decided to launch military operations. These were carried out outside the framework of international law, and we cannot condone them"
As usual, @janinadill.bsky.social is spot on. For more on this, see @adhaque.bsky.social latest: www.justsecurity.org/132894/us-is...
Iran human rights group HRANA:
"The total number of reported civilian deaths stands at 742, including 176 children under 18, with 624 reported deaths currently . under review"
"Reported civilian injuries since 28 February 2026 stand at 971, including 115 children"
www.en-hrana.org/the-third-da...
"The president said he understood the risks of an attack, but he conveyed to Mr. Carlson that he had no choice but to join a strike that Israel would launch."
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My President.
You see, there's an apocryphal quote attributed to Gandhi that Western civilization would be a good idea ... never mind I'll just take the L on this one.
Spain out there single-handedly preserving the future possibility of Western civilization.
The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal.
Iran's attacks in Gulf States are illegal.
The U.K. defending Gulf States is legal, but allowing the U.S. to use its bases is illegal.
In short, everyone is violating international law and should stop.
My latest @justsecurity.org
As part of our joint symposium with @ejiltalk.bsky.social and @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social, @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social analyzes the new @icrc.org Commentary deeming the GC IV's Article 23 as “significantly diminished” in importance in today’s legal context:
www.justsecurity.org/131513/comme...
"No stupid rules of engagement"
We just bombed a school and killed dozens of children.
