Pouria Askari
@askarypouria.bsky.social
PIL Prof @ ATU (JAB/JIB/IHRL/ISDS/UCMs/TWAIL)
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"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate, unnecessary force against a civilian population—an unarmed, starving population ... until I was in Gaza, at the hands of the IDF and U.S. contractors."
Aguilar is a retired Green Beret lieutenant colonel and West Point graduate who started his career as an infantry platoon leader in Mosul with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in 2005-6, joined SF in 2008, was in 3rd SF Group as of 2015, and in 2017 competed for Best Ranger as a USASOC major.
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate, unnecessary force against a civilian population—an unarmed, starving population ... until I was in Gaza, at the hands of the IDF and U.S. contractors."
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For almost 2 years, the claim of mass aid diversion by Hamas has been the pretext for Israel's illegal policy of obstructing & restricting aid to Gaza.
It was never plausible.
Now, as deaths from starvation mount, senior Israeli military officials admit that it was a lie.
It was never plausible.
Now, as deaths from starvation mount, senior Israeli military officials admit that it was a lie.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
"The military officials ... said that the original U.N. aid op was relatively reliable and less vulnerable to Hamas interference than the ops of many of the other groups bringing aid into Gaza”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...
"The military officials ... said that the original U.N. aid op was relatively reliable and less vulnerable to Hamas interference than the ops of many of the other groups bringing aid into Gaza”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For almost 2 years, the claim of mass aid diversion by Hamas has been the pretext for Israel's illegal policy of obstructing & restricting aid to Gaza.
It was never plausible.
Now, as deaths from starvation mount, senior Israeli military officials admit that it was a lie.
It was never plausible.
Now, as deaths from starvation mount, senior Israeli military officials admit that it was a lie.
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The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.
My newest piece on how to end starvation and famine in Gaza. The UN General Assembly must authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri
As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Security Council failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday because of one veto. It is time for the UN General Assembly to do the right thing and authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.
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Qetevan Qistauri explains how Gaza and Iran expose deep cracks in the international legal order where legal norms are invoked but rarely enforced and power trumps principle – when law becomes selective, justice becomes symbolic.
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
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#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
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Between Principle and Power
voelkerrechtsblog.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Qetevan Qistauri explains how Gaza and Iran expose deep cracks in the international legal order where legal norms are invoked but rarely enforced and power trumps principle – when law becomes selective, justice becomes symbolic.
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
#Iran, #IusAdBellum, #Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-prin...
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Here are a few of the more striking aspects of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, after a quick read, (thread) - though in short, this is a powerful articulation of a range of binding erga omnes obligations under both treaty and custom...1/17
July 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here are a few of the more striking aspects of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, after a quick read, (thread) - though in short, this is a powerful articulation of a range of binding erga omnes obligations under both treaty and custom...1/17
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Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: International Law Scholars Warn of Precedent-Setting Violations.
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Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: International Law Scholars Warn of Precedent-Setting Violations
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July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: International Law Scholars Warn of Precedent-Setting Violations.
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voelkerrechtsblog.org/striking-ira...
The New AsianSIL Voices Website is Now Live!
Discover our updated platform with a fresh look and engaging content. Submit your blog posts and be part of the conversation.
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AsianSIL Voices – Asian Society of International Law
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May 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The New AsianSIL Voices Website is Now Live!
Discover our updated platform with a fresh look and engaging content. Submit your blog posts and be part of the conversation.
asiansilvoices.com
Discover our updated platform with a fresh look and engaging content. Submit your blog posts and be part of the conversation.
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Please read or watch OCHA head Tom Fletcher’s remarkable and damning UNSC briefing.
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Please read or watch OCHA head Tom Fletcher’s remarkable and damning UNSC briefing.
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World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic.
www.bbc.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
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👉TDM Law Journal Call for Papers: Sanctions and International Arbitration: Impact on Substantive and Procedural Issues
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TDM Call for Papers Special Issue on "Sanctions and International Arbitration: Impact on Substantive and Procedural Issues" - News - News & Events |
TDM Journal
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February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
👉TDM Law Journal Call for Papers: Sanctions and International Arbitration: Impact on Substantive and Procedural Issues
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Fierce competition between tariffs and sanctions—rumors of a merger on the horizon!
February 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fierce competition between tariffs and sanctions—rumors of a merger on the horizon!
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The idea of (non forced) "voluntary displacement" of Palestinians is absurd
- no factual evidence that any/some/many want to be resettled
- 2 million people do not have homogenous preferences 🤯🤯🤯
- "forced" does not have to mean bombed out of their houses
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- no factual evidence that any/some/many want to be resettled
- 2 million people do not have homogenous preferences 🤯🤯🤯
- "forced" does not have to mean bombed out of their houses
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Many have correctly noted that forced transfer/deportation is a war crime & crime against humanity.
On “voluntariness,” it bears emphasizing that the forced nature of transfer can be established where the perpetrators take advantage of a coercive environment that precludes genuine choice.
On “voluntariness,” it bears emphasizing that the forced nature of transfer can be established where the perpetrators take advantage of a coercive environment that precludes genuine choice.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army to prepare a plan to allow the ‘voluntary departure’ of residents from the Gaza strip, Israeli media reported reut.rs/3WO40qw
February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The idea of (non forced) "voluntary displacement" of Palestinians is absurd
- no factual evidence that any/some/many want to be resettled
- 2 million people do not have homogenous preferences 🤯🤯🤯
- "forced" does not have to mean bombed out of their houses
👇👇👇👇
- no factual evidence that any/some/many want to be resettled
- 2 million people do not have homogenous preferences 🤯🤯🤯
- "forced" does not have to mean bombed out of their houses
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The growing normalization of violations of international humanitarian law poses an existential threat to int'l law.
We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL.
blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL.
blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
A call to make international humanitarian law a political priority
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric outlines the pressing need for states to join the Global Initiative on international humanitarian law.
blogs.icrc.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The growing normalization of violations of international humanitarian law poses an existential threat to int'l law.
We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL.
blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
We invite states to step up to their responsibility, reverse this trend & join our global initiative to reinvigorate political commitment for #IHL.
blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
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Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Palestinian Authority & Arab League issued a joint statement where they stress the “rejection of transfer of Palestinians outside their land under any circumstances”.
… seems like an obvious collective redline.
… seems like an obvious collective redline.
February 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Palestinian Authority & Arab League issued a joint statement where they stress the “rejection of transfer of Palestinians outside their land under any circumstances”.
… seems like an obvious collective redline.
… seems like an obvious collective redline.
I still don’t understand why there’s such a significant disparity in our legal interpretation of “use of force” versus “use of coercion.”
January 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I still don’t understand why there’s such a significant disparity in our legal interpretation of “use of force” versus “use of coercion.”
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Happy and unrepentant warrior - worth a listen @JIBJABPodcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Episode 40 - Harold Hongju Koh: The National Security Constitution & The Trump Administration
Podcast Episode · JIB/JAB Podcast · 12/27/2024 · 1h 14m
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December 28, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Happy and unrepentant warrior - worth a listen @JIBJABPodcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
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A starting list of Third World Approaches to #Internationallaw #TWAIL scholars, as our community here grows @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social @matiangai.bsky.social @leslava.bsky.social @akinkugbe.bsky.social @dbose.bsky.social
Yell @ me if you'd like to be added to the pack.
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Yell @ me if you'd like to be added to the pack.
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December 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
A starting list of Third World Approaches to #Internationallaw #TWAIL scholars, as our community here grows @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social @matiangai.bsky.social @leslava.bsky.social @akinkugbe.bsky.social @dbose.bsky.social
Yell @ me if you'd like to be added to the pack.
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Yell @ me if you'd like to be added to the pack.
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If the reaction of your gov is, "we wait for the ICJ - other courts - to rule on genocide", your gov is not discharging its prevention duty under the Genocide Convention. Govs must develop processes & criteria to assess genocide risk concurrently, not in 10 years.
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:50 AM
If the reaction of your gov is, "we wait for the ICJ - other courts - to rule on genocide", your gov is not discharging its prevention duty under the Genocide Convention. Govs must develop processes & criteria to assess genocide risk concurrently, not in 10 years.
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What does it mean for a STATE to have genocidal intent? (1) The archetype is an official policy to destroy a group, authored by political and military leaders, systematically implemented – a clear cut but not that common instantiation of state intent.
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
What does it mean for a STATE to have genocidal intent? (1) The archetype is an official policy to destroy a group, authored by political and military leaders, systematically implemented – a clear cut but not that common instantiation of state intent.
Explore the comprehensive overview of last week’s conference on sanctions, business, and human rights. Don't miss the video links to all the sessions 👉🏻 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
November 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Explore the comprehensive overview of last week’s conference on sanctions, business, and human rights. Don't miss the video links to all the sessions 👉🏻 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Karim #Khan responds to referrals from 🇨🇱, 🇨🇷, 🇪🇸, 🇫🇷, 🇱🇺 & 🇲🇽 re: #humanrights in #Afghanistan.
“very considerable progress has already been made in the investigation of allegations of gender persecution in the Situation in #Afghanistan… I will soon be in a position to announce concrete results.”
“very considerable progress has already been made in the investigation of allegations of gender persecution in the Situation in #Afghanistan… I will soon be in a position to announce concrete results.”
November 29, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Karim #Khan responds to referrals from 🇨🇱, 🇨🇷, 🇪🇸, 🇫🇷, 🇱🇺 & 🇲🇽 re: #humanrights in #Afghanistan.
“very considerable progress has already been made in the investigation of allegations of gender persecution in the Situation in #Afghanistan… I will soon be in a position to announce concrete results.”
“very considerable progress has already been made in the investigation of allegations of gender persecution in the Situation in #Afghanistan… I will soon be in a position to announce concrete results.”
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There are 300+ PIL scholars, practitioners and institutions on Bluesky. Thus, there is now a third starter pack.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:17 PM
There are 300+ PIL scholars, practitioners and institutions on Bluesky. Thus, there is now a third starter pack.
go.bsky.app/5R8ZiTC
go.bsky.app/5R8ZiTC
Upcoming Arria-formula meeting on humanitarian impact of UCMs (tonight)👇🏻 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...
Arria-Formula Meeting on the topic "The humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures"
The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to hold an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on "The humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures".
webtv.un.org
November 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Upcoming Arria-formula meeting on humanitarian impact of UCMs (tonight)👇🏻 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...
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Very important reminder from @abclapham.bsky.social that irrespective of any ICC arrest warrants re. Gaza, States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (all 196 of them) already have an obligation to prosecute or extradite grave breaches.
Relevant before Friday's ICC announcement. And after.
Relevant before Friday's ICC announcement. And after.
Listen now! The Geneva Conventions. Are they still fit for purpose? 75 years after their ratification we put them on trial. Do they stand the test of time?
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With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social & @abclapham.bsky.social.
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With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social & @abclapham.bsky.social.
November 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Very important reminder from @abclapham.bsky.social that irrespective of any ICC arrest warrants re. Gaza, States parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (all 196 of them) already have an obligation to prosecute or extradite grave breaches.
Relevant before Friday's ICC announcement. And after.
Relevant before Friday's ICC announcement. And after.
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Current tally of government responses to #InternationalCriminalCourt arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Gallant:
26 Support:
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via @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...
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via @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...
November 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Current tally of government responses to #InternationalCriminalCourt arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Gallant:
26 Support:
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via @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...