Ezequiel Heffes
@ezequielheffes.bsky.social
Author Detention by NSAGs under International Law http://tinyurl.com/4bwe9c8t (Cambridge University Press) | Sr Fellow @GeorgetownLaw | Ed Board Journal of Int Humanitarian Legal Studies
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Detainees, hostages, and prisoners of war must be protected from humiliation, exposure, and public curiosity.
Respecting their privacy is both a moral and legal duty. #IHL
Respecting their privacy is both a moral and legal duty. #IHL
September 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Detainees, hostages, and prisoners of war must be protected from humiliation, exposure, and public curiosity.
Respecting their privacy is both a moral and legal duty. #IHL
Respecting their privacy is both a moral and legal duty. #IHL
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Children should never be recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups.
They have a right to be with their families, friends and communities.
We can do more together to #ProtectChildrenInConflict.
Learn more at unicef.link/4fAtGiz.
They have a right to be with their families, friends and communities.
We can do more together to #ProtectChildrenInConflict.
Learn more at unicef.link/4fAtGiz.
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Children should never be recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups.
They have a right to be with their families, friends and communities.
We can do more together to #ProtectChildrenInConflict.
Learn more at unicef.link/4fAtGiz.
They have a right to be with their families, friends and communities.
We can do more together to #ProtectChildrenInConflict.
Learn more at unicef.link/4fAtGiz.
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📍 Colombia | Recovering the human remains of those who have died in armed conflict is never an easy task.
Through our neutral role, we engage in dialogue with parties to the conflict to identify burial sites and, when possible, recover human remains for identification.
Through our neutral role, we engage in dialogue with parties to the conflict to identify burial sites and, when possible, recover human remains for identification.
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📍 Colombia | Recovering the human remains of those who have died in armed conflict is never an easy task.
Through our neutral role, we engage in dialogue with parties to the conflict to identify burial sites and, when possible, recover human remains for identification.
Through our neutral role, we engage in dialogue with parties to the conflict to identify burial sites and, when possible, recover human remains for identification.
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“What we need is for UNICEF and its humanitarian partners to be allowed to do our jobs.”
Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s op-ed in @nytimes.com on the urgent need to regain safe, sustained aid access to Gaza at scale. ⬇️
Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s op-ed in @nytimes.com on the urgent need to regain safe, sustained aid access to Gaza at scale. ⬇️
Opinion | Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the U.N. Do Its Job.
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“What we need is for UNICEF and its humanitarian partners to be allowed to do our jobs.”
Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s op-ed in @nytimes.com on the urgent need to regain safe, sustained aid access to Gaza at scale. ⬇️
Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s op-ed in @nytimes.com on the urgent need to regain safe, sustained aid access to Gaza at scale. ⬇️
Impact of explosive weapons in populated areas on children in Lebanon @unicef.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW51...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW51...
Impact of explosive weapons in populated areas on children in Lebanon | UNICEF
YouTube video by UNICEF
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May 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Impact of explosive weapons in populated areas on children in Lebanon @unicef.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW51...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW51...
Thrilled to have this piece published in the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law as part of the 2024 Cox International Law Conference: "The 1949 Geneva Conventions at 75: Examining the Place of Non-State Armed Groups".
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May 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thrilled to have this piece published in the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law as part of the 2024 Cox International Law Conference: "The 1949 Geneva Conventions at 75: Examining the Place of Non-State Armed Groups".
scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcont...
scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Due to popular demand, we've extended our ILW panel proposal deadline for a second (and final) time. New deadline: May 15, 2025! Send proposals in here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/internationa...
April 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Due to popular demand, we've extended our ILW panel proposal deadline for a second (and final) time. New deadline: May 15, 2025! Send proposals in here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/internationa...
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At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
Risk of famine looms as armed violence and economic conditions continue to push families to the brink
www.unicef.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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“Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today, but it is not getting the world’s attention.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.
Conflict is entering its third year in Sudan. Children need it to end. Learn more: unicef.link/42eKerq
Conflict is entering its third year in Sudan. Children need it to end. Learn more: unicef.link/42eKerq
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today, but it is not getting the world’s attention.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.
Conflict is entering its third year in Sudan. Children need it to end. Learn more: unicef.link/42eKerq
Conflict is entering its third year in Sudan. Children need it to end. Learn more: unicef.link/42eKerq
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Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
“These were children and families in the city centre on a busy Sunday preparing for the start of Easter festivities in Ukraine."
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“These were children and families in the city centre on a busy Sunday preparing for the start of Easter festivities in Ukraine."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
Statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine
www.unicef.org
April 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
“These were children and families in the city centre on a busy Sunday preparing for the start of Easter festivities in Ukraine."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“These were children and families in the city centre on a busy Sunday preparing for the start of Easter festivities in Ukraine."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
"At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan" @unicef.org
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At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
www.unicef.org
April 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan" @unicef.org
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
April 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
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On 8 February, several members of the Beyond Compliance Consortium Leadership team submitted written evidence to the International Development Committee’s inquiry on humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
On 8 February, several members of the Beyond Compliance Consortium Leadership team submitted written evidence to the International Development Committee’s inquiry on humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/IDC-submission
Read more 👇
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Just Security is hiring a Legal Editor!
Do you have a law degree and strong writing and editing skills?
Do you want to work on a small, collegial team supporting a mission of elevating the public conversation on law and policy?
Learn more and apply ⬇️
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Do you have a law degree and strong writing and editing skills?
Do you want to work on a small, collegial team supporting a mission of elevating the public conversation on law and policy?
Learn more and apply ⬇️
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Just Security is Hiring! - Legal Editor
Just Security seeks a full-time Legal Editor with a law degree and strong editing and writing skills to join our small, collegial team.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just Security is hiring a Legal Editor!
Do you have a law degree and strong writing and editing skills?
Do you want to work on a small, collegial team supporting a mission of elevating the public conversation on law and policy?
Learn more and apply ⬇️
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Do you have a law degree and strong writing and editing skills?
Do you want to work on a small, collegial team supporting a mission of elevating the public conversation on law and policy?
Learn more and apply ⬇️
www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...
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“Entire communities have been flattened. Children and families are sleeping in the open, with no homes to return to. I met children who were in shock after witnessing their homes collapse or the death of family members."
Latest update on #MyanmarEarthquake
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Latest update on #MyanmarEarthquake
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Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Myanmar’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing
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April 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Entire communities have been flattened. Children and families are sleeping in the open, with no homes to return to. I met children who were in shock after witnessing their homes collapse or the death of family members."
Latest update on #MyanmarEarthquake
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Latest update on #MyanmarEarthquake
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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More than 850k people—nearly half of them children—displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response. Many are living in precarious conditions, taking shelter in schools, churches, or in the open, with limited access to services
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response
Children face killings, recruitment by armed groups, and sexual violence as conflict cripples schools, health services, and access to clean water
www.unicef.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
More than 850k people—nearly half of them children—displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response. Many are living in precarious conditions, taking shelter in schools, churches, or in the open, with limited access to services
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in the last month.
“We are urgently calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt these appalling grave violations against children.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“We are urgently calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt these appalling grave violations against children.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF
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February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in the last month.
“We are urgently calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt these appalling grave violations against children.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“We are urgently calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt these appalling grave violations against children.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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The #AlHassan case was the first successful attempt to charge #gender persecution at the #ICC. Leila Sadat explores the judgment’s approach to sexual & gender-based crimes, including gender persecution. lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
Al Hassan Symposium – A Disappointment for the Victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Timbuktu - Lieber Institute West Point
This post focuses on the judgment’s approach to sexual and gender-based violence, including gender persecution.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The #AlHassan case was the first successful attempt to charge #gender persecution at the #ICC. Leila Sadat explores the judgment’s approach to sexual & gender-based crimes, including gender persecution. lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
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🚨Pleased to contribute to the symposium on the #AlHassan decision by the ICC Trial Chamber, co-hosted by @articlesofwar.bsky.social and Armed Groups and International Law
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
Armed Groups and International Law - Al Hassan Symposium – International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery
I. Introduction In June 2024, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered the Al Hassan decision, sparking discussions within the international legal scene. Some attention…
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February 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨Pleased to contribute to the symposium on the #AlHassan decision by the ICC Trial Chamber, co-hosted by @articlesofwar.bsky.social and Armed Groups and International Law
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
🚨Pleased to contribute to the symposium on the #AlHassan decision by the ICC Trial Chamber, co-hosted by @articlesofwar.bsky.social and Armed Groups and International Law
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
Armed Groups and International Law - Al Hassan Symposium – International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery
I. Introduction In June 2024, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered the Al Hassan decision, sparking discussions within the international legal scene. Some attention…
www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨Pleased to contribute to the symposium on the #AlHassan decision by the ICC Trial Chamber, co-hosted by @articlesofwar.bsky.social and Armed Groups and International Law
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
"International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery"👇👇👇
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The #AlHassan judgment may mark a new chapter in the classification of #armedconflicts debate, as the judgment seems to have abandoned the trad. fragmented approach. @chiararedaelli.bsky.social explores class. of armed #violence in #IHL in light of the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-acce...
Al Hassan Symposium – Towards the Acceptance of the Aggregated Violence Approach? - Lieber Institute West Point
This post explores the scholarly debate addressing classification of armed violence in IHL in light of the judgment in the Al Hassan case.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The #AlHassan judgment may mark a new chapter in the classification of #armedconflicts debate, as the judgment seems to have abandoned the trad. fragmented approach. @chiararedaelli.bsky.social explores class. of armed #violence in #IHL in light of the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-acce...
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On 26 June 2024, the ICC issued its judgment in Prosecutor v. #AlHassan, which offers much for the fields of #ICL and #LOAC/#IHL to consider. @katharinefortin.bsky.social, @ezequielheffes.bsky.social & Sean Watts reintroduce the Al Hassan Symposium. lieber.westpoint.edu/al-hassan-sy...
Al Hassan Symposium – (Re) Introduction - Lieber Institute West Point
The Al Hassan judgment reflects another important intersection of the LOAC/IHL and international criminal law communities.
lieber.westpoint.edu
February 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
On 26 June 2024, the ICC issued its judgment in Prosecutor v. #AlHassan, which offers much for the fields of #ICL and #LOAC/#IHL to consider. @katharinefortin.bsky.social, @ezequielheffes.bsky.social & Sean Watts reintroduce the Al Hassan Symposium. lieber.westpoint.edu/al-hassan-sy...
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At least four children – one girl and three boys – were reportedly killed, and three boys injured in Friday’s attack on #ElFasher’s Saudi Hospital, #Sudan
Heartbreakingly, the children were in the emergency ward after being hospitalised by earlier bombings
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Heartbreakingly, the children were in the emergency ward after being hospitalised by earlier bombings
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
January 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
At least four children – one girl and three boys – were reportedly killed, and three boys injured in Friday’s attack on #ElFasher’s Saudi Hospital, #Sudan
Heartbreakingly, the children were in the emergency ward after being hospitalised by earlier bombings
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Heartbreakingly, the children were in the emergency ward after being hospitalised by earlier bombings
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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📍 Israel and the Occupied Territories | We have completed the second phase of release operations, reuniting more families.
For more details, please see our operational update: http://ms.spr.ly/63322UOCdm
For more details, please see our operational update: http://ms.spr.ly/63322UOCdm
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📍 Israel and the Occupied Territories | We have completed the second phase of release operations, reuniting more families.
For more details, please see our operational update: http://ms.spr.ly/63322UOCdm
For more details, please see our operational update: http://ms.spr.ly/63322UOCdm