sarah field
@fromsaltintears.com
on public international law’s iteration of the republic of conscience, its Yes to humanity, through stories that echo its meaning https://fromsaltintears.com; plus radical or root international justice for kids cahtreaty4kids.org #hope-walking
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sarah field
@fromsaltintears.com
· Nov 24
Something we hadn’t seen revealed. / Only the meaning [its radical intent & inherent limits] wasn’t revealed.
—Louise Glück’s Averno 4
Why I blend international #humanrights law’s reasoning mode & effective power with storytelling’s narrative mode & affective power fromsaltintears.com/about
—Louise Glück’s Averno 4
Why I blend international #humanrights law’s reasoning mode & effective power with storytelling’s narrative mode & affective power fromsaltintears.com/about
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Three countries - the United States, Israel, and Argentina - vote against a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at preventing and ending this use of torture.
These resolutions used to be adopted unanimously. What does it say when these states oppose global opposition to torture?
These resolutions used to be adopted unanimously. What does it say when these states oppose global opposition to torture?
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Three countries - the United States, Israel, and Argentina - vote against a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at preventing and ending this use of torture.
These resolutions used to be adopted unanimously. What does it say when these states oppose global opposition to torture?
These resolutions used to be adopted unanimously. What does it say when these states oppose global opposition to torture?
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May this be the end of European delusion, the end of self-humiliation and useless flattery. May this be the moment in which Europeans muster just a fraction of the courage that fellow European Ukrainians have demonstrated so far. #StandwithUkraine #EuropeAlone
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
May this be the end of European delusion, the end of self-humiliation and useless flattery. May this be the moment in which Europeans muster just a fraction of the courage that fellow European Ukrainians have demonstrated so far. #StandwithUkraine #EuropeAlone
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And who could not then believe in sea gods and portals to the other world (thanks @dgplacenames.bsky.social for sharing)
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And who could not then believe in sea gods and portals to the other world (thanks @dgplacenames.bsky.social for sharing)
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Position Paper: Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza www.alhaq.org/advocacy/268...
Position Paper: Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza
Photo: Yousef Zaanoun
On Monday, 17 November 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted in favour of Resolution 2803, normalising the colonial occupation of Palestinian territory. This re...
www.alhaq.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Position Paper: Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza www.alhaq.org/advocacy/268...
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UN resolution on Gaza imposes 'illegal trusteeship' over Palestinians, says top legal expert - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-resolution-gaza-codifies-illegal-trusteeship-over-palestinians-says-expert
UN resolution on Gaza imposes 'illegal trusteeship' over Palestinians, says top legal expert
Security Council resolution that endorses Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza breaches fundamental norms of international law and is therefore legally void, Ralph Wilde argues
www.middleeasteye.net
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
UN resolution on Gaza imposes 'illegal trusteeship' over Palestinians, says top legal expert - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-resolution-gaza-codifies-illegal-trusteeship-over-palestinians-says-expert
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“As President, I will use my role to foster awareness and inspire action... because tremendous work is being done ...by communities, scientists and activists working for change, and to build … on the real and close connection between Irish people & nature”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“As President, I will use my role to foster awareness and inspire action... because tremendous work is being done ...by communities, scientists and activists working for change, and to build … on the real and close connection between Irish people & nature”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Wonderful headline…
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
(Even better than this yesterday: ‘New dinosaur exhibit in Cork sees Taoiseach learn all about survival’)
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
(Even better than this yesterday: ‘New dinosaur exhibit in Cork sees Taoiseach learn all about survival’)
TV View: Pope Leo will surely be declaring this the Miracle at Budapest
Turned out the hope didn’t kill us after all, as Troy Parrott hat-trick against Hungary lifted us all up to cloud nine
www.irishtimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wonderful headline…
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
(Even better than this yesterday: ‘New dinosaur exhibit in Cork sees Taoiseach learn all about survival’)
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
(Even better than this yesterday: ‘New dinosaur exhibit in Cork sees Taoiseach learn all about survival’)
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October by Bruno Blais https://www.artlimit...
#nature #contemplation #color #forest #exposure #vegetal #colors_of_day #visual #colors #tree #poetry #exhibition #photography #photographyaddict #digital
#nature #contemplation #color #forest #exposure #vegetal #colors_of_day #visual #colors #tree #poetry #exhibition #photography #photographyaddict #digital
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Including confirming for the first time the charge of age persecution of children as a crime against humanity & walking-hope of radical or root justice for kids
cahtreaty4kids.org
cahtreaty4kids.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Including confirming for the first time the charge of age persecution of children as a crime against humanity & walking-hope of radical or root justice for kids
cahtreaty4kids.org
cahtreaty4kids.org
This is a beautiful articulation of #climatejustice #hope-walking
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is a beautiful articulation of #climatejustice #hope-walking
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My article argues that:
1. A mass movement to defend language rights is needed to halt the destruction of global linguistic diversity.
Other approaches to confronting global language loss are not working, but we have reason to believe that a rights-based approach would.
Here's why:
1. A mass movement to defend language rights is needed to halt the destruction of global linguistic diversity.
Other approaches to confronting global language loss are not working, but we have reason to believe that a rights-based approach would.
Here's why:
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My article argues that:
1. A mass movement to defend language rights is needed to halt the destruction of global linguistic diversity.
Other approaches to confronting global language loss are not working, but we have reason to believe that a rights-based approach would.
Here's why:
1. A mass movement to defend language rights is needed to halt the destruction of global linguistic diversity.
Other approaches to confronting global language loss are not working, but we have reason to believe that a rights-based approach would.
Here's why:
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"As a distracted world fixes its attention on other crises and conflicts, the situation of persons with #disabilities in #Myanmar has truly become a hidden crisis within a forgotten humanitarian catastrophe"
Read the Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews' new report ➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Read the Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews' new report ➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Myanmar: Junta violence and repression are trapping persons with disabilities in daily fight for survival, says Special Rapporteur
GENEVA – Junta forces have executed, tortured and sexually assaulted persons with disabilities while their relentless repression and violence are trapping many in a daily fight for survival according ...
www.ohchr.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"As a distracted world fixes its attention on other crises and conflicts, the situation of persons with #disabilities in #Myanmar has truly become a hidden crisis within a forgotten humanitarian catastrophe"
Read the Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews' new report ➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Read the Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews' new report ➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
In our darkening world perhaps I was wrong to raise this question. Because this series is nonetheless a wonderful contribution to ‘decolonising the mind’. And that’s what matters.
How is possible to talk about British empire without beginning with Ireland? I give you Amitav Ghosh www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
In our darkening world perhaps I was wrong to raise this question. Because this series is nonetheless a wonderful contribution to ‘decolonising the mind’. And that’s what matters.
How is possible to talk about British empire without beginning with Ireland? I give you Amitav Ghosh www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
How is possible to talk about British empire without beginning with Ireland? I give you Amitav Ghosh www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
YES
The Dáil will debate a Social Democrats’ Bill today calling for a legislative pathway towards reducing the voting age from 18 to 16 years.
So in today’s poll, we’re asking: Do you think the voting age should be reduced to 16?
jrnl.ie/6872876
So in today’s poll, we’re asking: Do you think the voting age should be reduced to 16?
jrnl.ie/6872876
Do you think the voting age should be reduced to 16?
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly said that a reduction in the voting age is “only fair” for young people who are working and paying taxes.
jrnl.ie
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
YES
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Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence. They don’t think about us at all.
Without any examples of living, breathing Native people, the American public starts to see us as less real and even less human.
Without any examples of living, breathing Native people, the American public starts to see us as less real and even less human.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our existence is erased from the public eye. Americans don’t think about our absence. They don’t think about us at all.
Without any examples of living, breathing Native people, the American public starts to see us as less real and even less human.
Without any examples of living, breathing Native people, the American public starts to see us as less real and even less human.
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Why is Sudan back in the news again? As the country's brutal war takes a new turn, the latest atrocities unleashed on the Sudanese population have been truly shocking, writes Walt Kilroy @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why is Sudan back in the news again?
As the country's brutal war takes a new turn, the latest atrocities unleashed on the Sudanese population have been truly shocking
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Why is Sudan back in the news again? As the country's brutal war takes a new turn, the latest atrocities unleashed on the Sudanese population have been truly shocking, writes Walt Kilroy @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Europes Democracy Shield: We needed to see both new measures that would protect democracy against US social media algorithms.
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Europes Democracy Shield: We needed to see both new measures that would protect democracy against US social media algorithms.
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#SouthAfrica: We applaud the Constitutional Court's landmark ruling granting equal parental leave to all parents—birth, adoption & surrogacy—regardless of their gender. A major step for family equality!
👉Check out our care & support report: tinyurl.com/ybnxckzw
👉Check out our care & support report: tinyurl.com/ybnxckzw
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#SouthAfrica: We applaud the Constitutional Court's landmark ruling granting equal parental leave to all parents—birth, adoption & surrogacy—regardless of their gender. A major step for family equality!
👉Check out our care & support report: tinyurl.com/ybnxckzw
👉Check out our care & support report: tinyurl.com/ybnxckzw
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Citizens already face AI harms: discrimination, privacy-violations, psychological and environmental harms. Instead of effectively addressing these harms and stopping companies from exploiting workers and stealing creative work, the President is promoting AI hype that serves these companies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Citizens already face AI harms: discrimination, privacy-violations, psychological and environmental harms. Instead of effectively addressing these harms and stopping companies from exploiting workers and stealing creative work, the President is promoting AI hype that serves these companies.
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On day1️⃣ of #COP30, the Committee on the Rights of the Child sends a clear message to States in Belem: "The rights & dignity of present & future generations of children require urgent children's rights-based #ClimateAction. This is a matter of law & justice."
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On day1️⃣ of #COP30, the Committee on the Rights of the Child sends a clear message to States in Belem: "The rights & dignity of present & future generations of children require urgent children's rights-based #ClimateAction. This is a matter of law & justice."
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
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Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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#Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher. Experts urge the int'l community to use all means available to end the bloodshed and ensure immediate protection of civilians.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher. Experts urge the int'l community to use all means available to end the bloodshed and ensure immediate protection of civilians.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...