Jessica Dorsey
@jessicadorsey.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Int’l Law, Utrecht University; Managing Editor, OpinioJuris; Exec. Board, Airwars; IHL, IHRL, Civilian Harm Mitigation, Military AI, Autonomous Weapons Systems, Military Drones; Stargazer/Aurora Chaser
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How should #AI decision support systems be used in conflict? This excellent podcast with Heidi Kandiel (@icrc.org) & @jessicadorsey.bsky.social explores the risks they raise for compliance with #IHL & the need to ensure they support rather than replace human judgment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9b...
LBD Live Podcast 25 Sep 25 AI DSS
YouTube video by Article 36 Legal
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How should #AI decision support systems be used in conflict? This excellent podcast with Heidi Kandiel (@icrc.org) & @jessicadorsey.bsky.social explores the risks they raise for compliance with #IHL & the need to ensure they support rather than replace human judgment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9b...
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If you missed the recent meeting of the CCW GGE on LAWS, the latest #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with @jessicadorsey.bsky.social goes into the details of the meeting & some of the key takeaways.
You can listen to this episode anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧
You can listen to this episode anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If you missed the recent meeting of the CCW GGE on LAWS, the latest #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with @jessicadorsey.bsky.social goes into the details of the meeting & some of the key takeaways.
You can listen to this episode anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧
You can listen to this episode anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧
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How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians – podcast
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians – podcast
Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians – podcast
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Study highlighting the deskilling aspect of integrating AI; this time in medicine but concerns are the same within the military domain. Commanders who rely too heavily on AI-DSS also risk deskilling and cognitive erosion. Writing about this currently, expanding on this piece: hcss.nl/wp-content/u...
August 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Study highlighting the deskilling aspect of integrating AI; this time in medicine but concerns are the same within the military domain. Commanders who rely too heavily on AI-DSS also risk deskilling and cognitive erosion. Writing about this currently, expanding on this piece: hcss.nl/wp-content/u...
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🕊️ 76 years since the adoption of the #GenevaConventions
To mark this anniversary, the #ICRC will soon release the updated GCIV Commentary.
Watch the teaser to learn more about why this remains essential in today’s conflicts.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ng...
To mark this anniversary, the #ICRC will soon release the updated GCIV Commentary.
Watch the teaser to learn more about why this remains essential in today’s conflicts.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ng...
Coming soon: ICRC Commentary on the 4th Geneva Convention
YouTube video by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🕊️ 76 years since the adoption of the #GenevaConventions
To mark this anniversary, the #ICRC will soon release the updated GCIV Commentary.
Watch the teaser to learn more about why this remains essential in today’s conflicts.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ng...
To mark this anniversary, the #ICRC will soon release the updated GCIV Commentary.
Watch the teaser to learn more about why this remains essential in today’s conflicts.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ng...
Read the whole thing. Watch all the videos. Dry your eyes. Then do something meaningful to stop this inhumanity. Thanks for the incredible work, @manisha.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sites
Investigation based on visual evidence, bullets, medical records and testimony appears to show sustained pattern of Israeli shootings
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Read the whole thing. Watch all the videos. Dry your eyes. Then do something meaningful to stop this inhumanity. Thanks for the incredible work, @manisha.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
“Intelligence drawn from the enormous repositories of phone calls held in Azure had been used to research and identify bombing targets in Gaza.” This reveals how large-scale human rights violations can fuel AI systems that enable genocide. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“Intelligence drawn from the enormous repositories of phone calls held in Azure had been used to research and identify bombing targets in Gaza.” This reveals how large-scale human rights violations can fuel AI systems that enable genocide. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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“If we do not act now, there will be no one left in Gaza to tell anyone’s story. And that silence – those deaths – will be on us.” — CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @theguardian.com
Read more⤵️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read more⤵️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg
A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“If we do not act now, there will be no one left in Gaza to tell anyone’s story. And that silence – those deaths – will be on us.” — CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @theguardian.com
Read more⤵️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read more⤵️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
Judge Bars Trump Administration From Punishing 2 Law Professors for I.C.C. Work
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
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ICRC: "On Thursday, the Red Cross Field Hospital received 17 wounded women, with 2 declared dead on arrival. Those responsive said they had been trying to access distribution sites."
"The situation in Gaza is appalling."
"People cannot continue to live like this. More can & must be done."
"The situation in Gaza is appalling."
"People cannot continue to live like this. More can & must be done."
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
ICRC: "On Thursday, the Red Cross Field Hospital received 17 wounded women, with 2 declared dead on arrival. Those responsive said they had been trying to access distribution sites."
"The situation in Gaza is appalling."
"People cannot continue to live like this. More can & must be done."
"The situation in Gaza is appalling."
"People cannot continue to live like this. More can & must be done."
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Sigrid Kaag over de uithongering in Gaza, en de blaam die Nederland en andere landen van de internationale gemeenschap treft: "Ik kan niet meer uitleggen waarom de wereld toekijkt." www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
Oud-VN gezant Sigrid Kaag over de hongersnood in Gaza
De beelden van uitgehongerde Palestijnse kinderen gingen deze week de wereld over. Mogelijk gaat Israël de komende dagen voedseldroppingen door andere Arabische landen toestaan, maar of dat de situati...
www.nporadio1.nl
July 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sigrid Kaag over de uithongering in Gaza, en de blaam die Nederland en andere landen van de internationale gemeenschap treft: "Ik kan niet meer uitleggen waarom de wereld toekijkt." www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...
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Very rare for the ICRC:
"Every political hesitation" in failing to bring the "abhorrent" practice of extreme deprivation and indiscriminate attacks to an immediate and decisive end "will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war"
States "must do more"
"Every political hesitation" in failing to bring the "abhorrent" practice of extreme deprivation and indiscriminate attacks to an immediate and decisive end "will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war"
States "must do more"
July 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Very rare for the ICRC:
"Every political hesitation" in failing to bring the "abhorrent" practice of extreme deprivation and indiscriminate attacks to an immediate and decisive end "will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war"
States "must do more"
"Every political hesitation" in failing to bring the "abhorrent" practice of extreme deprivation and indiscriminate attacks to an immediate and decisive end "will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war"
States "must do more"
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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Western allies condemn ‘horrifying’ civilian killings in Gaza https://on.ft.com/4m9ugpO
Western allies condemn ‘horrifying’ civilian killings in Gaza
Statement from UK, EU nations and others calling for end to war marks one of their toughest denunciations of Israel so far
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July 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Western allies condemn ‘horrifying’ civilian killings in Gaza https://on.ft.com/4m9ugpO
Every morning a similar story, civilians waiting for food or water being shot at by the IDF. Some die, some are injured (without access to hospitals). Some get bits of sustenance, some continue to be pushed toward starvation. The cruelty is the point, it seems. www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
What to Know About the Deadly Violence Near Gaza Aid Sites
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Every morning a similar story, civilians waiting for food or water being shot at by the IDF. Some die, some are injured (without access to hospitals). Some get bits of sustenance, some continue to be pushed toward starvation. The cruelty is the point, it seems. www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
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"Suddenly, tanks surrounded us and trapped us as gunshots and strikes rained down. We were trapped for around two hours,” said Ehab Al-Zei, who had been waiting for flour. ”I will never go back again. Let us die of hunger, it’s better.”
BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people have been killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza.
73 people killed waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says
The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 73 people have been killed while waiting for aid at locations across Gaza.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Suddenly, tanks surrounded us and trapped us as gunshots and strikes rained down. We were trapped for around two hours,” said Ehab Al-Zei, who had been waiting for flour. ”I will never go back again. Let us die of hunger, it’s better.”
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BBC Verify dug into Israel's widespread demolitions in #Gaza. Main legal points:
✖️It isn't plausible that every case is covered by imperative military necessity. Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative mil necessity is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
✖️It isn't plausible that every case is covered by imperative military necessity. Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative mil necessity is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
July 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BBC Verify dug into Israel's widespread demolitions in #Gaza. Main legal points:
✖️It isn't plausible that every case is covered by imperative military necessity. Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative mil necessity is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
✖️It isn't plausible that every case is covered by imperative military necessity. Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative mil necessity is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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Further Israeli attacks would of course violate int'l law & implicate US legal restrictions on arms transfers.
US has leverage to stop it.
And any such "mowing the grass" strikes would likely be intended to draw the US in again to directly (and illegally) attack Iran.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
US has leverage to stop it.
And any such "mowing the grass" strikes would likely be intended to draw the US in again to directly (and illegally) attack Iran.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Trump Signals Support for New Israel Attack if Iran Moves Toward Bomb
Trump is counting on the threat of more attacks to pressure Tehran into a nuclear agreement, but Israel is skeptical a pact would prevent Iran from moving toward a nuclear weapon.
www.wsj.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Further Israeli attacks would of course violate int'l law & implicate US legal restrictions on arms transfers.
US has leverage to stop it.
And any such "mowing the grass" strikes would likely be intended to draw the US in again to directly (and illegally) attack Iran.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
US has leverage to stop it.
And any such "mowing the grass" strikes would likely be intended to draw the US in again to directly (and illegally) attack Iran.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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My government is imposing sanctions on a UN mandate holder for doing her job, including calling on the ICC to do its job: holding perpetrators of international crimes accountable for their actions.
This is behavior worthy of a crime family, not a member of the United Nations.
This is behavior worthy of a crime family, not a member of the United Nations.
July 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My government is imposing sanctions on a UN mandate holder for doing her job, including calling on the ICC to do its job: holding perpetrators of international crimes accountable for their actions.
This is behavior worthy of a crime family, not a member of the United Nations.
This is behavior worthy of a crime family, not a member of the United Nations.
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New: my very long post @opiniojuris.bsky.social explaining why the "last window of opportunity" test for self-defence, used by both the #US and #Israel to justify attacking #Iran, is not the law -- and shouldn't be. opiniojuris.org/2025/06/24/t...
The “Last Window of Opportunity” Test Is Unlawful — and Dangerous
Much has already been written about the illegality of Israel and the US’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities — Operation Rising Lion and Operation Midnight Hammer — includ…
opiniojuris.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New: my very long post @opiniojuris.bsky.social explaining why the "last window of opportunity" test for self-defence, used by both the #US and #Israel to justify attacking #Iran, is not the law -- and shouldn't be. opiniojuris.org/2025/06/24/t...
The whole piece is well worth a full read. But it's important to contextualize how we got here: a long trajectory of incremental dismantling of the international legal order: administration by administration, precedent by precedent, president by president...
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The whole piece is well worth a full read. But it's important to contextualize how we got here: a long trajectory of incremental dismantling of the international legal order: administration by administration, precedent by precedent, president by president...
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“So, bottom line – all of these arguments are really trying to dress up purely preventative action into something more legally respectable. These arguments are not just weak, they are fatally weak.”
Peak Marko.
Hang it in the Louvre.
Peak Marko.
Hang it in the Louvre.
June 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“So, bottom line – all of these arguments are really trying to dress up purely preventative action into something more legally respectable. These arguments are not just weak, they are fatally weak.”
Peak Marko.
Hang it in the Louvre.
Peak Marko.
Hang it in the Louvre.