Bina D’Costa
@binadcosta.bsky.social
Professor, International Relations, ANU &
Chair, UN Working Group of Experts on people of African descent
Living & working on unceded Ngunnawal & Ngambri lands.
Current research 👇🏾
https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/ir/displacement-violence
Chair, UN Working Group of Experts on people of African descent
Living & working on unceded Ngunnawal & Ngambri lands.
Current research 👇🏾
https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/ir/displacement-violence
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We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.
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A federal judge ruled construction must temporarily stop at “Alligator Alcatraz” as hearings challenging the Everglades-based detention center’s environmental impact continue.
Federal judge orders two-week construction pause at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Experts testified newly laid down pavement would cause harmful runoff to spill into the wetlands surrounding the airstrip.
www.politico.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A federal judge ruled construction must temporarily stop at “Alligator Alcatraz” as hearings challenging the Everglades-based detention center’s environmental impact continue.
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Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run immigrant detention center in the country, over concerns about environmental harm.
Judge orders temporary halt to new construction at Alligator Alcatraz
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams came after a two-day hearing in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run immigrant detention center in the country, over concerns about environmental harm.
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🇧🇷 🛎️ Reitero minha preocupação com a discussão que a Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil realizará sobre o Projeto de Lei PL 2159/21.
@binadcosta.bsky.social #DireitosHumanos #LicenciamentoAmbiental #HumanRights #PLdaDevastação
@binadcosta.bsky.social #DireitosHumanos #LicenciamentoAmbiental #HumanRights #PLdaDevastação
July 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🇧🇷 🛎️ Reitero minha preocupação com a discussão que a Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil realizará sobre o Projeto de Lei PL 2159/21.
@binadcosta.bsky.social #DireitosHumanos #LicenciamentoAmbiental #HumanRights #PLdaDevastação
@binadcosta.bsky.social #DireitosHumanos #LicenciamentoAmbiental #HumanRights #PLdaDevastação
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Please mark the date and join us later this year at UQ / @visualpolitics.bsky.social for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture with
Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.
With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).
Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.
With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).
July 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Please mark the date and join us later this year at UQ / @visualpolitics.bsky.social for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture with
Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.
With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).
Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.
With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).
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“To speak of Sudanese, both from the North and the South, is to speak of an unspeakable suffering.
How much must we endure even outside our country? What fault is it to flee in the hope of finding a calm life somewhere?” ….
@davidyambio.bsky.social
How much must we endure even outside our country? What fault is it to flee in the hope of finding a calm life somewhere?” ….
@davidyambio.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“To speak of Sudanese, both from the North and the South, is to speak of an unspeakable suffering.
How much must we endure even outside our country? What fault is it to flee in the hope of finding a calm life somewhere?” ….
@davidyambio.bsky.social
How much must we endure even outside our country? What fault is it to flee in the hope of finding a calm life somewhere?” ….
@davidyambio.bsky.social
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Small Children Left Drifting At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard #Refugees
Small Children Left Drifting At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard
Just after midnight, on Saturday April 5, Aegean Boat Report was contacted by a group of 24 people, 10 of them small children, and a cat, who a few hours earlier had arrived on the Greek island of …
aegeanboatreport.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Small Children Left Drifting At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard #Refugees
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Part of an ARC Linkage Project, the opening roundtable features @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU), Michelle Godwin (ANU), David Tuck (ICRC), Samuel Bariasi (ICRC), Michelle Higelin (ActionAid), Amporn Marddent (Thammasat University), Jeremy Shusterman (UNICEF) and myself. Thanks to all.
March 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We are very much looking forward to Gabriella’s presentation 🌺👇🏾
Come join us this Thursday, 27 Mar at 11am at the Bell School @anubellschool.bsky.social in Canberra for a conversation on #borderenforcement and everyday life on the US-MX border. Everyone is welcome. Grateful to @binadcosta.bsky.social for the invitation!
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/smuggl...
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/smuggl...
Smuggling the Border in: rethinking the borderspace in a new cooperation landscape | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
The recent reconfiguration of international cooperation agreements derived from the suspension of US aid programs, coincided with the launch of a series of drastic anti-immigrant measures by the US go...
bellschool.anu.edu.au
March 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We are very much looking forward to Gabriella’s presentation 🌺👇🏾
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oPt: Caritas Jerusalem provides urgent aid for over 40,000 displaced in Jenin #Refugees
oPt: Caritas Jerusalem provides urgent aid for over 40,000 displaced in Jenin
reliefweb.int
March 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
oPt: Caritas Jerusalem provides urgent aid for over 40,000 displaced in Jenin #Refugees
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#Humanitarian images often foreground suffering. How can we provide more complex visualisations that ensure collaboration & protection?
Come see this powerful photographic exhibition
1 week only, Mon 24 - Fri 28 Mar, ANU
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/photog....
@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social #visitCBR
Come see this powerful photographic exhibition
1 week only, Mon 24 - Fri 28 Mar, ANU
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/photog....
@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social #visitCBR
Photographic Exhibition: Towards Alternative Humanitarian Visuals? | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
We know that humanitarian images often foreground suffering. How can we provide more complex visualisations that also show complexity and ensure collaboration and protection?
bellschool.anu.edu.au
March 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
#Humanitarian images often foreground suffering. How can we provide more complex visualisations that ensure collaboration & protection?
Come see this powerful photographic exhibition
1 week only, Mon 24 - Fri 28 Mar, ANU
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/photog....
@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social #visitCBR
Come see this powerful photographic exhibition
1 week only, Mon 24 - Fri 28 Mar, ANU
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/photog....
@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social #visitCBR
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The Humanitarian Lifeline in DR Congo Under Threat: We Need Urgent Action #Refugees
The Humanitarian Lifeline in DR Congo Under Threat: We Need Urgent Action
reliefweb.int
February 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Humanitarian Lifeline in DR Congo Under Threat: We Need Urgent Action #Refugees
'Where there is power or effective control, there is responsibility. The outsourcing of operations does not absolve States of accountability. Offshore detention facilities are not human-rights free zones for the State party, which remains bound by the provisions of the Covenant.'
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Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds
GENEVA - In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore dete...
www.ohchr.org
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
'Where there is power or effective control, there is responsibility. The outsourcing of operations does not absolve States of accountability. Offshore detention facilities are not human-rights free zones for the State party, which remains bound by the provisions of the Covenant.'
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A much welcome moral boost today: received this book book - and was honoured to contribute a chapter: a conversation with the legendary Shahidul Alam on the politics of photography. Great job - and big thanks to - the editors Eliza Garnsey & Cait Hamilton. rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...
December 19, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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The border milita movement will be one to watch as Trump looks to every desperate option on the southern border. www.wired.com/story/border...
Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans
Militias that patrol the US border with Mexico are thrilled that Donald Trump has been elected—and plan to be a “valuable resource” to the incoming administration, whether or not they’re asked.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:46 PM
The border milita movement will be one to watch as Trump looks to every desperate option on the southern border. www.wired.com/story/border...
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Excited to launch Anna Powles' and my special section of the @austjia.bsky.social about the Australia Zealand alliance on 5 December, co-hosted by the AIIA and NZIIA. Online and free - register here: aiia.glueup.com/event/austra...
Australia and New Zealand: Natural Allies? | Australian Institute of International Affairs
It is difficult to think of two countries more closely aligned than Australia and New Zealand. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade describes the neighbours as ‘natural allies with a st...
aiia.glueup.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Excited to launch Anna Powles' and my special section of the @austjia.bsky.social about the Australia Zealand alliance on 5 December, co-hosted by the AIIA and NZIIA. Online and free - register here: aiia.glueup.com/event/austra...
Resharing the 75th anniversary special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs on bsky. Many thx to the editors for the invitation.
My essay is titled: 'Learning/unlearning in International Relations through the politics of margins and silence'
Pls check out the full collection 👇🏾
My essay is titled: 'Learning/unlearning in International Relations through the politics of margins and silence'
Pls check out the full collection 👇🏾
Australian Journal of International Affairs
The 75th anniversary edition of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Volume 75, Issue 6 of Australian Journal of International Affairs
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Resharing the 75th anniversary special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs on bsky. Many thx to the editors for the invitation.
My essay is titled: 'Learning/unlearning in International Relations through the politics of margins and silence'
Pls check out the full collection 👇🏾
My essay is titled: 'Learning/unlearning in International Relations through the politics of margins and silence'
Pls check out the full collection 👇🏾
The conflict in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with many at risk of famine.
The Sudan Research Group study noted that 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since 15Apr23.
Amnesty Intl said French military technology was being used, in violation of a UN arms embargo.
The Sudan Research Group study noted that 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since 15Apr23.
Amnesty Intl said French military technology was being used, in violation of a UN arms embargo.
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:57 PM
The conflict in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with many at risk of famine.
The Sudan Research Group study noted that 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since 15Apr23.
Amnesty Intl said French military technology was being used, in violation of a UN arms embargo.
The Sudan Research Group study noted that 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since 15Apr23.
Amnesty Intl said French military technology was being used, in violation of a UN arms embargo.
Please circulate through your networks.
Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher
Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher
Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Myanmar-Australia Visiting Fellowship Program 2025 | ANU Myanmar Research Centre
Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher, closing on Friday, 22 November 2024.
myanmar.anu.edu.au
November 17, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Please circulate through your networks.
Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher
Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher
Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
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Here a video of our latest Visual Politics Program event: Federica Caso talks to Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about Settler Military Aesthetics and her new @edinburghup.bsky.social book. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/https/w...
Available to Watch: Federica Caso on Settler Military Aesthetics — Roland Bleiker
Dr Federica Caso is interviewed by Dr Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about her new book Settler Military Politics: Militarisation and the Aesthetics of War Commemoration (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). T...
www.rolandbleiker.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Here a video of our latest Visual Politics Program event: Federica Caso talks to Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about Settler Military Aesthetics and her new @edinburghup.bsky.social book. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/https/w...
In Oct, we called on all leaders to move beyond dehumanising & polarising narratives, & actively work for an immediate cessation of all hostilities & crimes in Palestine/Israel & the region, for the release of those arbitrarily detained, both Israelis held in Gaza & Palestinians held by Israel. 👇🏾
‘The international order is breaking down in Gaza’: UN experts mark one year of genocidal attacks on Palestinians
GENEVA – Marking one year since the start of Israel’s genocidal offensive in Gaza, a group of independent human rights experts issued the following statement:
www.ohchr.org
November 17, 2024 at 11:12 PM
In Oct, we called on all leaders to move beyond dehumanising & polarising narratives, & actively work for an immediate cessation of all hostilities & crimes in Palestine/Israel & the region, for the release of those arbitrarily detained, both Israelis held in Gaza & Palestinians held by Israel. 👇🏾
During humanitarian emergencies situation reports & SITANs (situation analysis) offer invaluable information.
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UNRWA Situation Report #13 on the Lebanon Emergency Response: All information from 7 November - 12 November 2024, valid as of 12 November 2024 at 1:00 PM #Refugees
UNRWA Situation Report #13 on the Lebanon Emergency Response: All information from 7 November - 12 November 2024, valid as of 12 November 2024 at 1:00 PM - Lebanon
Situation Report in English on Lebanon about Education, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 17 Nov 2024 by UNRWA
reliefweb.int
November 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
During humanitarian emergencies situation reports & SITANs (situation analysis) offer invaluable information.
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Great leadership by global south states offering an example of reimagining a new international order 👇🏾
The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...
www.ohchr.org
November 16, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Great leadership by global south states offering an example of reimagining a new international order 👇🏾
The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The Special Committee is composed of three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
‘Should Israel carry out the decision, the Committee will consider it a grave violation of Israel’s obligations in accordance with the CRC, & other IHRL & IHL. It’d
violate the ruling of the ICJ order to guarantee the delivery of aid & to facilitate access to essential services.’
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violate the ruling of the ICJ order to guarantee the delivery of aid & to facilitate access to essential services.’
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www.ohchr.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
‘Should Israel carry out the decision, the Committee will consider it a grave violation of Israel’s obligations in accordance with the CRC, & other IHRL & IHL. It’d
violate the ruling of the ICJ order to guarantee the delivery of aid & to facilitate access to essential services.’
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violate the ruling of the ICJ order to guarantee the delivery of aid & to facilitate access to essential services.’
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