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Janina Dill
@janinadill.bsky.social
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Professor of Global Security at Oxford, Co-director of ELAC (IHL, Law & Ethics of War, Attitudes toward Violence)
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Looking forward to speaking about the War in #Gaza and International law at the Canadian Council on International Law this coming Friday. Say "hi" if you are in Ottawa.

site.pheedloop.com/event/ccilcc...
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Reports of mass killings and targeted attacks against health facilities in El Fasher.
@HRL_YaleSPH
identifies apparent "pools of blood" visible from space. Western governments need to increase pressure on the conflict parties.

files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Let's be clear drawing and enforcing a "Yellow Line" across Gaza that civilians cannot approach/cross is incompatible with international law.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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"Beyond #Staatsraison"

Experts calling for a new German policy in the Middle East that complies with Int Law

I am glad to have signed this paper

👇The paper in German and English is here
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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"Jenseits der #Staatsraison" für eine Neue Deutsche Nahostpolitik, die sich klar zum Völkerrecht bekennt

Ich bin froh dieses Papier unterzeichnet zu haben

👇Papier auf deutsch & englisch
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
👇Bundespressekonferenz der Initiatoren
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Zr...
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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In this post @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social & I trace how the Starmer Government's repeatedly misconstrues its obligations under the Genocide Convention in #Gaza, hiding behind a Court judgement that is years away with a position that we call "legally illiterate" and "morally indefensible".
September 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A critical call to protect the #ICC in the face of looming US sanctions. As the current US administration is going rogue with sanctions, European states will need to come too grips with how to protect their nationals, their institutions and the rule of law.
September 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Looking forward to talking about law and power in international politics...

Ich freue mich auf die Diskussion zu Recht und Macht in der Internationalen Politik

tomorrow/morgen im Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg

Stop by if u are around

aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/bad-...
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Politically the most important para is the one reaffirming third states' duty to prevent genocide. It was triggered by the ICJ provisional measures orders on 26.01.2024. The "serious risk of genocide" was clear then. States should have acted then, they must act now.
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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In #Gaza herrscht offiziell Hungersnot. 🇮🇱 schätzt, dass mehr als 80% der Toten in Gaza Zivilisten sind.

Experten & Wissenschaftler in Völkerrecht, strategischen Studien & Philosophie des Krieges werden sich irgendwann fragen müssen, was wir in den letzten 22 Monaten dazu beigetragen haben.
August 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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We have a #famine declaration &, acc to Israel's own counts, more than 80% of fatalities in #Gaza are civilians.

Academics & experts in int. law, military/strategic studies & the philosophy of war will need to reflect on our contributions to this outcome.
August 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Like the laws of war, the 🇮🇱 gov distorts moral lesser evil arguments to justify atrocities in #Gaza.

That "extensive & wanton destruction ... was perpetrated for the benefit of its victims is absurd & obscene."

Strong words by @eitandi.bsky.social via @ejiltalk.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Meine Einordnung: Moralisch besteht zwischen einer verbrecherischen Kampagne, die Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Ausrottung beinhaltet und Völkermord kein Unterschied. Juristisch wichtig ist das Risiko eines Völkermordes was eindeutig besteht.
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Ein recht eindeutiges Urteil festgemacht an der Vielzahl belastender Faktoren durch @mikebecker.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Ein relativ eindeutiges Urteil von
@adhaque.bsky.social mit Verweis auf die Festellbarkeit der Absicht trotz anderer Ziele
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Eine zeitlich präzise Einordnung wann die Beweislage gekippt ist von
@itamann.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Auf das Risiko und die äquivalente Schwere der Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit abstellend hier
@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Eine zeitlich präzise Einordnung von @itamann.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Eine ähnliche Einschätzung von @mikebecker.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Ein relativ eindeutiges Urteil von @adhaque.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Moralisch besteht zwischen einer verbrecherischen Kampagne, die Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Ausrottung beinhaltet und Völkermord kein Unterschied. Juristisch wichtig ist das Risiko eines Völkermordes was eindeutig besteht.
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Legal analysis in real time needs to give room to the range of plausible scenarios. In some universe it may be plausible that a journalist is also a fighter & hence a legit target. BUT this pattern 👇makes it much more plausible that journalists are targeted for reporting...
August 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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For all those who have been puzzling over how to reconcile Israel's conduct in #Gaza with their idea of a military establishment subject to the rule of law and advised my empowered military lawyers.... The Times of Israel

www.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-co...
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM