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Matt Killingsworth
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Senior Lecturer in IR at UTAS. Researching the evolution of #IHL, and the #ICC. Mood determined by fortunes of #CollingwoodFC and
#ManUtd

Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/yz8f32cp
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Being There
GH observes that ABC doesn't understand it
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January 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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They are such mrons
kaine.senate.gov Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · Jan 14
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."
January 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Might EU Foreign Ministers encourage Syria to sign and ratify the Rome Statue as a condition of lifting sanctions?
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool | Simon Tisdall
In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcaution
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January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns after submitting DOJ report
Jack Smith resigns after pursuing cases against Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, and mishandling classified documents.
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January 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds

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Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds
Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65
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January 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Poland is a signatory to the Rome Statute, and is obliged to arrest Netanyahu if he visits. This is not an issue over which to play domestic political one-upmanship...

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Donald Tusk says Poland will shield Netanyahu from arrest at Auschwitz
Polish premier insists ICC warrant will not be enforced after President Duda demands immunity for Israeli leader
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January 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I wonder if Dutton appreciates that he's the primary cause of the division?

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Dutton says ‘strong’ leader needed to heal anxious nation
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Australia has one last chance at the coming election to return to prosperity.
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January 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Some commentary from me on #CNA about the possibilities of post-Assad justice in #Syria

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Ideal to hold Assad regime accountable for alleged crimes in International Criminal Court: Academic
Matt Killingsworth, Senior Lecturer of International Relations at the University of Tasmania, speaks about some of the atrocities committed during the Assad regime and the challenges the new Syrian go...
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December 11, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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A new-ish artile of mine, exploring tensions between the legally evolved immunity for heads of state and the emerging idea that gross violations of human rights should trump claims of immunity.

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Head of state immunity, order, justice and the international criminal court: limits of international criminal justice in international society - International Politics
The post-Cold War international justice project is underpinned by the goal of overcoming impunity, an important part of which involves setting aside the historically evolved norm that rank or station ...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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This is all the Russians have been able to take in almost a year, at the cost of about 1500 men A DAY.

You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY
December 1, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission"
and so now he will be US ambassador to France
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Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France
The announcement elevated Mr. Kushner, the father of President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law and the recipient of a presidential pardon at the end of Mr. Trump’s first term.
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November 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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I cannot stress enough how dangerous this is. If enough member states are emboldened to pick and choose which warrants they like, and which they don't, the system will crumble. Is this the #Netherlands departing from years of practice? Or an off-the-cuff remark? Either way, terrible. #ICC
November 30, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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My thoughts on criticisms of #ICC arrest warrants in Palestine Situation

Israel, Palestine, and the ICC: Examining Dehumanisation and Justice in Modern Warfare

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Israel, Palestine, and the ICC: Examining Dehumanisation and Justice in Modern Warfare - Australian Institute of International Affairs
The ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders have sparkd a debate on the application of international law and the dehumanisation of belligerents. Narratives of “civilisation” and exclusion ...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
November 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM