Mark Lattimer
@mglattimer.bsky.social
Exec Director, Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
War, justice, #civilianrights
War, justice, #civilianrights
Court says Israel blocked aid to Gaza for prolonged period & underlines Israel’s duty re. prohibition of starvation of civilian population as method of war. Wording reflects the GA's question, but will the Court adopt this saying-but-not-quite-saying approach in the separate genocide case? 2/3
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Court says Israel blocked aid to Gaza for prolonged period & underlines Israel’s duty re. prohibition of starvation of civilian population as method of war. Wording reflects the GA's question, but will the Court adopt this saying-but-not-quite-saying approach in the separate genocide case? 2/3
Crushing opinion on Israel’s obligations just dropped from Intl Court of Justice. In findings that rely heavily on IHL, ICJ says that Israel’s duty under GCIV Art59 to facilitate relief schemes if the local population is inadequately supplied is *unconditional*, incl. relief provided by UNRWA.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Crushing opinion on Israel’s obligations just dropped from Intl Court of Justice. In findings that rely heavily on IHL, ICJ says that Israel’s duty under GCIV Art59 to facilitate relief schemes if the local population is inadequately supplied is *unconditional*, incl. relief provided by UNRWA.
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If you’re at the UN Human Rights Council this Friday, join us to discuss human rights and justice in #Syria
#HRC60
With thanks to Syrians for Truth and Justice, IMPAC, Cairo Institute et al.
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
#HRC60
With thanks to Syrians for Truth and Justice, IMPAC, Cairo Institute et al.
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you’re at the UN Human Rights Council this Friday, join us to discuss human rights and justice in #Syria
#HRC60
With thanks to Syrians for Truth and Justice, IMPAC, Cairo Institute et al.
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
#HRC60
With thanks to Syrians for Truth and Justice, IMPAC, Cairo Institute et al.
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social
On another unspeakably grim day for Palestinians in Gaza, I talked to @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social about starvation as a war crime.
mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qDghRd...
mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qDghRd...
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On another unspeakably grim day for Palestinians in Gaza, I talked to @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social about starvation as a war crime.
mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qDghRd...
mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qDghRd...
“The UK must approach Ukraine reparations not as a distant post-conflict project, but as a current and urgent imperative.”
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
July 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The UK must approach Ukraine reparations not as a distant post-conflict project, but as a current and urgent imperative.”
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
@maethompson.bsky.social at packed
@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social event in Parliament last night.
Thx to @alexsobel.co.uk for his leadership on Ukraine #reparations
Latest figs from HRANA on Iran casualties from Israeli attacks 🔽
(see www.en-hrana.org )
Fatalities in Israel currently = 24.
(see www.en-hrana.org )
Fatalities in Israel currently = 24.
June 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Latest figs from HRANA on Iran casualties from Israeli attacks 🔽
(see www.en-hrana.org )
Fatalities in Israel currently = 24.
(see www.en-hrana.org )
Fatalities in Israel currently = 24.
"Urgent and decisive action is required to avert the destruction of the Palestinian population of Gaza."
UK judges' and lawyers' letter to PM Keir Starmer.
Full legal memorandum here:
lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...
UK judges' and lawyers' letter to PM Keir Starmer.
Full legal memorandum here:
lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...
May 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"Urgent and decisive action is required to avert the destruction of the Palestinian population of Gaza."
UK judges' and lawyers' letter to PM Keir Starmer.
Full legal memorandum here:
lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...
UK judges' and lawyers' letter to PM Keir Starmer.
Full legal memorandum here:
lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...
Thanks Amir. Belligerent reprisals against civilians have been outlawed for at least half a century 🔽. Even under the old law of reprisal, the suspect in the shooting is not a belligerent and would have no such right.
May 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Thanks Amir. Belligerent reprisals against civilians have been outlawed for at least half a century 🔽. Even under the old law of reprisal, the suspect in the shooting is not a belligerent and would have no such right.
In late April, the ICJ considered Israel’s earlier submission that it “goes to great lengths to continue to allow and facilitate the provision of necessary humanitarian assistance”. On 2 March Netanyahu had announced that “all entry of goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip will cease”.
Gaza starves.
Gaza starves.
May 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In late April, the ICJ considered Israel’s earlier submission that it “goes to great lengths to continue to allow and facilitate the provision of necessary humanitarian assistance”. On 2 March Netanyahu had announced that “all entry of goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip will cease”.
Gaza starves.
Gaza starves.
As the significance of death and victory 80 years ago is contested, a sombre wall nearby records the fallen from today’s fight against Russian aggression. 5/6
May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As the significance of death and victory 80 years ago is contested, a sombre wall nearby records the fallen from today’s fight against Russian aggression. 5/6
And here in Kyiv a public exhibition outside St Michael’s draws explicit parallels between the Warsaw Uprising and the Ukrainian defenders at the siege of Mariupol.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
And here in Kyiv a public exhibition outside St Michael’s draws explicit parallels between the Warsaw Uprising and the Ukrainian defenders at the siege of Mariupol.
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The legacy of WW2 is at issue this week as Putin prepares for Russia’s WW2 Victory Day parade. Ukrainian historians point to the 6 million Ukrainian troops in the Soviet Red Army that helped liberate these lands and their terrible camps from German occupation.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The legacy of WW2 is at issue this week as Putin prepares for Russia’s WW2 Victory Day parade. Ukrainian historians point to the 6 million Ukrainian troops in the Soviet Red Army that helped liberate these lands and their terrible camps from German occupation.
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The site of the death camp at Belzec is situated just to the north. An hour further back along the track from Krakow lies Auschwitz-Birkenau. And in Kyiv there extends the Babi Yar ravine where nearly 100,000 Ukrainian Jews, Slavs & Roma were shot by the German SS.
May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The site of the death camp at Belzec is situated just to the north. An hour further back along the track from Krakow lies Auschwitz-Birkenau. And in Kyiv there extends the Babi Yar ravine where nearly 100,000 Ukrainian Jews, Slavs & Roma were shot by the German SS.
With Ukraine airspace closed, visitors to Kyiv typically fly in to Krakow and take the sleeper train across the border from Przemysl. On this particular week, it is a poignant journey.
For the 11-hour trip passes through the centre of the Nazi killing fields.
#VEDay #VE80
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For the 11-hour trip passes through the centre of the Nazi killing fields.
#VEDay #VE80
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May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The UK believes that UNRWA is an impartial humanitarian organisation" under the terms of Geneva Convention IV.
Strong defence right now of humanitarian obligations under GCIV by UK at the #ICJ in the ongoing hearings on Israel's obligations.
Strong defence right now of humanitarian obligations under GCIV by UK at the #ICJ in the ongoing hearings on Israel's obligations.
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The UK believes that UNRWA is an impartial humanitarian organisation" under the terms of Geneva Convention IV.
Strong defence right now of humanitarian obligations under GCIV by UK at the #ICJ in the ongoing hearings on Israel's obligations.
Strong defence right now of humanitarian obligations under GCIV by UK at the #ICJ in the ongoing hearings on Israel's obligations.
Financing: EU will contribute to operating budget of the Claims Commission together with other members, but this will be treated as ‘advances on payments owed by’, and recoverable from, the Russian Federation. This does not extend to the actual compensation fund for paying reparations. 4/5
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Financing: EU will contribute to operating budget of the Claims Commission together with other members, but this will be treated as ‘advances on payments owed by’, and recoverable from, the Russian Federation. This does not extend to the actual compensation fund for paying reparations. 4/5
Modalities: Formal negotiations to start March 2025. Unclear whether it will be by Council of Europe convention, standalone treaty or hybrid. (Also for discussion is the relationship with Ukraine, which has already taken steps to provide social protection to victims.) 3/5
@coe.int
@coe.int
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Modalities: Formal negotiations to start March 2025. Unclear whether it will be by Council of Europe convention, standalone treaty or hybrid. (Also for discussion is the relationship with Ukraine, which has already taken steps to provide social protection to victims.) 3/5
@coe.int
@coe.int
The Claims Commission is to compensate for Russia’s war of aggression but also any other ‘internationally wrongful acts’ in or against Ukraine, thereby including IHL violations, & specifically including all damage, injury & loss to all natural and legal persons.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Claims Commission is to compensate for Russia’s war of aggression but also any other ‘internationally wrongful acts’ in or against Ukraine, thereby including IHL violations, & specifically including all damage, injury & loss to all natural and legal persons.
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Ukraine: Attention has focused on the Special Tribunal, but the EU has now also thrown its weight behind creation of a Claims Commission for reparations.
Von der Leyen: “There can also be no justice without compensation. Russia must be held accountable for its aggression – and it must pay.”
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Von der Leyen: “There can also be no justice without compensation. Russia must be held accountable for its aggression – and it must pay.”
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February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ukraine: Attention has focused on the Special Tribunal, but the EU has now also thrown its weight behind creation of a Claims Commission for reparations.
Von der Leyen: “There can also be no justice without compensation. Russia must be held accountable for its aggression – and it must pay.”
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Von der Leyen: “There can also be no justice without compensation. Russia must be held accountable for its aggression – and it must pay.”
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Make no mistake, phase 1 is a lifeline (not least for hostages, who otherwise seemed doomed). But will we ever get to phase 2? Key indicators will be not just releases but also opening of Rafah crossing & rehab. of hospitals in north Gaza, without which meaningful IDP return is impossible. 6/7
January 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Make no mistake, phase 1 is a lifeline (not least for hostages, who otherwise seemed doomed). But will we ever get to phase 2? Key indicators will be not just releases but also opening of Rafah crossing & rehab. of hospitals in north Gaza, without which meaningful IDP return is impossible. 6/7
Experienced senior SBS officers believed that the abuses committed by the SAS on arrival in Afghanistan in 2009 were directly linked to recent SAS operational methods in Iraq, “driven by kill counts”.
Should the Inquiry now consider evidence on SAS operations in Iraq?
/ENDS
Should the Inquiry now consider evidence on SAS operations in Iraq?
/ENDS
January 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Experienced senior SBS officers believed that the abuses committed by the SAS on arrival in Afghanistan in 2009 were directly linked to recent SAS operational methods in Iraq, “driven by kill counts”.
Should the Inquiry now consider evidence on SAS operations in Iraq?
/ENDS
Should the Inquiry now consider evidence on SAS operations in Iraq?
/ENDS
UKSF were described as training and mentoring local Afghan forces. But instead of UK forces instilling the need to adhere to Geneva Conventions, here it was the Afghan forces who protested at egregious violations allegedly committed by UK forces:
January 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
UKSF were described as training and mentoring local Afghan forces. But instead of UK forces instilling the need to adhere to Geneva Conventions, here it was the Afghan forces who protested at egregious violations allegedly committed by UK forces:
As @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social previously revealed, SF were the only NATO units assigned NCVs in Op Resolute Support & NATO’s own civilian casualty mitigation team was denied authority to investigate SF killings before 2016. Did failure to act on concerns in 2011 enable years of further abuses?
January 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
As @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social previously revealed, SF were the only NATO units assigned NCVs in Op Resolute Support & NATO’s own civilian casualty mitigation team was denied authority to investigate SF killings before 2016. Did failure to act on concerns in 2011 enable years of further abuses?
4. Defence spending hit a record $2.44 trillion last year. The rest of the world can’t understand Americans' domestic logic that more guns make you safer. But in global relations, that is the logic we are all signed up to, with producers making ever more weapons and selling them to ever more states.
December 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
4. Defence spending hit a record $2.44 trillion last year. The rest of the world can’t understand Americans' domestic logic that more guns make you safer. But in global relations, that is the logic we are all signed up to, with producers making ever more weapons and selling them to ever more states.
3. The UN Charter prohibition on the use of force is crumbling.
States around the world are choosing to forget that war was outlawed in 1945 and are electing to use force as a regular instrument of foreign policy again, using illegal justifications incl. reprisal, deterrence, even land grabs.
States around the world are choosing to forget that war was outlawed in 1945 and are electing to use force as a regular instrument of foreign policy again, using illegal justifications incl. reprisal, deterrence, even land grabs.
December 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
3. The UN Charter prohibition on the use of force is crumbling.
States around the world are choosing to forget that war was outlawed in 1945 and are electing to use force as a regular instrument of foreign policy again, using illegal justifications incl. reprisal, deterrence, even land grabs.
States around the world are choosing to forget that war was outlawed in 1945 and are electing to use force as a regular instrument of foreign policy again, using illegal justifications incl. reprisal, deterrence, even land grabs.