Richard Joyce
richardjoyce.bsky.social
Richard Joyce
@richardjoyce.bsky.social
International law - critical theory - ceasefire now
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Damning insider account of pressure on UK foreign office civil servants to alter advice and downplay war crimes and illegality of arms sales.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith
Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The Trump-Vance embrace of Daniel Penny isn't just about "law and order" — it's white identity politics. A defense of a racial hierarchy where Penny can kill a Black man on a train and face no consequences. They're reminding us they want to preserve this status quo.
December 14, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Democratic @booker.senate.gov poses with a wanted fugitive from justice for war crimes.
When #Trump thumbs his nose at international law, and he will, remember this when #Democrats criticize him for it.
December 14, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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Come join us! Yes, someone put me and @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social in charge of conference.

The call for papers is out for ANZSIL 2025.

Theme: "International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance".

Submissions close 10 February*

*before inevitable extensions

anzsil.org.au/32nd-ANZSIL-...
December 9, 2024 at 4:13 AM