Sebastian Steinmüller
sebsteinmueller.bsky.social
Sebastian Steinmüller
@sebsteinmueller.bsky.social
at home in Paris
statistics / humanitarian data / #rstats
he/him
“Rapid responses” from AI agent generated personas “could be used to quickly make a case to donors on what population needs to be prioritized”:
This is going to harm people. We can't fix issues with data collection for humanitarian response by giving up on interviewing and talking to real people.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Includes “Recommendations” to Israel, Hamas and UN member states - to the last group to stop arms sales/transfers and other support if it facilitates “commission of serious violations of international law”.
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
A lot more information in the report, including on hostages taken by Palestinian armed groups, Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid and attacks against humanitarian actors and civil society.
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“The High Commissioner has asked Israel for access to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in order to investigate human rights violations on and since 7 October 2023, pursuant to its mandate, which so far has not been granted.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“documented efforts to rationalize discrimination, hostility and violence towards, and even the elimination of Palestinians.” - “If committed with intent to destroy, [the violations documented in this report] may also constitute genocide.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“During the reporting period, alarming patterns of Israeli individuals encouraging, advocating and inciting violence against the Palestinian people continued. This trend in language was often top-down,with Israeli officials communicating incendiary and vengeful messages...”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“IDF attacks in Gaza have caused destruction and serious damage to Gaza’s religious, historical and cultural sites. The IDF struck an extensive number of educational institutions, with 412 schools and universities reportedly destroyed or partially damaged as of 23 April 2024.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“The sheer scale of destruction of civilian homes and essential infrastructure create the conditions for long-term displacement from these areas, which may amount to forcible transfer of the Palestinian population in Gaza.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“OHCHR monitoring indicated that the “safe zones” where the IDF ordered Palestinians to evacuate to continued to be hit by Israeli strikes, causing fatalities and destruction of residential buildings, and the further displacement of those who had sought safety and shelter.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“There are strong indications of incidents in which Palestinian journalists may have been directly targeted by the IDF during the course of their work, which would be a war crime.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“Since 7 October 2023, the IDF has attacked hospitals across Gaza, in apparent systematic fashion, effectively crippling the healthcare system at a time of drastically increased needs.” - “Emergency medical workers were killed in large numbers.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“At beginning of April, over 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip were facing an extreme level of food insecurity” - “Statements made by Israeli officials raised concerns that starvation was deliberately inflicted by Israel to punish the civilian population, and to effect the return of hostages”.
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“OHCHR verified an incident of a toddler burnt by white phosphorus at a school. In addition, OHCHR gathered accounts from medical professionals in Gaza on their observations of patients admitted with symptoms associated with exposure to white phosphorus, including very deep burns.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“OHCHR gathered information of alleged incidents during which IDF troops on the ground in Gaza targeted and killed presumed civilians, including by summary execution.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“the strikes [...] suggest a pattern of attacks inflicting casualties evenly as a proportion across the entire population, [...] raising further concerns that the IDF has failed to strictly comply with fundamental principles of IHL.”
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
44% of verified deaths in residential buildings were children (ages 5-9 the largest group killed), 26% women, 30% men.
November 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM