Shane Darcy
@shanedarcy.bsky.social
Professor, Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, University of Galway.
International law, armed conflict, accountability, business and human rights.
International law, armed conflict, accountability, business and human rights.
Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations is looking to hire a Human Rights Advisor.
Full-time two-year post in Geneva. Deadline 21 November 2025.
Details are here:
www.ireland.ie/en/un/geneva...
Full-time two-year post in Geneva. Deadline 21 November 2025.
Details are here:
www.ireland.ie/en/un/geneva...
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations is looking to hire a Human Rights Advisor.
Full-time two-year post in Geneva. Deadline 21 November 2025.
Details are here:
www.ireland.ie/en/un/geneva...
Full-time two-year post in Geneva. Deadline 21 November 2025.
Details are here:
www.ireland.ie/en/un/geneva...
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As the U.S. uses sanctions and tariffs against those who seek to hold Israel accountable for genocide, @shahdhm.bsky.social and I have organised this panel on economic and physical coercion with an excellent group of speakers: twailr.com/webinar-geno...
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As the U.S. uses sanctions and tariffs against those who seek to hold Israel accountable for genocide, @shahdhm.bsky.social and I have organised this panel on economic and physical coercion with an excellent group of speakers: twailr.com/webinar-geno...
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An unexpected piece of Dublin history
#speirgoirm
#speirgoirm
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
An unexpected piece of Dublin history
#speirgoirm
#speirgoirm
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It’s almost become a prerequisite for the office of Home Secretary to demonstrate prowess at the cruelty olympics.
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It’s almost become a prerequisite for the office of Home Secretary to demonstrate prowess at the cruelty olympics.
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How far and how high can one fly the cruelty flag? That’s the prerequisite.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“These laws that provided hope, security, and promise for a fairer and more sustainable future have been reduced to performative exercises that have little effect on the real needs of people, nature, and businesses”.
European lawmakers have voted to back the weakening of landmark EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly drive to slash red tape pushed through with far-right support. jrnl.ie/6874165
EU lawmakers vote to water down sustainable business rules
The EU parliament’s biggest centre-right bloc joined forces with the hard right to back amending the legislation on corporate sustainability.
jrnl.ie
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“These laws that provided hope, security, and promise for a fairer and more sustainable future have been reduced to performative exercises that have little effect on the real needs of people, nature, and businesses”.
“These laws that provided hope, security, and promise for a fairer and more sustainable future have been reduced to performative exercises that have little effect on the real needs of people, nature, and businesses”.
European lawmakers have voted to back the weakening of landmark EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly drive to slash red tape pushed through with far-right support. jrnl.ie/6874165
EU lawmakers vote to water down sustainable business rules
The EU parliament’s biggest centre-right bloc joined forces with the hard right to back amending the legislation on corporate sustainability.
jrnl.ie
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“These laws that provided hope, security, and promise for a fairer and more sustainable future have been reduced to performative exercises that have little effect on the real needs of people, nature, and businesses”.
Business. As. Usual.
But with added climate breakdown.
And aligning with the least progressive forces in Europe.
But with added climate breakdown.
And aligning with the least progressive forces in Europe.
🚨🚨Breaking and bad #EU news: Lawmakers in @europarl.europa.eu agreed today to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU’s first omnibus simplification package. #omnibus 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Business. As. Usual.
But with added climate breakdown.
And aligning with the least progressive forces in Europe.
But with added climate breakdown.
And aligning with the least progressive forces in Europe.
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Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
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Statement from Palestinian human rights organisation @alhaq.bsky.social on their case against the United Kingdom:
"The issues at the heart of this case are larger than any single court judgment, and we will continue to push for change through every available avenue"
www.alhaq.org/advocacy/267...
"The issues at the heart of this case are larger than any single court judgment, and we will continue to push for change through every available avenue"
www.alhaq.org/advocacy/267...
Our Legal Challenge Against the UK’s Licensing of Weapons to Israel Concludes, But Our Fight for Justice and Accountability for the Palestinian People is Far From Over
On Wednesday, 12 November, the Court of Appeal in London rejected our request for an appeal in the long-running claim, initially launched in December 2023 against the UK government, ...
www.alhaq.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Statement from Palestinian human rights organisation @alhaq.bsky.social on their case against the United Kingdom:
"The issues at the heart of this case are larger than any single court judgment, and we will continue to push for change through every available avenue"
www.alhaq.org/advocacy/267...
"The issues at the heart of this case are larger than any single court judgment, and we will continue to push for change through every available avenue"
www.alhaq.org/advocacy/267...
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Tomb Shrine and Round Tower • Clones • Monaghan
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Tomb Shrine and Round Tower • Clones • Monaghan
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
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On 4 November, the Paris Criminal Court opened the long-awaited trial against Lafarge, accused of financing terrorism and violating international sanctions in Syria. ECCHR will be present during the trial and publish weekly trial reports. Read the first report here 👉 www.ecchr.eu/fileadmin/Fa...
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
On 4 November, the Paris Criminal Court opened the long-awaited trial against Lafarge, accused of financing terrorism and violating international sanctions in Syria. ECCHR will be present during the trial and publish weekly trial reports. Read the first report here 👉 www.ecchr.eu/fileadmin/Fa...
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Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the 4-year siege of the city in the 90s. Add SNIPER TOURISM to the list of obscenities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the 4-year siege of the city in the 90s. Add SNIPER TOURISM to the list of obscenities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Includes a fascinating foreword from three former UN Special Rapporteurs - John Dugard, Michael Lynk and Richard Falk.
In which they discuss this most prominent mandate, their activities and the ever-increasing hostility directed at these human rights “canaries in the coalmine”.
In which they discuss this most prominent mandate, their activities and the ever-increasing hostility directed at these human rights “canaries in the coalmine”.
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness compiles Francesca Albanese's damning reports on Israel’s conduct in Palestine since October 2023.
The ebook is free to download. We encourage readers to donate to @unrwa.org to support their critical work: www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
The ebook is free to download. We encourage readers to donate to @unrwa.org to support their critical work: www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Includes a fascinating foreword from three former UN Special Rapporteurs - John Dugard, Michael Lynk and Richard Falk.
In which they discuss this most prominent mandate, their activities and the ever-increasing hostility directed at these human rights “canaries in the coalmine”.
In which they discuss this most prominent mandate, their activities and the ever-increasing hostility directed at these human rights “canaries in the coalmine”.
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Interesting article from @irishtimes.com by Derek Scally on an Irish journalist at Nuremberg.
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
When Nazism went on trial: the Irish journalist in the room at Nuremberg
Eighty years ago reporter Seaghan Maynes took his seat just yards from Hermann Göring. His dispatches captured the drama, tedium and moral reckoning of the trial that shaped international justice
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interesting article from @irishtimes.com by Derek Scally on an Irish journalist at Nuremberg.
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Interesting article from @irishtimes.com by Derek Scally on an Irish journalist at Nuremberg.
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
When Nazism went on trial: the Irish journalist in the room at Nuremberg
Eighty years ago reporter Seaghan Maynes took his seat just yards from Hermann Göring. His dispatches captured the drama, tedium and moral reckoning of the trial that shaped international justice
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interesting article from @irishtimes.com by Derek Scally on an Irish journalist at Nuremberg.
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Seaghan Maynes said later that “The possibility of the German defendants getting witnesses to come forward ... would be as scarce as holy water in an Orange Lodge”.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
"France is unlikely to make reparations for colonial violence, although it might issue an apology, but only if there is a sign from the new leadership in Niamey that it means to co-operate with the EU on closing down migration routes via Niger into Europe."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Rob Lemkin | What France owes to Niger
About ten years ago I visited Dioundiou, a village in Niger two hundred kilometres south-east of the capital Niamey, and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"France is unlikely to make reparations for colonial violence, although it might issue an apology, but only if there is a sign from the new leadership in Niamey that it means to co-operate with the EU on closing down migration routes via Niger into Europe."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Cash for fash
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cash for fash
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“All states fuelling the Sudan conflict must immediately put a stop to this. The United Arab Emirates in particular must end its military assistance, including the supply of weapons, to the RSF." - @amnesty.org amnesty.ca/human-rights... #KeepEyesonSudan
Sudan: Civilians must be protected amid escalating RSF attacks in Kordofan region
Civilians in Sudan’s Kordofan region must be protected amid reports of escalating Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks in the area, Amnesty International
amnesty.ca
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“All states fuelling the Sudan conflict must immediately put a stop to this. The United Arab Emirates in particular must end its military assistance, including the supply of weapons, to the RSF." - @amnesty.org amnesty.ca/human-rights... #KeepEyesonSudan
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X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
"Despite the overwhelming evidence, the flagrant illegality, the profound damage to Palestinian self-determination, the protests and the pleas, these crimes continue without pause."
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Higher education has been destroyed in Gaza
Academics call for sanctions as Israel’s actions against education in Gaza draw condemnation
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Despite the overwhelming evidence, the flagrant illegality, the profound damage to Palestinian self-determination, the protests and the pleas, these crimes continue without pause."
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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The climate march in Dublin on Sat November 15th is shaping up to be the biggest climate march that we've seen in Ireland this decade. Will you be joining us?
🚨 IT’S TIME TO STOP CLIMATE CHAOS
📣Join Trócaire, Stop Climate Chaos and other organisations for the National Climate March in Dublin to demand a cleaner, safer, fairer future that breaks away from fossil fuels.
🕐Saturday November 15th, 1pm
📍Assemble at Garden of Remembrance
📣Join Trócaire, Stop Climate Chaos and other organisations for the National Climate March in Dublin to demand a cleaner, safer, fairer future that breaks away from fossil fuels.
🕐Saturday November 15th, 1pm
📍Assemble at Garden of Remembrance
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The climate march in Dublin on Sat November 15th is shaping up to be the biggest climate march that we've seen in Ireland this decade. Will you be joining us?
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"... when the attacks by Israel on the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including institutions of third-level education, are escalated even further, neither the international legal system nor the so-called international community can or will intervene meaningfully to stop it."
Pleased that the @irishtimes.com has published this co-authored piece with a number of Palestinian academic colleagues on the destruction of higher education in Gaza.
And the fears that the same will happen in the West Bank.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
And the fears that the same will happen in the West Bank.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Higher education has been destroyed in Gaza
Academics call for sanctions as Israel’s actions against education in Gaza draw condemnation
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"... when the attacks by Israel on the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including institutions of third-level education, are escalated even further, neither the international legal system nor the so-called international community can or will intervene meaningfully to stop it."