The lawsuit against telecom giant Telenor is going ahead as opt-out class action📣 That means that if the case were to be successful, all customers whose data was shared would benefit from the awarded damages. We'll continue sharing updates, watch this space. Read more: www.somo.nl/norwegian-co...

Public service from @business-humanrights.org

Business and Human Rights Centre@business-humanrights.org · 4w ago

1/3 Are you seeking information on remedy for human rights or environmental harms connected to business activities? Our new tool can help you explore options. Explore here ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/r...

1/3 Are you seeking information on remedy for human rights or environmental harms connected to business activities? Our new tool can help you explore options. Explore here ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/r...

Osman Kavala has spent nearly 9 years behind bars unlawfully. Today, @echr.coe.int called his treatment a flagrant denial of justice, deemed his conviction void, & ordered his immediate release for the third time. The @coe.int should ensure Türkiye complies. Free Osman Kavala.

European court says the Turkish judiciary has a 'systematic problem' in ruling on philanthropist

The European Court of Human Rights has criticized Turkey’s courts over the imprisonment of philanthropist Osman Kavala

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RIP Professor Arday... leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...

Businesses are rarely neutral in conflict settings & some are enablers of international human rights and humanitarian law violations. Despite this knowledge, it's incredibly difficult to hold biz accountable for conflict harms. We cover this in our recent Essex HRC report tinyurl.com/ypstkbcc

Report: Reparations for conflict-related harms in Ukraine: The crucial role of businesses - Business and Human Rights Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre

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🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

PHRI warning and call to action regarding imminent danger to Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's Life

The Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex still has limited spaces its annual course on international law in armed conflict. Follow the link before 17 July: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

International Law in Armed Conflict | University of Essex | Essex Human Rights Centre

International Law in Armed Conflict Short Course 3-7 August 2026, in-person, University of Essex, Colchester Campus ***Deadline to apply: 17 July*** In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, unde...

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In our ‘Open Letter & Statements’ section we have shared the Open letter on ‘Legal basis for a Regulation prohibiting trade with the unlawful Israeli settlements (Article 207 TFEU)’. voelkerrechtsblog.org/open-letter-...

Open Letter: Legal basis for a Regulation prohibiting trade with the unlawful Israeli settlements (Article 207 TFEU)

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If you are an early-career scholar working on international economic law, please consider submitting your abstract by the end of June. This is a terrific and supportive environment and it comes with the potential of publishing with JIEL.

NEW from @thenerve.news: USS the academics' pension fund backs the firm helping Trump deport migrants. It has £45m invested in Palantir despite published commitments on human rights investment. Its own members may be able to force a reckoning. THREAD 1/9

⚖️ Just two weeks to go before the verdict in the trial against Lafarge for financing terrorism is delivered on the 13th of April at the Paris Judicial Court. A look back at a landmark case in the fight for corporate accountability 🧵

Aggression, Plain and Simple: A Response to Shany and Cohen on the Attack on Iran By @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social and @bechamilton.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/133417/aggre...

Aggression, Plain and Simple: A Response to Shany and Cohen on the Attack on Iran

Legal academics debate the state of international law and international institutions in light of the US-Israel-Iran War.

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Our teams across #Gaza received seven patients, including two children, with injuries from Israeli attacks, in just three days, between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2026. Hundreds of people have been killed since the #ceasefire agreement.

Over one million Ukrainians are enduring freezing temperatures with intermittent heat, water, and electricity due to Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure. Russia should cease targeting Ukraine’s energy grid and inflicting inhumane conditions on civilians.

Need to catch up on the huge genocide case about the Rohingya in 2017, also known as Gambia versus Myanmar at the ICJ? Tomorrow we will have a basic summary for you on what each side has been saying and our assessment of the case.

It rings hollow when you selectively invoke the fundamental principles of international law, i.e. when your rights and interests are threatened...

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 9mo ago

Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

Did you know that the Member of the European Parliament in charge of dismantling the Green Deal is also the lobbyist for companies benefiting from this deregulation? Complaint lodged with @president.europarl.europa.eu cc @ombudsman.europa.eu #CSRD #CSDDD

small and medium enterprises are a big force behind the entrenchment of the political right in many rich countries precisely because of their despise of regulation (see paper below), so fighting climate regulation is materially and ideologically existential for them

Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Did you know that the Member of the European Parliament in charge of dismantling the Green Deal is also the lobbyist for companies benefiting from this deregulation? Complaint lodged with @president.europarl.europa.eu cc @ombudsman.europa.eu #CSRD #CSDDD

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Since they're not restructuring, they're putting us all at risk because there may be a diminished need for "teaching and research", which are... the university's missions I guess?

@lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door. But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.

It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals. Please share widely.

“The accused was not only giving orders…but was personally involved in the beatings & later was physically present & giving orders for the execution of those detained.” 🚨‼️🚨‼️ The first senior perpetrator of atrocities in Darfur is convicted at the ICC! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocities

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The ICC's OTP strategic goal to be a world leader in accountability technologies currently feels V distant with the OTP now having to print out hard copies of files in fear that they won't be able to access their tech & IT systems if/when the court itself is sanctioned #ICC - tinyurl.com/2fda8dua

ICC staff print files and prepare for blackout as US sanctions loom

International Criminal Court fears work under threat because of dependence on American IT systems

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Sweden and RWI Launch Pilot Programme to Strengthen Türkiye’s Green and Just Transition rwi.lu.se/news/press-r...

Press Release: Sweden and RWI Launch Pilot Programme to Strengthen Türkiye’s Green and Just Transition - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Lund, 25 September 2025 - The Government of Sweden, represented by the Swedish Embassy in Ankara, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), signed a new cooperatio...

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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project * Middle East crisis – live updates Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said. Continue reading...

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Fossil fuel companies try to tie environmental campaigners and protesters up in lengthy legal battles to waste their time and money – and scare them away from criticising the rich and powerful Wonderful from @seanburkeshow.bsky.social #TimeToResist

⚖️ Investment Treaty News Special Edition: The Tribunal! Andrea Shemberg on the gap between international investment arbitration and the lived realities of communities. Read about the devastating impact of #ISDS on local communities in 🇪🇨's Intag region 🔗 www.iisd.org/itn/2025/09/...