HAPPENING TOMORROW: In-person event on women and girls living under occupation. With brilliant speakers Margaret Owen OBE, Amira Nimerawi, Dr. Eva Khair, Alisa Kovalenko and Simav Hasan. Last few spots: www.eventbrite.com/e/women-girl...

This is shaping up to be a brilliant event and one that I'm particularly proud to be involved in. Join us if you can!

Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🗓️ In-person event at our London office on 30 June. Join Ceasefire and @newlinesinst.bsky.social to hear from speakers from four conflict situations to discuss the unique challenges of living under occupation. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/women-girl...

From Mitiga to The Hague. A new piece I wrote for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social on the El Hishri case, victim participation, and accountability in Libya after years of impunity. I also reflect on attending the hearings firsthand. Read here: www.ceasefire.org/from-mitiga-...

From Mitiga to The Hague: What Does the El Hishri Case Mean for Libya’s Victims? - The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights

For more than a decade, many perpetrators of human rights abuses and international crimes in Libya behaved as though accountability simply did not apply to them. In a country fractured by division, do...

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Some say it is legal to attack energy infrastructure because it is a ‘dual-use object’. But such strikes may make commanders liable under the law on dual-purpose attacks. My latest for @articlesofwar.bsky.social with research from @yearbookofihl.bsky.social lieber.westpoint.edu/dual-use-obj...

Dual-Use Objects and Dual-Purpose Attacks - Lieber Institute West Point

Attacks against dual-use objects could also be analysed under the more developed law on dual-purpose attacks.

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🗓️ May 20! Join us for an event at #POCWeek2026: Centring Civilian Agency and Community-Led Protection in an Era of Constraints, Austerity and Impunity ⬇️ Register before May 18: tinyurl.com/5n8ytm84 #NotATarget #ActForHumanity

Britain still lacks a formal system for recording civilian deaths caused by its military. This should concern us all aoav.org.uk/2026/britain... post by Iain Overton MOD summary report released to @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social following FOI request www.ceasefire.org/uk-mod-revie...

“The UK’s inability to detect civilian harm calls into question its ability to comply with international humanitarian law” - Mae Thompson for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

MoD has no system to detect civilian deaths caused by military, study shows

Revelation comes after report commissioned by department released in response to charity’s FoI request

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Some shocking revelations here...

Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UK MoD has released to Ceasefire and @airwars.bsky.social a summary of an independent review of its civilian harm framework, confirming our concerns: no unified CHMR policy, no civilian harm tracking, no formalised investigation procedures and no operational amends mechanisms.

UK MoD has released to Ceasefire and @airwars.bsky.social a summary of an independent review of its civilian harm framework, confirming our concerns: no unified CHMR policy, no civilian harm tracking, no formalised investigation procedures and no operational amends mechanisms.

UK MoD review recommends strengthening procedures on civilian harm mitigation and response - The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights

A Ministry of Defence (MoD) review of the UK’s civilian harm framework has recommended new procedures to track and investigate harm to civilians in UK operations, strengthened use of open-source intel...

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We’re told we must accept much higher civilian casualties in large-scale combat operations. But what if that is based on a false assumption? My latest for @articlesofwar.bsky.social lieber.westpoint.edu/challenging-...

Challenging Common Assumptions About Civilian Protection in Large-Scale Combat Operations - Lieber Institute West Point

Preparations for LSCOs have led to a debate about whether the conduct of such operations requires modifying the prevailing approach to civilian protection.

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Writing on International Women's Day last week, Meyss Sattouf reflects on the strength and resilience of women affected by conflict around the world. '...women living through conflict, crisis and marginalisation are not passive victims. They are active agents of survival and change...'

One suitcase, one tent, one world: On International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is often filled with celebration. Flowers. Panels. Campaigns. Words like empowerment and leadership. And those things matter. But today, I want to sit with something quieter ...

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AWS in the Cross-Hairs: Data Centres as Targets - what are the legal obligations in targeting data centres? #IHL #IranWar opiniojuris.org/2026/03/12/a...

AWS in the Cross-Hairs: Data Centres as Targets

[Professor Luke Moffet is chair of human rights and international humanitarian law at Queen’s University Belfast and author of Algorithms of War (BUP 2026). Alannah Travers is a PhD student a…

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“The UK government has been careful in not directly supporting the ongoing US-Israeli use of force against Iran. This is at least partly because (I’m sure) the internal view within the government is that the use of force is illegal.” www.ejiltalk.org/the-legality...

The Legality of the UK Interception of Iranian Missiles and Permitting a Limited US Use of British Bases

The UK government has been careful in not directly supporting the ongoing US-Israeli use of force against Iran. This is at least partly because (I’m sure) the internal view within the government is th...

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The only certainty in the war between US/Israel and Iran is mass civilian harm www.ceasefire.org/mass-civilia...

Mass civilian harm the only certainty in war between US/Israel and Iran

The only certainty in the rapidly escalating conflict between the United States/ Israel and Iran is civilian harm on a mass scale, said Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights in a statement.With the sco...

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As Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, the immense civilian toll continues to grow. Writing for our blog, Ukrainian artist and activist Anna Moskalets shares how these four years have altered her life, her art, and her understanding of resistance.

War must not become the new normal: Art, solidarity and resistance four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating an armed aggression ongoing since 2014. On this grim anniversary, Ukrainian artist and activist Anna Moskale...

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Assassinating Justice in Libya My latest piece for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social Read it here 👇🏽 www.ceasefire.org/assassinatin...

Assassinating justice in Libya

On 3 February, Libyan presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot dead by a team of four masked gunmen in Zintan. His killing cannot be read as an isolated security incident, nor as merely a...

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I sat in on the Defence Committee last week as former ministers were questioned about the MoD's Afghan data breach. In my latest blog post for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social, I consider what the data breach and superinjunction reveal about the culture inside the MoD and what needs to change.

Could unnecessary secrecy be masking flawed practices? Tenacious work by @airwars.bsky.social exposes that the UK MoD is not only reluctant to publicly acknowledge civilian harm but may also lack the systems to accurately and effectively track it.

Secrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’

Tribunal ruling follows Airwars investigation into Britain’s conduct in bombing campaign against IS in Syria and Iraq

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You can view the seven recorded incidents of harm in Venezuela here: airwars.org/trump-under-...

Trump under scrutiny

Collection page gathering crucial resources on military actions during the Trump second term, and the impact on civilians

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'How the refugee system fails the whistleblowers it should protect' - "The author is writing anonymously for fear of possible retaliation by human trafficking gangs. UNHCR, has acknowledged the risks he and his family face, but say they cannot help him..." www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs...

How the refugee system fails the whistleblowers it should protect

A refugee who blew the whistle on human trafficking argues that the refugee system prefers silence.

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Important that civilian harm from the strikes does not go unreported. Great work by @airwars.bsky.social and @nickturse.bsky.social in the piece here, but the fact SOUTHCOM is unable to cope with the number of reports is one unfortunately predictable outcome of gutting the US efforts of CHMR 1/2

Nick Turse@nickturse.bsky.social · 7mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Southern Command is unable to cope with the volume of civilian casualty reports stemming from the military mission to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro theintercept.com/2026/01/13/c...

Latest Conflict Index from @acleddata.bsky.social suggests that conflict levels stabilised in 2025 while violence targeting civilians increased, described by analysts as a troubling ‘new normal’

What's driving conflict today? A review of global trends

ACLED’s conflict data shed light on how governments and armed groups are changing the global political landscape.

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This is the letter received by an Iraqi family in Basra after their father was arrested. “British Forces have treated him in a good way according to the British Rules”, writes the commanding officer reassuringly. In fact, as the officer knew very well, their father was already dead. SHORT 🧵

What made the US-backed aid system in Gaza so deadly? Our new short film reconstructs two Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distributions, showing how the militarised aid system resulted in death and injury. Watch the full video here: ghf.airwars.org

Surviving The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - An Airwars Investigation

For five months, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was the main distributor of food in Gaza. Backed by the United States and Israel, more than 1,000 people were allegedly killed seeking aid at it...

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Afghan Inquiry publishes redacted evidence from closed hearings in 2024 involving former Special Forces members, after refusing the MoD’s request to delay release. Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.

Special Forces heads suppressed SAS war crime evidence, inquiry hears

An officer tells the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan UK Special Forces leadership was

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Can civil justice, operational learning and civilian agency help close the IHL enforcement gap? Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm. Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...

The report highlights that the UK maintains a seemingly ineffective approach to civilian harm tracking; fails to investigate civilian harm consistently; and has introduced unprecedented legislation to severely restrict civilians’ access to response-and accountability mechanisms.

OUT NOW: Our new report finds UK defence is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm from UK military operations. Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...

If you’re in Belfast next week, this is sure to be a compelling and timely discussion with these brilliant experts. RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS

Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights@ceasefirecentre.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us as we launch our latest report for a discussion at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how the UK can prepare to protect civilians from its own actions in a volatile world. ▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm RSVP: bit.ly/4ntCRDS

With civilians in #Ukraine facing renewed attacks and peace talks still uncertain, how can the UK ensure its support is truly victim-centred? New blog post by Samantha Perren out now: www.ceasefire.org/how-can-the-...