so i don't think it was 'genocide or nothing' but the desire to make the most air-tight jurisdictional case may have been the rationale. the ruling itself surprised me. my take on it (as a political scientist not a lawyer) is here, feedback welcome! www.worldpoliticsreview.com/icj-israel-g...
as i understand it, acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction is only one of the avenues through which a state can be subject to jurisdiction by the ICJ. www.icj-cij.org/basis-of-jur...
Israel and South Africa are also both parties to the Fourth Geneva convention, which prohibits forced displacement, collective punishment, and blocking humanitarian access to civilians.
Israel and South Africa are both parties to the Convention Against All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which prohibits apartheid in Article 3 and allows for ICJ jurisdiction in Article 22.
@hsecuritylab.bsky.social's new report says Zelensky should lift the ban when martial law renews in August; @StateDept & @NATO should encourage this. Why? For humanitarian and strategic reasons. To find out more, read this THREAD (if you're still on Twitter):
“THREAD: Over 500 days in, civilian men remain trapped inside #Ukraine's by presidential decree. @ZelenskyyUA should lift the ban when martial law renews in August. @StateDept & @NATO should enc...
Over 500 days into the Ukraine war, Zelensky's travel ban on civilian men is not just hard on civilians, but unnecessary and counter-productive. New report out from @hsecuritylab.bsky.social
Ukrainian women are particularly opposed to continuing the travel ban, according to the latest Human Security Lab survey.
New @HSecurityLab survey shows majority of Ukrainians continue to oppose @ZelenskyyUa's travel ban on men 18-60. Only 42% are in favor of retaining the ban, 58% split between "Let Men Choose" or a "Different View." http://bit.ly/44uw4AM
Women are particularly unlikely to support continued restrictions on men, and especially likely to suggest alternative policy options.
Russia is the predator AND it's important human rights groups look both ways. @hrw.org doing that now on cluster munitions. Perhaps next on (say) the gender-biased ban on civilian men crossing the border... ??www.worldpoliticsreview.com/zelensky-ukraine-human-rights-putin-russia-war/
Ukraine’s allies can help ensure Kyiv avoids committing human rights abuses in resisting Russia’s illegal war.
ok, yes i too am now one foot in Twitterhell, one in the Twitter exodus. for my inaugural BSky post I'll re-up an early LG&M essay from a whopping thirteen years back... funny how it still fits the current zeitgeist