Kathleen Lawand
@KathleenLawandSenior consultant. International humanitarian law & policy. Arms control & disarmament. Multilateral diplomacy & strategy. Fellow @TheGCSP . Views my own
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#1000days of war have left thousands of schools in #Ukraine damaged or destroyed, putting children's education and futures at risk. Every child deserves a safe place to learn. #EducationMatters
This week at the U.N. General Assembly, I expressed my deep sympathy with all Israeli & Palestinian mothers. The pain of hostages & their families is unspeakable. The pain of Palestinian families is equally unspeakable as is their suffering. It’s been 14 month of loss, despair…
For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the world is heading into an era of depopulation—and this time, the coming implosion will be entirely due to choices made by people, writes Nicholas Eberstadt. fam.ag/48P7oWY
We deplore the attack on the Lebanese Civil Defense center in Doures village, Baalbek district, in which at least 12 paramedics were killed. The centre has been massively damaged. Attacks on health care are becoming the new normal in conflicts. This must stop — everywhere!
It's a mistake for progressives to leave X. Yes it has taken a rightward and toxic turn under @ElonMusk, but there is no place comparable for discussion of the world's most important developments. Fleeing X abandons this influential forum to the far right. theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
“I have proposed an import ban on illegal settlement products, based on the recent @CIJ_ICJ advisory opinion, similar to the existing import ban on products from occupied Ukrainian territories – because even-handedness is the lynchpin of Europe’s credibility.”
After a year of unheeded pleas about the situation in Gaza, we cannot continue with business as usual. I have proposed to EU Member States to ban import of products from illegal settlements and to suspend the political dialog with Israel. Read my blog: eeas.europa.eu/eeas/war-gaza-…
Lockheed Martin received $75 billion in Pentagon contracts in FY 2020. This is more than 1.5 times the entire budget for the State Department and Agency for International Development ($44 billion.) watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…
“A double standard leaves us with no standards at all. And without a focus on the purpose of civilian protection, the law will become just a prop that is used to justify continued violence.” @Article36
Our statement to the CCW on #ewipa #incendiary weapons #killerrobots and the current crisis of international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians in armed conflict article36.org/updates/articl…
The propaganda of parties to the conflict in dirty wars is never truthful. There is a reason independent media are not being let into Gaza: 2/2
AI and killer robots are already in the battlefield. The🇺🇳 needs a legally binding instrument. The 1st committee (disarmament) adopted a resolution for inclusive discussions on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) thanks to a cross regional group🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇷🇮🇪🇲🇽🇳🇿🇵🇭🇸🇱🇱🇰🇨🇭,led by🇦🇹
A UN Special Committee report has found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza "consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war." The new report covered the period from October 2023 to July 2024. p.dw.com/p/4mzu8
An excellent concise review of the (sorry) state of affairs and the looming new nuclear arms race: theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…
Gaza is “a post-apocalyptic environment,” with “people just waiting to be killed, either by airstrike, by disease, or even by hunger,” says UNRWA chief Philippe @UNLazzarini On the consequences of the Knesset vote to stop UNRWA’s operations, he warns “that means that the…
🔈In March 2025, #Switzerland will host a UN-mandated conference in #Geneva for the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, focused on the protection of civilians in the #OPT. This meeting aims to reaffirm the importance of international humanitarian law and…
On 10 November, Israeli authorities blocked, without explanation, the medical evacuation of eight children and their caretakers from Gaza who are in need of medical care, including a two-year-old with leg amputations, to the MSF hospital in Jordan. We strongly denounce this…
Oh wow, the left wing government in the UK now full on embracing the tech coup! Saying states should act with humility (!!) visavis tech companies more powerful than states and treat them like states... You have one job…
“I don't know whether to scream or to cry.” Earlier this week, our spokesperson, @1james_elder, met two-year-old Ali in Beirut, Lebanon. Ali was buried under rubble for 14 hours after his home collapsed in an airstrike. His entire family was killed in the war. Ceasefire now.
🚨New @hrw report on war crimes + crimes against humanity in #Gaza. #Israel has committed: - Multiple war crimes of forced displacement; - Crimes against humanity - Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the buffer zones + security corridors hrw.org/node/389665 🧵
"Stories of children in Gaza unable to cry due to hunger should force us to act now. Their silence must be deafening for their families, their doctors, their communities. The only silence louder is the one of this Council not acting to prevent the worst from happening."
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