Erga

Omnes

Planes, trains and automobiles,

threats, strikes and more attacks

(in international law) Obligations in whose fulfilment all states have a legal interest because their subject matter is of importance to the international community as a whole. It follows from this that the breach of such an obligation is of concern not only to the victimized state but also to all the other members of the international community.

Thus, in the event of a breach of these obligations, every state must be considered justified in invoking (probably through judicial channels) the responsibility of the guilty state committing the internationally wrongful act. It has been suggested that an example of an erga omnes obligation is that of a people's right to self-determination.

As long as there’s impunity,

there’ll always be torture..

but more on that later

🎥 Israel's displacement of people in Gaza and Lebanon part of 'ethnic cleansing' plan: Analysis

Al Jazeera English | Nov 14, 2024

Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing war crimes by forcibly displacing more than 90% of Gaza's population. It's released evidence accusing Israel of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. Abdelghany Sayed is a scholar in international law and a former ICC staffer. He says Israel's displacement of people in Gaza and Lebanon is part of its plan to ethnically cleanse populations.

Flooded by sewage,

human rights,

another victim,

won’t look away,

regardless harsh,

you light up and blow,

two-thousand pound bombs..

toxic, dystopia,

you’re not even trying,

detox, crimes,

past-practice,

litmus loyalty test,

this is the sound,

your ride home,

life’s digital twin,

so when your God,

asks what you did..

your life-time’s Holocaust,

televised, Genocide,

you’ll recite?

a dumb ol’ mantra?

an aging white-man,

blowjobs a microphone,

world just swallows?

his bullshit soundbites?

🎶 The O'Jays - For The Love of Money

Painfully clear,

“we’re fucked”,

don’t want us there,

here, anywhere..

general-sense alive,

you know what makes?

for some really,

good governance?

a mother ‘effin!

solid binding!

NO-GENOCIDE policy!

regardless baby’s creed

Damning report, published today!

this special committee ⬇️

The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1968 to examine the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza,

consistent with genocide!

including the use, starvation,

as a weapon of war 💔

Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said in a new report released today.

“Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life — food, water, and fuel,” the Committee said. “These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel’s intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains.”

🔖 A/79/363: Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories

And on the theme,

united things,

one-stop shop!

words void act!

a few..

(four precise)

meetings today,

piqued my ear..

➊ 🎥 Secretary-General in Baku, Occupied Palestinian Territory & other topics - Daily Press Briefing

🇵🇸:

Humanitarians say another three missions planned by OCHA and the World Food Programme to reach besieged parts of North Gaza governorate today were rejected.  In Gaza city in recent days, the UN along with the humanitarian partners, visited nine sites hosting internally displaced people to carry out an assessment of their needs. Shelter is one of the most pressing priorities, as well as food, hygiene kits and other items.  

🇱🇧:

UNICEF reports that Lebanon’s children are now enduring the deadliest phase of the war. More than 80 per cent of all children killed in Lebanon over the past year have been killed in the last 50 days. Yesterday, in one day alone, 13 children were killed in three separate Israeli airstrikes on Mount Lebanon Governorate. That’s according to Lebanese authorities.  

🔖 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY STÉPHANE DUJARRIC​, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES | THURSDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2024

➋ 🎥 OHCHR - Press Conference: Safety of Journalists

Santiago Maza’s riveting, eye-opening State of Silence follows four such committed journalists — Jesús Medina, Juan de Dios García Davish, María de Jesús Peters and March Vizcarra — who recall their experiences and express their strong commitment to following leads despite the constant threat to themselves and their families. In a profession where they must continually balance their career with their personal safety, they serve as what Medina calls an “amplifier” for the people living in what they see as a “narco politics” state, where the line between the law and crime is blurred and the continuing threats to journalists have created zones of silence that should never be tolerated.

Since the start of 2024, 61 journalists have already lost their lives in the line of duty. Alarmingly, only 15 percent of these cases have been investigated and prosecuted. Over 300 journalists continue to be imprisoned worldwide for doing their legitimate and important work .

➌ 🎥 Interview: Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA) on the current situation in Gaza and Lebanon as well as the future of the agency

“I RUN THE UN AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES.

HISTORY WILL JUDGE US ALL IF THERE IS NO CEASEFIRE IN GAZA”

- Philippe Lazzarini, Oct 26, 2023

➍ 🎥 2161st Meeting, 81st Session, Committee Against Torture (CAT)

40th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment  

🔖 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Adopted and opened for signature,

ratification and accession by General,

Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984,

entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1)

In-house experts,

autocrat,

vultures,

dirtiest kind,

human torture

The adoption of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 40 years ago was a seminal moment in the history of human rights.

It represented – and continues to represent – a powerful, collective commitment by States to prevent and punish one of the most despicable acts perpetrated by human beings.

Torture – the deliberate infliction of physical agony, psychological terror and trauma on defenceless adults and children – is a vile, heinous act that has absolutely no place in our world.

It is never justified; it is always abhorrent; and we have a clear legal and moral duty to prevent it.

-Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A short snapshot, this committee ⬇️

The Committee against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties.

The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime

And if our paths,

may have crossed,

pretty, plausible,

logical, thought..

A team from the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture visited the State of Palestine from 10 to 21 September 2023, during which time they visited 18 places of detention in various locations across the West Bank, including prisons, police stations, security force facilities, a psychiatric hospital and a military detention centre. In line with State policy, Palestine cooperated closely and consistently with the team during its visit, also hoping to benefit from international experiences in combating torture. To that end, a series of meetings was organized with high-ranking officials – including the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior – as well as meetings with other authorities, such as the security services, the Supreme Judicial Council, the Prosecutor General and the Justice Commission of the Security Forces. During the course of the visit, the team was also shown the draft decree-law, as a way of ensuring that Palestine was duly fulfilling its obligations as a party to the Optional Protocol and of benefiting from the guidance of international experts in the establishment of torture-prevention mechanisms.1 The Subcommittee’s visiting team was thus able to review Decree-Law No. 25 and the draft decree-law intended to amend it, and to express its comments thereon to the governmental panel. The panel then began its examination of those comments but, due to Israeli attacks against both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since 7 October 2023, all Palestinian efforts have been concentrated in that direction and work on the amendments has had to be suspended until the current escalation and its consequences have ceased.

🔖 CAT/C/PSE/FCO/1

Kill the lights,

close your eyes,

the way I feel?

already dead..

Gaza has been described over the last 15 years as a large open-air prison, with an air, sea and land blockade choking 2.2 million people within 365 sq km. Most young people have never left Gaza. Today, this prison is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between war, siege and deprivation.

- Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA | Oct 26, 2023

Big boy dance,

punisher skull,

big trump hair,

wannabe tough?

way to stick!

same racist,

sexist landing 🫡

(you’ve really,

outdone yourselves)

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he’s been tapped to lead, and has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct.

That probe effectively ended Wednesday, though, when Gaetz resigned from Congress.

Gaetz, a staunch Trump defender, has spent years enmeshed in scandals that threaten to derail his confirmation as the nation’s top federal law enforcement officer by the Republican-led Senate.

There will come a day,

we dabke on your face!

(not much of a dancer,

but I will move!

both those feet!)

tether together,

blood-white hands,

straight to cell,

right, ICC?

and then to hell,

right, Allah?

“focus less on who is woke,

and more, who’ s broke”

🎥 Jon Stewart On What Went Wrong For Democrats | The Daily Show

The Daily Show | Nov 11, 2024

“I don’t like,

stupid turkeys”

🎥 Trump’s Reelection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Last Week Tonight | Nov 14, 2024

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