Perhaps the most horrifying consequence of the war in Sudan is the rape and killing of innocents, including children and toddlers. In general, UN Women saw a 288 percent increase in the number of gender-based violence survivors seeking services, highlighting the overwhelming use of rape as a weapon of war.
#Sudan #Conflict #WarCrimes
Today’s podcast guest is David L. Phillips, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Academic Visitor, St. Antony’s College at Oxford University.
We have an in-depth discussion on Syria, including Trump’s removal of sanctions on the country, issues of governance in Syria, especially considering the country’s numerous ethnic and religious minorities, and what can be expected of Ahmed al-Sharaa as an interim leader of Syria.
Listen now; link in bio.
Full bio
David L. Phillips is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Academic Visitor, St. Antony’s College at Oxford University. He was previously Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips has served as Foreign Affairs Expert and as Senior Adviser to the U.S. Department of State and as Senior Adviser to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Phillips has worked at academic institutions as Executive Director of Columbia University’s International Conflict Resolution Program, Director of American University’s Program on Conflict Prevention and Peace-building, Fellow at Harvard University’s Future of Diplomacy Project Fellow, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Center for Middle East Studies, and Professor of Preventive Diplomacy at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He was Deputy Director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Fellow at the Preventive Diplomacy Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Project Director at the International Peace Research Institute of Oslo. Phillips has also been a foundation executive, serving as President of the Congressional Human Rights Foundation and Executive Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Phillips has been an analyst and commentator for NBC News. He has written 10 books on public affairs and hundreds of articles in leading publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, and Foreign Affairs.
There are many adverse impacts of an arbitrary pardon; it sets precedents. If one president uses pardons unrestrainedly, it encourages future presidents to do the same, leading to a slippery slope in which pardons are seen as a political favor rather than a rare act of justice or mercy. Finally, since the pardon power is a constitutional responsibility, when used without careful consideration, it can diminish the moral authority of the presidency and the integrity of the office and make it harder for future presidents to use that power legitimately without suspicion.
#Trump #Pardons #UnitedStates #Democracy
The right to vote must be protected by all legal means. It is no secret that Trump will do anything—legal, illegal, devious, and wily—in his determination to try to hold onto the Republican-led majority in the House and the Senate. He must be prevented by every legal means from achieving his goal. Trump knows that losing either chamber would dramatically impede, if not freeze, his sinister plans to amass ever more power and consolidate his authoritarian scheme. From gerrymandering the electoral maps in Red States to threatening and intimidating any Republican officeholder to toe his line, he will not relent. Moreover, and far more worrisome, Trump is more than willing and sadly capable of dispatching—in essence, encouraging—his supporters, à la January 6, to most, if not all, blue states on election day to intimidate voters waiting in line under the pretext of guarding election integrity.
alonben-meir.com/writing/the-democrats-greatest-challenge-ever/
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Nothing seems like a perfect protection like a ID
But didn’t the constitution originally say’only property owners’
ID is required for everything else, why not voting? We HAVE to have nationwide voter ID!
Every accusation is an admission right? 😂
Yes,ID and paper ballets
Vote Red ❤️
Simple protection: picture ID required to vote. Ta-da.
I Agree that's why we should require voter ID so only citizens vote
Were you looking in the mirror as you wrote that? 🤡
Yes you need to show photo ID to vote
Require ID to vote
The secret is you that think the vote is being suppressed never can say why so many vote in each election.
*translation* Dems do not want to have voter id
VOTER ID protects the integrity of our electoral system....
It’s bad when he’s doing things legally?
Requiring a voter ID is not suppression, it is protection.
#DemocraticDesperation
Voter ID should be mandatory
100%. Legal citizens have a right to vote and all they need to do is show ID.
Except you are NOT interested in protecting the vote or in election integrity.
Renewed fighting along the Cambodia–Thailand border is a grave failure of leadership, and civilians are paying the price. Dozens have already been killed since tensions escalated, families are fleeing their homes, and essential civilian infrastructure is being destroyed. Reports of cluster munitions are especially shocking; these weapons are banned because they continue killing long after the fighting stops. There is no justification for exposing civilians to such cruelty. Both governments are obligated under international humanitarian law to protect civilian lives, not sacrifice them. I gave up on Trump to do anything about this unfolding disaster, but what about the EU and the UN human rights watch do something about it? They must act now, demand an immediate halt to hostilities, help mitigate the conflict between the two countries, and find a solution, while still holding all perpetrators accountable.
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Not our circus not our monkeys
During ceasefire 72 Hours, where are a gang of scammers hiding the scammers' money & moving scammer equipment and critical databases away from the risk of further F-16 attacks. ក្នុងអំឡុងពេលឈប់បាញ់ ៧២ ម៉ោង ជាកន្លែងដែលក្រុមជនឆបោកកំពុងលាក់លុយ និងផ្លាស់ទីឧបករណ៍ និងមូលដ្ឋានទិន្នន័យសំខាន់ៗរបស់ជនឆបោក ដើម្បីជៀសវាងហានិភ័យនៃការវាយប្រហារបន្ថែមទៀតពីយន្តហោះ F-16។
Ok ?? They are only killing each other no threat to everyone else
Stfu. Anything to bad mouth Trump. You can't do shit about it either.
States must show whether international justice still matters. Amnesty International warns that accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory is facing a decisive test. The organization has documented Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and crimes of apartheid, while also detailing war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Hamas and other armed groups. Justice cannot be selective. Supporting the ICC, enforcing arrest warrants, and protecting investigators are essential steps toward truth, reparations, and non-repetition. The whole world should become increasingly aware of these unfathomable crimes. Without accountability for all perpetrators, peace will remain an illusion, and impunity will continue to cost innocent lives.
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Genocide will always be the worse of any situation.
Shift to articulating goal rather than just complaint.
Wolna Palestyna !!! www.facebook.com/reel/1223162273243649
Occupier vs occupied
Speak to hamas
God bless Palestine 🇵🇸, Canada and Christians here support you 🙏 ❤️
SIR, WE ARE 30 YEARS BEHIND ON ANY OF THIS .... TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.... PLEASE , LAW ONLY APPLIES TO THE WEAK AND POOR .....
This is a difficult area, because ever since the Truman Administration, the US has sought to selectively walk back its committment to laws of war and international conventions, in favor of a doctrine of "full spectrum dominance" against the former communist bloc (and, after the collapse of the USSR, against all perceived US rivals). Bearing in mind that the position of the US is not as prestigious as it was in the 1940-60s, if the then-leader of the free world endorsed a relativistic adherence to the Geneva Conventions & etc., as with affairs like "Operation Phoenix" in Vietnam, it became that much easier for a society like Israel , rooted in an ethno-supremacist ideology, to ignore international law.
Amnesty international is biased.
Amnesty has been infiltrated and corrupted... antizionism is a hate system.distinct from antisemetism
ACCOUNTABILITY AND LAW DOES NOT EXISTS, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS.... THEY KNOW THERE IS NO LAW FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM..... SO THEY WAGE AN ENDLESS WAR THEMSELVES.... BUT YOU CAN NOT SAY THAT.... BECAUSE THE AMERICAN, ISRAELI, WESTERN EUROPEAN COLONIZER IS NEVER A CRIMINAL, NO MATTER HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE DEAD THANKS TO HIM.....
Dickhead! 🫵
Hysterically slinging around accusations of genocide and apartheid against one hated country has wrecked the credibility of these institutions. Over 500,000 Syrians have died over the past 15 years of conflict. No protests, no demands, no loud condemnation and accusations in these "International Justice" forums. No denunciations of human trafficking into the US. Amnesty International and ICC are thinly-disguised anti-US and Anti-Israel propaganda outlets.
BTW Israel has not been formally charged with anything? So more utter bull💩.And the Arrest warrant against Netanyahu,He might as well wipe his arse with it....as no one has the Balls to arrest him🤣🤣🇮🇱
Amnesty = neo-nazi liars
So is it only this war you think about, what about all of the others going on in This great big world. What about all of the other REAL Genocides goknb on in Africa and in the Middle East and beyond. Oh only Israel gets your attention wow
Pardon me, but in Poland 90% of the Jews were murdered , in Gaza the population has increased Stop lying
What kind of 💩is this? You’re putting Israel and Hamas on the same level? WTF is wrong with you?
Go F yourself you sicko. Who attacked Israel in 1948 shortly after their declared their independence? Who has continued to attacked Israel and its citizens with rocket launchers, bombs, knife attacks, machetes or whatever else you filthy rats can get your hands on?
Only when the arabs loose then it's justice and human rights 🤣🤣🤣
Funny how it’s always Israel that the international groups condemn. They seem to conveniently forget that it was Israel who was invaded, had thousands of innocent civilians killed, women raped, and men, women and children taken hostage. The so-called innocent Palestinians support and aid Hamas terrorists, then scream foul when Israel retaliates. Amnesty international and the United Nations are both corrupted and extremely biased. I have zero faith or confidence in the judgement of either organization.
Child sex trafficking is a global moral emergency hiding in plain sight. According to UNICEF, ICAT, and the UNODC, children make up nearly 28% of all identified sex trafficking victims worldwide, and in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean, that figure rises to over 60%. Since 2019, detected trafficking victims have increased by 25%, while child victims surged by 31%, now representing 38% of all detected cases. Millions of children are coerced into sexual exploitation each year, including here in the United States, many fleeing poverty, conflict, migration, or family breakdown. Child sex trafficking is not just another societal problem waiting for legislative tinkering or bureaucratic reform. It is a moral emergency, a fundamental rupture in the ethical fabric of our world. What are the US and the EU doing about this sex trafficking pandemic? NOHING. Shame, shame, and more shame.
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Luckily, I was never sexually abused by anyone.
Thank goodness for ICE belong to stop that!
Thank your leader Biden
Well explain the tonels in NYC and this... Sanhedrin 54B...
You're not likely to get any help here. Unless you're guilty. Then a presidential pardon might be available. www.facebook.com/groups/1975729939865085/?ref=share&mibextid=CTbP7E
Well Mohammand married a 6yr old girl and banged her when she was 9.
Ask yourselves who can afford to buy child sex victims? Follow the money.
So why do you support child trafficking??
Florida is third highest in the Nation for Human Trafficking. Statistics haven’t changed in the almost 8 years of Governor Ron DeSantis fighting his cultural war that ignored the plight of Humans being trafficked especially Children! Most Floridians did not lay awake at night pondering or supporting the following DeSantis agenda : Vanity Fair Excerpts: - [ ] Treating migrants like chattel; * Signing a bill into law literally known as “Don’t Say Gay”; * Punishing people for speaking out against “Don’t Say Gay”; * Signing a “dystopian” bill into law that restricts conversations about race in schools and businesses; * Declaring that the College Board’s AP African American studies course was not welcome in Florida because it touched on queer theory and intersectionality; * Making it more difficult to vote; * Having Floridians arrested as a political stunt; * Appointing a surgeon general who promoted hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin and recommended that healthy children not get vaccinated against COVID-19; * Bullying the Special Olympics into dropping its vaccine mandate for competition; * Signing an “anti-riot” bill into law in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests that, among other things, grants civil immunity to people who drive their cars into protesters blocking a road; prevents people accused of rioting from being bailed out of jail until after their first court appearance; and makes it a second-degree felony to destroy a plaque, memorial, painting, flag, or other structures commemorating historical people or events (like, for instance, Confederate statues); * Eliminating Medicaid coverage for transgender care; * Barring transgender girls from competing in sports; * Demonizing and targeting drag shows; * Declaring, in official state guidance, that children who identify as trans should not be allowed to wear clothes or use pronouns or names that align with their gender identity . DeSantis clearly doesn’t like it when media outlets, writing about the above, describe his stewardship of Florida in less than glowing terms. Of course, one way of avoiding that kind of press would be to not run the state like a fascist. But apparently, DeSantis has other ideas. www.vanityfair.com/ news/2023/02/ron-desantis-defamation-legislation/amp.
The US government is running this traffic!
Israel, Mossad, and Jewish billionaires are in the business of child trafficking for decades. But you will never speak about, won't you?
What about the lev tahor jews in guatemala sex traficking children? Or that israel has been running a blackmail ring involving children and politicians globally?
Joe Biden brought them in. 300,000 unvetted, unescorted children as part of his plan to . . .
Ice is finding children all the time but you leftists shitcrats would rather let them rot instead of supporting ice.
