Oekraïne verliest het geloof in Amerikaanse garanties en houdt de Donbas stevig vast
www.volkskrant.nl/cs-bbd4c37c/

Conquest.

Lebanon: Urgent call to protect civilians as death toll mounts following brutal escalation in Israeli attacks Responding to the unprecedented escalation by the Israeli military which said it conducted the “largest coordinated wave of strikes” today attacking 100 sites across Lebanon within 10 minutes, killing...

@amnesty.org : #Lebanon - Urgent call to protect civilians as death toll mounts following brutal escalation in Israeli attacks www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

I've taught European history for thirty years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we Americans have front-row seats.

Middle East: Indiscriminate warfare is indefensible and incompatible with law Geneva (ICRC) - The following is a statement from ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the hostilities in the Middle East.

Strong statement from the President of the ICRC:
“indefensible, inhumane and devastating” www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

The Security and Human Rights Monitor (@shrmonitor.bsky.social) The Security and Human Rights Monitor provides analysis on the work of the OSCE and on security & human rights challenges stemming from the OSCE region & beyond

Happy to announce that after almost eight years of having led the shrmonitor.bsky.social I am passing the baton to our new Editor-in-Chief Eva Entenmann! For my more elaborate post on LinkedIn, see www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...

Utterly discriminatory death penalty bill passed by #Knesset is another mark of #Apartheid & another line in the list of #Israel's serious breaches to #EU #Israel Association Agreement.

@kajakallas.bsky.social: time to review & suspend Agreement.

www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

Between Heat and Hope – A Climate Litigation Podcast Listen to the Between Heat and Hope podcast on climate litigation, democracy and the rule of law with expert guests.

Between Heat & Hope - A Climate Litigation Podcast 🌱

Listen to the discussion w/ Prof @evelyneschmid.bsky.social re. the ongoing Swiss Asmania case against cement producer Holcim. From the role of human rights law to the role of corporations in the climate crisis.
climatelitigation.uva.nl/podcast/

🔴 On 28 February 2026, a US #missile hit a girls’ school in Minab, #Iran, killing 175 people. Most were students. The US claims it was a tragic error due to outdated maps, but satellite images clearly show a #school with play areas and sports fields.

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Terwijl het kabinet tot augustus gaat nadenken over ‘steunmaatregelen’ (die uiteindelijk de energievraag zullen vergroten), zou men met spoed moeten nadenken over manieren om de energievraag direct te verminderen. Kom maar op met die autoloze zondag!
fd.nl/politiek/159...

Islamic State Containment Is Collapsing in Syria Less than a month after the repeal of Caesar Act sanctions, Syria’s transitional president Ahmad al Sharaa launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led

The long war against ISIS in Syria was never truly finished, only contained within a fragile and improvised system. That system is now under growing strain.

Killer robots don’t exist yet but Ukraine and Russia are getting closer "We are already deep into practical battlefield autonomy."

Killer robots don't exist yet. But Ukraine and Russia are closer than most realize.

Both sides already field drones with auto-tracking, terrain navigation, and vision-based targeting—without a human pilot guiding every move.

euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/18/k...

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

Toen hij aanviel had hij geen bondgenoten nodig. Nu de aanval hem in de problemen brengt bedreigt hij zijn bondgenoten

Trump urges UK and others to send ships to help secure Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks - live updates Meanwhile, Israel says Iran has launched a sixth wave of strikes on Saturday and in Kuwait, an air base has been hit by two drones.

The same Trump who regularly insults and betrays our allies, including by specifically telling the UK that he does not want their ships, is now calling upon our allies to come clean up the mess he made out of the Persian Gulf.

NONE of this had to happen. ALL of this is Trump's fault.

This Trump tweet is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.

Israeli strikes kill 26 paramedics in Lebanon: Lebanese Health Ministry <article data-history-node-id="435746" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-26-paramedics-lebanon-lebanese-health-ministry" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-26-paramedics-lebanon-lebanese-health-ministry" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill 26 paramedics in Lebanon: Lebanese Health Ministry </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanon's health ministry confirmed on Saturday that Israeli strikes had killed 26 paramedics and wounded 51 others since conflict erupted between Israel and Hezbollah.</p> <p>Earlier, Lebanese authorities said an overnight Israeli strike&nbsp;killed 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses working at a healthcare centre in the southern town of Burj Qalawiya, following another strike on the town of Sawaneh that left two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and its ally Amal dead.</p> <p>The health ministry statement also accused Israel of repeatedly "targeting ambulance crews while they were performing rescue duties", after the Israeli military on Saturday accused Hezbollah of using ambulances militarily.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli strikes kill 26 paramedics in Lebanon: Lebanese Health Ministry - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

Martelingen en totale rechteloosheid: Israël zet zijn gevangenissen in als wapen tegen de Palestijnse samenleving Het Israëlische leger heeft in een geruchtmakende zaak de aanklachten tegen vijf militairen ingetrokken. Zij waren beschuldigd van zware mishandeling en seksueel misbruik van een Palestijnse…

Opnieuw actueel | Het Israëlische leger heeft in een geruchtmakende zaak de aanklachten tegen vijf militairen ingetrokken. Lees terug over deze zaak, de straffeloosheid en het Israëlische gevangenissysteem waar duizenden Palestijnen systematisch worden vernederd en gefolterd.
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The Netherlands has also filed its declaration of intervention in South Africa v. Israel (the Gaza genocide case).

Its observations will focus on forced displacement, children, starvation, and deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid.

www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

In Trumps nieuwe wereldorde komt het internationaal recht op een zijspoor Deskundigen zeggen dat de VS en Israël met hun aanvallen op Iran het internationale recht schenden. De aloude afspraken lijken de laatste jaren steeds minder waard.

nos.nl/artikel/2604...

The European Human Rights Law Review is now on BlueSky!

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Follow for the latest articles, calls for papers, upcoming events and more...

The American-Israeli Strikes on Iran are (Again) Manifestly Illegal After weeks of threats, the United States, joined by Israel, has launched military strikes against Iran. It remains to be seen whether these strikes will be fairly limited, or are the opening of an ex...

"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have."

@ejiltalk.bsky.social

www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...

illegal use of force by every measure, domestic & international

Teamed up with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social to consider US threats against Iran and a potential attack. Assessment? Unlawful.

Ethnic cleansing concerns in Gaza and West Bank amid intensified violence and forcible transfers by Israel – UN report GENEVA – A UN Human Rights Office report released today raises concerns over ethnic cleansing by Israeli authorities in both Gaza and the West

"A UN Human Rights Office report released today raises concerns over ethnic cleansing by Israeli authorities in both Gaza and the West Bank"

"It details the deaths of at least 463 Palestinians, including 157 children, from starvation in the Gaza strip."

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Georgiërs, Wit-Russen en Tsjetsjenen strijden aan het Oekraïense front voor een vrij thuisland: ‘Als Oekraïne wint, winnen wij ook’ Oorlog in Oekraïne: Georgiërs, Wit-Russen en Tsjetsjenen vechten in de oorlog tegen Rusland mee aan Oekraïense zijde. Gedreven door persoonlijke ervaringen willen ze afrekenen met het Russische imperi...

Reportage: 'Georgiërs, Wit-Russen en Tsjetsjenen strijden aan het Oekraïense front voor een vrij thuisland: "Als Oekraïne wint, winnen wij ook"' www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... (€)

21 Nederlandse ‘lone soldiers’ sloten zich afgelopen drie jaar vrijwillig bij IDF aan Zeker 21 Nederlanders, zonder ouders in Israël, sloten zich de voorbije drie jaar aan bij de Israëlische krijgsmacht (IDF).

21 Nederlandse ‘lone soldiers’ sloten zich afgelopen drie jaar vrijwillig bij IDF aan

Zie ook mijn eerdere interview met @nrc.nl hier: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Iraq: ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria at Risk of Abuse The United States transferred 5,700 detainees held for alleged ISIS affiliation from Northeast Syria to Iraq, where they are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, torture, ill treatment, a...

Iraq: ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria at Risk of Abuse
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

Ukraine/United States • US, Dutch veterans bolster Ukraine air force's F-16s in skies above Kyiv A squadron comprising Ukrainian, US and Dutch pilots has been assembled to protect Kyiv's airspace. These seasoned veterans are notably being deployed to help fend off Russian cruise missiles and

Nederlandse F-16-veteranen helpen sinds kort "bijna dagelijks" bij de luchtverdediging van de regio Kyiv, schrijft Intelligence Online.

De Oekraïense luchtmacht zou de afgelopen weken in alle stilte een internationaal squadron hebben samengesteld, waaronder ook piloten uit de VS.

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