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📢 Ep5 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Harm" #CivilianHarm #IHL

With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social

&
@weigand.bsky.social

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In the U.S. Strike on an Iranian School, What a Serious Military Investigation Should Look Like A military operation resulting in such a civilian death toll as the Minab school strike demands a credible, thorough Pentagon investigation.

A credible Pentagon probe of the U.S. military strike on the Minab school in #Iran requires specific steps.

From Annie Shiel & @priyankam.bsky.social, who’ve extensively studied U.S. military investigations of #CivilianHarm:

www.justsecurity.org/134898/iran-...

The morning coffee read: #CivilianHarm

Unidentified commenter says Kyiv heat plant nearly destroyed after repeated Russian missile attacks An unidentified commenter said a Kyiv heat plant is "almost completely destroyed" after repeated Russian missile strikes, warned residents are freezing, and called the destruction "amounting to a war crime." The claim was made as a brief public statement and was not verified in the remarks.

A Kyiv heat plant is reported "almost completely destroyed" by relentless Russian missile attacks, leaving residents in freezing conditions and raising allegations of war crimes.

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#US #WarCrime #CitizenPortal #KyivHeat #InfrastructureLoss #CivilianHarm

ICE Shoot and Kill Another U.S. Citizen in Minneapolis Federal ICE and DHS agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, two weeks after the killing of Renee Good.

Second ICE-linked shooting in Minneapolis deepened scrutiny of federal use of lethal force as video and eyewitness accounts challenged official self-defense claims.
#DHS #ICE #BorderPatrol #FederalUseOfForce #CivilianHarm #Minneapolis #CivilRights #RollingStone

Man Feds Killed in Minneapolis Was an Observer, Eyewitnesses Say The killing marked the second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis in less than a month.

Eyewitnesses said federal agents killed a civilian observer in Minneapolis, directly challenging DHS claims that the shooting was an act of self-defense.
#DHS #ICE #BorderPatrol #FederalUseOfForce #CivilianHarm #Minneapolis #CivilRights #TheIntercept

Command question: when civilian harm is foreseeable, what does real accountability require?

#Necropolitics #CommandResponsibility #CivilianHarm #RuleOfLaw #AccountableGovernment #MilitarisedPolice #MilitarizedPolice #BloodySunday #OctoberCrisis #HumanRights #Trauma #UseOfForce

The series explores how #InternationalLaw connects to people’s lives in times of #Conflict. Hosts, @katharinefortin.bsky.social + @weigand.bsky.social, explore what encourages #ArmedActors to show restraint to reduce #CivilianHarm + how communities can help build systems that promote protection.

For Large-Scale Conflicts, States Neglect Civilian Protection Lessons at Their Peril A new assessment shows that, among the U.S., U.K., and the Netherlands, none are prepared for the challenges of protecting civilians.

As militaries shift from counterinsurgency and counterterrorism to large-scale combat, lessons on reducing #CivilianHarm risk are needed most.

Lucca de Ruiter, Erin Bijl, and Megan Karlshøj-Pedersen outline a way to gauge progress – or backsliding:

www.justsecurity.org/118838/civil...

#PalestinianChildren #Gaza #Israel #CivilianHarm #InternationalLaw #Genocide #ChildrenAreNotTerrorists

Please take a few minutes to listen to and share my recent interview with BBC Newsday on the important BBC investigation into child shootings by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza.

#PalestinianChildren #Gaza #Israel #CivilianHarm #InternationalLaw #ChildrenAreNotTerrorists

My analysis for this important investigation by @washingtonpost.com on the reprehensible pattern of the IDF shooting and killing of desperate Palestinian civilians at aid distribution centers across Gaza… 🧵

#Gaza #IsraelPalestineConflict #CivilianHarm #WarCrimes #PalestiniansareHumanBeings

Cumulative Civilian Harm in Gaza: A Gendered View We need to reconceive of the consequences of violence in Gaza for civilians as composite, aggregate, collective, and layered harms.

Current measures of #CivilianHarm do not adequately account for the aggregate impacts of protracted armed conflict on civilian populations, exemplified by the war in #Gaza.

Fionnuala Ni Aolain offers the concept of cumulative civilian harm as an analytic tool:

www.justsecurity.org/115407/cumul...

Children in Bar Kawach, Barlonyo, northern Uganda, where Trócaire's livelihood programme is helping farmers rebuild their lives after years of conflict in the region.

New blog post! As the UN Security Council meets on the CAAC Agenda, it's time for urgent, principled humanitarian action to end #CivilianHarm to children in conflict. The authors highlight how their protection is essential to global peace and security.

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Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium

Blog title: What is needed to reduce the risk of violence faced by communities during armed conflict

New blog post! The authors highlight the growing momentum within the protection sector to shift toward proactive strategies that reduce #CivilianHarm, emphasising the importance of collaboration between humanitarian, protection, and peacebuilding actors.

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Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium

Our team is used to working in the shade, but can also work in direct sunlight... 😉 #civilianharm

The Sudan Conflict, 2 Years On

@hrw.org documents some of the serious #civilianharm in the #Sudan #conflict and provides three key recommendations aimed at addressing the country-wide #atrocities. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...

Imagine cutting the work aiming to REDUCE #CivilianHarm. Off the rails. Undoing decades of progress. Damage which will not be fixed for years and years, even with the orange shithead out of office.

"Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted jointly by @articlesofwar.bsky.social & "Armed Groups and International Law" blogs

#IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict #CivilianHarm

"Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted jointly by "Armed Groups and International Law" & @articlesofwar.bsky.social blogs

#IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict #CivilianHarm

"Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted jointly by @articlesofwar.bsky.social & the "Armed Groups and International Law" blogs.

#IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict #CivilianHarm

IDF Gaza Bombing 'By Far the Most Intense, Destructive, and Fatal' Airwars Has Analyzed | Common Dreams "Save this for the next time you hear that the Israeli military does everything possible to avoid harming civilians, and that the level of civilian harm in Gaza is less than other comparable conflicts...

www.commondreams.org/news/airwars...
#Gaza #IDF #Israel #Airwars #CivilianHarm

OUT NOW: Our new report finds recurrent and systemic shortcomings in the UK’s practice of investigating #CivilianHarm caused by its military forces, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, and calls for a fresh approach.
#CivilianRights #Accountability

bit.ly/MilInv

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield - Lieber Institute West Point U.S. DoD’s new policy on civilian harm and mitigation will advance the United States’ efforts to make decisions with greater fidelity.

U.S. Department of Defense's new policy on #civilianharm & #mitigation will advance the U.S.’ efforts to make decisions with greater fidelity to the spirit of the law & the facts on the ground. However, as Charles Pede cautions, the policy is not without risks. lieber.westpoint.edu/mind-gap-coi...

U.S. Criticizes Israel for Failure to Protect Civilians in the Gaza Conflict In a report, the State Department avoids sweeping conclusions but raises the prospect that Israel may have violated humanitarian laws.

If this is them "mitigating civilian harm" then I fear what NOT doing that would even look like. This entire campaign screams "we don't care one bit about the civilian population." #IDF #CivilianHarm #StateDepartment www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/w...

Evidence of Russian Cyber Operations Could Bolster New ICC Arrest Warrants New warrants for Russian military officials are notable for their recognition of the grave civilian harm caused by the destruction of critical energy infrastructure.

#KRITIS Sektor #Energie

Evidence of Russian Cyber Operations Could Bolster New ICC Arrest Warrants

"New warrants for R.military officials are notable for their recognition of the grave #CivilianHarm caused by the destruction of critical #energy #infrastructure"
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/evid...