"[T]oday’s landscape is one in which the United States, still holding fast to its position at the top of the global order, remains powerful enough to break things but is increasingly unable to stabilize the aftermath of its rampage. Instead, the very force that claimed to guarantee the system has become the principal accelerant of its unraveling."

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/object-lessons/
#Iran #IranWar #warOnIran #geopolitics #internationalLaw #USpol #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Systematic Murder of International Law

The Zionist regime is accelerating its long war against international law and justice and the institutions upholding them. What remains of a common human culture will only be kept alive by those willing to fight for it. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Do we witness the death

Consortium News

🗨️ An Israeli court has absolutely no authority to issue rulings regarding #internationallaw

Red Cross/Red Crescent uphold the principles of the #GenevaConventions - thus international #law - and must not be hindered in their work!

Humanitarian law requires no ruling from Israeli courts regarding what is-and is not-permissible in #gaza and the #westbank

This is merely moralistic propaganda for Israel itself!

#prisonersrights #palestine #israelicrimes

MEMO #news

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260604-israeli-supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-red-cross-visits-to-palestinian-detainees/

Israeli supreme court strikes down ban on Red Cross visits to Palestinian detainees

Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a government policy introduced in October 2023 preventing the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian prisoners and detainees…

Middle East Monitor

Amnesty International report (from a week ago) finding that the currently dominant versions of generative AI (rapidly being integrated into governmental systems around the world) are fundamentally incompatible with international human rights law.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/

#AI #AmnestyInternational #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #generativeAI

Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International

This briefing examines how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment. While these technologies promise sophisticated automation and efficiency, they rely on data collection and model training practices that abuse privacy rights, enable discrimination, and threaten […]

Amnesty International

The possibility of arbitration is a primary function of investment treaties. "Multinationals do not need to win every case; they need litigation to enter into the calculations of ministers, lawyers, and officials before they act."

Here is an example with coal destined to israel: https://jacobin.com/2026/05/coal-exports-embargo-colombia-israel

#arbitration #extraction #embargo #internationalTrade #internationalLaw #BDS #israelPalestine #coal #fossilFuels #ICSID #Colombia #humanRights #Glencore #SantaMarta #endFossilFuels

Colombia’s Ban on Coal Exports to Israel Is in Danger

Colombia proved that a nation could ban energy shipments to Israel’s war machine. Fossil capital is trying to ensure that no other state dares to do the same.

Ukraine and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Redefining International Justice #InternationalLaw #Justice www.justsecurity.org/140365/ukrai...

Ukraine and the Special Tribun...
Ukraine and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Redefining International Justice

The tribunal to prosecute Russia's crime of aggression seeks to close a gap in international criminal law and strengthen the U.N. Charter.

Just Security

CRIMINALISING ACCOUNTABILITY:

US lawfare against the international justice system

https://mezan.org/en/post/46854/CRIMINALISING-ACCOUNTABILITY

#ICC #ICJ #US #imperialism #Gaza #genocide #Palestine #InternationalLaw #justice

CRIMINALISING ACCOUNTABILITY

The US lawfare against the international justice system

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

Democratic Sen #TimKaine of Virginia pressed #Rubio on why the #US #military’s targeting criteria for attacking alleged drug #boats in Latin American waters DO NOT INCLUDE DRUGS ON THE BOAT. Kaine described it as “odd” before adding that he can’t share much more because the targeting criteria are classified.

#law #Trump #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw