Mark Lattimer
@MGLattimer
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Executive Director @CeasefireCentre War, justice, #CivilianRights
Joined November 2021
While the UK gov was arguing in Parliament that allegations of civilian death and injury in #Iraq and #Afghanistan were ‘vexatious’, all the time they were quietly settling compensation claims from civilians who had suffered appalling harm. #reparations.
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⬇️.(As has the ICJ in previous cases).
Note that the Court draws adverse inferences from Russia's failure to explain apparently unlawful attacks as well as its denial of access to investigators. States and other international courts (e.g. the ICJ) should do the same.
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“The UK must approach Ukraine reparations not as a distant post-conflict project, but as a current and urgent imperative.” @mae_thomps at packed @CeasefireCentre event in Parliament last night. Thx to @alexsobel & @MPIainDS for their leadership on Ukraine #reparations
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". some of the legal arguments being used to justify Israel’s action against Iran are exactly the same as those used by Russia to justify invading Ukraine." ."The core legal argument is the same.".
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Time to strengthen democratic control of U.K. war powers:.
And my final thought is this - if the UK Government is considering military action in this war, then they should come to Parliament and ask its opinion. I suspect I know the answer they would get. ENDS.
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The war on #Iran is a breach of the UN Charter and could be the most consequential conflict since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Parliament should have the power to say no.
In a moment of grave instability in the region, democratic accountability is essential. The constitutional convention to consult Parliament on the decision to go to war cannot be pushed aside.
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Latest figs on casualties in Iran from Israeli attacks ⬇️.Fatalities in Israel currently = 24.
🚨 HRANA has documented 452 deaths and 646 injuries over the four days of Israeli attacks. #Iran.For more details, read HRANA’s full report on the fourth day of the conflict:.
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Are Israeli and Iranian attacks directed only at military objectives? Initial reports present a mixed picture. But Israel DM words mirror those used in destruction of Gaza: Israel, he says, has no *intention* to harm Tehran residents but "they will be forced to pay the price".
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RT @CeasefireCentre: SAVE THE DATE – 7 July, 17.00, House of Commons. Join us in marking the UK launch of our recent report with an expert….
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The 300 dissenting FCDO staff were told the British Civil Service signs up "to deliver the policies of the Government of the day wholeheartedly, within the limits imposed by the law and the Civil Service Code". But what if gov policy contravenes the law?.
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Grateful to have been able to build on the work of @tomdannenbaum & @janinadill on dual-purpose attacks, and that of Ian Ayres & @jackbalkin on law of artificial intelligence.
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Does the law of targeting require objective or subjective tests to determine state responsibility for violations?.Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians. My latest, forthcoming in @YearbookofIHL .
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RT @CeasefireCentre: With militaries now rushing to invest in armed drones, time to revisit @hamourtziadou 's thought-provoking recent book….
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RT @qublawpod: New @qublawpod episode! . Host Mae Thompson from @CeasefireCentre dives into civilian harm and reparations in Yemen with exp….
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RT @CeasefireCentre: Amid a surge in grave violations against children in conflict, we call on @antonioguterres to publish a complete list….
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Condemnation of Israel’s latest Gaza campaign has focused on the illegal means employed. But the jus ad bellum is also engaged. “Israel’s current military offensive in Gaza is illegal in its entirety”. @AdHaque110 .
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RT @AdHaque110: 1,300 Israeli academics call for an end to the war in Gaza. They organize under the name "Black Flag" which refers to the….
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Thinking today of Françoise Hampson. Françoise was my first IHL teacher. She dismantled for ever my scepticism that the law could constrain conduct in war. Thank you to @calibasak for capturing⬇️something of what made Françoise one of a kind. @EssexHRC.
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Welcome statement but why again the hesitant language that Israel “risks breaching” IHL? If humanitarian access is “wholly inadequate” and Israel’s conduct “egregious”, then we need to call a violation.
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Ministry of Defence: ‘it was "not appropriate for the MoD to comment on allegations" which may be in the inquiry's scope’. Note that many of the new reports relate to Iraq or to the period b4 2010 and are therefore outside scope of current Afghan Inquiry.
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