Kevin Jon Heller
@kevinjonheller
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Prof of Intl Law & Security, U of Copenhagen, Centre for Military Studies. Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on War Crimes. Member, Doughty Street Chambers (UK)
Tweets in personal capacity.
Joined August 2012
Excellent commentary on the OTP's new Policy on Addressing Environmental Damage Through the Rome Statute. My thanks to Lydia Millar for writing it and @ceobs_org for publishing it.
Last week the @IntlCrimCourt issued a new policy on pursuing environmental war crimes. We examine what the policy says, what it could and won't do, and revisit the case of Ukraine's Khakovka Dam in light of its proposals: https://t.co/ChBRUzq8B8 1/3 #PERAC #IntLaw
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I want to say that this @PostOpinions editorial is uncommonly stupid, but its stupidity is actually par for the course under Bezos's "new and improved" Editorial Board.
"Purposely treating one group differently than another remains illegal, as it should," the Editorial Board writes.
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The OPCV has filed its response to Israel's *fourth* attempt to quash the Netanyahu/Gallant arrest warrants. This attempt, which is based on a series of intentional misrepresentations about the #Palestine investigation, is just as meritless as the others.
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Can’t believe the current FIFA Peace Prize holder is talking like this
Trump on the President of Colombia: He better wise up or he will be next. I hope he is listening, he will be next.
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For a good (if occasionally imprecise) infographic of the history of US aggression in Latin America, see this one from @VFPNational.
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US military history in Latin America is not a history of "about-faces, contradictions and missteps." It is a history of murder, violence, and suffering. I would say that the Gray Lady knows better -- but I've been reading the paper long enough to know that it doesn't.
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It would take too many tweets to list all the times the US unlawfully invaded a Latin American country after issuing the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, much less wrongly assassinated or overthrew a democratically elected Latin American leader.
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.@nytimes coverage of US interventions in Latin America -- covert, military -- has been terrible for decades. But I can't remember a more offensive description of them than @helenecooper's recent one: "filled with about-faces, contradictions and missteps."
nytimes.com
The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps.
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If only there was some way to prevent people from getting measles in the first place.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
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Amending the Rome Statute, as Trump would want it, it’s extremely difficult. Amendments from 10+ years ago only have 33+ ratifications. These are mendments not as controversial as what the US is asking. Need to know more? Shameless plug to my book⤵️ 📍
brill.com
"Chapter 9 The Practice of the Assembly of States Parties: Auxiliary Judicial Instruments Oversight, Statute Amendments and Review" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.
Let’s consider this for a moment: it would take several amendments of the Rome Statute, and 7/8 of States Parties ratifying the changes. Practically impossible, technically a non starter and judicially a no go. The ICC has jurisdiction over Venezuela.
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Also of note: the Prosecutor controversially announced more than three years ago that the OTP would not investigate US actions in Afghanistan. So not sure where that demand is coming from.
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The ASP and the OTP have rejected the idea of dropping the arrest warrants, and amending the Rome Statute to exclude non-state parties will never happen -- 7/8 of states parties (108) would have to approve such an amendment.
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The US has threatened to sanction the #ICC itself unless it drops the arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant, stops investigating US actions in Afghanistan, and amends the Rome Statute to completely exclude non-state parties from its jurisdiction.
reuters.com
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump...
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Donald Trump is in poor physical health.
The President suggests it’s treasonous for people to say he’s in poor physical health
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Dear reader, you will be shocked to learn that @elonmusk has no idea how treason is defined.
Raising a foreign flag is treason and should result in immediate deportation
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Remember: every time Cambodia and Thailand stop and then restart fighting, Trump gets credit for ending another conflict.
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🎥 #ICC Trial Chamber I sentences Mr #AbdAlRahman to 20 years of imprisonment, following the trial judgment in which he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in #Darfur #Sudan.
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Russia's perspectives on the causes of the Ukraine conflict are fascist fever dreams. They deserve nothing except expert debunking.
Seems the BBC doesn’t consider giving any significant airtime to Russia’s perspective on the causes of Ukraine conflict. Presumably the BBC has decided the politics is settled. With such an attitude, the prospect of objective, balanced reporting is zero
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Does this mean if we vote against him he'll leave? That would truly #MAGA.
🚨NEW: Susie Wiles says Trump will "CAMPAIGN LIKE IT'S 2024 AGAIN" for Midterms🚨 "He'll work very hard to keep the majority ... Nobody can outwork him. So there's every reason to be confident — but we have to actually get it done." @DailyCaller
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Why is China denying US sovereignty by pursuing Chinese interests instead of American ones?
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