Notices by C. Morris (cmorris@mastodon.social)

Attacks Against the #ICC: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes?
“The real hope is in the vigour of civil society around the world. There are encouraging prospects for strategic international alliances of civil society, including the #legalprofession, to push governments to uphold #humanrights. Inspiration can be drawn from US civil society, including #legal challenges & nonviolent civil resistance to the Trump administration’s…violations...” | more at https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/ 2/2

My piece on the #US #sanctions against #ICC judges, prosecutors & other jurists:

Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “Diplomacy to protect the ICC must go beyond…oblique statements of general support. To prevent further erosion of the international #ruleoflaw, small & middle powers…need to join forces to uphold international #humanrights #law & institutions...” | full article at https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/ 1/2

The More Scientists Work With #AI, the Less They Trust It

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-research-scientists-hype

👉Interview: ‘Professor William #Schabas, one of the world’s foremost authorities on #genocide …argues that the case filed by #SouthAfrica against #Israel at the #ICJ is “arguably the strongest case of genocide ever brought before the Court,”... Crucially, he stresses that 3rd-party states, including the #US, #Germany, & others risk legal liability as “accomplices to genocide.” | ECPS https://www.populismstudies.org/professor-schabas-us-germany-and-others-could-be-held-liable-as-accomplices-to-genocide-in-gaza/

#Gaza #InternationalLaw #GenocideConvention #law

‘Children are at increased risk of being harassed, cyber-bullied & having their identities stolen in later life by having their photos posted online by parents, according to new research. …documenting a child's special moments on social media - has become commonplace, but academics now warn this could come with…risks.
University of Southampton researchers said their findings indicated it increased the risk of children becoming the victims of cyber-crime.” | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8904njvy03o

Meet the #Gaza #music teacher behind viral drone song | Gaza | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/9/1/meet-the-gaza-music-teacher-behind-viral-drone-song

Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza.

#GazaWar
#Israel
#JournalismIsNotACrime

| Al Jazeera

https://www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/longform/2025/9/1/israel-murders-journalists

MSF Report: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. ‘In May 2025… Israeli authorities sought to…[replace] the UN-led humanitarian response…with a militarised food distribution scheme run by…the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (#GHF)…operated by the GHF are…under full #Israeli military control & “secured” by private #American armed contractors.

MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism’ | MSF https://www.msf.org/not-aid-orchestrated-killing

Interesting Girardian analysis:
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How It Happened: Why America Mirrors Donald Trump : …how America was trained not to hear what he says-but to feel what he feels. | by Jim Stewartson, Mind-War
https://www.mind-war.com/p/how-it-happened-why-america-mirrors?r=2c763&triedRedirect=true

“Faced with a deepening #humanitarian crisis in #Gaza & mounting public pressure, western governments were compelled to act. Most have chosen the symbolic & comparatively cost-free approach of #recognition. They have done so in large part to avoid…concrete measures, such as an #armsembargo, #tradesanctions, or #diplomaticisolation. Yet their response has also demonstrated that…protracted public campaigns…can indeed force governments to change course.” | Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears

'I witnessed #warcrimes' in #Gaza…: A retired US special forces officer has revealed why he resigned from his work with #US- & #Israel-backed #GHF aid distribution centres. "I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality & use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against a civilian [unarmed, starving] population". | watch BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy8k8045nx9o

Catching up with Steve Herman. “[Q] Now that you are…retiring from #VOA, what's next?

[A]…I am now the executive director of the Jordan Center for #Journalism Advocacy & Innovation at the University of Mississippi. We're going to focus on #MediaLiteracy efforts in the #UnitedStates... The public has little trust in the media & does not know where to find reliable, credible & unbiased sources of critical information.” https://extraordinarytimes.weebly.com/home/catching-up-with-steve-herman @w7voa

How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans. “In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering #scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates, U.S. banks have failed to prevent mass scale money laundering. | ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/pig-butchering-scam-cybercrime-us-banks-money-laundering

Travellers to USA please note:

#ICE Is Using a New #FacialRecognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show. “The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.” | 404 Media https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show/

Canadian dies in ICE custody in Florida: “Johnny Noviello, 49,… had been in the US since 1988 & became a lawful permanent resident in 1991… In 2023, he was convicted of…offences...

Noviello isn't the only #Canadian…arrested in the #US since the #ICE sweeps began.

#JasmineMooney from BC was…held for nearly 2 weeks after trying to get a work visa renewed. She was…returned to Canada in mid-March. 👉WATCH… Mooney tells…about her…#ICE detention… ‘That place breaks you.’” https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-dies-in-ice-custody-1.7571876

From B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.
http://www.btselem.org/

Dear Canadians: Here is an official petition to the Government of Canada regarding the Israel gov’t blockade of food & medicines to #Gaza. See the full text and sign Petition e-6581 https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6581

Canadian demonstrators held, passports confiscated ahead of planned global march to #Egypt-#Gaza border | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/global-march-gaza-egypt-israel-canadians-1.7560348

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital: ‘An #Israeli air strike has destroyed [intensive care & surgery departments]…of the last fully functional #hospital in #GazaCity… People, including…patients…in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away… one child…died as a result of "the rushed evacuation process", according to…the #Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem… the #IDF had phoned a doctor…operating in the emergency department & asked them to evacuate… "You have only 20 minutes to leave."’ | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7l123zy5o.amp

265 #Myanmar, regional, & international #civilsociety organizations call on the international community to “immediately mobilize resources & direct disaster emergency relief to survivors & affected communities of the #earthquake. This must be channeled through local community groups & frontline responders in collaboration with the #NUG, #EROs & #civilsociety. …disaster relief efforts, through…implementing partners, must not be exploited…by the military #junta…” https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/press-statement-civil-society-calls-for-disaster-relief-for-earthquake-survivors-and-affected-communities-in-myanmar/