📲 #rewatch "The British passport is worthless!" - Yvonne Ridley, a British journalist and politician, who was abducted, and later released, by Israeli forces while attempting to reach #gaza on board Libya’s Omar Al-Mukhtar Flotilla, speaks after her return from detention.
#ffc #GlobalSumudFlottilla #palestine
#civilsociety #ihl #law #lawofthesea
#media #uk #libya
Video: The Libya Observer
🗨️ What we as the people - and the #activists - can do, is to flood the responsible governments and courts with civil suits/ #lawsuits ! Bring them down, and hold officials EVERYWHERE accountable for supporting crimes, including deprivation of liberty at #sea - #warcrimes - #CrimesAgainstHumanity - and the #genocide in #gaza - do not waver!
You got the international power ✊🏽
#law #lawofthesea #un #icj #icc
#palestine #FreeThemAll
📢 Israeli forces raid multiple humanitarian flotillas on OCT-08, including nine vessels carrying aid and international activists
🔹 Passenger ship CONSCIENCE was the last vessel to be raided by Israeli forces after diverting from the rest of the convoy toward Egyptian shores (Diametta) #egypt
🔹 Violation of the #lawofthesea - abduction - #warcrimes
📰 Report Al Mayadeen OCT-08
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--raids--hijacks-new-gaza-bound-freedom-flotilla
🗨️ Lol. They look stupid af entering a civil #sailing vessel on an aid mission. What a pitiful Israeli army!
And what a shameful world watching these ongoing crimes as bystanders #live at sea! #press #media #ihl #law #lawofthesea
@AssociatedPress #us
@AFP #france
@deutschewelle
@tagesschau (Presse Kodex: Unterstützung von Kriegsverbrechen) #deutschland #medien #presse #fail
📌 Nearby shipping services 👇🏽
🔹 Ocean Shipping Services/Egypt
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/maritime-companies/profile/66376/
🔹 Zakzook shipping #egypt Co
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/maritime-companies/profile/71378/
🆘 #conscience #FFC #GlobalSumudFlotilla #news #distresscall #ihl #lawofthesea
📑 #press #blog All at Drop Site News are deeply disturbed by the reports of inhumane and abusive treatment of nonviolent activists and #journalists detained by the Israeli military while on board the #GlobalSumudFlotilla - including Drop Site’s own journalist Alex Colston
#gaza #mediterranean
#ISRcivilianhostages #lawofthesea
#ihl #law #warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Statement Drop Site News (DSN) Staff OCT-04 👇🏾
🗨️ Traumatizing people, is what they (Israel's Illegal Army) do best.
#israel against
⚖️ #internationalhumanitarianlaw 🧰 #ihl #lawofthesea 🚢
Sumud Flotilla Tracker globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/ #SumudFlotilla #Gaza #Palestine #humanrights #lawofthesea
📲 #rewatch - Via Salaamedia ++ The #GlobalSumudFlotilla says it has gathered credible intelligence indicating Israel is likely to direct violent attacks on the Flotilla within the next 48 hours ++
#press release
#gaza #civilsociety #activism #ihl
#emergencyresponse #genocide #famine
#TheHagueGroup #news
#civilprotecion
#palestine
#mediterranean #lawofthesea
SEP-25 16:00 CEST
🗨️ 🤷🏽♀️ Official assignment of 'assistance for civilians' - no undercover mil-op - where's the information about the Navy vessels - #italy #spain?
#lawofthesea #emergencyresponse #SAR
#media #press #news
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📢 Italy has deployed another navy ship to escort the Gaza-bound #GlobalSumudFlotilla, carrying activists including Greta Thunberg, after reported Israeli drone attacks in international waters
📰 Report Al Mayadeen SEP-25
🗨️ 👩🏽💻 Can someone please give me some valid information on the vessel sent out by #spain (allegedly) with the official mandate to assist the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, please?
1. Name of the Navy ship
2. Call sign
❕ 3. Photo of proof
Thank you.
cc @GlobalSumudF
cc @1kmadleenfr
#law #mediterranian #lawofthesea
#emergencyresponse #civildefence
SEP-25 14:00 CEST
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Flying Too Low?
Artificial islands have become central flashpoints in maritime disputes, particularly in the South China Sea. Their strategic use by coastal states raises difficult questions under international law, especially regarding the rights of foreign aircraft to conduct overflight. While the legal position of maritime zones generated by natural features is rela
📌 📑 Justice Beyond Power: The Hague Group and the Future of International Law – The Legal Resistance of the Global South
In this article:
🔹 Third States’ legal obligations in the face of #genocide
🔹 Measures adopted by The Hague Group
🔹 UNCLOS Art. 27 - No Harbour for genocide #LawOfTheSea
Author: Maria Alejandra Gomez Duque - Law for Palestine
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Climate Change Law and the Law of the Sea
From among the rich pickings of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) unanimous advisory opinion on climate change, this post focusses specifically on the relationship between international climate change law and the law of the sea. In doing so, it will reflect on the systemic impacts of the ICJ advisory opi
#ClimateChange #LawOfTheSea #UNCLOS
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/climate-change-law-and-the-law-of-the-sea/
New on our blog!
Climate Change Law and the Law of the Sea
From among the rich pickings of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) unanimous advisory opinion on climate change, this post focusses specifically on the relationship between international climate change law and the law of the sea. In doing so, it will reflect on the systemic impacts of the ICJ advisory opi
#ClimateChange #LawOfTheSea #UNCLOS
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/climate-change-law-and-the-law-of-the-sea/
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A New Liability Frontier?
On 24 April 2025, the United States (U.S.) White House issued an Executive Order titled “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources” (the Executive Order) aimed at accelerating the development of seabed mineral resources both within and beyond U.S. jurisdiction. Among its key provisions, the order directs the Administrator
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A Kantian Critique of SS and Others v Italy
Last month, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously dismissed an application by survivors of a Mediterranean ‘pullback’ operation. Although Italian coast guard officials were the first to receive the applicants’ distress signal, they ‘outsourced’ their rescue obligation
#CriticalApproaches #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #LawOfTheSea #UNCLOS
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/a-kantian-critique-of-ss-and-others-v-italy/
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The Long Road to Exploit Deep Sea Minerals
The Rules to exploit minerals from the deep seabed outside national jurisdiction are currently drafted under the auspices of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). There is, however, continuous disagreement between those who wish to bring the negotiations for these rules to a close and many states and scient
#DeepSeabedMining #LawOfTheSea #USA
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-long-road-to-exploit-deep-sea-minerals/
@mpfpr holds a two-day webinar for nominated officials from #ASEAN & Timor-Leste on multilateral reporting mechanisms, including in an #ocean governance context.
Generously funded by @AuswaertigesAmt
#LawOfTheSea #LOS #MaritimeLaw #IMO #IMSAS #ILO #RFMOs #UPR #RuleOfLaw #MPFPR #OceanGovernance #Fisheries
