George Revel

Criminal Law & International Law

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

It's 2022.

These rules are not new. Sadly, neither are their violation.

The rules of war are not optional.
(Video courtesy @ICRC)

#ICRC #Ukraine️ #JusInBello #LawsOfWar

https://t.co/DsZQo72I0V

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@ceaubin 💯 At the end of a long day in court, I check in with my fiancée to see if there’s anything she needs picking up on the way home. Makes her happy and makes me happy to see her happy. I’d go to the end of the earth for that woman. She does the same for me. ♥️♥️

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

Miserable is the condition of individuals, dangerous is the condition of the State, if there is no certain law, or, which is the same thing, no certain administration of law, to protect individuals, or to guard the State.
R. v. Shipley, (1784), 4 Dougl. 73, 99 E.R. 774, at p. 824

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@kevinjonheller I think I saw this once somewhere… 🤔🎞️🫣

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@kevinjonheller Another one bites the dust!

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

On this day in 1980, six American diplomats, travelling with valid Canadian passports, escaped Iran.
They were hidden for months by Canadians, who played a massive role in their escape.
Let's learn the real (not the Argo version) story of The Canadian Caper.

🧵1/15

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@kevinjonheller Have always been fascinated by the compliance questions on AWS. The parallels with automated driving systems touch on similar themes…

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Big news https://t.co/oqyrw4ZTQ8

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@mikegalsworthy @albertdrosphoto Second strongest Avenger trying to remember where he left his hammer? 😏🔍🔨🌈🌎

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@kevinjonheller Congratulations brother!

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

"We're all lawyers because, at one point in time, we thought we could have an impact on the world"

🙌

No notes. It’s why I get up every damn day and face the storm with vigour & purpose.

Beautiful tribute to a full-fledged advocate for justice. https://t.co/OguvEvYf9S

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

A thought for the day (one of many, I swear):

Speculation in news about 'irrelevance' of the @UN is akin to folks who go on about gravity being 'only a theory'. You may think the UN ineffective, you may think it hamstrung, and you may have a point.

But irrelevant? Not quite...

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@RoryStewartUK @craigyt I suspect that is a well-worn phrase in Parliament/Whitehall… As the phrase goes, “All the best laid plans” and all that. 😆

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@DianeNTherrien Obviously that should read constituency, not consistency. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

@DianeNTherrien This was a huge issue in the U.K. Parliament as well. Particularly when the consistency is facing a housing crisis, having landlords (or individuals with rental property portfolios) as MPs drafting legislation seems like letting the kids mark their own homework.

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

Massive congrats to the #Lionesses #LionessesDownUnder ⚽️⚽️⚽️🥳

First #EnglandFootball team to reach a #WorldCup final since ‘66!!

https://t.co/IV1nGFVE2S

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

Don’t call it a comeback, it’s been here for years.

To the next 50 years of an American art form… #HipHop #50thAnniversary

https://t.co/VZDjH32PaD from @TheEconomist https://t.co/VZDjH32PaD

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

Slava Ukraini. Heróyam Sláva. 🇺🇦 ✊🏼🤺🥇

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Ukrainian fencer, six-time world champion and eight-time European champion Olga Kharlan, defeated Russia's Olga Smirnova in the World Championships in Milan.

Harlan defeated Russia's Anna Smirnova 15:7. According to the regulations, at the end of the fight, athletes should shake hands. Ukrainian athlete refused to shake hands.

According to the rules of fencing, the fight is not considered finished until the handshake. There was no handshake, because instead of her hand, Olga Kharlan extended a rapier to her opponent: so that not to insult with your handshake the memory and honor of those who defend Ukraine from brutal aggression (this practice is also used at times during competitions).

Olga was disqualified.

In this video, Olga thanks everyone who supported her.

Olga's gesture was, in fact, symbolic of a new world order against the old rules that have lost all meaning.

The Russian athlete was also a symbol of the current Russia:

1. She performed under a "neutral" flag, but she herself is not "neutral" (her brother Nikita's Instagram has a photo of them together, where the athlete poses with the symbol of terrorism "V" and in a typical Russian military cap. Her brother himself is wearing the military uniform of the Russian army).

2. False victory. The disqualification of the real winner is not a victory, but an information war and a demonstration of the scale of the efforts, money and resources "Russian world" continues to invest in it with redoubled force.

3. By the way, the fencing association was chaired from 2008 to 2022 by Alisher Usmanov (Russian money, Russian lobby).

Disqualification for the Ukrainian champion is a huge sacrifice. But her own human disqualification would have been much more terrible.

Olga became another symbol of freedom and dignity of her country in the eyes of the world. This is a much more substantial victory.

The rule of the extended rapier is about not resorting to false handshakes, not maintaining discredited relationships, consciously or by inertia, but to extend the rapier at the slightest approach of the "Russian world."

If we pretend that the world has not changed and nothing is happening, evil will not be defeated!

[George Revel @RevelLaw]

“…and coming up after the break, we’ll find out if today is going to be a good one in your stars(sign).”

Brilliant! #STEM students have the most elaborate pranks.

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

The new migration bill passed by the UK Parliament violates the country’s international human rights and refugee law obligations.

High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk and I share grave concerns in this respect.

Here is our joint statement👇🏻
https://t.co/ZI8WTgI84Z

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@NC_Renic Solforino