Anne Charbord

International human rights lawyer focus on CT and conflict- Lecturer Sciences Po/PSIA - Assesseur CNDA. Formerly UN OHCHR and OSCE

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Devastated to hear this news of the death of FJ, a woman & her children I met in NE Syria in July 2023. On return to Geneva I met w: @CanadaUN & issued a communication on the vulnerability & acute heath concerns I personally observed for FJ. Her death was needless & unnecessary.

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

En Syrie, les enfants de l'EI croupissent dans des camps https://t.co/uu8yndDa9k

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

ECHR decision - Pietrzak and Bychawska-Siniarska & Others v. Poland on secret surveillance. I had forgotten the amicus intervention we made in this case & the oral arguments by ⁦@ACharbord⁩. Delighted to read the decision (from May) today. A win. https://t.co/70snxFN4HP

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

If the US is not unequivocal on LOAC violations, it effectively deems the rule book redundant. That redundancy will be reflected back when other states & NSAs adopt these tactics. Hint: It is not the target’s status which defines the legality of the tactic but the tactic itself.

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Hugely important acknowledgement and reminder by @StateDeptCT of the obligation of countries to repatriate their nationals from Northeast Syria. This issue may have slipped from the front pages but it remains a critical humanitarian and human rights crisis.

[Anne Charbord @ACharbord]

@NiAolainF I’m not sure what you’re talking about… there is A woman in the front row. And she is not wearing a grey suit - you can totally see her!

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Extraordinary reporting by an exceptional journalist, focused on the fate of Swiss men detained in conditions
that meet the threshold for core crimes under international law.

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

“Ces hommes sont dans un piège mortel, explique celui qui a visité les prisons kurdes à l’été 2023. La question centrale est de savoir si c’est voulu, si c’est une décision délibérée de mourir de faim & de ne pas soigner une population carcérale spécifique https://t.co/O1eMexa1Tb

[Alex Neve @AlexNeve24]

If indeed a Canadian repatriation flight will soon bring some Canadian children home from NE Syria, all Canadians, and mothers of Canadian children, must be on board. @JustinTrudeau @MelanieJoly @DLeBlancNB it is time to end this human rights travesty. https://t.co/hUBJNpeMXd

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Human Rights Watch again identifying profound concerns about the fate of women and children from Trinidad and Tobago whose need for repatriation grows ever more urgent in Northeast Syria and Iraq.

[Anne Charbord @ACharbord]

@HamleysOfficial Is your store in Rome open tomorrow?

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Important statement led by ⁦@smullallylaw⁩ ⁦@UNHumanRights⁩ on the fate and lack of protection of Shamima Begum, who remains arbitrarily detained in NE Syria as a child victim of trafficking. https://t.co/hc5Z9nBIto

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

It is beyond words to see this Australian boy Yusuf Zahab alive in NE Syria. For his family who have suffered so much time to bring him home. No child should ever endure what this now young man has survived.

https://t.co/VPz2mrTqsg

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

@ACharbord and I had some very productive working days on our book project this week … and … she also showed me #Rome.

[Letta Tayler @lettatayler]

2/ I should say reportedly alive. But here he is on video and the family has confirmed it is he. Why have more than two years passed without any official confirmation of life? How many more children have gone missing in these prisons?

[Letta Tayler @lettatayler]

Extraordinary news: Yusuf Zahab, the Australian youth assumed dead by his family in NE Syria, is alive but still behind bars in a NE Syrian prison. Why was there no confirmation by Oz or NES authorities? https://t.co/7qqha8Vu5A

[Anne Charbord @ACharbord]

A truly excellent and much needed reflection on the rights of women in conflict: protection against obstetric violence, a blind zone that must be addressed.

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

Feminist foreign policies mean very little when mothers and their children are denied both the protection of international humanitarian law and implementation of WPS commitments.

https://t.co/PLy7g1cvMa

[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin @NiAolainF]

So glad to have been a part of this Handbook with my @qubschooloflaw colleague @LawtherC. @ACharbord and I wrote the chapter on counter terrorism and Transitional Justice. Relevant to all those thinking of applying #TJ to #CT.

[Anne Charbord @ACharbord]

Child Rights Committee statement on children in Gaza https://t.co/GofzWDOtsu

[Anne Charbord @ACharbord]

It was such an honour to moderate this session with @harlemdesir at @PSIASciencesPo. What a sobering assessment of the situation and clear eyed vision of the challenges ahead of us.