Kike Conde Belmonte

Abogado, Internacionalista, Polipatético

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Apparently some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

People tell me they like suits but dont have occasions to wear one. You can wear a suit to court, funerals, and religious services. Doesn't have to be your trial, friend's burial, or religion you believe in. Go to random trials, attend a stranger's burial, join multiple religions

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

4/ The danger of this escalation: stretching self-defence to its breaking point. IHL cannot accept that everything that floats, rolls or invoices is a military objective. Otherwise, the exception becomes the rule.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

1/ The world doesn’t pause in August. I spoke to @rtvenoticias about the surge in civilian casualties in Ukraine — July was the deadliest month for civilians since May 2022 (UN). A few thoughts on what IHL actually says 🧵https://t.co/iF2HfYG0Wc

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

3/ On ships: transporting weapons or refusing inspection may justify an attack. But targeting a vessel merely because it supports the war economy? Most scholars — myself included — say no. Financing a war is not fighting in it.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

2/ Power plants, bridges, railways are civilian objects — unless they effectively contribute to military action. Then they become “dual-use objects” and may be legitimate targets. But distinction and proportionality always apply. Never collective punishment.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

1/ The world doesn’t pause in August. I spoke to @rtvenoticias about the surge in civilian casualties in Ukraine — July was the deadliest month for civilians since May 2022 (UN). A few thoughts on what IHL actually says 🧵https://t.co/iF2HfYG0Wc

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

@EduardoSaldania Salve, oh Eduardo I !

[Juan Rivas @Juancdz_]

Quieres competir con China por la influencia en el Indo-Pacífico y acabas dedicándote en cuerpo y alma a dar zanahorias a tus rivales históricos y palos a tus aliados regionales, erosionando precisamente la red de alianzas que constituye tu principal ventaja frente a Pekín.

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

Fact: The world’s longest drum solo was 13 hours and 26 minutes. It was performed by a 5 year old little bastard on the back of my seat while flying from London to Singapore.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

PhD student: one month preparation for lecture

Postdoc: two weeks preparation for lecture

Professor:

[Muhammad Mazen @mhmd_s09]

Reminder: Gaza is still being bombed, daily.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

BONUS: And that honesty is precisely the point — due diligence, not conspiracy theories nor historical grievances, is the right legal standard for this case. Full analysis: https://t.co/KzTBJeNlrO

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

This week I discussed the Ceuta crisis on @trtworld’s Nexus, with @SamirBennis and MP @ylenjalucaselli. My case, as in my @opiniojuris piece: playing by the rules. International law is not a menu. 👇 https://t.co/XOtVmhpRli

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

5/5 States that believe in their case go to court. States that don’t, send signals at the border. A point of genuine agreement on the panel: Dr. Bennis recognised that in 2021 migration became entangled in the Western Sahara dispute. That honesty matters.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

4/5 Second: if Morocco believes it has a claim, the law offers civilised avenues. Ask the people of Ceuta (their answer is unequivocal), or go to the ICJ, a road Rabat knows since 1974 and has never taken for Ceuta.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

3/5 Two things I said in the studio didn’t survive the edit. First: the dead. At least 72 — likely 100+ — drowned at Tarajal. In every border crisis the dead become a footnote within 48 hours. They are not a footnote. They are the case.

[Kike Conde Belmonte @condebel]

2/5 The legal position is unequivocal: in 80 years of UN practice, Ceuta and Melilla have NEVER been on the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. Gibraltar is. Western Sahara is. Ceuta is not — because there is no colonised people. Only Spanish citizens.

[Guerra en la Universidad @GuerraenlaUni]

EEUU ha matado a 153 civiles y herido a 243 en un ataque a Yemen, escenario secundario de la guerra de Irán. Muchos de los muertos eran etíopes, porque el lugar bombardeado era un centro de detención de inmigrantes. Huir de la miseria en tu país para que te maten en otro.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Reviewer 1: this could be two papers

Reviewer 2: this should be no papers