Elise Baker

human rights & international justice
staff lawyer @SLPJustice
previously @CJA_News & @P4HR
views are my own

[Elise Baker @elise__baker]

My response: The solution to international law's credibility crisis cannot be to permit wars of aggression against Iran. The solution is to improve enforcement for all int'l crimes, even those committed by a state against its own population, as in Iran. https://t.co/EbxULluqFT

[Julian Ku 古舉倫 @julianku]

Thanks to @washingtonpost for publishing my critique of the international law academy's response to the legal issues raised by the attacks on Iran. The rigid formalism - and increasing disconnect from moral intuitions -- is undermining the credibility of intl law as a whole.

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

"The second year of a post-Assad Syria requires structural reform, victim-centered leadership, and international reinforcement" to ensure victims of rights abuses during the Syrian conflict see justice, write @elise__baker and @Ahmad_helmi_0.

Read their take in MENASource👇
https://t.co/aio9EYG3GB

[Ibrahim Olabi @IbrahimOlabi]

إن قضية السلاح الكيميائي محفورة في ذاكرة السوريين جميعا، واليوم أشعر بفخر كبير أن من كان شاهداً على هجوم الغوطة الكيماوي في ٢٠١٣، وكرّس حياته لمحاسبة المجرمين و العمل مع الدول و الضحايا و المؤسسات المحلية و الدولية على هذا الملف، أصبح من يمثلنا هناك.

هذه صورة من صور العدالة.

أهنئ اخي الدكتور محمد كتوب على تعيينه ممثلاً دائماً لسوريا لدى منظمة حظر الأسلحة الكيميائية في لاهاي و أتمنى له كل التوفيق.

[Mark Kersten || @markkersten.bsky.social @MarkKersten]

"Continuing attacks on hospitals, with virtually no response from actors enforcing the laws of war, will all but ensure that health care systems will be obliterated in future conflicts. Accountability can help change the course." https://t.co/gjEpvOv6NJ

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

Israel's Aug 2025 targeted double tap strike on Nasser Hospital—and its broad pattern of attacks on healthcare facilities and workers in Gaza—demands accountability from international actors, write SLP's @elise__baker and @brittgronemeyer in @opiniojuris.

https://t.co/BF1YvtfzQ4

[Elise Baker @elise__baker]

my latest piece with @BrittGronemeyer on the blatant illegality of Israel's targeted double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in August

[Opinio Juris @opiniojuris]

A Reminder that Targeting a Hospital is a War Crime
https://t.co/bLPqfe2m2u

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

Yesterday, nearly 500 patients and their companions in the Saudi Maternity Hospital were reportedly killed – the latest of countless attacks on health care and yet another example of the depravity with which this war has been fought.

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on Sept. 10, is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. The attack signals that Israel’s deadly pattern of attacking reporters and newsrooms on the grounds that they publish “terrorist” propaganda has spread firmly across the Middle East. Read more: https://t.co/Aqx4RIyFqe

📷: AFP/Mohammed Huwais

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

A fantastic new edition of #Syria in Figures -- bringing to light issues & facts that don't get the attention they deserve.

Good guest essay from @elise__baker, and interview with #Syria's entrepreneurial Telecomms Minister @amhaykal.

[Benjamin Fève @BenjaminFeve]

Syria in Figures is back this month—now with a brand-new cover!

Did you know that Assad-era frontmen and cronies still hold shares in private banks?
Did you know that around 70 ministerial advisors were appointed—and then dismissed?
Did you know that oil companies are staging a comeback in Syria?
Did you know that the public sector is undergoing profound restructuring?

No? Right! That’s because nobody else does the digging we do. Our unparalleled access to data and sources gives us the ability to uncover what others miss.

And there’s more. In this edition of Syria in Figures, you’ll find insights from @elise__baker, Senior Staff Lawyer at the Syria Litigation Project, as well as an exclusive interview with Abdulsalam Haykal (@amhaykal), Minister of Telecommunications.

This latest edition is the one I’m proudest of—we’ve covered major developments that matter.

🔗 Read now: https://t.co/uzO2vCIiW2

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

New CNN analysis:

- First strike hits staircase, kills Reuters cameraman

- 9 mins later, two shells, likely by two tanks, kills first responders

- Israeli official indicates first responders intentionally targeted

- two individuals named by Israel were killed elsewhere

[Dr. Mimi Syed @Memers1st]

UPDATE: This was not a random training as was understood previously. This was planned training required by WHO months ago, but the real focus is on the Israeli military, knowing this and taking advantage. They struck when they knew foreign aid workers would be out of the hospital. All healthcare workers should be protected. Hospitals should never be bombed.

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

A double-tap strike on a hospital.

The second strike killing clearly visible emergency workers attempting to rescue survivors of the first strike.

An abomination.

[MSF International @MSF]

Earlier today, Israeli strikes hit Nasser hospital in Gaza, killing at least 20 people. Among those killed was Miriam Abu Dagga, a freelance photographer who frequently worked with us.

We are heartbroken by her death.

Below are photos she took while on assignments with us, documenting how healthcare staff are working tirelessly to care for people as Israel pursues genocide in Gaza.

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

The IDF says "Prior to the attack, steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians"

They bombed a tent full of journalists in a hospital courtyard, killing seven people.

There is no legal justification for this.

[Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck]

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. https://t.co/cRZfDRoE3i

[Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב @bartov_omer]

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. https://t.co/gmQtbhrj48 via @NYTOpinion

[Gissou Nia | گیسو نیا @GissouNia]

I remember when these targeted sanctions tools were used against arms dealers & narco traffickers.

Now it seems UN special rapporteurs are being targeted for travel bans & asset freezes?

This is political theater and an unbecoming use of the power and impact of these tools.

[Ahmad Helmi @Ahmad_helmi_0]

Saydnaya prison is down.

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

On November 21, the @IntlCrimCourt issued arrest warrants in the Israel-Hamas war.

@SLPJustice’s @elise__baker examines what the warrants mean for Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel, and outlines the next steps for the ICC:
https://t.co/WeznOIkLjf