Francesca Batault

Humanitarian, Researcher, IHL Nerd, Espresso Enthusiast, African 🇿🇦 | UNIDIR MEAC Associate Researcher | usual caveats apply

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

@jh_barnett @ChrisADayton @VincentFoucher Fascinating read!

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

Oh to be a sleeping black sheep at the UN

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

I may be biased, but one of the coolest pieces MEAC has put out to date!

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

📢 New report! Understand better #BokoHaram factions in Northeast Nigeria by examining their leadership, geography and operations.

Based on interviews with defectors, @VincentFoucher offers insights for policymakers looking to improve security outcomes for local communities ⬇️

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

🧵 (1/2) Following the "Exploring Pathways to Peace" workshop by UNIDIR and @issafrica, @NorwayInGeneva gathered officials from #LakeChadBasin, mediators, Ambassadors from affected states & experts from Permanent Missions to continue the discussion 👥🤝⬇️

[UNChildRights @UNChildRights1]

Inspiring and sobering briefing to a delegation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC by the Managing Exit from Armed Conflict (#MEAC) @UNIDIR team https://t.co/BfwjtLvELz #childrensrights @lexpsy

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

New report out, in collab with @issafrica on dialogue and negotiations to address the Boko Haram Conflict. Can dialogue and negotiations be an alternate conflict resolution tool? Have a look!

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

🚨 New publication alert🚨

Don't miss our latest joint report w/ @issafrica exploring alternate #conflict #resolution #tools such as dialogue & negotiation to address the #BokoHaram conflict in the #LakeChadBasin.

🌐https://t.co/QpTXMKs3ei

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

Lake Chad - a wonder of nature. Three weeks of field research coming to an end in beautiful #Chad.

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

New publication alert! 🚨

Explore our latest MEAC report on weapons holding in North East Nigeria, featuring original data and insights from surveys conducted between Feb 2022 and Nov 2023. 🔖⬇️

Read it here: https://t.co/esLPyUO0Cg

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

A very African traffic jam

[ICRC Library @ICRC_library]

📢 New @ICRC publication
Based on extensive consultations with non-state armed groups, this handbook spells out their responsibilities under customary #IHL and makes key recommendations to reduce civilian harm in urban warfare.
Download here: https://t.co/KKI9c9S4aW

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

@kimondegreef @NewYorker This was brilliant!

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

@johnborrie @UNIDIR That’s more than half my lifetime!

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

When I started working on #ExplosiveWeapons just over a year ago while at @UNIDIR, the political declaration felt like a dream. Today states will pledge to stop using #EWIPA, and that just makes my little humanitarian disarmament heart happy as anything

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

Too much coffee 🤝 me 🤝 existential life crisis

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

Important news. There was a puppy. She was snuggly. Her name was Buddi. 100/10 for nose boops and licks

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

A beautiful evening with @ICRC

[ICRC Jordan @ICRC_Jordan]

Happening now... the 1st Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Police Operations with the participation of 70 police officers from all over the world and in cooperation with the @JordanPSD.

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

This is it. The heart of why we do what we do

[Zahraa Al-Janabi @Zahraa_Janabi]

We arrived at the office this morning to see a beautiful present waiting for us outside.

When I asked Aji Bukar why he is gifting this to the #ICRC, he replied: “because you bring good into the world”

What a great reminder of why we must continue doing the work we do.

[Francesca Batault @fjc_batault]

"Not just houses, but homes; not just businesses, but livelihoods; not just monuments, but our history, our identity, and our shared humanity" @AlfredoMalaret on EWIPA

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

"Not just houses, but homes; not just businesses, but livelihoods; not just monuments, but our history, our identity, and our shared humanity"

🗨 @AlfredoMalaret on the effects of using #ExplosiveWeapons in populated areas & what can be done about them: https://t.co/s8AJZvAM6p

[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @UNIDIR]

The devastating effects of using #ExplosiveWeapons in populated areas do not end with the initial blast.

That's why we offer menus of #EWIPA indicators that facilitate understanding & documentation of reverberating impacts:

1️⃣ https://t.co/EbYFT9IBMA
2️⃣ https://t.co/pytnzgd6lI