Scott Edwards

@Amnesty International and Prof. lecturer at GWU's Elliot School. Political Scientist by training, opposition by habit.

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

Find me rather where the sky is blue. scottxedwards

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

Bombing of herders highlights deadly air attacks by Nigerian military https://t.co/3Fic8Mlw2H via @SpecialReports

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

Situation in #Ukraine: #ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova
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https://t.co/5OMC7Xuuy5

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

@TiranaHassan I didn't realize it was possible to tweet from 1953.

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Declaration calls for international controls on trade in tools of torture

https://t.co/DBkGnnpYdL

[Christoph Koettl @ckoettl]

The videos that came out of Bucha in April are impossible to forget: Dozens of bodies, some with their arms bound behind their backs, strewn along a single street. We set out to uncover who did it: Russia’s 234th Air Assault Regiment https://t.co/hP3P56sbj1

[Opinio Juris @opiniojuris]

While Pursuing International Justice at the ICC, the US and UK Must Ensure Justice at Home https://t.co/0BSSFNqkCS

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

Listen to the stories of victims in their own words, and join in urging CAR authorities to act now to secure justice for victims and to renew the mandate of the SCC.
Central African Republic: victims call for justice https://t.co/FOIAKT6WHe

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity persist because we allow them to. Justice for victims and accountability for the perpetrators of these crimes—wherever they occur—is critical, if not prerequisite, for a world without these crimes.

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

Justice for the victims in CAR requires action on these arrest warrants—regardless of the political status of the accused—as well as an extension of the SCC’s mandate. Impunity for grave crimes in CAR begets impunity in CAR and beyond.

[The Intercept @theintercept]

Experts say the U.S. government needs to come clean about its involvement in the Rann airstrike — and other similar instances around the world that the U.S. may be keeping secret. https://t.co/Tgdo9F0reI

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

🧵 #KenyaDecides2022: Safety information and resources for journalists and editors covering the Kenyan general election on August 9.

Physical and Digital Safety: Arrest and detention https://t.co/RJkt57GwkE

Basic preparedness: Risk assessment https://t.co/xqRYou4BNV

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

New thread – @amnesty’s Crisis Evidence Lab documented 3 attacks, possible war crimes, killing at least 9 civilians, including children, in #Kharkiv, on 28 February, around the same time that peace talks began at the border with Belarus.

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

Great use of @SecForceMonitor data by @Global_Witness in their reporting on Myanmar gemstone trade

[Amnesty Centre for International Justice @AmnestyCIJ]

As we head into ASP 20, it is critical for states parties to consider how the decisions and positions they adopt now – in the ASP and outside of it – may fatally undermine the future of the ICC and Rome Statute system

(Th)read: @amnesty ASP20 statement

https://t.co/DAgJyRaeVq

[Renata de Souza @Rde_souza]

The news of a new variant w/ multiple mutations is sadly all too predictable w/ the immense vaccine inequality that we've seen over the last year. Time for a #TRIPSwaiver & for countries to step up on redistributing doses to countries that don't have supplies #100DayCountdown

[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

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[Scott Edwards @sxedwards]

New report from @amnesty, Forgotten Behind Bars: COVID-19 and Prisons shows the need to prioritize those in detention globally for vaccination, among a host of other measures. https://t.co/43aYYWNtCN

[Brian Castner @Brian_Castner]

OCHA estimates over 660K people in Cabo Delgado are internally displaced, and almost a million face severe food insecurity.

The fighting between Al Shabaab, Moz security forces, and Dyck mercs has been awful. We have a major new report coming Tuesday. DM @WritesRights for info.