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krisburck.bsky.social
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Amazing resource collection for anyone working on #wmd

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Note those states that voted against this resolution!

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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#BiologicalWeapons #Disarmament #1972BWC @BWCISU With the upcoming 50th anniversary of the entry of the #1972BWC into force, the Implementation Support Unit has published the 3rd edition of the Biological Weapons Convention Brochure. PDF download: front.un-arm.org/wp-content/u...

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Pleased to announce a new article in @foreignaffairs.com with @natashahall.bsky.social on the threat posed by Syria's remaining chemical weapons and the need to eliminate this threat and hold the former regime accountable for its chemical atrocities. www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/syria-...

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Calling #CBW folks 🚨 We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI. ✅ Anonymous ✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each) ✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs Round 1 is open until Dec 18!

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With new developments in Syria in mind: since Assad is seemingly not the effective Head of State of Syria anymore, a French (or any other Universal Jurisdiction) case does not need to address personal immunities anymore. Functional immunities do not cover crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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Overcast wrapped

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Given fears that there may be new chemical attacks in Syria, here's a thread on some of the chemical munitions used in the past by the Syrian government. First, there's been two primary agents use, chlorine gas, and sarin, each associated with specific munitions.

submitted 85 days ago • 4 comments

France on Putin | France on Netanyahu

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Join CNTR! We are #hiring researchers in nuclear #NonProliferation (PhD positions in physics, PostDoc in physics or social sciences). Apply for our Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplomacy led by @mgoettsche.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social & @prif.org. www.cntrarmscontrol.org/news/snd-vac...

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#Strava basically kills all third party APIs by claiming exclusive rights over customer data, often generated outside Strava, and even deletes any comments remotely critical of this move in its community hub. High time to cancel the subscription

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A starter pack on chemical and biological weapons experts. It’s very much work in progress, so if anyone should be added (including yourself), let me know go.bsky.app/Beoj1Ur

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Very happy to have my first peer reviewed article published by Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in #openaccess The article analyzes the different standards of proof and methods of work of chemical weapons investigations in Syria link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Do German arms exports to Israel violate international law obligations? On #PRIFblog, Krisstofer Burck and Vera Strobel discuss a recent case filed before the Administrative Court Frankfurt (first published at EJIL:Talk). blog.prif.org/2024/09/30/a...

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The Administrative Court Frankfurt rejected a case by 5 Palestinian plaintiffs against arms exports from Germany to Israel. While the outcome was expected, the reasoning was quite astonishing. For EJIL Talk, Vera Strobel and I analyze the #internationallaw aspects www.ejiltalk.org/german-arms-...

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The Frankfurt Administrative Court dismissed the application for interim legal Relief of five Palestinian plaintiffs against arms exports to Israel. If you read German, this is a great in depth analysis. If you do not, watch this space for an English evaluation soon.

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

German authorities seemingly not only stifle freedom of speech of Palestinians at home but also Schengen-Wide. The treatment of Palestinian voices and its wider implications for fundamental freedoms in Germany is extremely concerning

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Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, was invited to speak in Berlin, Paris & The Hague. He was asked to share his experiences treating patients in #Gaza. But Germany denied him entry & imposed a Schengen-wide ban on him. www.hrw.org/news/2024/05...

submitted 292 days ago • 3 comments

A bit less than a week left to send in abstracts for this edited volume on the Biological Weapons Convention. Reach out in case of questions and feel free to share in your networks

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Dutch Government ordered to halt supplying Israel with F-35 fighter jet parts due to a “clear risk” of serious violations of IHL in Gaza. LEÓN CASTELLANOS-JANKIEWICZ provides the background to the decision and outlines its rationale and implications. verfassungsblog.de/f-35/

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Finally, Irene Weipert-Fenner's and my piece on Israel-Gaza: A German war discourse is published as an English translation. In it, we argue that three mechanisms are at work: blog.prif.org/2023/12/07/i... 1/4

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