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www.schneier.com
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| | | | | Interesting article about civilians using smartphones to assist their militaries in wartime, and how that blurs the important legal distinction between combatants and non-combatants: The principle of distinction between the two roles is a critical cornerstone of international humanitarian law-the law of armed conflict, codified by decades of customs and laws such as the Geneva Conventions. Those considered civilians and civilian targets are not to be attacked by military forces; as they are not combatants, they should be spared. At the same time, they also should not act as combatants-if they do, they may lose this status... | |
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dissidentvoice.org
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| | | | | The world's two highest courts have made an implacable enemy of Israel in trying to uphold international law and end Israeli atrocities in Gaza. Separate announcements last week by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) should have forced Israel on to the back foot in Gaza. A panel of judges at | |
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libya360.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Jeff Wright Interest in the withering four-pageletterthat Craig Mokhiber, former Director of the New York Office of the UN's High Commissioner of Human Rights, wrote on October 28 to High Commissioner Volker Turk-charging that the UN has failed in its mission to prevent a "textbook case of genocide" in Gaza-has not waned. Last week, nearly... | |
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new.musichackday.org
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| | | The MIDEM Hack Day returns to Cannes on 5th June 2015. Applications close March 31st! | ||
