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Martin Lemberg-Pedersen @lembergpedersen

University of Warwick, CIDOB, former Amnesty Intl. Displacement, externalization, human rights, IHL, postcoloniality, arms trade and border control industry.

Joined October 2013
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Dear friends, I have decided to shut down here on X. I do not wish to legitimize Musk’s platform any longer. And especially after my Amnesty tenure, I’ve also experienced drastic drop in my reach. I have learned a lot from many of you, please get in touch on LinkedIn
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Job news: I look forward to meeting new colleagues and students at Malmö University as temporary associate professor in global politics, international migration and ethnic relations. It is between January and June, so if you are around in that period do reach out for a coffee!
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Today, Danish Parliament adopted a new Penal Code chapter criminalizing #torture, #warcrimes, and #crimesagainsthumanity (100 for, 9 against). Bill L58 ratifies key amendments to the #ICC Statute, incl. the crimes of aggression, #genocide, and starvation as a method of #warfare.
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 This milestone follows work by DIGNITY, Amnesty International Denmark, and the Institute for Human Rights. My team members at Amnesty, Elise Bangert, in the War Crimes Committee and Lisa Blinkenberg worked hard for this. DIGNITY played a vital role w input for this law.
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 Now it’s crucial that resources are allocated to implement #universaljurisdiction effectively in Denmark. All perpetrators—whether from #Russia, #Syria, #Israel, #Sudan, or Western powers—must be held accountable in Danish courts. #HumanRights
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Mary Lawlor@MaryLawlorhrds
13 Dec 2024
Terrible news and a direct result of Italian government policy, leaving a massive gap in the civilian fleet saving lives in the Central Mediterranean.
MSF Sea@MSF_Sea
13 Dec 2024
❗MSF has been forced to end operations on our rescue vessel, Geo Barents, due to restrictive Italian laws and policies. Since June 2021, the ship saved 12,675 lives in the Central Mediterranean.
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1/…Some media coverage of the Iridia/NOVACT report on minors in the canaries detention system:rtve.es/play/videos/telediar…

Muchos migrantes que llegan a Canarias sufren entradas masivas en prisión y procesos sin garantías

Entradas masivas en prisión y procesos sin garantías es lo que sufren centenares de migrantes al llegar a las islas, según el último informe de las entidades...

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4/… lamarea.com/2024/12/12/deten…

Detenciones, hacinamiento y criminalización de las personas migrantes en Canarias: la ruta más...

El informe de Irídia y Novact destaca la llegada de cada vez más niños y niñas, y denuncia los déficits que existen en su identificación.

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5/… social.conferenciaepiscopal.…

Un nuevo informe revela vulneración de derechos humanos en Canarias - Comisión Episcopal para la...

Irídia y Novact denuncian nuevas vulneraciones de derechos humanos a las personas migrantes en Canarias. Este informe breve se ha elaborado semanas después de haber realizado una visita a Gran...

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Victor Kattan@VictorKattan
14 Dec 2024
The University of Leeds is offering scholarships for Gazans who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict. Further details in the link below — please share with your networks. leeds.ac.uk/masters-scholars…

Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship

We offer Masters scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).

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Human rights organizations Iridia and NOVACT have released the report "Human Rights Violations of Migrants in the Canary Islands 2024: Criminalization, Detention, and Childhood". iridia.cat/publicacions/vuln… Here a thread…/1

Vulneració de drets humans de les persones migrants a Canàries 2024: Criminalització, detenció i...

Criminalització detenció infància

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Problems include reduction of legal standards and guarantees in centers for migrant children, mistreatment,abuse, overcrowding, unsanitary conditions,threats,protracted incarceration. Plus trauma from the dangerous West Africa-Canaries journey, averaging 33 deaths per day.../4
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This is also important for the new EU Migration Pact w even lower standards, and plans to upscale longer detention at external EU borders. Canary Islands could be one of the first places where this Brussels-centric vision unravels, w terrible humanitarian consequences.../5
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Er blevet interviewet til denne reportage fra Danwatch om forbindelsen mellem danske fiskemels-producenter og bådmigration fra Senegal til de Kanariske Øer. Læs med hér: danwatch.dk/skagen-firma-bla…

Skagen-firma blandt synderne: Overfiskeri bag masseflugt fra Vestafrika

Tidens travleste migrationsrute fra Afrika til Europa er domineret af småfiskere, der klager over udplyndringen af de vestafrikanske fiskebestande. En af de sto

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P1 Morgen satte idag fokus på kidnapninger af #bådmigranter ud for #Libyen. Sammen med @sineplambech blev jeg interviewet om det brutale libyske #detentions-system og den europæisk-finansierede nordafrikanske grænsekontrol. Lyt med hér: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-morgen/p1-mo…
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GLAN | Global Legal Action Network@GLAN_LAW
18 Nov 2024
TODAY IN COURT: UK admits in court that #Israel is not committed to complying with international humanitarian law. In the High Court today, GLAN & @alhaq_org exposed several failures in the government’s decision-making over arms exports to Israel.
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