Luke Moffett
Prof of Human Rights and #IHL researching on redress, civilian harm, OSINT and AI, working on rewilding the north coast
- Reposted by Luke MoffettNew Bellingcat investigation: Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza. The article examines how US-made weapons have been used in Israeli strikes and the civilian harm linked to their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettProf. @edswaine.bsky.social looks at the difficult threshold questions in the new case brought by family members of two Trinidadian men killed in US boat strikes – before the court reaches the merits. www.justsecurity.org/130038/can-t...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettBREAKING: Family of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean. theintercept.com/2026/01/27/b...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettAuschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
- Reposted by Luke MoffettWith ICJ hearings ongoing in the Gambia v. Myanmar genocide case, @adhaque.bsky.social highlights technical burden of proof issues that have arisen in the case and offers a framework for the Court to consider in its final judgment: www.justsecurity.org/129532/provi... #ICJ #Gambia #Myanmar
- Reposted by Luke MoffettJOB ALERT! If you want to strengthen human rights protections in Northern Ireland, come work with us (I'm on the Board) at the Human Rights Consortium in a new role of Human Rights Advocacy and Research Officer. Info: www.humanrightsconsortium.org/job-advertis...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettGreenland is home to the Inuit, an Indigenous people with the right to self-determination under international law. JØRGEN NYBERGET analyses what this means for a possible annexation. verfassungsblog.de/inuit-greenl...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettAn expert international law analysis of the insurmountable legal obstacles of any US acquisition of Greenland, from the non-use of force to the right of self-determination. By @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/129374/legal...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettIs there a risk that the dynamics of military technology hype enroll us all into a war hype? I argue yes in this piece just published by @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/tech-venture...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettDo disasters facilitate child recruitment by armed groups? 🧐 📘 New JOGSS research by @dafnikalatzi.bsky.social & Yun Jung Yang uses a mixed-methods approach to show how disasters boost rebels’ demand for child soldiers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett3 years into the war, Ukrainians' resistance territorial concessions has weakened slightly (compared to 07/2022 when we first ran this experiment), but they STILL categorically resist Russian control. New paper with @marniehowlett.bsky.social & @carlmc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettNEW: British ministers ultimately decide whether to accept the findings of the military that British strikes killed civilians. Five revelations from Airwars’ tribunal against the British Ministry of Defence airwars.org/how-does-the...
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- Reposted by Luke MoffettGerman ”assurances” on the Sudetenland. Sound familiar?
- Reposted by Luke MoffettBrazen defiance of the International Court of Justice. A clear war crime under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. And yet another example of the complicity of Caterpillar in Israel’s relentless destruction of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
- Reposted by Luke MoffettRead leading expert @mikeschmitt.bsky.social on whether the Sept. 2 strike on suspected drug traffickers using an unmarked aircraft violated the prohibition on perfidy, or other LOAC rules, had there been an armed conflict: www.justsecurity.org/129177/unmar...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettFor more details on the tribunal, see Airwars' five takeaways from the process airwars.org/how-does-the...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettSecrecy around UK military civilian harm ‘risks undermining public confidence’ @theguardian.com reporting on the conclusion of Airwars' freedom of information tribunal against the Ministry of Defence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- Join us next Thursday 29th at 2pm when Dr Mais Qandeel will give a talk on 'AI-Enhanced Surveillance in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Limitations and Obligations' at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
- Reposted by Luke MoffettSince the US began its post-9/11 counterterror operations in Africa, fatalities from terrorism have jumped nearly 100,000 percent.
- Reposted by Luke Moffett"The slowness of such accountability is an argument in favor of a local, community-based system as more judicial bodies can try more suspects, especially those at lower levels." Dreaming of Justice Part 3: Alternative Approaches to Accountability in Myanmar justiceinconflict.org/2026/01/19/d...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettAccording to Germany’s first “Space Safety and Security Strategy”, outer space is no longer just a potential battlefield – but “the centre of conflict itself”. FLORIAN KRIENER on what this means for international law, self-defence, and military uses of space. verfassungsblog.de/germany-spac...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettAttention researchers and practitioners! The International Review of the Red Cross calls for papers on 'Addressing the Human Cost of Weapons: Past, Present and Future'. Submit by 20 March 2026, and contribute to this vital discussion. Read more: ms.spr.ly/63327Q6p55
- Reposted by Luke Moffett"families of those executed have been obliged to pay for the rope or the bullet used during executions" Prof Roja Fazaeli of the Irish Centre for Human Rights writing on protest and repression in Iran. @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett"States complicit in attacks against the foundations of the world order must be called out for it. And this applies to the US, which now stands in opposition to the Nuremberg principles." 80 Years After Nuremberg, Envisioning the Future of International Law www.justsecurity.org/128387/nurem...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettBy continuing to report the Gaza territorial development plan as some sort of "peace" plan, the actual fate and livelihoods of the humans in Gaza is being marginalised. This is not a Board of Peace, it is a Board of Business Opportunity. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettPentagon steps in to receive Airwars' civilian harm reports from US strikes in Venezuela after SOUTHCOM fails to open its own channels. @theintercept.com cited Airwars' research on the raid and interviewed our Executive Director: theintercept.com/2026/01/13/c...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettMany friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
- Reposted by Luke MoffettSome good news. The Gambia’s Reparations Commission has begun paying reparations to victims of human rights abuses perpetrated under the regime of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh: www.africanews.com/amp/2026/01/...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettNew from my @crisisgroup.org colleague Elizabeth Dickinson. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettEXCLUSIVE: U.S. Southern Command is unable to cope with the volume of civilian casualty reports stemming from the military mission to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro theintercept.com/2026/01/13/c...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett"We can’t fall into the trap of accepting perpetrators’ efforts to deny the relevance, meaning, or reality of the legal constraints that they violate. That their power shields them from accountability... does not mean that they are not committing crimes" www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettComplicity in war crimes can eventually catch up with you. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettSo glad to have this piece published in @articlesofwar.bsky.social to honor trailblazer and thoroughly decent and principled lawyer and law Professor Françoise Hampson. IN HONOR OF FRANÇOISE HAMPSON lieber.westpoint.edu/early-interf...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettNEW: Bellingcat has identified the US munition that struck a residence in Catia La Mar on January 3, killing a 79-year-old woman named Rosa Gonzalez. It was an AGM-88 series missile, which is used to strike radar-emitting targets like air defense systems. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettVictim of the weekend military spectacle in Venezuela. www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
- 8 children and 5 adult civilians killed after RSF drone hits home in Sudan, medics say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettWhy does it matter that Nicolás #Maduro told a US judge he’s still president of #Venezuela? International law prohibits prosecution of a sitting head of state in another country’s courts. @keitnerlaw.com explains head of state immunity and the Maduro case: www.justsecurity.org/128073/head-...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettThe death count from Saturday’s attack has risen to 80, between civilians and members of security forces, according to a senior Venezuelan official. He added that the number could rise further.-NYT
- Reposted by Luke MoffettAttacks by Wagner fighters on Sarayebo village in the Central African Republic over Xmas & Boxing Day reportedly left at least 32 civilians dead. Victims were mostly Sudanese herders who had crossed into CAR in search pasture & water for their livestock corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/sarayebo-le-...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett"Seized properties are to be redistributed to Russians who lost their homes "as a result of acts of aggression against the Russian Federation." The Russian legislature is thereby reversing the roles, depicting the plunderer as the victim." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettNí Aoláin, said she was “most profoundly concerned by the mass indefinite arbitrary detention of children ... premised on the alleged threat they pose to security and based on their – or their parents – alleged prior links to [IS].” www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett“Amid this chaos there has been one consistent target for Trump’s contempt: the constraints imposed by international law, and its value system built around national sovereignty, including the prohibition of the use of force to change external borders.” www.theguardian.com/law/ng-inter...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettOperation Hawkeye Strike: Attacking ISIS in Syria and International Law By Michael Schmitt and Ryan Goodman @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
- Reposted by Luke MoffettThe further legacy of DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettThe number of people the U.S. has declared killing since September in strikes on small boats allegedly smuggling drugs has risen above 100, following attacks on six vessels in the past week. See our interactive tracker here: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
- Some US Navy activity off the Venezuelan coast, about 200km out with an E-2 Hawkeye, two EA-18G Growlers for electronic spectrum warfare and two others F-18 'rhino' with either likely running CAP over carrier USS Truman
- Europe establishes #Ukraine #reparations commission amid push to end war www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettI wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
- Reposted by Luke MoffettHonored to serve on the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettThe 22 boat strikes have triggered an international obligation to investigate potential illegalities. Michael Schmitt and Marko Milanovic discuss - legal sources for the obligation to investigate - criteria for carrying out independent investigation www.justsecurity.org/127136/inter...
- Britain threatened to defund #ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
- Reposted by Luke Moffett🇬🇧🇺🇦 UK banks have pushed back against plans to use about £8bn in frozen Russian assets they hold, warning that the British government has not offered to indemnify them against potential retaliation by Moscow, - FT
- Reposted by Luke Moffett“The way the majority [of private security contractors] dealt with us was savage” - Ibrahim In our new investigation, Airwars visualises a GHF aid distribution on June 8th, revealing the violence aid-seekers endured as they tried to get food under the system ghf.airwars.org
- Police apologise to family of first child killed in Troubles Patrick Rooney, 9, with compensation paid to his 88 year old mother Patrick's brother Con said "It was never about the money, you can't put a price on life, but the police must be apologising for something." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Luke MoffettLatest Conflict Index from @acleddata.bsky.social suggests that conflict levels stabilised in 2025 while violence targeting civilians increased, described by analysts as a troubling ‘new normal’
