Dr Melanie O'Brien
@DrMelOB
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A/Professor Int Law @UWALawSchool . President @genocidestudies . Volunteer @RedCrossAU . Visiting scholar @UofMHRC
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People are the resource of the
#universities
. And tertiary
#Education
should be available to all
#australians
who want to access it, not just the elite. Govt should fund
#higherEd
. Some of my speech today at
#Perth
protest against fee hikes.
#SaveHigherEdJobs
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After two postponements & 3 yrs wait, Edd & I finally got married last week. It was such a wonderful day, a huge amount of fun & happiness!
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Ugh, ugh, ugh.
"I've met a lot of prime ministers in my time. But none so young, not too many so smart, and never one so attractive." New Zealanders are extremely unimpressed by an Australian journalist's interview with Jacinda Ardern
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I am very proud to announce that I have been elected President
@GenocideStudies
! It has been almost 20yrs since a woman was President of
#IAGS
; I am delighted to be leading the association I love so much, & w/fantastic Exec & Advisory Boards.
#genocide
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I had the privilege of meeting the amazing
@Maryam_Rajavi
, leader of
#Iran
opposition/resistance. She has worked tirelessly for 45 yrs to fight for
#democracy
&
#humanRights
in Iran. She is a strong leader & beacon of hope for change- hopefully soon. ✊
#FreeIran2023
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Cultural destruction in
#NagornoKarabakh
was foreseeable & inevitable. NK remains completely ethnically cleansed. Why are no states doing anything about this???
Sad news coming out of
#NagornoKarabakh
. Video footage shows that the Artsakh National Assembly building, arguably the most famous structure in
#Stepanakert
, has been demolished by Azerbaijani authorities.
#Aliyev
is wasting no time in erasing the symbols of Karabakh democracy.
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A lengthy ordeal is over- 13.5mths since applying, FINALLY promoted to AssProf! A HUGE thank you to
@kevinjonheller
@PeterBillings17
& a non-Twitter colleague for taking the time to write (timely) reports for my app. I will be celebrating w/🍾 this weekend!
#academia
Massive congratulations to the awesome
@DrMelOB
on her (long overdue) promotion to Associate Professor at
@UWALawSchool
!
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Today I was honoured to speak at
#freeIran
conference about the need for accountability for the 1988 executions & today’s repression, both times of torture, enforced disappearances & executions. The intl community must take action for
#justice
for victims & families.
#humanRights
.
@genocidestudies
President
@DrMelOB
: In
#1988Massacre
, political protests were curbed with thousands of people executed for their political and religious beliefs. Only one of the perpetrators of these crimes has been held accountable for their actions.
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The situation in
#NagornoKarabakh
#Artsakh
is dire. The first death from
#starvation
has been reported, after 8 mths of a blockade of the
#Lachin
Corridor has prevented the 120,000 people in Artsakh from accessing
#food
&
#healthcare
.
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My
#book
has arrived! It looks at
#HumanRights
violations in the
#genocide
process. I’ll be launching it in
#Sydney
next week and
#Armenia
in December!
@GenocideStudies
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#poppyDog
likes her new
@alicecooper
snuggle teddy 🤘.
#rockDog
#music
#rockMusic
#academicsWithDogs
#doggo
#dogs
#DogsofTwittter
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Thanks to the
#UK
All Parliamentary Groups on
#Genocide
Prevention &
#Armenia
for hosting me,
@MorenoOcampo1
@CanbackRasmus
to speak about
#genocide
in
#NagornoKarabakh
& what action
#UK
should take to prevent further violence. We hope
#UK
is listening & acts soon.
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Result!!! The threat of universal jurisdiction is working to prevent Raisi from travelling. And this, my friends, is how we advocate for
#Iran
#humanRights
! 👍
#BREAKING
:
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cancels Geneva trip amid calls for his arrest
The 'Butcher of Tehran' is not willing to risk being arrested over his role in Iran's
#1988Massacre
, decides to skip UN forum. His time will come.
#ProsecuteRaisiNOW
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@aleximenez
@SarahTMT
@AlissaNutting
It is really common that male doctors don't take women's health issues seriously. Throughout history, women have been prescribed opiates for 'hysteria', regardless of actual health/medical issues. Fat shaming & endemetriosis other areas of major problem.
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NUTSHELL:
#ICJ
orders provisional measures against
#Israel
to stop acts of
#genocide
, stop its military committing acts of
#genocide
, prevent & punish acts of incitement to genocide, preserve evidence of genocide, provide aid to
#Gaza
, report to the ICJ on its compliance.
#GenCon
It's time for the announcement of the ruling in the
#SouthAfrica
v
#Israel
#ICJ
#GenCon
case. I will be live tweeting in this thread. Also follow
@MollyQuell
@AdHaque110
@Alonso_GD
@juliettemm
@MarkKersten
@TaraVanHo
@janethanderson
@vdbergstephanie
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It's time for the announcement of the ruling in the
#SouthAfrica
v
#Israel
#ICJ
#GenCon
case. I will be live tweeting in this thread. Also follow
@MollyQuell
@AdHaque110
@Alonso_GD
@juliettemm
@MarkKersten
@TaraVanHo
@janethanderson
@vdbergstephanie
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I am excited to announce that I have been appointed Research Fellow
@SydJewishMuseum
. Looking fwd to immersing myself at the
#Museum
to research the
#humanRights
to sanitation in the
#Holocaust
.
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If you are a student & would like a reference from one of your professors 🧵:
1. ASK THEM FIRST if they are will & able to do it. Do not assume.
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@Stirling_G
You should be ashamed of yourself. This bill may have a couple of positive components, but the negatives are so significant- it will lead to even more
#higherEd
job losses, leave students w/yrs of debt, & disadvantage
#women
,
#Indigenous
& other minority students.
#blockthebill
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.
@JulianBurnside
: 'it’s pretty clear
#AUS
PMs & immigration ministers are guilty of criminal offences. The problem is no one can bring a prosecution for those offences without the approval of the Attorney General. Take a lucky guess what the AG would say.”
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And still NO
#jobKeeper
for anyone working in
#universities
.
It is a devastating day for millions of Australians:
- $750/fortnight cut for part time JobKeeper workers
- $300/fortnight cut for full time JobKeeper workers
- $300/fortnight cut to JobSeeker for unemployed
With less $ to spend, less $ goes to local businesses.
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Last night I gave a zoom talk and over 2000 people attended! Yes, you read that right- over TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE!! 😱😱😱I didn’t even know that many people could attend a zoom session!!
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Great to see
@abcnews
reporting on the dire situation of
#Rohingya
#refugee
camps. I hope this gets read by many people. The Rohingya (among others) have been forgotten amid other 'trendy' conflicts.
#humanRights
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I spoke w/UNSR
#Iran
@JavaidRehman
,
@WGEID
member
@GraBaranowska
& Amb. Stephen Rapp on need for accountability for perpetrators of
#1988massacre
& current crimes against humanity. I call for states to instigate proceedings in the
#ICJ
under customary law.
UN Special Rapporteur on Iran
@JavaidRehman
and UN
@WGEID
member
@GraBaranowska
join
@jvmifoundation
in calling for accountability over the
#1988Massacre
of political prisoners in Iran
#UNGA78
side event in New York seeks an end to impunity in Iran
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@DrProudman
So her critical tweet was subject to disciplinary action, but the abusive tweets from male lawyers was not? The very definition of
#patriarchy
.
#endVAW
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#Genocide
scholars agree that genocide is a process, not an event. It's not just the killings. My
#research
shows that
#HumanRights
violations before the physical violence are part of that process, & should be recognised as such, as genocide crimes.
Indeed, there are five constitutive acts of the crime of genocide. "It is not necessary to wait for a group to be destroyed before declaring a campaign of violence to be genocidal if the requisite intent can be evinced."
@BethVanSchaack
@justsecurity
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@foucault_s
@AcademicChatter
Nope. Here I am last night giving a talk. If it's warm weather, then my tatts are on display, incl in a job interview. If that's the reason they don't employ me, then I don't want to work there. Never had anything but positive comments. Wear them out & proud!
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I can't tell you how depressing it is getting, when
#auspol
@JoshFrydenberg
@DanTehanWannon
keep adding rules so that
#universities
will not be able to get
#jobKeeper
. Such a clear hatred for
#higherEd
in our govt; they are happy to let us collapse 😞☹️
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Just lectured to an empty room. Am 3rd
@UWALawSchool
academic to lecture to empty room this mth. Last wk I lectured to 1 person. Extraordinarily demoralising & demotivating.
@uwanews
needs to change its mandatory lecture capture policy. Not good pedagogy, not good for morale ☹️
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Universal jurisdiction works to bring
#justice
for victims of
#torture
& other atrocity crimes. 👏to
#Sweden
for upholding their legal obligation to prosecute or extradite.
#intLaw
#BREAKING
Sweden's Court of Appeal just upheld a life sentence for Hamid Nouri over his role in Iran's
#1988Massacre
of thousands of political prisoners
It's time for all states to use Universal Jurisdiction to prosecute key perpetrators including current President Ebrahim Raisi
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@geeoharee
@garydunion
@lottelydia
Nepalese sherpas have adapted over time to have higher oxygen levels, which is why they can cope with working in the Himalayas. Pretty amazing!
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This is fascinating! 1st, an
#ICJ
case under a
#humanRights
treaty! A real rarity. 2nd, I have written about the
#Genocide
risk btwn these states, incl anti-Armenian hate speech, so will be important case to assess this context.
PRESS RELEASE:
#Armenia
institutes proceedings against
#Azerbaijan
with regard to alleged violations of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and requests the
#ICJ
to indicate provisional measures
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2 yrs ago I co-wrote about the risk of
#genocide
in
#Nagorno_Karabakh
. Warning signs that we noted have been ignored by the int'l community. The escalation of activity on the ground by
#Azerbaijan
now demonstrates that we are well beyond 'risk'.
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My
#book
, From Discrimination to Death:
#Genocide
Process through a
#HumanRights
Lens, is now in production! So, look out for it in 4-6 mths! 😀
#research
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Just had a real reviewer 2, but luckily guest editors of special issue said 'ignore reviewer 2, they didn't even engage with the content of your submission!'. Now that is quality editing. 👍🙂I won't even read what reviewer 2 wrote, because the other 2 reviews are +ve!
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This is an excellent summary of how the govt has destroyed
#higherEd
. It actually made me cry as he went through the list of courses & jobs cut. It’s just awful 😢. So many jobs lost.
#fundHigherEdFairly
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Nice work,
#Indonesia
! Now they're some interesting uniforms! 👍😊
#sports
#fashion
#OpeningCeremony
#Rio2016
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It's not
@GabbaBrisbane
(missing the awesome
#Brisbane
crowd!) - but go
@HeatBBL
! 😀
#BBL08
#BBL
@OptusStadium
#lynnsanity
#turnuptheheat
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@NesrineMalik
Do you know how nice it is to hear this (a compliment)?! We work so hard on research & teaching, & sometimes get some really nasty feedback (students, media, twitter...); positive feedback, respect & appreciation are rare- so, THANK YOU! 🥰😀
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Just got editorial comment on submitted article (not even sent out for review!) saying that we should write a completely different paper to the one we did. This kind of feedback is terrible. Evaluate it as it is, not as to what you think it should be.
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Massive turnout for the
#savesocialsciences
#ourUWA
protest against proposed job and course cuts!
#fundHigherEdFairly
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Really pleased my article authored w/
@VOosterveld
@KathMMaloney
on 'Forced Marriage as the Crime Against Humanity of ‘Other Inhumane Acts’ in the
#ICC
’s
#Ongwen
Case' is now published in the ICLR, as part of a forthcoming Ongwen case special issue.
#intlaw
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Universal jurisdiction for the win!
#Iran
#humanRights
#BREAKING
Sweden's Supreme Court rejects Hamid Noury's appeal
Ex-prison official will serve a life sentence for his role in Iran's
#1988Massacre
of political prisoners
It's time to use Universal Jurisdiction to prosecute Ebrahim Raisi
CC:
@JavaidRehman
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It seems my
#book
, From Discrimination to Death, has a website! No cover yet, just the basics, but exciting to see production progressing for publication later this year 😁.
#research
#genocide
#humanRights
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Super excited that my
@Palgrave_
(mostly
@palgravecrim
!)
#books
have finally arrived! I may have gone a little nuts, but
#noRegrets
! Piled into
#genocide
;
#warCrimes
&
#peacekeeping
;
#SGBV
;
#gender
; & misc. Now where to fit them on the bookshelves???! 😁
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Fully vaxxed! 💉😁👍
#CovidVaccine
#GetVaccinated
#COVIDVaccination
#FullyVaccinated
#covid_19aus
#vaccinated
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Excited to announce that my book 'From Discrimination to Death:
#Genocide
Process through a
#HumanRights
Lens' will be out next yr w/
@routledgebooks
, in their Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity series!
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@nicolasmarangoz
@SantiagoVargasN
I think this is the biggest part of the problem, actually. If you don’t have ‘the right’ connections, or aren’t already based in the area, no chance, no matter how hard you work, how much experience you have or what you have achieved.
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My husband moved to the other side of the world when I got a job, then to the other side of the country for my permanent job; always drives me to/picks me up from airport on my work travel; supports whatever I do in work even if I'm away for a long time. He is wonderful ❤️
Plz send heartwarming stories of straight male partners supporting your creative endeavors. Hungry for a story that isn't "I achieved unprecedented professional success and my relationship was never the same."
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@Stirling_G
It will also leave every
#AUS
#university
having to do more w/less. It will cut funding to every university in the country, incl SA ones. Overall, every uni will be worse off. The quality & accessability of Aust
#education
&
#research
will drop dramatically.
#blockTheBill
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#IAGS2023
is off & running! Our fearless Barcelona-based conference organiser Elisenda Calvet opens the 2nd
@GenocideStudies
conference she has organised- huge work from the whole team- congratulations! 👏
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Well. This was a wonderful email to find in my inbox this morning! ☺️
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My ridiculous
#doggo
#PoppyDog
spent our whole Shelly
#beach
walk w/her nose buried in horse hoofprint holes in the sand. She now has a very, very sandy nose & tongue, but is delighted w/life.
#academicsWithDogs
@dog_rates
@southAustralia
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Also really dislike the repeated mentions in media that the woman 'struggled with mental illness most of her adult life', clearly trying to paint her as the trope of the 'crazy woman who makes things up'. Instead of saying that the alleged rape traumatised her.
#ChristanPorter
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Now over 40,000 have fled
#Nagorno_Karabakh
. Sure, it's totally normal for tens of 1000s of people to 'freely' leave their homeland.
#ethnicCleansing
#Armenia
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In a stark demonstration of how this situation remains connected to the
#ArmenianGenocide
,
#Turkey
continues to support
#Azerbaijan
& spout lies about 'secured' 'medical evacuations' & 'cargo' in & out of
#Nagorno_Karabakh
.
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SR
@FranceskAlbs
report finds
#Israel
committing 3 crimes of
#genocide
in
#Gaza
: causing serious bodily or mental harm; inflicting conditions designed to bring about group destruction; & imposing measures intended to prevent births.
“Following nearly 6 months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied
#Gaza
, it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of & to present my findings: 'the Anatomy of a Genocide'.”
— Special Rapporteur
@FranceskAlbs
at
@UN
Human Rights Council.
#HRC55
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#Rohingya
still stuck in
#refugee
camps in
#Bangladesh
(& in other countries), unable to return to
#Myanmar
.
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Sad to hear of the recent passing of Helen Fein, an icon of
#genocide
studies, who significantly influenced my work. She is really the only genocide scholar who actually engaged with
#humanRights
. Helen was also 1st president
@GenocideStudies
. Vale Helen Fein.
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A privilege to take part in the
#FreeIran2023
protests outside the
#UN
, where
#Iran
president Raisi is speaking at the UNGA.
#prosecuteRaisiNow
for his participation in 1988 death commission & other crimes.
#intlaw
IAGS President
@DrMelOB
:
It is unacceptable that Ebrahim Raisi is at the
@UN
speaking to
#UNGA78
. He is a member of the commission that oversaw the execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 because they opposed the regime.
#UNRally4FreeIran
#ProsecuteRaisiNow
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@KMooreGilbert
:
#Iran
operating intelligence-gathering and influence networks within
#Australia
, monitoring activities of Australians who speak out against Iran's
#humanRights
abuses & threatening their families in Iran.
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Visited Geghard Monastery today (UNESCO World Heritage Site built 1215) & credit to
@almadebandoneon
for taking this amazing photo of me in the light beam!
#Armenia
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Here's our glorious wedding party, all awash in a rainbow of colours. We had a
@RocknRollBride
wedding, embracing all the things that we love (fun, colour & more) rather than the traditional way of doing things.
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Fantastic open letter from
@arc_gov_au
Laureates, urging
#auspol
to shelve
@DanTehanWannon
's appalling proposed fee changes & instead to properly fund
#higherEd
.
#education
#saveHigherEdJobs
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