patrickbutchard.bsky.social
International Law, House of Commons Library Director, International Justice & Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-butchard https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/patrick-butchard
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@patrickbutchard.bsky.socialI published a briefing on Friday on the latest military confrontation between India & Pakistan over Kashmir. It also looks at the origins of the Kashmir dispute, international reaction to the current crisis, and analysis of how it escalated commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Show PostIn the wake of mass atrocities in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and Myanmar, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm faces renewed charges that it is in fact dead. In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
Show PostIn the context of the strategic defence review which we expect to be published soon, I've published a new briefing on the UK's tilt to the Indo-Pacific, its original ambitions & developments since including under the new Labour government commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Show PostTo kick off #R2P20 last week, on 26 February the Group of Friends of #R2P convened an Ambassador-level meeting to discuss the interlinkages between #R2P, atrocity prevention and peacebuilding with ASG for @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social Elizabeth Spehar.
Show PostFor those, like me, who know nothing on this topic, I appreciated Section 5 in the Parliamentary briefing "Sanctions, international law and seizing Russian assets" By @patrickbutchard.bsky.social researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
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