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In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Samit D'Cunha, a legal advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), about the innovative Digital Emblem Project. For over 160 years, the Red Cross emblem has symbolized protection in conflict zones, designating medical and humanitarian organizations as safe from attack. Now, as warfare increasingly extends into cyberspace, the ICRC is developing a digital version of this emblem to provide the same legal protections for online infrastructure. We examine the increasing frequency of cyberattacks on hospitals and aid organizations during armed conflict, and why the Digital Emblem is more crucial now than ever. Samit explains the technical side of the project, including the use of cryptographic certificates and DNS systems to ensure global, decentralized protection. He also discusses the importance of legal recognition and trust-building across governments, tech companies, and humanitarian sectors. As the digital battleground expands, this emblem could play a crucial role in safeguarding lives and ensuring that humanitarian operations continue uninterrupted. We also explore the challenges of implementing this system without increasing organizations' vulnerability, and why support from over 100 tech companies and states is crucial for its success. If you're interested in the intersection of cybersecurity, law, and humanitarian efforts, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 1.6-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 21,732 on turnover of $3.5-billion N-T. MAC ban two Chinese nationals from World Masters Games The Mainland Affairs Council has denied two Chinese nationals registered for the upcoming World Masters Games entry onto Taiwan - citing concerns that they intended to disrupt the event with political messages. According to the council spokesperson Liang Wen-chieh, his office received reports of such planned actions from members of the public here in Taiwan, who have said some Chinese participants plan to use the event to push political agendas. Liang says the two banned individuals are suspected of planning to display the Chinese national flag and advocate (主張、提倡) for unification with Taiwan by force - and as such, his office had no choice but to reject their entry. However, the council spokesman also says that despite the two athletes being denied entry, it has approved entry permits for 371 other Chinese nationals to take part in the Games. The World Masters Games begins tomorrow in Taipei and New Taipei. US judge dismisses charges against migrants caught in military zone A federal judge has dismissed charges against nearly 100 migrants arrested for trespassing (非法侵入) on a newly declared US military zone on the border of the state of New Mexico. The ruling adds to the growing legal uncertainty surrounding President Trump's expansion (擴張) of military authority at the southern border. Ira Spitzer reports. Congo Soldiers Transferred to Goma Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa over the last two weeks. On Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it helped escort the 1,359 disarmed members of the government forces. The soldiers and police officers had been taking refuge at a United Nations base since January, when the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated (加劇) as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the strategic Goma. The news of the successful transfer comes amid persistent tensions in eastern Congo, where fighting between Congo's army and M23 continues. Pope Meets with Greek Church Head Pope Leo XIV has met at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. It was one of his first audiences as pontiff that reaffirmed his appeal (上訴) for a peaceful, negotiated end to Russia's war. His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk said he invited Leo to visit Ukraine and presented the pope with a list of prisoners held by Russia. The Vatican under Pope Francis had worked for prisoner exchanges, as well as for the return of Ukrainian children taken to live in Russian-occupied territories. The Vatican didn't release any statement after the audience, one of the first private audiences held by Leo since his election May 8. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. －－－－以下訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－

Today on the show: Karen Travers from ABC News in Riyadh with the President. Correspondent Peter Charalambous in New York updates the Diddy trial. Steve Dorsey from the International Committee of the Red Cross with details on the Hamas hostage release. Bloomberg's Matthew Doyle live on the air traffic controller shortage. Plus, Comedian George Wallace and Heather McMahan join us! 9am-noon on 95.5 WSB.

Today on the show: Karen Travers from ABC News in Riyadh with the President. Correspondent Peter Charalambous in New York updates the Diddy trial. Steve Dorsey from the International Committee of the Red Cross with details on the Hamas hostage release. Bloomberg's Matthew Doyle live on the air traffic controller shortage. Plus, Comedian George Wallace and Heather McMahan join us! 9am-noon on 95.5 WSB.

Today on the show: Karen Travers from ABC News in Riyadh with the President. Correspondent Peter Charalambous in New York updates the Diddy trial. Steve Dorsey from the International Committee of the Red Cross with details on the Hamas hostage release. Bloomberg's Matthew Doyle live on the air traffic controller shortage. Plus, Comedian George Wallace and Heather McMahan join us! 9am-noon on 95.5 WSB.

An Israeli-American hostage, who was serving in the Israeli army when he was captured, has been released by Hamas.The International Committee of the Red Cross facilitated the transfer of 21-year-old Edan Alexander after 19 months of captivity. Meanwhile, the United Nations has issued a stark warning of imminent famine in Gaza as Israel's blockade of food and other aid extends into its third month.

President Trump floats reducing China tariffs ahead of trade talks and suggests Congress raise taxes on top earners. Newark Airport suffers a communications and radar outage as safety concerns continue. Justice Allison Riggs joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the results of the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race that came six months after Election Day. International Committee of the Red Cross Spokesperson Steve Dorsey explains the escalating crisis in Sudan.

Send us a textAs part of the 75th anniversary series on the Gevena Conventions, Lauren Sanders speaks to André Smit - the ICRC Regional Legal Adviser on Maritime Matters (Asia-Pacific) when he visited Australia in September 2024. They discuss the applicability of Geneva Convention II (GC II) on the Amerlioraton to the region and challenges for states in applying their obligations under GC II in the event of a maritime conflict in the region. André supports the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Asia and the Pacific region from the ICRC Regional Resources Network (RRN) in Thailand. The role focusses on advancing the regional understanding of international humanitarian law applicable to armed conflict at sea, strengthening the application of other legal protection regimes at sea, supporting the work of other ICRC métiers and ICRC Delegations on related files, and supporting the ICRC institutional thinking on its future positioning in Asia and the Pacific. His work experience includes practising law; serving as officer in the South African National Defence Force; and service in the South African Foreign Ministry as counsel to Government on International Law. In the military, he served at unit-, training-, Joint Operations-, and Defence Headquarters-levels retiring as a senior officer supporting policy and international law. He provided operational legal support to operations and supported the force preparation of naval infantry, maritime air operations squadrons (helicopter and fixed wing), the submarine service. The culmination of his time as an instructor was serving as Director of the Departmental Course on International Humanitarian Law. After military service, as State Law Adviser (International Law) in the foreign Ministry, he fulfilled legal and diplomatic functions (at the level of counsellor), represented the Government in various bilateral and multilateral diplomatic forums, and co-drafted South Africa's submissions to the International Court of Justice. He was a long-standing member of the South African National Committee on International Humanitarian Law. He lectured at various universities and other training institutions on topics including air and space law, law of the sea, the interfaces of human rights and international humanitarian law in military operations, and at different diplomatic academies with minor publications on related topics of maritime operations. 

The International Career Development Exchange (ICDE) program provides support for up-and-coming, early career surgical oncologists with leadership potential to receive one-on-one mentoring and engagement with a distinguished senior SSO member. SSO supports a participant from each of our 15 Global Partner Societies, plus two SSO member participants from countries not connected to one of our Global Partners. Participants receive complimentary registration for the SSO annual meeting and the opportunity to participate in a minimum one-week clinical observership at a US-based SSO member's institution. Each participant is paired with an SSO Member Mentor with the goal that a long-term professional relationship will develop and continue over the course of the participant's career. In this episode past ICDE recipients are interviewed about their experiences and the impact of the ICDE program on their career trajectories.

This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . In this special episode we are focused on the military use of AI, and making it even more special, we have not one guest but nine: Peter Asaro, co-founder and co-chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control; Stuart Russell, Computer Science professor at UC Berkeley, renowned co-author of the leading text on AI, and influential AI Safety expert; Frank Sauer, head of research at the Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight and member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control; Tony Gillespie, author of Systems Engineering for Ethical Autonomous Systems, and a fellow in avionics and mission systems in the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Rajiv Malhotra, author of  “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds.” and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Center for Indic Studies at the University of Massachusetts; David Brin, scientist and science fiction author famous for the Uplift series and Earth; Roman Yampolskiy, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and author of AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable; Jaan Tallinn, founder of Skype and billionaire funder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and the Future of Life Institute; Markus Anderljung, Director of Policy and Research at the Centre for the Governance of AI; I've collected together portions of their appearances on earlier episodes of this show to create one interwoven narrative about the military use of AI. We talk about autonomy, killer drones, ethics of hands-off decision making, treaties, the perspectives of people and countries outside the major powers, risks of losing control, data center monitoring, and more.  All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines. Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.        

Hundreds of people have taken part in protests in Gaza this week, in a rare act of dissent towards Hamas. Demonstrators called for an end to the group's rule of the enclave and the war with Israel. In videos shared on social media, protesters held placards that read “stop the war”, “we refuse to die” and “the blood of our children is not cheap”. Frustration towards Hamas has grown after a speech by the son of a Hamas leader who said: "We don't have a white cloth to raise a flag of surrender, but only white cloths to shroud our children." Protesters were angered by the apparent suggestion that their children are expendable. This comes after Israel shattered the ceasefire agreement on March 18, in one of the deadliest days for Palestinians. More than 400 people, including children, were killed. In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, host Nada AlTaher discusses the mounting pressure on Hamas and the severity of Israel's renewed attacks. She speaks to Palestinian analyst Taghreed El-Khodary, Hisham Mhanna, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, and retired Israeli brigadier general and defence strategist Assaf Orion.

During the night of March 7, Russian forces carried out a concerted bombing campaign against Ukraine's energy facilities. The acts were widely condemned by the international community, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who wrote on social media that he was "strongly considering large scale sanctions" based on the attack and urged both parties to the negotiating table. At the same time, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Ukraine's energy infrastructure is a legitimate target because it is "linked with Ukraine's military industrial complex and weapons production." Trump was right to call out Russia's attack and threaten sanctions, for several reasons. First, in diplomatic terms it created at least a slight veneer of even-handedness after his dressing down of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House last week, as well as his seeming alignment with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what is clearly a war of aggression in which Putin has committed the majority of war crimes. But second, international law demands calling out this particular conduct as worthy of reproach, because contrary to what Peskov claimed, a country's energy infrastructure does not become a legitimate military target just because it supports both civilian and military uses. International humanitarian law draws a clear distinction between civilian objects such as schools and hospitals, and military objectives that are meant to make an "effective contribution to military action." While the law is ambiguous in situations where a civilian object is being used in such a way as to make a direct military contribution to war, even then targeting of that object is subject to the principle of proportionality, by which harm to civilians must be weighed against military necessity. Moreover, targeting civilian objects for the purpose of terrorizing civilians is a war crime. While an argument could be made that attacks on energy infrastructure that result in power outages for a limited period of time are not comparable to collateral damage from kinetic attacks, this is clearly not the case during winter, when civilians are heavily dependent on that infrastructure for indoor heating. Moreover, such arguments generally don't take into account the knock-on effects of such strikes for the civilian population, such as the health implications of household refrigerators, municipal water sanitation systems and hospital medical equipment all losing access to power. In short, even if the language of humanitarian law makes occasional exceptions for military necessity that clearly outweighs the harm to civilians, such cases are rare. And those loopholes do not easily cover the kind of massive attacks on civilian infrastructure carried out by Russia, which would appear to instead be calculated to "spread terror among the civilian population." These rules were developed after World War II, when entire cities were burned to the ground based on the logic that they contained factories used to build munitions, thereby making them and all the civilians in them a military target. But as the postwar push to expand international humanitarian law recognized, if the fact that a civilian mobilization or infrastructure also supports a war effort transforms it into a target, the military-civilian distinction itself begins to break down. Rather, the International Committee of the Red Cross has postulated a more specific standard on the definition of "direct participation in hostilities" as applied to civilians, in which the burden of proof is on belligerents to prove beyond a doubt that any such instance meets that standard. When in doubt, under Article 52(3) of Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Convention, an object shall be assumed to be of a civilian character. The argument that "dual use" infrastructure constitutes a legitimate military target is often used as justification by states claiming the legal right to engage in such attacks. It's worth underscoring...

Press Conference by President: H.E. Ambassador Akan Rakhmetullin, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan; Ms. Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Ms. Eirini Giorgiou, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross; Ms. Taraem Taukaro of Kiribati, A representative of affected community. --- As the third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) got underway today (3 Mar) at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Akan Rakhmetullin welcomed new ratifications of the Treaty by Indonesia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Ukrainian-American journalist Lev Golinkin and co-host of Radio War Nerd at Patreon Mark Ames reveal the inconvenient truths about Zelensky and the Ukraine War. Rami Khouri and Helena Cobban talk about the cease-fire, what's really happening in Gaza, what Netanyahu is really doing, understanding Hamas and why it matters. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-lev-mark-123120837 Lev Golinkin is the author of A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka, Amazon's Debut of the Month, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program selection, and winner of the Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa. A graduate of Boston College, Golinkin came to the U.S. as a child refugee from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov (now called Kharkiv) in 1990. His writing on the Ukraine crisis, Russia, the far right, and immigrant and refugee identity has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, NBC, The Boston Globe, Politico Europe, and Time.com, among others; he has been interviewed by MSNBC, NPR, ABC Radio, WSJ Live and HuffPost Live. Rami Khouri is a Palestinian American journalist and a senior public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut, as well as a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Khouri served as editor of the Jordan Times newspaper in Amman, Jordan, and the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, as well as general manager of Al-Kutba publishers in Amman. He was co-recipient of the Pax Christi International Peace Award for his efforts to bring peace and reconciliation to the Middle East, and has served on the advisory boards of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Harvard Divinity School, and Northwestern University in Qatar. Khouri is also a syndicated columnist with Agence Global syndicate (USA), an author, and a frequent analyst and commentator in international media, including BBC, Aljazeera, NPR, and CNN. He is the co-editor of the book: 'Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters.' Helena Cobban is a writer and researcher on international affairs who lives in Washington DC. In 1984, Cambridge U.P. published her seminal study The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Three of her six other sole-authored books dealt with political and strategic developments in the Arab-Israeli theater, the rest with more global matters. For 17 years she contributed a regular column on global issues to The Christian Science Monitor and Al-Hayat (London).In 2010 she founded Just World Books, which has published ground-breaking titles by Palestinian, Zionism-questioning Jewish, and other authors; and in 2016 she was a co-founder of Just World Educational, which she now serves as president. Her current main writing platform is Globalities.org. Link to the book 'Understanding Hamas And Why That Matters' - https://orbooks.com/catalog/understanding-hamas/ ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kthalps/

Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Veteran Spanish politician Vice- President of the European Parliament until 2014 and President of the International Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ). Shot in the face in broad daylight on a central street in Madrid on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Attempted assassination attempt on ISJ President Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras

Joe Deere and Sue Masten provide an update on international affairs at the executive council winter session of the National Congress of American Indians on February 12, 2025. Deere serves on the Cherokee Nation Council. Masten is a former chair of the Yurok Tribe. Deere and Masten are two of the co-chairs of NCAI's International Committee. NCAI's meeting took place in Washington, D.C.

On this episode, we are joined by Lauren DeTullio and Preston Lockwood, both occupational therapists and Certified Hand Therapists who serve on the ASHT International Committee. They share with us the work that the committee is doing to spread knowledge of hand and upper extremity therapy across the globe and specifically about a recent trip to Columbia where they had the opportunity to present didactic and hands-on education.Guest bios:Lauren DeTullio, OTR/L, CHT, is an occupational therapist and Certified Hand Therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She is the Regional Director of the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center and the Director of the Hand Rehabilitation Foundation. She is an adjunct professor in the Occupational Therapy program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lauren has co-authored chapters in the seventh edition of Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, in the third edition of Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation - A Practical Guide, and in the first edition of Fractures and Injuries of the Distal Radius and Carpus. She is a co-chairman and has served as a regular faculty member for the annual Philadelphia Hand Symposium Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity. Lauren has volunteered for ASHT on the Awards Committee, Board Intern and most recently the International Committee. Preston W Lockwood, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, is a passionate and dedicated occupational therapist and Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) with a strong commitment to advancing the field of hand and upper extremity therapy. With extensive experience in clinical practice, Preston is deeply invested in clinical education, empowering the next generation of therapists through mentorship and knowledge-sharing. As an advocate for global collaboration, Preston is eager to connect with international hand therapy communities for knowledge exchange, furthering the evolution of the profession worldwide. Driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact, Preston is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of hand therapy, advocating for innovation, and contributing to the continuous growth and improvement of the profession.

Goma is cautiously starting to come back to life after several days of fighting between Congolese forces and M23 fighters, but the morgues are overflowing and members of the Congolese Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are still collecting dozens of bodies a day. At least 700 people were killed and 2,800 wounded in the fighting for control of Goma between Sunday and Thursday, according to the UN. Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed Monday to continue providing support to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the face of nationwide calls to withdraw troops following the death of 14 South African soldiers.M23 fighters have made substantial gains in the eastern DRC, taking the major city of Goma last week and vowing to march across the country to the capital Kinshasa.

Part two of Episode 20 continues our exploration of NCAI's international advocacy work and examines further how NCAI's advocacy for Indigenous Peoples on the global stage ties into its larger mission of promoting tribal sovereignty.  In this expanded conversation led by Rochelle Morgan-Verdin, NCAI's Policy Lead for International Issues and citizen of the United Houma Nation, we hear from two additional experts who have been deeply involved in the organization's advocacy for decades. They shed light on the history of NCAI's international work, what progress is being made today, and what we can expect in the years to come.  

//The Wire//2300Z January 31, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE AT CRASH SITE IN WASHINGTON, FALSE INFORMATION SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT BECOMES MORE PERVASIVE. AMERICAN TRADE TARIFFS ON CHINA, MEXICO, AND CANADA ANNOUNCED.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Sweden: Wednesday night, local counter-Islam activist Salwan Momika was murdered in Stockholm. Five assailants were arrested after one shot him in his apartment that evening. AC: Momika was a highly controversial figure who gained notoriety for being the pro-Israel activist at the heart of the Koran burnings in Sweden in 2023, and for his legal activism with regards to Islam in Sweden. Of note, local media did not know of his murder until the next morning, as he was scheduled to appear in court for one of the many cases he was the defendant in. When he did not show up, the court noted that the defendant was deceased, leading to the media inquiry. No further details have been provided regarding the details of this murder.Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): The conflict has continued to escalate, both domestically and internationally. The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are in complete control of Goma, which has led to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to voice concerns regarding their medical facilities in the city. Specifically, the ICRC facility in Goma was partnered with the local medical institute that served as the leading authority for Ebola research throughout the region. The ICRC is concerned that the instability throughout the region could result in a lab leak.-HomeFront-Washington D.C. - Recovery operations continue in the Potomac, with more wreckage and remains being recovered overnight. The remains of 41x people have been recovered so far, with 28x being identified as of this afternoon.Throughout the continent, American trade policy is taking form, with the White House announcing the implementation of a 25% tariff on most Canadian and Mexican trade imported into the United States. A separate 10% tariff on trade with China has also been announced as being in the works. AC: As of right now, these trade polices are not in place, however press statements this afternoon have suggested that at least some of the tariffs will be implemented tomorrow. However, the documentation pertaining to these policies has not been published, so the exact impact of these trade policies (and also the impact of negotiations) is unknown at this time.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: On the information front, the false information circulating on social media surrounding the aircraft collision in Washington D.C. has become staggering. Overnight, seemingly out of nowhere, many well-known engagement farming accounts on Twitter/X made posts claiming that the pilot of the crashed Blackhawk was a transgender individual. By morning, all big accounts had deleted their posts citing this news story.The source of this claim can be traced back to a handful of single accounts (all of which bear many markers of deception) who made these claims without a single shred of evidence. For one, the female pilot of the Blackhawk has not yet been identified by authorities. The transgender person claimed to have been the pilot during this incident did not match the unit either; he was from a completely different unit and service branch altogether (National Guard vs. the Active Duty pilots involved in the crash). Perhaps the most damning bit of evidence to prove that this story is false is that the transgender pilot is still alive, and he is making the rounds on the media circuit, having been granted a platform to speak by this story surging through social media.Though largely speculative, this could have been the general plan for the scam, which is in line with fairly typical con jobs within the realm of information exchange.1 - Rand

Welcome to a bonus episode of What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur. This week, we answer a slew of listeners' responses to our conversation last week, "Excruciating dilemmas as murderers set to be released," about the painful issue of the release of Palestinian security prisoners as part of the hostage release-ceasefire deal. We received dozens of emails from listeners who asked how an Israeli implementation of the death penalty for mass murderers may shift future terrible negotiations as the nation currently reels from the reality that terrorists with blood on their hands are being freed. We speak about the two cases in which Nazis were sentenced with the death penalty and one case in which an Israeli IDF officer was executed by a firing squad in 1948 after being falsely accused of treason. The death penalty is still on the books in Israel, ostensibly. If it were enacted for terrorists who are serving multiple life sentences, could it reduce the "exchange value" for Israeli hostages? And so this week, we ask Haviv Rettig Gur, what matters now. What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves. IMAGE: Zakaria Zubeidi, 49, a Palestinian prisoner and former a top commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades who was released by Israel, waves a Palestinian flag as he is cheered by people after arriving in Ramallah aboard buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on January 30, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Depriving any person caught up in fighting of their basic human dignity, is nothing less than a “moral failure” on the part of the international community.That's the view of the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, whose neutral, impartial and independent aid teams – among many other things – support those trapped in conflict through no fault of their own.UN News's Liudmila Blagonravova spoke to Ms. Spoljaric at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, after she addressed the UN General Assembly on the issue, making a call for international law to be made an urgent political priority.

In a world where access to quality education is often hindered by infrastructural limitations, the emergence of portable digital classrooms presents a transformative opportunity. Beekee, a Geneva-based education technology company, highlights the innovative solution they have developed: the Beekee Box. This device allows for the establishment of digital classrooms in locations devoid of reliable internet and power, thus bridging the educational divide that exists in many regions, particularly in the global south.The Concept of the Beekee BoxThe Beekee Box operates similarly to an iPod from 15 years ago, relying on a connection to a PC with internet access to update content and synchronize learner data. When disconnected, the Beekee Box creates its own private Wi-Fi network, enabling up to 40 learners to access educational materials stored within its two terabytes of storage. This model effectively transforms the learning experience, allowing students to engage with a learning management system (LMS) like Moodle, which is typically used in universities. The Beekee Box provides a platform where learners can access lessons, videos, and PDFs without needing a constant internet connection.Addressing Global Educational ChallengesThe significance of the Beekee Box lies in its ability to address the challenges faced by billions in the global south, where access to reliable internet and electricity is a luxury. Many communities struggle with inconsistent power supply, and internet access can be prohibitively expensive or simply unavailable. By providing a self-sufficient digital classroom, the Beekee Box empowers organizations, such as NGOs, to deliver training and educational resources directly to communities that need them most.For instance, the International Committee of the Red Cross utilized the Beekee Box to train personnel in Myanmar. By simply pushing a button, they could create a network for learners to connect with their smartphones, facilitating immediate access to essential training materials. This approach eliminates the logistical hurdles associated with traditional training methods, which often require significant time and resources to coordinate.Technical Feasibility and PerformanceThe technology underpinning the Beekee Box is both simple and effective. It utilizes a Raspberry Pi as its core computing component, which is capable of processing information in real-time and serving as a server for the stored educational content. During testing, the device successfully streamed video content to 37 devices simultaneously, demonstrating its capacity to handle multiple users without significant lag. This performance reassures educators and organizations of the reliability and effectiveness of the Beekee Box as a tool for facilitating learning.With a starting price of $700, the Beekee Box presents a cost-effective solution for schools, NGOs, and other organizations looking to enhance their educational offerings. The ability to incorporate this technology into existing educational frameworks allows for greater flexibility in delivering content to students who might otherwise be excluded from formal education. The Beekee Box democratizes access to quality learning materials, making it feasible for various institutions to implement portable digital classrooms tailored to their specific needs.Conclusion: Cost-Effectiveness and Accessibility EducationThe advent of portable digital classrooms, exemplified by the Beekee Box, represents a significant step forward in addressing the educational disparities faced by underserved populations around the world. By providing a means to deliver high-quality educational content without the constraints of internet access, this innovative technology has the potential to revolutionize how education is delivered in remote and resource-limited settings. As we continue to explore and invest in such solutions, the dream of equitable access to education for all becomes increasingly attainable, paving the way for a brighter future.Interview by Don Baine, The Gadget Professor.Sponsored by: Get $5 to protect your credit card information online with Privacy. Amazon Prime gives you more than just free shipping. Get free music, TV shows, movies, videogames and more. The most flexible tools for podcasting. Get a 30 day free trial of storage and statistics.

In a world where access to quality education is often hindered by infrastructural limitations, the emergence of portable digital classrooms presents a transformative opportunity. Beekee, a Geneva-based education technology company, highlights the innovative solution they have developed: the Beekee Box. This device allows for the establishment of digital classrooms in locations devoid of reliable internet and power, thus bridging the educational divide that exists in many regions, particularly in the global south.The Concept of the Beekee BoxThe Beekee Box operates similarly to an iPod from 15 years ago, relying on a connection to a PC with internet access to update content and synchronize learner data. When disconnected, the Beekee Box creates its own private Wi-Fi network, enabling up to 40 learners to access educational materials stored within its two terabytes of storage. This model effectively transforms the learning experience, allowing students to engage with a learning management system (LMS) like Moodle, which is typically used in universities. The Beekee Box provides a platform where learners can access lessons, videos, and PDFs without needing a constant internet connection.Addressing Global Educational ChallengesThe significance of the Beekee Box lies in its ability to address the challenges faced by billions in the global south, where access to reliable internet and electricity is a luxury. Many communities struggle with inconsistent power supply, and internet access can be prohibitively expensive or simply unavailable. By providing a self-sufficient digital classroom, the Beekee Box empowers organizations, such as NGOs, to deliver training and educational resources directly to communities that need them most.For instance, the International Committee of the Red Cross utilized the Beekee Box to train personnel in Myanmar. By simply pushing a button, they could create a network for learners to connect with their smartphones, facilitating immediate access to essential training materials. This approach eliminates the logistical hurdles associated with traditional training methods, which often require significant time and resources to coordinate.Technical Feasibility and PerformanceThe technology underpinning the Beekee Box is both simple and effective. It utilizes a Raspberry Pi as its core computing component, which is capable of processing information in real-time and serving as a server for the stored educational content. During testing, the device successfully streamed video content to 37 devices simultaneously, demonstrating its capacity to handle multiple users without significant lag. This performance reassures educators and organizations of the reliability and effectiveness of the Beekee Box as a tool for facilitating learning.With a starting price of $700, the Beekee Box presents a cost-effective solution for schools, NGOs, and other organizations looking to enhance their educational offerings. The ability to incorporate this technology into existing educational frameworks allows for greater flexibility in delivering content to students who might otherwise be excluded from formal education. The Beekee Box democratizes access to quality learning materials, making it feasible for various institutions to implement portable digital classrooms tailored to their specific needs.Conclusion: Cost-Effectiveness and Accessibility EducationThe advent of portable digital classrooms, exemplified by the Beekee Box, represents a significant step forward in addressing the educational disparities faced by underserved populations around the world. By providing a means to deliver high-quality educational content without the constraints of internet access, this innovative technology has the potential to revolutionize how education is delivered in remote and resource-limited settings. As we continue to explore and invest in such solutions, the dream of equitable access to education for all becomes increasingly attainable, paving the way for a brighter future.Interview by Don Baine, The Gadget Professor.Sponsored by: Get $5 to protect your credit card information online with Privacy. Amazon Prime gives you more than just free shipping. Get free music, TV shows, movies, videogames and more. The most flexible tools for podcasting. Get a 30 day free trial of storage and statistics.

In this episode, “The Quad” is again joined by a special guest from California: podcaster and entertainer Barbara Heller. They will be discussing the latest release of hostages by the Hamas terrorist group and call out the International Committee of the Red Cross for its failure to protect the captives in the Gaza Strip. And, of course, get ready for the Scumbags and Heroes of the Week! Subscribe now to JNS TV: Stay informed about Israel and the Jewish world!Latest news: Get in-depth analysis at https://bit.ly/jewish_news_serviceSubscribe for more: Never miss a story - sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/subscribe_to_JNSSupport our work: Your donation helps JNS fight for accurate headlines: https://bit.ly/Support_JNS

The International Committee of the Red Cross says Hamas and Israel have completed the second prisoner-hostage exchange under the initial terms of a ceasefire agreement. Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas let four female Israeli soldiers return to their country.

FP Live host Ravi Agrawal kicked off a lively discussion on the new frontiers of cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He was joined by panelists Samir Saran, president of the Observer Research Foundation; Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare; Andrius Kubilius, European commissioner for defense and space; Joe Kaeser, chairman of Siemens Energy's supervisory board; and Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Minxin Pei: China's Secret to Controlling the Internet Rishi Iyengar: North Korea Does More Cyberspying Than You Think Dmytro Kuleba: The Fight For Ukraine Is Forging a New World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We give you the latest on Donald Trump’s first day in office and ask what far-right leaders across the globe will take away from his actions. Also in the programme: the German city of Essen seeks to impose a policy to make the unemployed do community service or lose their welfare and we discuss what the UK can learn from France when it comes to cultural funding. Plus, we speak to Gilles Carbonnier, the vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oran Finegan joined Oliver this morning. He's a former head of Forensics for the International Committee of the Red Cross and now he's one of the team involved in the excavation of the remains of the 796 children interred in the mass, unmarked grave in Tuam near the former mother and baby home.

In this episode of the Sentinel, we explore NCAI's commitment to international advocacy work. NCAI has recognized that its mission of promoting tribal sovereignty must extend beyond the borders of the United States and include the representation, participation and voices of Indigenous Peoples on a global stage. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion led by Rochelle Morgan-Verdin, NCAI's Policy Lead for International Issues and citizen of the United Houma Nation, the Co-Chairs of the recently formed NCAI International Committee and key experts who have advocated for these issues for decades. Our listeners will hear from guests who are all steadfast advocates representing NCAI at international fora, carrying forth the organization's mission globally.  

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility and Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:   04:20 LGBTQ+ family building: progress but lots more to do/Therapeutic donor insemination for LGBTQ+ families: a systematic review 09:52 Confirmation and pathogenicity of small copy number variations incidentally detected via a targeted next-generation sequencing-based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy platform 23:40 Trends and outcomes of fresh and frozen donor oocyte cycles in the United States 34:11 A survey study evaluating donor gamete utilization rates, patient satisfaction, and fertility treatment outcomes according to desired race and ethnicity 39:29 Racial and ethnic disparities in wait times for donor oocytes 41:16 Return rates and pregnancy outcomes after oocyte preservation for planned fertility delay: a systematic review and meta-analysis 49:23 Longer duration to optimal endometrial thickness in women with premature ovarian insufficiency is associated with clinical pregnancy rate in donor egg cycles 56:30 Feasibility and efficacy of a subcutaneous catheter for controlled ovarian stimulation 01:00:23 International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology world report: assisted reproductive technology, 2015 and 2016 View Fertility and Sterility October 2024, Volume 122, Issue 5:  https://www.fertstert.org/issue/S0015-0282(24)X0012-6 View Fertility and Sterility at https://www.fertstert.org/

In this edition of the Slovakia Today programme, we introduce Professor Martin Javor in the interview about the Kasigarda Museum of Slovak Immigration to North America. Želmíra Beková-Kucharovic shares her experience with living in New York as a Slovak expat for more than fifty years.Our colleague Zuzana Botiková interviewes His Excellency, Swiss Ambassador Peter Nelson, and Denise Duran, Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during the commemoration of the Geneva Conventions.

How is the world of digital technology impacting today's conflict settings, and how can we leverage tech innovations for the sake of the communities we're aiming to support?  In this episode we're going to explore the emerging field called "Techplomacy" together with Philippe Stoll, who is the Senior Techplomacy Delegate at the International Committee of the Red Cross.  Philippe shares insights on the intersection between technology and humanitarian action, and tackles the challenges in negotiating with Big Tech companies to better protect and assist populations in conflict zones.   This is part of the third season of "Frontline Negotiators: Stories from the Field". It features personal stories told by humanitarian professionals as they negotiate to access, assist and protect people in crisis. Across the season you will hear first-hand accounts from humanitarian workers from different backgrounds, agencies, nationalities and technical profiles who will share about the challenge of delivering aid in some of the most high-pressure environments in the world. The series is produced by the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation. More information at frontline-negotations.org  

"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Fighting antisemitism is a global battle, and ADL's International Affairs Team has been waging that fight worldwide for many years. However, in this post 10/7 world, advocacy efforts have become critical. Advocacy with international bodies, such as the United Nations. Advocacy with international organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross. And, advocacy with international tribunals, such as the International Court of Justice have become necessary components of the fight against antisemitism. ADL's former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Alex Rosemberg was tapped to head this new focus of ADL's work as its first Director of International Organizations and Outreach. This podcast features an in-depth conversation with Alex about his new role, why it is necessary, and his vision for this new position. For more information about ADL's international work, visit: https://www.adl.org/about/international. This conversation was recorded in November 2024.

‘Compelling and meticulously researched, the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles Cumming Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, a Scottish diplomat, spy and writer, led a life filled with adventure and intrigue. While his involvement in the famed Lockhart Plot of 1918 is often cited, there is much more to uncover about Robert Bruce Lockhart's life. Grab Rogue Agent here: https://geni.us/gk3Qv1 Join fellow Spy Book Enthusiasts in our Online Community: https://www.spybrary.com/community Professor James Crossland, author of the first ever biography on Lockhart, Rogue Agent: From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare, the Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart, sheds light on the man behind the myth, exploring his motivations, his complexities, and his lasting impact on the world of espionage. James Crossland is a Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University. He has worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia, combining his passion for writing with an interest in the history of conflict, terrorism, psychological warfare and intelligence. He authored the first history of Britain's humanitarian response to the Second World War, "Britain and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 1939-1945", the story of the men and women who tried to bring rules to modern warfare, "War, Law and Humanity: the Campaign to Control Warfare, 1853-1914" and, most recently, the history of terrorism in the late nineteenth century, "The Rise of Devils: Fear and the Origins of Modern Terrorism". James' latest book is a passion project over a decade in the making - "Rogue Agent: From Secret Operations to Psychological Warfare, the Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart". This is the first biography of the man who led a plot to destroy Bolshevism in Russia in 1918 and ran Britain's secret psychological warfare campaign against the Nazis during the Second World War, all whilst becoming a best-selling author and one of the most-well connected political agents in Europe.

Dr Lukasz Olejnik (@lukOlejnik), LL.M, is an independent cybersecurity, privacy and data protection researcher and consultant. Senior Visiting Research Fellow of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He holds a Computer Science PhD at INRIA (French Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology), and LL.M. from University of Edinburgh. He worked at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), and was a research associate at University College London. He was associated with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, and Oxford's Centre for Technology and Global Affairs. He was a member of the W3C Technical Architecture Group. Former cyberwarfare advisor at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, where he worked on the humanitarian consequences of cyber operations. Author of scientific articles, op-eds, analyses, and books Philosophy of Cybersecurity, and “Propaganda”. He contributes public commentary to international media. References: Full interview transcript (on Medium) Propaganda, by Lukasz Olejnik Lukasz Olejnik on Cyber, Privacy and Tech Policy Critique (Newsletter) Lukasz Olejnik on Mastodon Lukasz Olejnik on X EU Digital Services Act (DSA)  Section 230 (“Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material“)  of the Communications Decency Act (1996) Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. and Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co. as precursors to Section 230 Doppelganger in action: Sanctions for Russian disinformation linked to Kate rumours EU takes shot at Musk over Trump interview — and EU takes shot at Musk over Trump interview — and misses (Politico) The story of Pavel Rubtsov (“Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González”), The Guardian Silicon Valley, The New Lobbying Monster (mentioning Chris Lehane's campaigns), The New Yorker Financial Times: Clip purporting to show a Haitian voting in Georgia is among ‘Moscow's broader efforts' to sway the race “Pseudo-media”:  Spain proposes tightening rules on media to tackle fake news  

This episode is part two of a two-part series which captures the live recording of a panel held at the 1st Emerging Technologies in the Law Course. In this episode, LTC(R) Laura West, Former Chair of the National Security Law Department, wraps up her conversation with the panelists and ends by fielding questions from the audience. Tune is as the esteemed panelists, Professor Gary Corn, Director of the Technology, Law & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law, Mr. Jonathan Horowitz, Legal Advisor at International Committee of the Red Cross-ICRC, and Mr. Matt Fussa, Trust Officer at Cisco Systems, finish the fascinating conversation they started last episode! NSL Practitioners interested in reviewing resources and scholarship produced by ADN should check out the Operational Law Handbook and LOAC Documentary Supplement and other significant military legal resources available at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School website under publications - https://tjaglcs.army.mil/. Learn more about The Quill & Sword series of podcasts by visiting our podcast page at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/thequillandsword. The Quill & Sword show includes featured episodes from across the JAGC, plus all episodes from our four separate shows: “Criminal Law Department Presents” (Criminal Law Department), “NSL Unscripted” (National Security Law Department), “The FAR and Beyond” (Contract & Fiscal Law Department) and “Hold My Reg” (Administrative & Civil Law Department). Connect with The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School by visiting our website at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/ or on Facebook (tjaglcs), Instagram (tjaglcs), or LinkedIn (school/tjaglcs).

*) Israel kills over two dozen Palestinians across Gaza Israel's latest air strikes on Gaza since Sunday morning have killed at least 25 Palestinians and left many others wounded, according to the Civil Defence. The attacks happened in Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Gaza City, Nuseirat camp and Deir al Balah. Israel's war on Gaza has now entered its 360th day, and so far, it's claimed the lives of at least 41,595 Palestinians. On top of that, over 800 people have been killed in Israel's bombings across Lebanon since September 23. *) Israel bombs key ports, power plants in Yemen Israel has also stepped up its strikes in Yemen, targeting Houthi-controlled areas after the Houthi group fired missiles at Israel in the last two days. According to the group's health ministry, four people were killed and 33 others wounded in the attacks. Israel's military said dozens of aircraft, including fighter jets, hit power plants and seaports at Ras Issa and Hudaida on Sunday. *) Red Cross slams ‘those who lead military operations' for ignoring international law The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has issued a stern warning on how the Geneva Conventions are being blatantly ignored in conflicts around the world. In an interview with Swiss daily Le Temps, Mirjana Spoljaric urged countries to urgently recommit to international law. She said that international humanitarian law is being “systematically trampled” by military leaders and highlighted the unimaginable number of casualties in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. *) Austria's far-right secures first win in national election since WWII Far-right parties across Europe are celebrating after Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) won a significant parliamentary election. It's the first far-right national victory in Austria since World War II. The FPO, led by Herbert Kickl, managed to win around 29 percent of the vote by tapping into concerns about the economy and immigration. However, Kickl still needs to find a coalition partner, and other party leaders, who aren't keen on him, are already talking about forming an alternative government to block him. *) Germany to deny citizenship to those using pro-Palestine slogan online Germany is set to deny citizenship to anyone who uses, likes, or comments on the slogan “From the river to the sea” on social media, a phrase tied to support for Palestine, according to local media reports. North German Radio and Television (NDR) said the new rules come from the German Interior Ministry, and they specifically disqualify anyone using this slogan from becoming a citizen. This decision comes after Germany passed its dual citizenship law back in June. The phrase has roots going back to the 1960s, demanding the full liberation of Palestine.

This episode is part one of a two-part series which captures the live recording of a panel held at the 1st Emerging Technologies in the Law Course. Moder-ated by, LTC(R) Laura West, Former Chair of the National Security Law De-partment, the panel discusses the private sector's emerging role in current and future conflict, as well as how government practitioners should consider working alongside big tech companies in future warfare. The esteemed panel-ists, Professor Gary Corn, Director of the Technology, Law & Security Pro-gram at American University Washington College of Law, Mr. Jonathan Hor-owitz, Legal Advisor at International Committee of the Red Cross-ICRC, and Mr. Matt Fussa, Trust Officer at Cisco Systems, all provide different, expert perspectives on the increasing and complex role of big tech in conflict. NSL Practitioners interested in reviewing resources and scholarship produced by ADN should check out the Operational Law Handbook and LOAC Documentary Supplement and other significant military legal resources available at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School website under publications - https://tjaglcs.army.mil/. Learn more about The Quill & Sword series of podcasts by visiting our podcast page at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/thequillandsword. The Quill & Sword show includes featured episodes from across the JAGC, plus all episodes from our four separate shows: “Criminal Law Department Presents” (Criminal Law Department), “NSL Unscripted” (National Security Law Department), “The FAR and Beyond” (Contract & Fiscal Law Department) and “Hold My Reg” (Administrative & Civil Law Department). Connect with The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School by visiting our website at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/ or on Facebook (tjaglcs), Instagram (tjaglcs), or LinkedIn (school/tjaglcs).

Ukraine says three employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross have been killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The ICRC did not identify who was behind the attack, but Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called it "another Russian war crime".Also in the programme: Mexican politicians have approved a controversial move to appoint judges by popular election, we speak to a member of Mexico's ruling party; and the American who claimed a new world record as the fastest woman to cycle around the globe. (Photo: A burning truck of the International Committee of the Red Cross after shelling in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. Credit: NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitution claims or to reunite them with loved ones. From retracing the steps of the 'death marches' with the aim of discovering the burial sites of those murdered across the towns and villages of Central Europe, to knocking on doors of German foster homes to find the children of forced laborers, Fate Unknown uncovers the history of this remarkable archive and its more than 30 million documents. Under the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the tracing service became one of the most secretive of postwar institutions, unknown even to historians of the period.  Delving deeply into the archival material, Stone examines the little-known sub-camps and, after the war, survivors' experience of displaced persons' camps, bringing to life remarkable stories of tracing. Fate Unknown combs the archives to reveal the real horror of the Holocaust by following survivors' horrific journeys through the Nazi camp system and its aftermath. The postwar period was an age of shortage of resources, bitterness, and revenge. Yet the ITS tells a different story: of international collaboration, of commitment to justice, and of helping survivors and their relatives in the context of Cold War suspicion. These stories speak to a remarkable attempt by the ITS, before the Holocaust was a matter of worldwide interest, to carry out a program of ethical repair and to counteract some of the worst effects of the Nazis' crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitution claims or to reunite them with loved ones. From retracing the steps of the 'death marches' with the aim of discovering the burial sites of those murdered across the towns and villages of Central Europe, to knocking on doors of German foster homes to find the children of forced laborers, Fate Unknown uncovers the history of this remarkable archive and its more than 30 million documents. Under the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the tracing service became one of the most secretive of postwar institutions, unknown even to historians of the period.  Delving deeply into the archival material, Stone examines the little-known sub-camps and, after the war, survivors' experience of displaced persons' camps, bringing to life remarkable stories of tracing. Fate Unknown combs the archives to reveal the real horror of the Holocaust by following survivors' horrific journeys through the Nazi camp system and its aftermath. The postwar period was an age of shortage of resources, bitterness, and revenge. Yet the ITS tells a different story: of international collaboration, of commitment to justice, and of helping survivors and their relatives in the context of Cold War suspicion. These stories speak to a remarkable attempt by the ITS, before the Holocaust was a matter of worldwide interest, to carry out a program of ethical repair and to counteract some of the worst effects of the Nazis' crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitution claims or to reunite them with loved ones. From retracing the steps of the 'death marches' with the aim of discovering the burial sites of those murdered across the towns and villages of Central Europe, to knocking on doors of German foster homes to find the children of forced laborers, Fate Unknown uncovers the history of this remarkable archive and its more than 30 million documents. Under the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the tracing service became one of the most secretive of postwar institutions, unknown even to historians of the period.  Delving deeply into the archival material, Stone examines the little-known sub-camps and, after the war, survivors' experience of displaced persons' camps, bringing to life remarkable stories of tracing. Fate Unknown combs the archives to reveal the real horror of the Holocaust by following survivors' horrific journeys through the Nazi camp system and its aftermath. The postwar period was an age of shortage of resources, bitterness, and revenge. Yet the ITS tells a different story: of international collaboration, of commitment to justice, and of helping survivors and their relatives in the context of Cold War suspicion. These stories speak to a remarkable attempt by the ITS, before the Holocaust was a matter of worldwide interest, to carry out a program of ethical repair and to counteract some of the worst effects of the Nazis' crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2023), Dan Stone tells the story of the last great unknown archive of Nazism, the International Tracing Service. Set up by the Allies at the end of World War II, the ITS has worked until today to find missing persons and to aid survivors with restitution claims or to reunite them with loved ones. From retracing the steps of the 'death marches' with the aim of discovering the burial sites of those murdered across the towns and villages of Central Europe, to knocking on doors of German foster homes to find the children of forced laborers, Fate Unknown uncovers the history of this remarkable archive and its more than 30 million documents. Under the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the tracing service became one of the most secretive of postwar institutions, unknown even to historians of the period.  Delving deeply into the archival material, Stone examines the little-known sub-camps and, after the war, survivors' experience of displaced persons' camps, bringing to life remarkable stories of tracing. Fate Unknown combs the archives to reveal the real horror of the Holocaust by following survivors' horrific journeys through the Nazi camp system and its aftermath. The postwar period was an age of shortage of resources, bitterness, and revenge. Yet the ITS tells a different story: of international collaboration, of commitment to justice, and of helping survivors and their relatives in the context of Cold War suspicion. These stories speak to a remarkable attempt by the ITS, before the Holocaust was a matter of worldwide interest, to carry out a program of ethical repair and to counteract some of the worst effects of the Nazis' crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Send us a Text Message.It seems like the only thing anyone is talking about is AI - Artificial Intelligence - and the ways in which it is revolutionizing and changing work and impact in all industries, including the nonprofit sector. I want to get beyond the hype, and explore the implications for nonprofits, how to use AI not just to further productivity but also to create more impact, and how it might help with the Generosity Crisis. Who better to address these issues than Nathan Chappell? Nathan is one of the world's foremost experts on the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and philanthropy. As the head of AI for DonorSearch, he leads the efforts to bring efficiency at scale through AI for many of the most innovative nonprofits in the US. Nathan presented the first TEDx on the topic of artificial intelligence and the future of generosity in 2018. He's also the co-author of the award-winning book, The Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges.Join me and Nathan for a look into the future of generosity, where AI serves as a catalyst and economic driver for societal change by connecting people with causes that will inspire and trigger an act of generosityWe discuss: The overall impact of AI to inspire generosity The responsibilities we have to the ethical deployment and use of AI technologyWhat is currently working, and how even small nonprofits can adapt it for their own programsHow to overcome internal skepticism and sell your team on techBeing a fundraiser is hard work - not only is it time consuming, but you have to continually think of fresh and creative ways to engage your donors and supporters. If you need some fresh inspiration and ideas, check out Fundraiser Bot by DonorPerfect! DonorPerfect's bot is more than just a free tool for nonprofits; it's your fundraising ally, offering you the freedom to focus on your mission while transforming your content creation process. With just a few clicks, generate outlines for meetings, emails, social media posts, blogs, text messages, and more. Try it for free at DonorPerfect.com/bot, and let me know what you think!About Nathan ChappellNathan serves as an advisor for the OpenAI Users Forum, the AI for Good Foundation, the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), and the Forbes Technology Council. He holds a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from University of Notre Dame, an MBA from University of Redlands, a certificate in International Economics from University of Cambridge, a certificate in Artificial Intelligence from MIT, a certificate in Philanthropic Psychology from the Institute of Sustainable Philanthropy and is a certified fundraising executive (CFRE).Connect with Nathan on LinkedInCheckout The Generosity Criss book on AmazonCheckout Nathan's TedTalkTake my free masterclass: 3 Must-Have Elements of Social Media Content that Converts

Our second part of a conversation with Christopher (Chris) Black -- a Canadian attorney-activist, writer, author, community organizer and poet.  Chris Black is a member of the Bar Association of the International Criminal Court and acted as the lead defense counsel before the ICC for Rwanda, later defending Rwanda's General Augustin Ndiniliyimana against dozens of genocide charges leading to his acquittal. He was among the first lawyers to lay war crime charges against NATO for its attack on Yugoslavia, and served as vice-chair of the International Committee for the Defense of Slobadan Milosevic. Other crimes Chris laid down on behalf of the ICC include charges against Rwandan president Paul Kagame on behalf of Congolese groups, and charges against NATO for its invasion of Libya. Chris is currently an executive member of the Canadian Peace Council and Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity. Chris' articles appear in the Near Eastern Outlook, Global Research and other outlets. He is the author of the novel "Beneath the Clouds: The Struggle for Truth and Justice Can Turn Deadly" and a collection of poems "From a Passing Stranger? He holds a degree in psychology from McMaster University in Ontario and received a law degree, specializing in international law, from York University.  His website is Christopher-Black.com

At their core, the laws of war seek to preserve humanity in the most difficult conditions. As Dr. Cordula Droege, the chief legal officer and head of the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (or ICRC) recently wrote for Just Security, “Understood in simplest terms, the law of armed conflict acknowledges that both sides will inevitably kill, injure, detain, and destroy, but it prohibits them from dehumanizing their adversary.” She notes that “Altogether, IHL contains hundreds of rules that protect life, health, and human dignity. It is modest and imperfect – it seeks only to guarantee a modicum of humanity in situations where our humanity has already been largely compromised.” But across the world – from Gaza to Myanmar to Ukraine to Sudan – IHL is facing a moment of profound strain. Civilians are targeted. Cities are leveled. And, as Droege writes, “All too often today, the protective purpose of IHL is set aside and the rules are literally turned on their head: instead of being interpreted to protect civilians, the absence of clear violations are invoked to justify a level of death, injury and destruction that is precisely what IHL intended to avoid.” Are the laws of war inadequate? Why are some States choosing not to comply? What exactly is the problem with IHL? Dr. Droege join the show to discuss her article, “War and What We Make of the Law” with Just Security's Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tess Bridgeman, and Just Security Legal Editor and Podcast Host and Executive Producer, Paras Shah. Show Notes:  Cordula Droege (@CDroegeICRC) Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)Paras Shah (@pshah518)Cordula's Just Security article “War and What We Make of the Law”Mary Wareham's Just Security article “Lithuania Leaving Cluster Munition Ban Undermines Agreement, Threatens Crucial Norms” Just Security's International Humanitarian Law coverageMusic: “Broken” by David Bullard from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/david-bullard/broken (License code: OSC7K3LCPSGXISVI)

At least 22 Palestinians have been killed in shelling near the Gaza office of Red Cross, the agency says. We hear from William Schomburg, the head of the ICRC delegation in Gaza.Also in the programme: The lawyer for a Florida family suing Nasa for space junk that fell on their property; and why the King of the Competitive Eating circuit has been banned from taking part in the annual Fourth of July Nathan's Hot Dog Eating competition.(Photo: A delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inspects a makeshift displacement camp in Rafah's Mawasi area in the southern Gaza Strip on 29 May 2024. Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)

New efforts emerge to get charges dropped in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case amid a new conspiracy theory about an FBI assassination plot. International Committee of the Red Cross Spokesperson Hisham Mhanna talks about the dire humanitarian situation on the ground in Gaza. The election results are in for multiple states, including the California special election to fill former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Ameshia Cross and Stephen Hayes join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss abortion rights.

The annual U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) Legal Conference convenes lawyers across government and the private sector working on cyber issues. This year's conference focused on the power of partnerships. Executive Editor Natalie Orpett moderated a panel, titled “The Business of Battle: Navigating the Role of the Private Sector in Conflict,” featuring Jonathan Horowitz of the International Committee for the Red Cross, Laurie Blank of the Defense Department's Office of the General Counsel, and Adam Hickey of the law firm Mayer Brown. They talked about how government and private sector actors bring different frames of reference and different equities when faced with a conflict, and how they can work together to address it.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.