Daniel Machover

Follow me on dmachover.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/dmacho…

I join the Special Rapporteur on the right to health in urging Israel to release the Gazan paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu, following his reported torture and arbitrary military detention since 2024

All States should condemn Israel’s proposed unlawful occupation of southern Lebanon and its disproportionate military attacks and mass displacement of civilians

"In the end, it's all about money. Member States are tired of playing behind closed doors. Each time, millions of lost entries are lost but also monumental costs for security” Tax pressure, lobbying: the movement to push UEFA to suspend Israel @lequipe lequipe.fr/Football/Artic…

UN experts denounce aggression on Iran & Lebanon, warn of devastating regional escalation: "U.S. and Israel should stop waging and expanding wars, and considering themselves as above international legality”. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

🚨 Al-Haq calls for immediate and effective measures from Third States and the EU to stop Israeli settler attacks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory #EndIsraeliApartheid #EndIsraeliImpunity 🔗 alhaq.org/advocacy/27420…

Declaring that no quarter will be given unequivocally violates international humanitarian law. Indeed, ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited and constitutes a war crime.

Those sympathetic to the idea that international law is meaningless might ask themselves why, if that is the case, the architects of the US's wars of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity are so committed to getting rid of military lawyers. theatlantic.com/national-secur…

1. What a huge loss. Professor Walid Khalidi was an intellectual titan. A doyen of modern Arab and Palestinian historians. A pioneer of debunking Zionist fictions, and uncovering historical truth. May he rest in peace. Here is a reminder of some of his important publications.

Please SHARE post below far and wide WHAT poison has seeped into our soul in the West that we have become so devoid of humanity?

📣 Al-Haq and @Addameer Outline Manifest Illegality of Israel’s Death Penalty Bill in Two United Nations Submissions #EndIsraeliApartheid #EndImpunity alhaq.org/advocacy/27406…

The United States and Israel bombed a girls' elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. The US-Israeli strike killed at least 40 children and injured more than 41 others. Heinous terror.

BIG THANK YOU to everyone who stood in defense of my mandate and TRUTH, recently: from French media -regardless of their stance on Palestine- and lawyers, scholars, human rights organisations, artists and academics wordlwide. I can only tell you: #WeR1. The system is exposed.

🚨 Al-Haq, @AlMezanCenter Association suisse des Avoca es pour la Palestine, and others filed a criminal complaint with the Swiss authorities against Nir Barkat, Israeli Minister for Economy & Industry, for a range of international crimes. #EndImpunity 🔗 alhaq.org/advocacy/27382…

Imagine an army of lawyers advising a military and giving it the legal green light to kill civilians en masse, inflicting bodily and psychological harm, destroying their living conditions and inciting. Imagine an army of lawyers attempting to legitimize genocide.

Notorious Israel regime proxy group, “UN Watch”, set up in the 1990s by former Israel lobbyist and US ambassador Morris Abrams to harass and smear UN human rights defenders on behalf of the regime, is reported (below) to be behind the fabricated video used to attack UN Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs. This despicable group has carried out such dirty tricks at the UN on behalf of the regime for decades with absolute impunity. It perfidiously poses variously as a “watch dog” or human rights group, spreads lies, and smears all critics of the Israeli regime as “antisemites.” And still the UN grants it “ECOSOC consultative status” credentials that allow it UN access to harass and smear UN personnel and disrupt UN proceedings. Like the regime itself, the impunity of this harassment cell has been secured through the active support of the US government (missions) in Geneva and New York. And Israel lobby-corrupted members of Congress periodically allow them to brief US congressional committees where they regularly slander UN personnel and processes. Its UN credentials must be withdrawn and its impunity must end now. Defenders of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide and serial harassers of UN personnel have no place in the corridors of the UN.

🚨France, Germany, Italy, and the United States have escalated attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, demanding her resignation over remarks she did not make. Here’s everything you need to know: 1. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and the leading Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused Albanese of calling Israel the “common enemy of humanity.” 2. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot went further, branding her a “political activist who stirs up hate,” accusing her of comparing Israel to the Third Reich, and announcing France will formally demand her removal at the UN Human Rights Council session on February 23, 2026. He insisted she must resign immediately. 🔴3. But Albanese never called Israel the “common enemy of humanity.” She described the system enabling genocide in Palestine as humanity’s common enemy. The quote has been widely misrepresented. 4. French officials also criticized her for appearing at the Doha Forum alongside a Hamas leader and Iran’s foreign minister. In fact, she was not on stage with those figures. Paris has long accused her of “justifying” the October 7 attacks for contextualizing them within decades of occupation, a characterization President Emmanuel Macron previously called a “disgrace.” 5. The Trump administration has previously demanded her removal and imposed sanctions on her for documenting Israel’s crimes. 6. Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul echoed the push, writing: “I respect the UN system based on independent rapporteurs. However, Albanese has made numerous inappropriate statements in the past. I condemn her recent statements on Israel. Her position is untenable.” 7. Italy’s foreign minister also supported her removal, stating that Albanese’s positions “do not reflect those of the Italian government” and that her “behaviors, statements, and initiatives are not appropriate for the position she holds within a body of peace and guarantee such as the United Nations.” 8. Supporters, including various scholars, say the campaign is political retaliation for her reports on Israeli human rights violations. 9. Amnesty International France called Paris’s move a “shameful misrepresentation,” stating: “No, Francesca Albanese did not designate Israel as the common enemy of humanity… We denounce this attack on the independence of her mandate.” The group added it was “shocking” that France’s foreign minister repeated false claims while publicly prioritizing the fight against disinformation. 10. In an interview with L’Humanité, Albanese responded to @jnbarrot: “Everyone makes mistakes, it’s human. But we correct, we rectify,” calling on him to apologize and retract his false comments. 11. The backlash has not come only from Western governments.. “We don’t agree with much of what she says. We wouldn’t use the language that she’s using in describing the situation,” the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. The fight now centers on whether @FranceskAlbs, an independent UN Special Rapporteur can continue documenting Israeli crimes without political reprisal. 🎥 Video via L’Humanité. References in reply.

MEDIA STATEMENT: Special Rapporteur welcomes United Kingdom court finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful

Thank you Pep Guardiola for using your platform. Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal. But Guardiola is right. We can't look away. And we cannot accept it. What is being asked of us right now is to fight for justice, for every single human. You're not alone. Let's do it together. 🕯️ @PepTeam

✨We had a great day at our Intermediate-Advanced #Inquests Training! 👏Huge thanks to Leslie Thomas KC, Jessie Nicholls, Daniel Machover, Helen Stone & INQUEST for an engaging day of guidance, caselaw & tips for those supporting bereaved families at inquests.

Prof Leslie Thomas KC of Garden Court, Jessie Nicholls of @MatrixChambers, Daniel Machover (@d_machover)& Helen Stone of @hickmanandrose will guide delegates through the latest case law, providing practical & tactical guidance in #InquestLaw as leading practitioners in the field.