Dr Melanie O'Brien

My work at home buddy 🥰😍 #doggos

Middle East Eye has assembled statements from experts across #intLaw & #genocide studies, all in agreement that what is happening in #Gaza is genocide. I am one of those experts, along with @vukusiciva.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social, ‪@nimersultany.bsky.social & others youtu.be/LhT5DsSE8l4?...

In this post on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, I walk through the components of the legal definition of #genocide and apply the actions on the ground in #Gaza to these components, to answer the question 'Is genocide happening in Gaza?'. opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...

Spanish actor Javier Bardem has referred to the @genocidescholars.bsky.social #Gaza Resolution on the Emmy's Red Carpet. He says the IAGS declared it a #genocide ‘and that’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide'. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Tom Shacklock & I wrote a piece for @opiniojuris.bsky.social on the conflict in #DRC & the new #ICJ case against #Rwanda, which I argue has a decent chance of success. Case mixes crimes & #HumanRights violations, under #Genocide Convention, CEDAW, ICERD & CAT. #intLaw opiniojuris.org/2026/09/07/a...

A roundup of some of the absolute SHITE going on with the DT regime at the moment. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No surprise here: #Israel wants US support to cleanse #Gaza of #Palestinians. Destruction & removal of Palestinians was obviously the plan all along. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Just kept saying ‘oh my god’ as I read the, with a resounding WTAF?!! at the end. The cult of authoritarianism is now so deep in the US 😩 www.thestar.com/news/world/w...

Vale to a #feminist icon who made extraordinary contributions to changing #women’s rights & lives. Ms Magazine was a game changer. & is still an important feminist publication. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

I keep a list of Routledge books for when I do proposal reviews, so I know what I want & what I already have. I notice that for previous reviews, it was GBP400 worth of #books, then GBP300, now it's GBP150. But of course the work required to do book proposal review is the same! #academia

Morning mood. open.spotify.com/album/0bQglE...

Curtin Annual #HumanRights lecture by Craig Foster was a well assembled list of rights abuses in #AUS & globally. Good summary for the public. But putting it together makes me want to change jobs; it’s so depressing these days 😢

I am totally here for the UWA grounds staff sass today 🤣

Solidarity with #USyd today. Down with AI, the unethical, expoitative, IP stealing, environment destroying platforms owned by techno-fascists intent on destroying #democracy!!! @nteunion.bsky.social www.news.com.au/finance/work...