En route to #Geneva to attend a #PhD jury at the Geneva #observatory, which is located near the French border outside Geneva.
Instead of renting a #car, as I used to do in the past, this time I’m renting… a bike to go from the station to my #hotel (about 16km away) and the diary to the observatory.
Do you know what the acronym AILDI stands for? It's the AI Labor Disclosure Initiative, which asks a simple question: What would happen if tech companies were legally required to report the number of human workers concealed behind their automated solutions? On April 23, 2024, I'll be addressing this topic at the ILO in Geneva.
UN Human Rights Commissioner has found that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, according to a report released on Monday. The expert said there are clear indications that Israel has violated three of the five acts listed under the UN Genocide Convention.
"It is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of and to present my findings," Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Territories, told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
29 Mar 1555: Sir William & Lady Dorothy Stafford take up residence at #Geneva#otd John Calvin stood godfather to their son John, born in Jan 1556 (DulwichGallery). Dorothy was a future favourite sleeping companion of Elizabeth I.
Israel has absolutely no "right to defend itself" under #Geneva or any other body of #InternationalLaw. We would be in the darkest moments of ethical-juridical corruption if occupying powers had the right to attack the occupied. Each and every insistence that its legal to murder civilians in trapped in a ghetto suggest that we are.
On the other hand, Protocol I guarantees the right of the occupied to resist by any means necessary. Because occupation is brutal, cruel, and necessarily fascist when prolonged. Stop spreading these reactionary lies!
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
"Another refugee crisis from #Gaza into #Egypt, I can assure you... would make the resolution of the #Palestinian refugee question as a consequence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible," Grandi told Reuters at #UNHCR headquarters in #Geneva. #Israel
Je suis à la recherche de mon prochain boulot! Je suis dev front-end / intégrateur CSS avec 14 ans d'expérience dans une petite entreprise sur des projets d'ampleurs et de natures très variées, donc assez polyvalent, avec un bon sens du détail et l'amour du travail bien fait. Je cherche plutôt un job en présentiel (ou mixte) dans la région genevoise, donc si vous entendez quelque chose, pensez à moi! 🤗
A #Geneva🇨🇭to #Milan#EuroCity train, hauled by an #SBB class 460 electric, is seen here running alongside Lac Léman, between #Lausanne and #Montreux, in April 2009. The carriages, with the exception of the first one, display the, rather ephemeral, #Cisalpino livery. #PastTrainTrips
The Channel Tunnel's operator dreams of expanding into the rest of Europe.
Because of Brexit and social dumping by ferry companies, the Channel Tunnel is gradually losing market share. The operator, Getlink – whose workers went on strike on Thursday – has plans to develop rail connections with Cologne, Geneva and Marseille.
"The Principle of #Proportionality, codified in Protocol I Additional to the #Geneva Conventions, defines as disproportionate any attack in which the incidental damage to civilians is excessive in relation to the military advantage anticipated from the attack. However, it is close to impossible to pinpoint exactly what is meant by “excessive”. This writer posits that this vagueness is not a coincidence, but rather a tool, serving the purposes of attacking states."