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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New from @hrw.org: Abusive Governments Set to Win UN Human Rights Council Seats Oct 14.

#Egypt, #Vietnam, Others Benefit from Non-Competitive UNGA Votes: "UN member states should stop handing Council seats on a silver platter to serial rights violators.”

UN: Abusive Governments Set to Win Rights Council Seats

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said.

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New from @hrw.org's @idasawyer.bsky.social: Disturbing Reports of #Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas

Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law

Disturbing Reports of Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas

The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...

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Almaz Teffera @almazteffera.bsky.social · 9d

The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday.

@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 5d

🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 5d

🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️

“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."

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Human Rights Watch en français @hrw-fr.hrw.org · 8d

Le respect des droits des Palestinien·ne·s ne saurait dépendre de la conclusion d'un accord de paix. Les Etats devraient agir d’urgence pour permettre la justice et en finir avec l’impunité.
https://www.hrw.org/fr/node/392229

La justice pour les Palestiniens ne peut attendre un accord de paix

La situation effroyable à Gaza, où les civils palestiniens sont confrontés à l'extermination et au nettoyage ethnique par les forces israéliennes, a été au centre des débats lors de la semaine de haut...

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 @hrw.org reminds UN member states that justice & human rights for Palestinians can't wait for agreement on a peace deal. Govts must follow up on commitments they made at the UN last month to pressure #Israel to end atrocities in #Gaza & West Bank.

New dispatch by me & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 👇

Justice for Palestinians Can’t Wait for a Peace Deal

The calamitous situation in Gaza, with Palestinian civilians facing extermination and ethnic cleansing by Israeli forces, was a major focus of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high-le...

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 9d

Sanctions on Palestinian human rights organizations, ICC officials, a UN special rapporteur. The Trump administration has launched an assault on international justice. Read @fborello1 and @AgnesCallamard in @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 New from @hrw.org: “The ( #Trump ) administration first says that it wants the military to be more lethal and less accountable and then threatens to deploy troops in a show of force to US cities. This is a recipe for disaster.” - HRW's Tanya Greene

United States: Trump Call to Militarize Cities Risks Abuse

Remarks by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump at a joint address to top military leaders on September 30, 2025 raise grave concerns that the administration will seek to de...

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Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social · 11d

“The situation for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains dire. UN members should make clear at the conference that forcing Rohingya to return to Myanmar under these conditions would place their lives at risk and violate their rights.” @loucharb.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

UN: Support Protection, Justice for Rohingya

United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Op-ed by @amnesty.org's @agnescallamard.bsky.social and @hrw.org's @fborello.bsky.social: "Beyond what has been done to the Palestinians, the #Trump admin has undermined the rule of law, protection of human rights & international justice, which all lie at the heart of a rules-based global order."

Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 12d

UN member states meeting on September 30 to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

#JusticeMatters #Myanmar #Bangladesh

New from @hrw.org / @loucharb.bsky.social ⤵️

UN: Support Protection, Justice for Rohingya

United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 New from @hrw.org. UN member states attending high-level conference tomorrow on the plight of #Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution, violence, & forced returns.

Details about our recommendations here. 👇

UN: Support Protection, Justice for Rohingya

United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

www.hrw.org

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 15d

Mass walkout from the UN General Assembly hall as #Israel PM Netanyahu took the podium to speak at #UNGA80.

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 16d

Letter to the editor the @nytimes.com published after Trump’s #UNGA speech

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Lisa Maier @lisamaier.bsky.social · 17d

@hrw.org zu Trumps Rede vor der #UNGA80:

"Er hat zu viele falsche Behauptungen über das Weltgeschehen aufgestellt, um ernsthaft darauf einzugehen. Ernst zu nehmen ist Trumps offenkundige Respektlosigkeit gegenüber intl. Organisationen, die sich für Menschenrechte einsetzen, wie z.B die UN."

Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

🚨🧵 @hrw.org on Trump's #UNGA80 speech: -- He made too many false claims about world affairs to seriously address them. What is serious is Trump’s obvious lack of respect for international organizations that promote human rights, like the UN, which the US played a central role in creating. 1/x

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Carlos Ríos-Espinosa @rioscarlos.bsky.social · 17d

In the 1950s, the false “refrigerator mother” theory fueled stigma & denied children with autism support. Today, Trump & Kennedy repeat unfounded claims linking vaccines or Tylenol to autism—risking more fear, blame & discrimination. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Protecting Disability Rights Means Rebuking Harmful Autism Myths

In the 1950s, a so-called “refrigerator mother” theory falsely blamed autism on emotionally cold mothers, fueling decades of parental guilt and discrimination. That stigmatizing theory denied children...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 17d

US President Donald Trump made too many false claims about world affairs at the UN General Assembly to seriously address them, says @fborello.bsky.social.

HRW reacts to Trump's #UNGA80 speech ⤵️

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

For details on @hrw.org's recommendations for #UNGA80 and the future of the multilateral system, read this UN General Assembly preview. 👇

UN: World Leaders Should Commit to Human Rights, International Justice

World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23-29 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capaci...

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

@hrw.org's Federico Borello: "Otherwise, we risk abandoning victims of abuses and war crimes while making the world a safe space for dictators, kleptocrats, and human rights violators.” 4/x

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

@hrw.org's Federico Borello: "Countries shld reject out of hand Trump’s nonsensical proposals, like to undermine the global asylum system. The US govt’s withholding of funds from the UN should energize other governments to step up and fund its lifesaving human rights and humanitarian programs." 3/x

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

@hrw.org's Federico Borello: "The UN has always had shortcomings, but it’s essential globally to monitor human rights, deliver humanitarian aid, protect refugees, and promote international accountability." 2/x

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 18d

🚨🧵 @hrw.org on Trump's #UNGA80 speech: -- He made too many false claims about world affairs to seriously address them. What is serious is Trump’s obvious lack of respect for international organizations that promote human rights, like the UN, which the US played a central role in creating. 1/x

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 19d

✳️ Pay dues in full & on time (US stopped paying & #China pays late)
✳️ Increase voluntary funding to UN
✳️ Ensure independent UN human rights investigations have financial & political support to continue
✳️Support International Criminal Court in the face of US sanctions.

Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 19d

🧵 Thanks to #Chile & #Netherlands for organizing important #UNGA side event on UN funding crisis & UN80 reform plans.
@hrw.org's Federico Borello spoke & told attendees:

✳️ Prioritize UN human rights & humanitarian work
✳️ UN's proposed reforms risk disproportionately harming human rights
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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 19d

"States gathering for the General Assembly opening should reject the US invitation to trash the post-World War II global refugee system." -- Comments by my @hrw.org colleague @billfrelick.bsky.social ahead of #UNGA.

Trump Administration Seeks to Rewrite Global Refugee Rules

The Unitedd States government is inviting government delegations to a high-level meeting on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in what looks like the first step in a bid to tear down t...

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