Notes from the Faultline
@faultlinenotes.bsky.social
We live along faultlines: places where rights, power, and principles collide.
Some cracks are loud. Others are quiet. All of them shape the world we live in.
These are our Notes from the Faultine.
Some cracks are loud. Others are quiet. All of them shape the world we live in.
These are our Notes from the Faultine.
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The UN turns 80 in crisis🇺🇳⚡️
Our new Notes from the Faultline: Dispatch #1 argues the 2026 appointment of the next Secretary-General will test the UN’s legitimacy.
A woman from Eastern Europe must lead — through transparency, courage and reform.
🔗 progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
Our new Notes from the Faultline: Dispatch #1 argues the 2026 appointment of the next Secretary-General will test the UN’s legitimacy.
A woman from Eastern Europe must lead — through transparency, courage and reform.
🔗 progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
Steve Witkoff caught saying he has “utmost respect for Pres. Putin” 🤡 Putin crushed dissent, shut down civil society, now faces an ICC warrant for deporting Ukrainian children 🇺🇦⚖️
Witkoff then floated amnesty for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
No impunity for those offering amnesty for war crimes ⚡️
Witkoff then floated amnesty for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
No impunity for those offering amnesty for war crimes ⚡️
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Steve Witkoff caught saying he has “utmost respect for Pres. Putin” 🤡 Putin crushed dissent, shut down civil society, now faces an ICC warrant for deporting Ukrainian children 🇺🇦⚖️
Witkoff then floated amnesty for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
No impunity for those offering amnesty for war crimes ⚡️
Witkoff then floated amnesty for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
No impunity for those offering amnesty for war crimes ⚡️
Good news 💚
Were happy to hear @michelforst.bsky.social was reelected as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders 🌻
Were happy to hear @michelforst.bsky.social was reelected as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders 🌻
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Good news 💚
Were happy to hear @michelforst.bsky.social was reelected as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders 🌻
Were happy to hear @michelforst.bsky.social was reelected as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders 🌻
Violence against women and girls affects one in three.
🛑 A human rights emergency that must stop
⚡️ A faultline that holds women and girls back
UNiTE campaign to stop digital abuse: www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
🛑 A human rights emergency that must stop
⚡️ A faultline that holds women and girls back
UNiTE campaign to stop digital abuse: www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Violence against women and girls affects one in three.
🛑 A human rights emergency that must stop
⚡️ A faultline that holds women and girls back
UNiTE campaign to stop digital abuse: www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
🛑 A human rights emergency that must stop
⚡️ A faultline that holds women and girls back
UNiTE campaign to stop digital abuse: www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
Argentina helped build multilateralism 🇦🇷
Peacekeeping, decolonisation, human rights, climate 🕊️⚖️🌍
Javier Milei is now pulling away from that legacy, choosing isolation instead, alongside his friend Trump 🇺🇸 ⚡️
🧐 Piece by Amb Ricardo Lagorio in Pass Blue
passblue.com/2025/11/23/a...
Peacekeeping, decolonisation, human rights, climate 🕊️⚖️🌍
Javier Milei is now pulling away from that legacy, choosing isolation instead, alongside his friend Trump 🇺🇸 ⚡️
🧐 Piece by Amb Ricardo Lagorio in Pass Blue
passblue.com/2025/11/23/a...
Argentina's Regretful Abandonment of Multilateralism - PassBlue
Argentina's Regretful Abandonment of Multilateralism - PassBlue
passblue.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Argentina helped build multilateralism 🇦🇷
Peacekeeping, decolonisation, human rights, climate 🕊️⚖️🌍
Javier Milei is now pulling away from that legacy, choosing isolation instead, alongside his friend Trump 🇺🇸 ⚡️
🧐 Piece by Amb Ricardo Lagorio in Pass Blue
passblue.com/2025/11/23/a...
Peacekeeping, decolonisation, human rights, climate 🕊️⚖️🌍
Javier Milei is now pulling away from that legacy, choosing isolation instead, alongside his friend Trump 🇺🇸 ⚡️
🧐 Piece by Amb Ricardo Lagorio in Pass Blue
passblue.com/2025/11/23/a...
#COP30 ends in Belém🌍🌳
The façade of multilateralism holds, but ambition does not. No fossil-fuel exit plan, weak national pledges, and only vague steps on adaptation finance.
The crisis moves faster than the process ⚡️
The façade of multilateralism holds, but ambition does not. No fossil-fuel exit plan, weak national pledges, and only vague steps on adaptation finance.
The crisis moves faster than the process ⚡️
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#COP30 ends in Belém🌍🌳
The façade of multilateralism holds, but ambition does not. No fossil-fuel exit plan, weak national pledges, and only vague steps on adaptation finance.
The crisis moves faster than the process ⚡️
The façade of multilateralism holds, but ambition does not. No fossil-fuel exit plan, weak national pledges, and only vague steps on adaptation finance.
The crisis moves faster than the process ⚡️
A new “Community of Central Asia” is taking shape 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿
A regional bloc with no binding standards, no space for accountability. Azerbaijan joining shows what this model rewards: human rights and rule of law are optional 🇦🇿⚡
And the Council of Europe’s recent charm tour in the region proves useless.
A regional bloc with no binding standards, no space for accountability. Azerbaijan joining shows what this model rewards: human rights and rule of law are optional 🇦🇿⚡
And the Council of Europe’s recent charm tour in the region proves useless.
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A new “Community of Central Asia” is taking shape 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿
A regional bloc with no binding standards, no space for accountability. Azerbaijan joining shows what this model rewards: human rights and rule of law are optional 🇦🇿⚡
And the Council of Europe’s recent charm tour in the region proves useless.
A regional bloc with no binding standards, no space for accountability. Azerbaijan joining shows what this model rewards: human rights and rule of law are optional 🇦🇿⚡
And the Council of Europe’s recent charm tour in the region proves useless.
The offensive against ecological policies is not just a simple transitional setback. It is part of a long history, that of economic and political interest groups whose violence doubles as the urgency to act increases 🌻⚡️
Analysis in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Analysis in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Le « backlash écologique » ou l’accélération brutale d’un mouvement réactionnaire profond
L’offensive contre les politiques écologiques n’est pas qu’un simple recul transitoire. Elle s’inscrit dans une histoire longue, celle de groupes d’intérêt économiques et politiques dont la violence r...
www.lemonde.fr
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The offensive against ecological policies is not just a simple transitional setback. It is part of a long history, that of economic and political interest groups whose violence doubles as the urgency to act increases 🌻⚡️
Analysis in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Analysis in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Ethiopia’s media climate keeps deteriorating ahead of the June 2026 election: journalists are detained and foreign outlets pushed out.
Now, authorities claim @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy “lack reliable sources” and block reporting ⛓️💥
We will be watching developments closely 🇪🇹⚡️
Now, authorities claim @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy “lack reliable sources” and block reporting ⛓️💥
We will be watching developments closely 🇪🇹⚡️
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ethiopia’s media climate keeps deteriorating ahead of the June 2026 election: journalists are detained and foreign outlets pushed out.
Now, authorities claim @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy “lack reliable sources” and block reporting ⛓️💥
We will be watching developments closely 🇪🇹⚡️
Now, authorities claim @deutschewellerss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy “lack reliable sources” and block reporting ⛓️💥
We will be watching developments closely 🇪🇹⚡️
This 🌻💪⤵️
‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This 🌻💪⤵️
The EU’s new plan to protect democracy targets foreign influence and misinformation.
By copying “foreign agent” laws, 🇪🇺-states could harm democracy and human rights defenders, the EU’s real shield 🛡️⚡️
By @carlosdolan.bsky.social in @epc-official.bsky.social
www.epc.eu/publication/...
By copying “foreign agent” laws, 🇪🇺-states could harm democracy and human rights defenders, the EU’s real shield 🛡️⚡️
By @carlosdolan.bsky.social in @epc-official.bsky.social
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Democracy shield: Defense or distraction?
European democracy is not in good health. Though not experiencing the death throes visible in the US, symptoms of a deeper malaise are unmistakable.
www.epc.eu
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The EU’s new plan to protect democracy targets foreign influence and misinformation.
By copying “foreign agent” laws, 🇪🇺-states could harm democracy and human rights defenders, the EU’s real shield 🛡️⚡️
By @carlosdolan.bsky.social in @epc-official.bsky.social
www.epc.eu/publication/...
By copying “foreign agent” laws, 🇪🇺-states could harm democracy and human rights defenders, the EU’s real shield 🛡️⚡️
By @carlosdolan.bsky.social in @epc-official.bsky.social
www.epc.eu/publication/...
After #COP27 🇪🇬, #COP28 🇦🇪 and #COP29 🇦🇿, another autocratic host may be next: Türkiye could take over #COP31 as Australia’s bid falters.
There is no possible future for climate talks without civic space. Every time the UN lets repression host the process, climate justice pays the price 🌍⚡️
There is no possible future for climate talks without civic space. Every time the UN lets repression host the process, climate justice pays the price 🌍⚡️
Australia's bid to host COP31 falters amid deadlock with Turkey
If no agreement is reached between the two countries, the German city of Bonn will host by default.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#COP30 has begun in Brazil’s Amazon 🌳
Ten years after Paris, key emitters have not filed new plans, finance pledges are hollow, “just transition” is still an empty slogan and rainforest protection remains uncertain.
Power, money colide with climate justice 🌍⚡️
🔗 theconversation.com/five-key-iss...
Ten years after Paris, key emitters have not filed new plans, finance pledges are hollow, “just transition” is still an empty slogan and rainforest protection remains uncertain.
Power, money colide with climate justice 🌍⚡️
🔗 theconversation.com/five-key-iss...
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#COP30 has begun in Brazil’s Amazon 🌳
Ten years after Paris, key emitters have not filed new plans, finance pledges are hollow, “just transition” is still an empty slogan and rainforest protection remains uncertain.
Power, money colide with climate justice 🌍⚡️
🔗 theconversation.com/five-key-iss...
Ten years after Paris, key emitters have not filed new plans, finance pledges are hollow, “just transition” is still an empty slogan and rainforest protection remains uncertain.
Power, money colide with climate justice 🌍⚡️
🔗 theconversation.com/five-key-iss...
Reposted by Notes from the Faultline
Azerbaijan handed over UN Climate Conference presidency to Brazil 🌍 #COP30
Since #COP29 in Baku:
🚨 Climate of Justice founders jailed
⚖️ Nazim Baydamirli sentenced to 8 years in prison
📚 Repression of media, civil society, scholars deepened
Yet the EU carries on with business as usual 🇪🇺🇦🇿
Since #COP29 in Baku:
🚨 Climate of Justice founders jailed
⚖️ Nazim Baydamirli sentenced to 8 years in prison
📚 Repression of media, civil society, scholars deepened
Yet the EU carries on with business as usual 🇪🇺🇦🇿
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A faultline⚡️
A war criminal welcomed at the highest level yesterday: Sergei Shoigu leading a visit to Egypt🇷🇺🇪🇬
Just days after the EU-Egypt summit, where human rights were set aside, Egypt welcomed Shoigu to Cairo. Silence bought the EU no leverage🇪🇺🇪🇬
A war criminal welcomed at the highest level yesterday: Sergei Shoigu leading a visit to Egypt🇷🇺🇪🇬
Just days after the EU-Egypt summit, where human rights were set aside, Egypt welcomed Shoigu to Cairo. Silence bought the EU no leverage🇪🇺🇪🇬
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A faultline⚡️
A war criminal welcomed at the highest level yesterday: Sergei Shoigu leading a visit to Egypt🇷🇺🇪🇬
Just days after the EU-Egypt summit, where human rights were set aside, Egypt welcomed Shoigu to Cairo. Silence bought the EU no leverage🇪🇺🇪🇬
A war criminal welcomed at the highest level yesterday: Sergei Shoigu leading a visit to Egypt🇷🇺🇪🇬
Just days after the EU-Egypt summit, where human rights were set aside, Egypt welcomed Shoigu to Cairo. Silence bought the EU no leverage🇪🇺🇪🇬
This ✊💜
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This ✊💜
Reposted by Notes from the Faultline
This week, Ukraine is facing one of the fiercest Russian attacks in months. 📢🇺🇦
European leaders who were loudly voicing support just weeks ago are now, surprisingly, silent for the past few days.
Once again, Europe proves better at words than action. This is shameful. 👎🏼🇪🇺
Stand with Ukraine. 💙💛
European leaders who were loudly voicing support just weeks ago are now, surprisingly, silent for the past few days.
Once again, Europe proves better at words than action. This is shameful. 👎🏼🇪🇺
Stand with Ukraine. 💙💛
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This week, Ukraine is facing one of the fiercest Russian attacks in months. 📢🇺🇦
European leaders who were loudly voicing support just weeks ago are now, surprisingly, silent for the past few days.
Once again, Europe proves better at words than action. This is shameful. 👎🏼🇪🇺
Stand with Ukraine. 💙💛
European leaders who were loudly voicing support just weeks ago are now, surprisingly, silent for the past few days.
Once again, Europe proves better at words than action. This is shameful. 👎🏼🇪🇺
Stand with Ukraine. 💙💛
Today+tomorrow #COP30, I'll connect recommendations on #Defossilization & #Energy #JustTransition with @coe.int Strategy on #environment
👉 #HumanRights #ClimateChange & #DevelopmentBanks 10 Nov, 17–18 MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone
📖 //tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3 & tinyurl.com/3tc87w73
👉 #HumanRights #ClimateChange & #DevelopmentBanks 10 Nov, 17–18 MDB Pavilion, Blue Zone
📖 //tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3 & tinyurl.com/3tc87w73
A/80/188: A human rights-based approach to the energy transition
The present report contains a synthesis of evidence of the positive and negative human rights impacts of renewable energy development and its reliance on minerals. It clarifies States’ obligations and...
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fear has switched sides in Serbia🇷🇸⚡️
After a year of student and civic revolt, the Helsinki Committee lays bare a society at breaking point—corruption, repression, and propaganda met with defiance from a new generation.
🔗 www.helsinki.org.rs/doc/Report20...
After a year of student and civic revolt, the Helsinki Committee lays bare a society at breaking point—corruption, repression, and propaganda met with defiance from a new generation.
🔗 www.helsinki.org.rs/doc/Report20...
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Fear has switched sides in Serbia🇷🇸⚡️
After a year of student and civic revolt, the Helsinki Committee lays bare a society at breaking point—corruption, repression, and propaganda met with defiance from a new generation.
🔗 www.helsinki.org.rs/doc/Report20...
After a year of student and civic revolt, the Helsinki Committee lays bare a society at breaking point—corruption, repression, and propaganda met with defiance from a new generation.
🔗 www.helsinki.org.rs/doc/Report20...
Feminist foreign policies are under siege ⚡️
Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden turned back. Anti-gender groups now better funded ($1.2 billion in 5 years).
Advocates refuse to retreat 💪
🔗 @mariluetta.bsky.social on the fight to keep feminism in foreign policy passblue.com/2025/11/05/f...
Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden turned back. Anti-gender groups now better funded ($1.2 billion in 5 years).
Advocates refuse to retreat 💪
🔗 @mariluetta.bsky.social on the fight to keep feminism in foreign policy passblue.com/2025/11/05/f...
Feminist Foreign Policies Are Fighting for Their Life - PassBlue
Feminist Foreign Policies Are Fighting for Their Life - PassBlue
passblue.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Feminist foreign policies are under siege ⚡️
Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden turned back. Anti-gender groups now better funded ($1.2 billion in 5 years).
Advocates refuse to retreat 💪
🔗 @mariluetta.bsky.social on the fight to keep feminism in foreign policy passblue.com/2025/11/05/f...
Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden turned back. Anti-gender groups now better funded ($1.2 billion in 5 years).
Advocates refuse to retreat 💪
🔗 @mariluetta.bsky.social on the fight to keep feminism in foreign policy passblue.com/2025/11/05/f...
“Family values”: the shield for violence in #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿⚡️
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“Family values”: the shield for violence in #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿⚡️
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
Girls as young as 12 are giving birth.
Men who rape or “marry” them walk free.
Families stay silent.
Courts call it “consensual”.
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Notes from the Faultline
Dr Laura Murphy,
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Dr Laura Murphy,
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Professor of Human Rights & Contemporary Slavery, important work addressing big issues in UK supply chains.
Extremely concerning by Sheffield Hallam University.
How much more at other universities under the radar?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Massacres in El-Fasher: children executed, hospitals attacked, women raped, murdered. Sudan descends further into horror.
Mobilisation is long overdue to protect those still alive and bring the killers to justice 🇸🇩⚡️
➡️ Interview with PM Kamil Idris in @blick.ch
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
Mobilisation is long overdue to protect those still alive and bring the killers to justice 🇸🇩⚡️
➡️ Interview with PM Kamil Idris in @blick.ch
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
Sudan PM demands international trial over RSF ‘crimes’
Sudan’s prime minister has called for atrocities committed in the city of al-Fashir, seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, to be tried in the
english.alarabiya.net
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Massacres in El-Fasher: children executed, hospitals attacked, women raped, murdered. Sudan descends further into horror.
Mobilisation is long overdue to protect those still alive and bring the killers to justice 🇸🇩⚡️
➡️ Interview with PM Kamil Idris in @blick.ch
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
Mobilisation is long overdue to protect those still alive and bring the killers to justice 🇸🇩⚡️
➡️ Interview with PM Kamil Idris in @blick.ch
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
There is no such thing as withdrawing from a human rights convention but still respecting it: implementation without standards, obligations, monitoring and accountability is not credible.
Latvia’s move to quit the Istanbul Convention marks a major faultline for women’s rights and the rule of law⚖️⚡️♀︎
Latvia’s move to quit the Istanbul Convention marks a major faultline for women’s rights and the rule of law⚖️⚡️♀︎
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There is no such thing as withdrawing from a human rights convention but still respecting it: implementation without standards, obligations, monitoring and accountability is not credible.
Latvia’s move to quit the Istanbul Convention marks a major faultline for women’s rights and the rule of law⚖️⚡️♀︎
Latvia’s move to quit the Istanbul Convention marks a major faultline for women’s rights and the rule of law⚖️⚡️♀︎
A year after the #NoviSad tragedy, Serbia’s streets still echo with repression🇷🇸⚡️
Protesters beaten, lawyers blocked, sound cannons deployed, NGOs raided. Civic space collapse💥
Read @goranmiletic.bsky.social on what must change, exclusive for @curecampaign.bsky.social
🔗 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/s...
Protesters beaten, lawyers blocked, sound cannons deployed, NGOs raided. Civic space collapse💥
Read @goranmiletic.bsky.social on what must change, exclusive for @curecampaign.bsky.social
🔗 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/s...
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A year after the #NoviSad tragedy, Serbia’s streets still echo with repression🇷🇸⚡️
Protesters beaten, lawyers blocked, sound cannons deployed, NGOs raided. Civic space collapse💥
Read @goranmiletic.bsky.social on what must change, exclusive for @curecampaign.bsky.social
🔗 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/s...
Protesters beaten, lawyers blocked, sound cannons deployed, NGOs raided. Civic space collapse💥
Read @goranmiletic.bsky.social on what must change, exclusive for @curecampaign.bsky.social
🔗 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/s...