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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

#Oct10 #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍

Immigration detention doesn’t just deprive people of their liberty — it leaves deep, lasting scars on their mental health.

🧠 Learn more:

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 3d

👉 Want to know more about why IDC and our award-winning work to defend migrants’ rights matters?

✨ Meet Stella, a grandmother, carer, and human rights activist.

Her story reveals the stark reality of immigration detention.
📰 bit.ly/inside-uk-im...
#Immigration #ImmigrationDetention #HumanRights

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 5d

IDC has won the 2025 FES Human Rights Award 🎉 @fesonline.bsky.social

This is a shared achievement for our entire movement. 🌍

Learn more about our work. Follow us on social media and get to know us.

#Instagram 📷 intldetentioncoalition

#FESAward2025

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Join us in Banjul, The Gambia, for the first Annual Convening of the SADC Regional Network on ATD, 28–29 October 2025 at the margins of the ACHPR

Co-hosted by IDC and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)

🗓 Apply before 13 October 2025 via our website. idcoalition.org/news/2025-an...

#ATD #HumanRights

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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung @fesonline.bsky.social · 10d

Unser #Menschenrechtspreis 2025 geht an die International Detention Coalition #IDC.
www.fes.de/menschenrech...
Wir finden, es ist Zeit, mit gängigen Irrtümern und Falschbehauptungen aufzuräumen. 1/4
@idcoalition.bsky.social

Ein Kind sitzt allein auf dem Boden eines kahlen, fensterlosen Raumes. Man betrachtet es durch ein Art Loch im Bild, das von zwei Händen gehalten wird.

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 10d

💪 Let's make immigration detention history!
Join us in shaping a world where human rights transcend all borders 🌎

Get involved! ➡️ idcoalition.org/get-involved

#TogetherForChange #FESAward2025

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 10d

The EP Toolkit is LIVE. Tools to rebuild partnerships around equity → www.asylumaccess.org/epat

#ShiftThePower #EPAT #EquitablePartnerships

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 12d

🎉 IDC has won a major human rights award!

This award recognises IDC’s tireless work to end immigration detention and promote the human rights of migrants and refugees worldwide. 💡
@fesonline.bsky.social

Visit our page and join our mission! idcoalition.org/news/idc-win...
#FESAward2025

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 15d

"Adherence to treaties has saved lives, upheld human dignity, and protected millions of people from persecution, torture and other human rights abuses."

Civil Society Open Letter to States (September 2025)

humanrightsfirst.org/library/glob...

Global Coalition of Groups Urge UN Member States to Uphold, Preserve, and Strengthen International Treaties - Human Rights First

New York — In advance of this week’s UN General Assembly High-level meeting, speeches by Heads of State and Government and reported efforts to enlist UN Member States in an attempt to undo internation...

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 16d

🌍🤝 Together, we can end immigration detention for good.

IDC unites voices from around the globe to advocate for human rights and a kinder, more just future.

Here’s how you can help:
🌐 idcoalition.org/get-involved

#TogetherForChange #FESAward2025

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 18d

We are honoured to announce that IDC has won the 2025 Human Rights Award by @fesonline.bsky.social
This award recognises the efforts of our supporters, members and partners in different regions working to end immigration detention & promote human rights-based alternatives
www.fes.de/en/human-rig...

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 23d

Grateful to everyone who joined the launch of our report “From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention”, created with the @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and Refugee Law Lab.

📖 Read here 👉 bit.ly/4ndvYr5

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · 29d

🌍 We are honoured to receive the 2025 Human Rights Award from @fesonline.bsky.social

We share this honour with our team, members and allies worldwide who work for a world without immigration detention

📅 Join us: 13 October in Berlin for the award ceremony

👉 Learn more: www.fes.de/en/human-rig...

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 New IDC Report Beyond Detention: Alternatives to Immigration Detention as a Rights-Based Policy Model

At a time when detention is expanding, evidence shows that rights-based alternatives are possible — and effective.

📖 Spanish only
👉 idcoalition.org/wp-content/u...

#EndImmigrationDetention #IDC

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 New report: From Surveillance to Empowerment

Are digital technologies like GPS monitors really alternatives to detention? 🤔

📅 16 Sept | ⏱️ 18:30–19:30 CEST
📍 Geneva Graduate Institute / Online

✍️ Registration required (in-person & online).
🔗 Link: events.humanitix.com/from-surveil...

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨CAMBIO DE FECHA 🚨

✨ Les esperamos en nuestro evento paralelo oficial en el Foro Mundial sobre Migración y Desarrollo #GFMD 🌍

En la encrucijada: Avanzando en la gobernanza migratoria con enfoque de género en tiempos de crisis

🗓️ Miércoles, 3 de sept
⏱️ 12:00 h
📍 Sala Plenaria (sede GFMD Riohacha)

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌍 Join IDC at our official #GFMD side event:

✨ Rethinking migration governance: immigration detention & alternatives, digital technologies and intersectional approaches

🗓️ 3 Sept 2025 | ⏱️ 10:45–12:00
📍 Overflow Auditorium, Riohacha

In-person event | Interpretation EN/ES

#Migration #IDC

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌍 IDC te invita a su evento paralelo en el #GFMD:

✨ Repensando la gobernanza de la migración: detención y alternativas, tecnologías digitales y enfoques interseccionales

🗓️ 3 Sept 2025 | ⏱️ 10:45–12:00
📍 Overflow Auditorium, Riohacha

Evento presencial | EN/ES interpretation

#Migration #IDC

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 31

🌍 IDC joined the panel “Forced returns, deportations and human dignity” during Civil Society Action Day ahead of the #GFMD

🙏 Thanks to the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism for the invitation

At the Forum, IDC will keep pushing for a world without immigration detention and for rights-based alternatives

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 30

🌍 Carolina Gottardo, Directora de IDC, participó en el panel Tejiendo Narrativas para una Migración Digna, evento preparatorio al #GFMD

Celebramos estos espacios que ponen en el centro la dignidad y los derechos de las personas en movilidad

Agradecemos a Cancillería de Colombia por la invitación

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌍 New on the IDC website: We look at how migration externalisation policies impact people’s rights and dignity — and why it matters.

Read here: idcoalition.org/externalisat...

#Migration #HumanRights #IDC #ATD

Externalisation of Migration and its Human Rights Impacts - International Detention Coalition

IDC Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of MigrantsThe International Detention Coalition (IDC) contributed to the upcoming report of

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International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 26

The International Detention Coalition (IDC) is looking for an Africa Regional Manager to join our team.

📌 Position: Africa Regional Manager
📍 Location: This post will be based in Kenya, South Africa or Senegal.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: 19 September 2025

👉 Apply here: bit.ly/47eH89V

#Migration #IDC

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔹 Join IDC as our P2P Project Coordinator – Pathways to Protection (P2P) Programme

We are looking for a person with expertise in program management, monitoring and evaluation (MEL), relationship building and policy advocacy

📍 Location: Tunisia
📅 Apply by: 24 August 2025
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/4oacioJ

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

🕰️ In the UK, people can be detained indefinitely under immigration powers.

The mental health impacts are severe and deeply unjust.
IDC calls for a time limit and rights-based alternatives.

🔗 Read more: idcoalition.org/es/news/the-...
#EndIndefiniteDetention #MigrationMatters #IDC

International Detention Coalition @idcoalition.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌍 Externalization of borders has an enormous human cost.

✈️ Policies that push people away at borders often lead to rights violations.

📢 We need humane, rights-based responses.

Read more: bit.ly/4nj14On
#NoBordersToRights #MigrationMatters #IDC

Externalisation of Migration and its Human Rights Impacts - International Detention Coalition

IDC Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of MigrantsThe International Detention Coalition (IDC) contributed to the upcoming report of

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