Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
Communications expert / public affairs strategist.
Associate Director Europe - Comms at Human Rights Watch (@hrw.org).
Board of Directors Sport & Rights Alliance (@sportrightsall.bsky.social).
Past: Foreign Desk at Dutch newswire ANP.
Associate Director Europe - Comms at Human Rights Watch (@hrw.org).
Board of Directors Sport & Rights Alliance (@sportrightsall.bsky.social).
Past: Foreign Desk at Dutch newswire ANP.
Pinned
Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders
Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.
www.hrw.org
“As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it.
Brazil’s elected leaders should protect basic rights, which are under threat from environmental degradation and global warming.”
- @cesarmunoz.bsky.social
Brazil’s elected leaders should protect basic rights, which are under threat from environmental degradation and global warming.”
- @cesarmunoz.bsky.social
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En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Soixante-dix-neuf ans sans femme à la tête de l'ONU
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que les Nations Unies ont choisi leur tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis lors, les huit autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
www.hrw.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
Myanmar is Safe?
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
www.hrw.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
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Weltweit wird alle 10 Minuten eine Frau ermordet, weil sie eine Frau ist!
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Weltweit wird alle 10 Minuten eine Frau ermordet, weil sie eine Frau ist!
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
“These mass school kidnappings once again lay bare the deliberate targeting of students, teachers, and schools in Nigeria’s deteriorating security environment.
The deepening crisis underscores the government’s failure to protect vulnerable communities.”
- Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at HRW
The deepening crisis underscores the government’s failure to protect vulnerable communities.”
- Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at HRW
Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings
Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities fr...
www.hrw.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“These mass school kidnappings once again lay bare the deliberate targeting of students, teachers, and schools in Nigeria’s deteriorating security environment.
The deepening crisis underscores the government’s failure to protect vulnerable communities.”
- Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at HRW
The deepening crisis underscores the government’s failure to protect vulnerable communities.”
- Anietie Ewang, Nigeria researcher at HRW
"Masculinism today is structured, transnational and deeply political. It is not confined to online platforms, but has become part of the public debate, shaping perceptions and paving the way for very real attacks on women and their rights."
Important work by @france24.com ⤵️
Important work by @france24.com ⤵️
The rise of masculinism: Violence and misogyny online (1/3)
For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, FRANCE 24 examines a sharp rise in masculinist discourse that seeks to normalise and legitimise misogyny. This first article of...
www.france24.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Masculinism today is structured, transnational and deeply political. It is not confined to online platforms, but has become part of the public debate, shaping perceptions and paving the way for very real attacks on women and their rights."
Important work by @france24.com ⤵️
Important work by @france24.com ⤵️
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The @apnews.com and @nytimes.com have published detailed allegations of systemic negligence at Brazil’s wealthiest #football club, where the athletes were reportedly housed in combustible, temporary containers in a parking lot, with bars on the windows.
sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The @apnews.com and @nytimes.com have published detailed allegations of systemic negligence at Brazil’s wealthiest #football club, where the athletes were reportedly housed in combustible, temporary containers in a parking lot, with bars on the windows.
sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
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🚨 The deaths of ten child athletes aged 14 to 16 in a fire in 2019 at the youth academy of #Flamengo – Brazil’s top football club – have raised critical questions about safeguarding and accountability in Brazilian sport.
🔗 Full #SRA statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
🔗 Full #SRA statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🚨 The deaths of ten child athletes aged 14 to 16 in a fire in 2019 at the youth academy of #Flamengo – Brazil’s top football club – have raised critical questions about safeguarding and accountability in Brazilian sport.
🔗 Full #SRA statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
🔗 Full #SRA statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...
“The families of the victims at Ninho do Urubu have fought tirelessly over the past six years for justice and reform. The global sporting community should listen and act now to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.”
Brazil: Ensure Justice for Children Killed in Flamengo Fire
(Rio de Janeiro, November 24, 2025) – Reports that alleged systemic failures at Brazil’s top football club led to the deaths of 10 child athletes in a fire in 2019 raise critical questions about…
sportandrightsalliance.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“The families of the victims at Ninho do Urubu have fought tirelessly over the past six years for justice and reform. The global sporting community should listen and act now to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.”
There's hope for China, as ''a series of protests... has sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth, with many questioning Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies and practices and notably confronting the government’s abuses against Tibetans and Uyghurs."
- @yalkun.bsky.social
- @yalkun.bsky.social
The Legacy of the White Paper Protests
Three years ago, a series of protests in China has sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth, with many questioning Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies and practices and notably...
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
There's hope for China, as ''a series of protests... has sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth, with many questioning Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies and practices and notably confronting the government’s abuses against Tibetans and Uyghurs."
- @yalkun.bsky.social
- @yalkun.bsky.social
“Philippe is a superb choice. He has the strategic vision, the strength of leadership, the ability to represent Human Rights Watch well in all settings, and the values and character around which to build the organization.”
- Kenneth Roth, former executive director at Human Rights Watch
- Kenneth Roth, former executive director at Human Rights Watch
Philippe Bolopion to Lead Human Rights Watch
Philippe Bolopion, a 13-year veteran of Human Rights Watch and a former journalist who has extensively advocated on atrocities in conflict zones, has been named the executive director of Human Rights ...
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“Philippe is a superb choice. He has the strategic vision, the strength of leadership, the ability to represent Human Rights Watch well in all settings, and the values and character around which to build the organization.”
- Kenneth Roth, former executive director at Human Rights Watch
- Kenneth Roth, former executive director at Human Rights Watch
Israel's emptying of refugee camps in the occupied West Bank is a crime against humanity.
New report @hrw.org ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Interview BBC Newshour with researcher @nadiahardman.bsky.social⤵️
New report @hrw.org ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Interview BBC Newshour with researcher @nadiahardman.bsky.social⤵️
New Research on Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank
YouTube video by Human Rights Watch
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Israel's emptying of refugee camps in the occupied West Bank is a crime against humanity.
New report @hrw.org ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Interview BBC Newshour with researcher @nadiahardman.bsky.social⤵️
New report @hrw.org ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Interview BBC Newshour with researcher @nadiahardman.bsky.social⤵️
News update from Tunisia, via @khawaja.bsky.social / @hrw.org:
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
Tunisia: Abusive Prosecutions of Refugee Group
Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial on November 24, 2025, amid a broader crackdown on civil society groups in Tunisia.
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
News update from Tunisia, via @khawaja.bsky.social / @hrw.org:
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
Reposted by Jan Kooy
In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN
In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely it’s long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-men’s club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
“As civilians bear the brunt of brutal conflicts and multilateral institutions face attacks by states hostile to rights and international law, principled leadership from the AU and the EU is needed more than ever.”
- @philippe_dam in comment on Luanda Summit
- @philippe_dam in comment on Luanda Summit
EU-AU: Make Rights a Priority at Europe-Africa Summit
(Nairobi, November 21, 2025) – The African Union (AU) and European Union should put respect for human rights and international humanitarian law at the center of their partnership, Human Rights Watch s...
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“As civilians bear the brunt of brutal conflicts and multilateral institutions face attacks by states hostile to rights and international law, principled leadership from the AU and the EU is needed more than ever.”
- @philippe_dam in comment on Luanda Summit
- @philippe_dam in comment on Luanda Summit
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HRW a le plaisir d’annoncer que Philippe Bolopion a été nommé Directeur exécutif de l’organisation. Il a précédemment travaillé à HRW pendant 13 ans, après une carrière en tant que journaliste.
➡️ https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/11/24/philippe-bolopion-nomme-a-la-tete-de-human-rights-watch
➡️ https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/11/24/philippe-bolopion-nomme-a-la-tete-de-human-rights-watch
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
HRW a le plaisir d’annoncer que Philippe Bolopion a été nommé Directeur exécutif de l’organisation. Il a précédemment travaillé à HRW pendant 13 ans, après une carrière en tant que journaliste.
➡️ https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/11/24/philippe-bolopion-nomme-a-la-tete-de-human-rights-watch
➡️ https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/11/24/philippe-bolopion-nomme-a-la-tete-de-human-rights-watch
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Human Rights Watch onderzocht de ontruiming van drie vluchtelingenkampen op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. De organisatie stelt oorlogsmisdaden vast, en roept op tot sancties tegen Israël. https://rightsforum.org/human-rights-watch-ontruiming-kampen-op-westelijke-jordaanoever-is-etnische-zuivering/
Human Rights Watch: ‘Ontruiming kampen op Westelijke Jordaanoever is etnische zuivering’ - The Rights Forum
Voor een rechtvaardig Midden-Oosten beleid
rightsforum.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Human Rights Watch onderzocht de ontruiming van drie vluchtelingenkampen op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. De organisatie stelt oorlogsmisdaden vast, en roept op tot sancties tegen Israël. https://rightsforum.org/human-rights-watch-ontruiming-kampen-op-westelijke-jordaanoever-is-etnische-zuivering/
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Human Rights Watch is honored to announce Philippe Bolopion as its new Executive Director. Philippe is a 13-year HRW veteran and former journalist who has advocated on atrocities globally.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Human Rights Watch is honored to announce Philippe Bolopion as its new Executive Director. Philippe is a 13-year HRW veteran and former journalist who has advocated on atrocities globally.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
'Ik was nog zó gewaarschuwd: eerst pakken ze de intellectuelen.'
Must-read, @sheilas.bsky.social sprak Noraly Beyer ⤵️
Must-read, @sheilas.bsky.social sprak Noraly Beyer ⤵️
Noraly Beyer (79) ondervond aan den lijve hoe Suriname na de onafhankelijkheid totaal ontspoorde
Vijftig jaar geleden werd Suriname onafhankelijk. Noraly Beyer beleefde er de jaren van hoop en de jaren van donkerte. ‘Ik was nog zó gewaarschuwd: eerst pakken ze de intellectuelen.’
www.volkskrant.nl
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
'Ik was nog zó gewaarschuwd: eerst pakken ze de intellectuelen.'
Must-read, @sheilas.bsky.social sprak Noraly Beyer ⤵️
Must-read, @sheilas.bsky.social sprak Noraly Beyer ⤵️
‘Extreem zorgwekkend,’ noemt Human Rights Watch-onderzoeker @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social de ontwikkeling.
Die ziet ze als het ‘normaliseren van deportaties naar Afghanistan’. “Landen die lang in Afghanistan actief zijn geweest, proberen hun verantwoordelijkheden te negeren.”
Die ziet ze als het ‘normaliseren van deportaties naar Afghanistan’. “Landen die lang in Afghanistan actief zijn geweest, proberen hun verantwoordelijkheden te negeren.”
Duitsland laat vlag van de Taliban wapperen om Afghanen te kunnen uitzetten
Europese landen, waaronder Nederland, zoeken naar manieren om duizenden Afghanen te kunnen deporteren. Er wordt met belangstelling gekeken naar Duitsland, dat in ruil al talibandiplomaten in Berlijn e...
www.parool.nl
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
‘Extreem zorgwekkend,’ noemt Human Rights Watch-onderzoeker @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social de ontwikkeling.
Die ziet ze als het ‘normaliseren van deportaties naar Afghanistan’. “Landen die lang in Afghanistan actief zijn geweest, proberen hun verantwoordelijkheden te negeren.”
Die ziet ze als het ‘normaliseren van deportaties naar Afghanistan’. “Landen die lang in Afghanistan actief zijn geweest, proberen hun verantwoordelijkheden te negeren.”
"Geen enkele burger is veilig in Sudan, dus ook niet in de hoofdstad", zegt Mohamed Osman, Sudan-onderzoeker bij mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch. "Er kan van alles gebeuren."
Na de val van Al-Fasher schuift front in Sudan op: 'Situatie wordt steeds erger'
Nog meer burgers slaan op de vlucht en de kans bestaat dat RSF-rebellen opnieuw oprukken naar de hoofdstad Khartoem.
nos.nl
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Geen enkele burger is veilig in Sudan, dus ook niet in de hoofdstad", zegt Mohamed Osman, Sudan-onderzoeker bij mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch. "Er kan van alles gebeuren."
Reposted by Jan Kooy
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
HRW: Israël beging oorlogsmisdaden bij ontheemding op bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever begin 2025 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/20/hrw-israel-beging-oorlogsmisdaden-bij-ontheemding-op-bezette-westelijke-jordaanoever-begin-2025-a4913129
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
HRW: Israël beging oorlogsmisdaden bij ontheemding op bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever begin 2025 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/20/hrw-israel-beging-oorlogsmisdaden-bij-ontheemding-op-bezette-westelijke-jordaanoever-begin-2025-a4913129
Reposted by Jan Kooy
On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Twenty-Fourth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will meet from December 1-6, 2025, in The Hague, for the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
Reposted by Jan Kooy
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...