🧵 (1/5) In 2020, Intercept Brasil's Schirlei Alves uncovered the use of gender stereotypes by #Brazil 's justice system. In response, Alves was convicted and sentenced to one year of open prison and a hefty fine of 400K Reais (over 80K USD) for doing her job as a #journalist .

‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the #Gambia not to decriminalise #FGM theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Letter I have joined concerning arbitrary deprivation of liberty, ill treatment in captivity, sentencing to death and risk of imminent execution of Yemeni human rights activist Fatima Saleh Al Arwali by Houthis is public 👇bit.ly/43XmKpV

While she appears to be…

This is a really good interview with Hilary Cass by ⁦amelia gentleman⁩ inc on adult clinics refusing to cooperate on data to understand long term impacts of medical interventions & her conclusion that this seemed to be ideologically driven. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

We welcome today's publication of the Cass Review. We urge the govt to implement its evidence-based recommendations and put an end to the Wild West of malpractice that has harmed so many young people, most of them LGB.

See our full statement here 👇

lgballiance.org.uk/lgb-alliance-r…

Very pleased to see this judgment.

'More than 2,000 women are in the KlimaSeniorinnen group. They launched the case nine years ago, calling for better protection of women's health in relation to climate change'.

'The Swiss women, called KlimaSeniorin or Senior Women for…

Letter sent with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt and UN WG on discrimination against women and girls concerning reports regarding the arbitrary detention, extrajudicial execution of #Palestinian #women and girls, the abduction of Palestinian children in Gaza, and the subjugation of Palestinian female detainees to sexual assaults…

Our letter to the Government of #Iran is now public. In it we expressed concerns regarding the “Chastity and Hijab Bill” as well as on information concerning the hospitalization and death of #ArmitaGaravand , reportedly following an attack for failure to comply with the Bill👉…

In 1994, one million children, women & men were killed in the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

We will never forget the victims.

Nor will we ever forget the bravery & resilience of those who survived, whose courage & willingness to forgive remain a burst of light & hope.

“We are not against politeness or expressions of solidarity, but ‘sex assigned at birth’ can confuse people and creates doubt about a biological fact when there shouldn’t be any,” write Alex Byrne and Carole Hooven. Read: nyti.ms/3xmj84E

On #PalestinianChildDay , the appalling way in which the international community has failed Palestinian boys and girls will forever haunt our humanity and our collective history. Make no mistake, this is a blow to the rights of the child worldwide in times of war and peace; a…

BREAKING: UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopts resolution calling for arms transfers to Israel to cease✌🏽

Within the context of the Tickle versus Giggle case before the Federal Court of Australia, the Australian Human Rights Commission recently asked me to give it input on the meaning of the word #woman in the CEDAW. The following statement is based on my reply to the commission while expanding some…

Opinion | The Taliban must realign with the broader principles of Islam to avoid further isolation as extremists within the Islamic community, Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al Issa writes. euronews.com/2024/04/03/thi…

“The result, as the sources testified, is that thousands of Palestinians — most of them women and children or people who were not involved in the fighting — were wiped out by Israeli airstrikes, especially during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions”.