#Bangladesh: interim government should seek UN backing to break cycle of impunity and adopt much-needed reforms to steer the country toward a rights-respecting future Without those steps, the hard-won advancements could be easily lost: hrw.org/news/2024/08/2… #HRC57

Reducing women voices and bodies to things and sources of sin is an egregious act of sexualizing and objectifying women. These laws attack women’s personhood and autonomy, contributing to their further erasure from society. hrw.org/news/2024/08/2…

Very much share Josep Borrell Fontelles's frustration ahead of EU foreign ministers gathering: eeas.europa.eu/eeas/informal-… 10+ months of atrocities on, some EU states still prevent the bloc from *saying* "#Israel is violating IHL in #Gaza" - let alone take action: hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…

The people of #Bangladesh have shown enormous courage fighting for change amid brutal repression The #EU should take action to support them: 🔵 Push for UN #HRC57 inquiry & monitoring 🔵 Sanction abusive RAB force 🔵 Use #EBA leverage to secure reforms 👉🏼hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…

As #ICC member, #Mongolia has only 2 choices: deny #Putin entry or arrest him upon arrival Anything else would breach Rome Statute, and be an affront to the victims of #Russia's crimes in #Ukraine The EU should make it very clear, lay out consequences: hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…

New @HRW report: European Commission's deal with #Lebanon ignores chains of expulsions - from #Cyprus to unsafe #Syria. @vonderLeyen Ylva Johansson Oliver Varhelyi: closing your eyes on 🇨🇾' pushbacks & failing to prioritize end of abuses in 🇱🇧 puts once again 🇪🇺 at risk of complicity

🙋At #HRCelections2024 event Human Rights Watch asks candidate Czech UN NY Mission👇🧵

"Palestinians are the biggest victims, but int'l law & the standing of countries like #Germany also a victim [...] When will 🇩🇪 support sanctions against those clearly violating int'l law & IHL?" - Ayman Safadi to Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock on #Gaza Hard to disagree: hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…

Gov. reps. meeting at World Health Organization (WHO) for #INB11 have a chance to draft a #PandemicAgreement that furthers human rights and reduces global inequalities. But the current draft risks repeating many of Covid-19's failures when the next pandemic comes. More from Human Rights Watch 👇 hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…

“Failure to effectively tackle the cycle of impunity only emboldens the Taliban’s oppressive regime and reduces the possibility of genuine & durable peace in #Afghanistan and beyond", UN UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett tells #HRC57 Human Rights Watch & 90 NGOs agree. Action needed: hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…

#Borrell's bitter honesty in #Rafah: "What is happening in #Gaza today [...] is not just a matter of defending. It is, I think, a massive violation of human rights" "What else can we do? Certainly, we could do more things, but I don't think there is a political will to do more"

#Gaza: the #IDF's use of digital tools to identify targets raises grave ethical, legal, and humanitarian concerns The tools rely on faulty data and inexact approximations, increasing the risk of war crimes and other IHL violations Human Rights Watch's Q&A: hrw.org/news/2024/09/1…

🎯 Josep Borrell Fontelles: -"Difficult to believe" #IDF is respecting laws of war -There's no #CeasefireNow because "intransigence is accompanied by total impunity, acts have no consequences" -"A blatant violation of int'l law remains disregarded", #ICC threatened, #ICJ rulings ignored

#Bahrain: EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters reiterates call to respect obligations on human rights defenders eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un… 1000s released in recent months, but prominent activists like Abduljalil Al-Singace, Hasan Mushaima, Sheikh Ali Salman, & 🇩🇰-🇧🇭Abdulhadi al-Khawaja remain behind bars

#Antisemitism has sharply increased since October 7, and it must be unequivocally condemned and fought against But a resolution the 🇩🇪 parliament is considering would make things even worse for Jewish and Israeli people in #Germany, leading 🇮🇱 NGOs warn 👇🏽

This is happening while an EU citizen and human rights defender, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, is unlawfully detained since 2011 - among several others Their release should be your top priority, Charles Michel Christophe FARNAUD: hrw.org/news/2024/03/0…

Embarrassing, ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz If anything, Josep Borrell Fontelles is one if the best players in a bloc lagging way behind what’s needed to address your government’s crimes hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…

La magistratura un ministro di uno stato democratico la rispetta. Non la attacca, Antonio Tajani #Salvini

UN member states will now start negotiating #HRC57 resolution on #Afghanistan led by EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters. They should ensure: ✅Full renewal & resourcing of UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett ✅Maintained space centring Afghan women & girls’ voices & rights ✅New comprehensive accountability mechanism

A majority (14/27) of 🇪🇺 member states did not vote in favour of respecting international law; 🇭🇺 & 🇨🇿 even voted against it. Kudos to the 13 who voted in favour; but the bloc’s credibility is in shambles, and will be hard to repair.