#HUMANRIGHTS

Ian Brownhill

CounselTweets

(A very short thread) (1) The most concerning thing about reading the Boris #HumanRights thread is the lack of understanding of the HRA and the ECHR. The ECHR is not

Jacob Blaustein Inst

JBI_HumanRights

1. A key role of #HumanRights treaty bodies is to scrutinize States’ compliance with treaty obligations. Their members are experts who are not #UN employees & live around the world.

Sharmarke Dubow

deardubow

Approaching an issue from a human rights perspective reminds us that each and every one of us is worthy of our consideration and care. This is a helpful reminder in

J. Business Ethics

JBusinessEthics

On #HumanRightsDay we share a selection of publications covering the intersection of #business and #HumanRights . From classics to more recent work- these are temporarily #OpenAccess via the links

CESR

social_rights

ICYMI: @social_rights and @CA_global recently published a report that asks: what would it look like if we had an economy based on #humanrights? Quick summary #thread: 1/8https://cesr.org/envisioning-rights-based-economy-new-report-cesr-and-

Jacob Blaustein Inst

JBI_HumanRights

#UN #HumanRights Council is struggling over leadership issues. It’s the Asia group’s turn for #HRC46 President. Fiji, then Bahrain & Uzbekistan all tried.But no consensus yet. Secretariat HRC chief Eric

BIHR

BIHRhumanrights

Thread 1/5: Today, alongside colleagues in Scotland we've written to the Scottish Parliament, Equalities and Human Rights Committee to raise our #HumanRights concerns of the use of Emergency Powers without

IRAN HRM

IranHrm

#Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi & Saeed Tamjidi for participating in the November 2019 #Iranprotestshttps://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2020/06/24/supreme-court-upholds-death-se

Just Fair

JustFairUK

[1/10] Together we can use #HumanRights to protect our shared #values of #equality, #fairness and #respect. Rights give us a “basic level of dignity” and “equal opportunity”. #HumanRightsDay

Amnesty MENA

AmnestyMENA

Ten years since the #Jan25 revolution in #Egypt, scores of activists and #humanrights defenders remain unjustly detained. All of this week, we will share their names and ask you to

Ayman Mhanna

AymanMhanna

Let’s stop this fake trial on the NGOization of governance in #Lebanon. NGOs have only stepped up to the plate when the Gov was criminally absent. No NGOisation in any

NCRI-FAC

iran_policy

1)European foreign ministers met Monday and agreed to establish a European Magnitsky Act, designed to sanction serious #HumanHights abuses. https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/08/eu-agrees-its-own-magnitsky-regime-to-sanction-human-rights-abus

UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights

srpoverty

Today I release my first annual report on the impact of COVID19 on people in poverty, scrutinizing the recent wave of social protection. I find that most measures are maladapted,

Anna Cavazzini

anna_cavazzini

2 years ago, an iron ore dam operated by Brazilian mining giant Vale burst near Brumadinho, killing 272 people & contaminating the river Paraopeba on which many depended on for

Frances Harrison

francesharris0n

⁦.⁦@mbachelet⁩ ⁦@UNHumanRights⁩ report to UN #humanrights council leaked by #srilanka - large portions here: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210124/columns/429926-429926.html It purportedly says “#srilanka remains in a state of denial

EachOther

EachOtherUk

Today is #HumanRightsDay and the first day of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ 70th year. Now that’s something to celebrate! Today is #HumanRightsDay marking the 69th anniversary

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