#Rapporteur

Tim Concannon

TimCWrites

John Major reacts to news of the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9. 25 years ago today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrtgV9RlIrc Why was Saro-Wiwa killed? He'd protested oil companies pollution of his

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

Last year I wrote an open letter to Steven Pinker, questioning his triumphalist narrative about global poverty reduction. I never received an answer. But I've worked on this issue a

Adil Haque

AdHaque110

https://twitter.com/arnoldpronto/status/1276609854128488448 I'm only half-joking. The U.S. and U.K. have signaled their opposition to the whole idea of general principles of law formed within the international legal system. Good for the

Hillel Neuer

HillelNeuer

BREAKING: China was Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council vetting process that picked Amnesty International's former chief Irene Khan to be the next world monitor on free speech—to

Nacho Sánchez Amor

NachoSAmor

Acting as @Europarl_EN Rapporteur for #Turkey, I have presented my report on today in @EP_ForeignAff It has not been an easy task. And it is a critical text. But

Hugo Clément

hugoclement

Avant-hier, un youtubeur aux 700k d'abonnés, Johan Papz, publie une vidéo qu'il présente comme un reportage sur son compte Instagram. Il indique vouloir relayer un "message" pour aider des agriculteurs

La Fleur Productions

LaFleurDelSur

Short THREAD on a big topic:Are we all being subjected to forms of MASS #Torture?Two examples of current events that could be said to amount to mass psychological torture:- #PoliceViolence

Matthew Kavanagh

MMKavanagh

insightful @TomBollyky @ChadBown collective action probs won’t be solved by charity. BUT: story of AIDS drugs is not chastened pharma and charity actions. Govts + activists used state power, forced

Rupture Corruption #DisclosureOnTargeting

NHScorrupt

#Thread To my surprise I learnt whilst seeing a tweet by @libertyhq about the facial recognition case that I had been blocked previously by @DrEdBridges for stating fact that facial

Adil Haque

AdHaque110

1. For my final JUS COGENS THREAD of 2020, I shall reveal the correct answer to the question below.https://twitter.com/AdHaque110/status/1342809807246548993 Note: I typically keep my jus cogens threads light. This one

STRUAN STEVENSON

STRUANSTEVENSON

THREAD 1) History repeated itself Holocaust in #Iran #1988Massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in a matter of few months. 32 years later, the perpetrators have not

Sinéad Mercier

sineadmercier

Days after UK Supreme Court rules Shell can be taken to court for human rights abuses in Nigeria - Shell takes Nigeria to ISDS. We may never know on what

Prostasia Foundation

ProstasiaInc

It is being breathlessly reported that the European e-Privacy Directive that takes effect next month will prohibit tech companies from scanning content for child abuse images. But this is not

The Red Box Project

RedBoxProject

A THREADWe’ve been challenged often since we began #RedBoxProject as to whether #PeriodPoverty is ‘real’We’ve seen many more comments since @DavidLammy supported #FreePeriods legal campaign for free menstrual products in

Erin Gratton

ErinEGratton

Sick of watching the media sensationalize mental illness, all the while people actually living with disability aren't given adequate supports to survive? Yeah, me too. That's why Bill C-7 needs

your infernal jøker

GhostsSeeHumans

Yeah .... except when we interrogate the numbers to this graph. Consider Philip Alston’s recent report, conducted as the U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights []. In

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