Simon Adams

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Israeli forces have perpetrated atrocity crimes in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, ​including war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide. Hamas and other Palestinian armed gro...

There is never any justification for deliberately targeting and killing civilians. Not in Israel. Not in Gaza. Not on 7 October. Not today. Collective punishment and indiscriminate attacks are not military strategies, they are crimes under international law. www.globalr2p.org/countries/is...

Russia’s war on #Ukraine has always been a war on civilian cities. It is an illegal and illegitimate war. A war of conquest. Those calling for capitulation on Moscow’s terms are digging the graves of ordinary Ukrainians.

Opinion | If We’re at War, Americans Deserve to Know More About It

A fake war of dubious legality and questionable motivation. A deliberate distraction or a dress rehearsal?
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Mother of Exiles: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” What would Emma Lazarus write about ICE or Alligator Alcatraz if she were alive today?

Don't be fooled by the Orwellian language of the "funding compact". What Pres Trump is actually asking for is a loyalty pledge. This is how authoritarians work - neutralizing universities as sites of independent thought. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Venezuela - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Ongoing systematic state-led repression in Venezuela may amount to crimes against humanity.

Latest report by the UN Human Rights Council's Fact-Finding Mission on #Venezuela warns that security forces continue to commit "acts of extreme cruelty," including arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violence. www.globalr2p.org/countries/ve...

Atrocity Alert No. 452: Haiti, Venezuela and China - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. CIVILIAN ...

The international community must uphold its Responsibility to Protect by ensuring any force deployed to #Haiti has adequate personnel, sustainable funding and strong human rights safeguards. www.globalr2p.org/publications...

Regardless, we will keep fighting for torture survivors, traumatised refugees, and the humanitarian sector.

We must end this detestable commerce in human cruelty. #TortureFreeTradeTreaty

UN: Support Protection, Justice for Rohingya United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

There are more 1 million #Rohingya refugees. They deserve protection, justice and safe voluntary repatriation. But for that to happen, #Myanmar’s military dictatorship must be held accountable for their atrocities. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

1 million people have returned to Syria since fall of Assad, U.N. says Displaced Syrians returning after 13 years of war are hopeful about their country — and wary of looming economic risks and instability.

One Million Syrians have returned home since the fall of Assad. They want to rebuild their country and recover from the trauma of atrocities, being refugees, and a decade of war. @CVT.org stands with them. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Open Letter: Call for UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international refugee, human rights and humanitarian treaties | ICJ The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen i

“Adherence to treaties has saved lives, upheld human dignity, and protected millions of people from persecution, torture and other human rights abuses.” @cvt.org joins the call for all UN Member States to uphold international treaties. www.icj.org/open-letter-...

Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress | CNN Politics The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments, handing the White House a significant victory in its monthslong quest to claw back spending tha...

Bad news as the Supreme Court lets Trump cut foreign aid. Scott Roehm, CVT director of global policy & advocacy, comments to @cnn.com: “The administration is abandoning torture victims to serve a naked political agenda, nothing more.”
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Thanks Sydney for an extremely brief but intensely rewarding visit.

Rendering people to countries or prisons that use torture, including CECOT prison, is illegal. Transfers to torture by the Trump administration violate the principle of non-refoulement. These transfers are done out of cruelty and to instill fear and pain among immigrants in the U.S.

It is also immoral and unconscionably cruel.

The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent Atrocity Crimes - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a ministerial-level meeting titled “The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent At...

#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.

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Freedom of speech? Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air and censored after mild comments on Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Meanwhile a Fox News host openly jokes about bombing and gassing UN headquarters in New York.

One of Sydney’s sadder public memorials: for the thousands of Irish orphan girls taken from workhouses and transported to Australia during An Gorta Mór, the Irish famine. The scheme was overseen by Earl Grey. Another good reason not to drink that abominable brand of tea.☕️🇮🇪

An honour to deliver a keynote on “Poison ideas: Universities and other antidotes to authoritarianism.” Thanks to ABC’s Big Ideas for recording and DASSH for inviting me to Sydney. As Madiba said: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

YouTube video by CNA Wars in Gaza and Ukraine on UNGA agenda amid shift in global power dynamics

“There’s a growing groundswell of support for an end to what’s happening in Gaza, to violations of international humanitarian law, to the deliberate starvation of the Palestinian people,” says @simonadams.bsky.social on global power dynamics as UNGA begins.
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At the UN, steps toward Palestinian statehood - ABC listen At the annual UN general assembly meeting in New York, the leaders of another nine nations have recognised Palestinian statehood.

In a time of conflict, creeping authoritarianism and atrocities in #Gaza and elsewhere, what can be achieved at #UNGA80 ? (My attempt to provide some answers here ⬇️📻) 🇺🇳 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Good to be back in Sydney and interviewed by ABC Radio National about the UN at 80, mass atrocity prevention, diplomacy, international justice and… the recognition of the state of Palestine.🇺🇳🇵🇸

I played a small role helping evacuate @skateistan.bsky.social staff from Afghanistan when the Taliban took power. Amazing to finally meet Fatima and her son in Australia, 4 years later. She was the brave and inspiring teacher featured in the “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone…” documentary.

‘CANCELLED’: Trump Celebrates Jimmy Kimmel Suspension by ABC The network announced that the late-night show would be “pre-empted indefinitely” after the FCC and broadcaster Nexstar objected to comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk’s death.

All authoritarian rulers hate comedians. And whether you like Jimmy Kimmel or not, this is clearly an attempt to stifle, suffocate and censor Late Night TV shows. time.com/7318177/jimm...

There is no such thing as "protected space" for #Myanmar's military dictatorship. They continue to bomb schools in rebel-held areas, kill civilians, and detain and torture their political opponents. This is a criminal and corrupt junta, not a government.

“The international community must replace cautious incrementalism with unconditional adherence to the moral imperatives, political commitments and legal obligations underpinning” the principle of the Responsibility to Protect #Palestine #Israel www.globalr2p.org/publications...

It was a great honor to share a stage with Javier Garcia, CEO of World Central Kitchen and other laureates at the @rooseveltinstitute.org’s 2025 Freedom Awards. WCK, @CVT.org @teenvogue.com and all the award winners show that a better world is possible.

CVT is honored to receive the Freedom from Fear Award from the @rooseveltinstitute.org - we are grateful to be among the esteemed recipients of the Four Freedoms Awards.

Standing in Defiance: CVT and Freedom from Fear Dr. Simon Adams, CVT president & CEO, gave this speech in New York, September 13, 2025, in acceptance of the Freedom from Fear Award presented by the Roosevelt Institute as part of their Four Freedoms...

“Torture is meant to silence. To erase identity. To instill fear so deep that it permeates across generations. But we stand in defiance of that fear,” said @simonadams.bsky.social in his acceptance speech for the Freedom from Fear Award from @rooseveltinstitute.org
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