Philippe Dam

DR Congo Accord Offers Promises, but Little More The Regional Economic Integration Framework to be signed today by Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the White House in Washington, DC, is bein...

The Washington deal fails to address impunity for abuses & #Rwanda and DRC's continue support to abusive groups in eastern #DRCongo.

#EU should be vocal and make clear calls for justice - essential for sustainable peace.

@hrw.org's take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Eastern DRC: Statement by the Spokesperson on the signature of Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity The European Union welcomes the signing of the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity, including the Regional Economic Integration Framework, by President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and President of t...

#EU's statement on #DRCongo / #Rwanda accord misses key words that should be at core of its foreign policy: justice, accountability.

So much deference to #Trump that it's becoming difficult for #EU to insist on the rights of victims, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social?

www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eastern...

Human Rights Watch appeals to Christodoulides ahead of EU council presidency Human Rights Watch has urged President Nikos Christodoulides to use Cyprus’ forthcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union to reinforce the bloc’s commitment to human rights and the rule ...

Great to see the @cyprus-mail.com coverage of our letter to president Christodoulides, calling on #Cyprus authorities to give full priority to #ruleoflaw & #humanrights both in EU states and foreign policy during upcoming EU Presidency.

cyprus-mail.com/2025/12/03/h...

RSF's attacks on Zam Zam IDP camps should be investigated as war crimes The relentless assault caused around 400,000 people to flee the camp between 13 and 14 April alone.

A new @amnesty.org report documents how Rapid Support Forces attacked Zamzam camp in Darfur, Sudan in April.

RSF killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged & destroyed civilian structures including a mosque, school & clinic.

These violations must be investigated as war crimes.
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France : Macron devrait évoquer la répression lors de sa visite en Chine Le président français Emmanuel Macron devrait insister en privé et en public sur l'importance des droits humains dans les relations franco-chinoises lors de sa visite en Chine du 3 au 5 décembre 2025.

Que l'on parle commerce, #Ukraine, sécurité, les violations des droits humains en #Chine affectent profondément les intérêts UE.

@elysee-france.bsky.social: Il faut cesser de justifier le silence de la #France, mais presser Xi à respecter droits humains.

www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025... @hrw-fr.hrw.org

Our letter to #Cyprus gov't ahead of EU Presidency:

⚖️ Press for respect for #RuleOfLaw in EU
🇭🇺 Address #Hungary's RoL decline under #Article7
🌐Uphold human rights in EU's foreign policy

Critical times require principled leadership.

Full letter 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

France: Macron Should Address Repression in China Visit French President Emmanuel Macron should privately and publicly stress the importance of human rights in Sino-French relations during his visit to China on December 3-5, 2025.

Whether you talk trade, supply chain, #Ukraine, security, truth is: #China's #HumanRights violations deeply affect Europe's interests.

E. Macron stop justifying #France's silence, make clear Xi should reverse course to ensure better relations.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12... @elysee-france.bsky.social

EU Right-Wing Lawmakers Target Civil Society Nongovernmental groups have sounded the alarm as the European Parliament’s new “Scrutiny Working Group” on funding for nongovernmental groups held its first meeting on November 26. The inquiry is pain...

A right-wing parliamentary body has started hearings on NGO activities under the guise of transparency for EU funds. Amidst widespread assault on civil society groups, EU lawmakers should support their essential work, not fuel smear campaigns and conspiracy theories www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Tunisia: Quash unjust heavy convictions in ‘conspiracy case’ In response to the Tunis Court of Appeal upholding the convictions and prison sentences against 34 defendants to sentences from five to forty-five years in the politically motivated ‘conspiracy case’ ...

Last week, appeal court upheld most unjust heavy prison sentences in fabricated 'conspiracy' case - demonstrating how deeply #Tunisia 's justice system has become tool for silencing criticism.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

#Tunisia.ns protesting authoritarianism show more courage than EU Delg in Tunis.

Is EU's utter silence on #Tunisia's repressive turn its way to implement @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's deal? It's a blow to principles; it's also poor policy

www.france24.com/en/live-news... @anouarelanouni.bsky.social

Totally sharing @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social's view that #Putin & others responsible for #Russia's crimes in #Ukraine should not evade justice.

But would have been important to show clear support for Int'l Crim Court. Missed opportunity on day-1 of ICC's assembly.

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

International Criminal Court: Justice at Risk Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack.

#EU states have key responsibility to show full support to Int'l Criminal Court as attacks by #Russia & #USA undermine its work.

🗣️ Speak up against US sanctions
🛡️ Use blocking statute & other measures to protect ICC, its officials & civil society

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Yes - it means what it means. But EP should remain vigilant. She is facing pressure from courts.

Absolutely shameful vote by most @eppgroup.bsky.social which apparently agrees that the only thing EU can do when #UnitedArabEmirates fueling conflict & violence in #Sudan with arms is to pay the humanitarian bill.

Lack of principles & bad politics.

www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...

"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities."

- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️

Amazing news from #Tunisia: lawyer & commentator Sonia Dahmani released from arbitrary detention; at same time as Euro-Parliament adopted critical resolution on her case

Public diplomacy works. A lesson for @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Silence is never an option

www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

EU rethinks UAE trade deal over alleged arms sales to Sudan – DW – 11/26/2025 Members of the European Parliament demand that the EU end talks with the UAE over a trade deal. The UAE is suspected of sending arms to a Sudanese paramilitary accused of war crimes, which the Emirati...

MEP @maritmaij.bsky.social called out @eudiplomacy.bsky.social failure to address #UnitedArabEmirates' role in #Sudan & urged EU Commission to halt trade talks as long as weapons keep flowing.

#EU 's silence on #UAE's role is feeding impunity. Time to speak up & act.

www.dw.com/en/eu-uae-tr...

2 weeks ago @ec.europa.eu launched vague Civil Society Strategy.

But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society.

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears.

euobserver.com/eu-political...

Draft EP resolution on #Sudan lacks key elements to make it relevant. MEPs should back amendments that:

⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo
⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians

www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social

COP30 Fails to Confront Drivers of Climate Crisis In Belem, Brazil, as United Nations climate summit (COP30) convened, I marched alongside thousands of activists and Indigenous peoples calling on governments to urgently address climate change and pro...

Despite clear—and powerful—calls from civil society for the #COP30 summit to take bolder steps on climate change and to uphold human rights, the summit failed to make any real progress on the two issues key to stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations: fossil fuels + deforestation.

Relieved to see aid workers on trial yesterday in #Tunisia can go free. But only because they already spent their sentence in jail.

Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.

www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...

‘Enough repression’: Thousands of Tunisians protest against Kais Saied Protesters in Tunis denounce an escalating crackdown on dissent and demand the release of jailed dissidents.

In the midst of #Tunisia's jump backwards to authoritarian practices, thousands of people took the street calling for an end of repression & injustice.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Appeasing Kais Saied at all cost is not only unprincipled - it's also bad policy.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Tunisia: Abusive Prosecutions of Refugee Group Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial on November 24, 2025, amid a broader crackdown on civil society groups in Tunisia.

Among many politically-driven trials in #Tunisia is the one faced by 5 staff of Tunisian Council for Refugees, a key partner of the UN Refugee Agency .

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it.

Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions.

Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[🇦🇪?]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians

Sudan: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union The European Union issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms the grave and ongoing atrocities perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, including following the seizure of the ...

Key points of @kajakallas.bsky.social statement on #Sudan:

✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[but no mention of UAE]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians

So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur.

+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Accountability for #Russia's crimes , support and compliance with #ICC & fate of civilians in #Russia-occupied areas should core in EU's response to brutal conflict in #Ukraine.

www.hrw.org/tag/russia-u... @kajakallas.bsky.social

Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...

Even after RSF's mass atrocities in #Darfur, #EU's response to years of conflict in #Sudan remains weak & inconsistent.

Urgent to

✍️ Sanction top RSF commander
⛑️ Lead initiatives to protect civilians
🇦🇪 Address role of #UnitedArabEmirates

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social