Therese Rytter

Dignity: Danmark har pligt til at forhindre folkedrab i Gaza - Altinget Danmark er ifølge FN’s Folkedrabskonvention juridisk forpligtet til at forhindre folkedrab, så snart vi bliver opmærksomme på, at der er alvorlig risiko – en risiko, der for længst er dokumenteret i G...

Danmark har ifølge FN’s Folkedrabskonvention en pligt til at handle, når der er risikofor folkedrab. Det punkt er for længst nået i Gaza.

#dkpol

Læs indlægget af @thereserytter.bsky.social & @rasmusgrue.bsky.social i @altingetdk.bsky.social

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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

Must-read NYT op-ed by renowned genocide scholar: “My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. […] I’ve been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Joint Statement on the EU-Israel Association Agreement Review The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations and trade unions urge the EU to ensure that the ongoing review of Israel’s compliance with article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ...

🇪🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 @dignitydk.bsky.social joins > 100 orgs calling on @ec.europa.eu & Member States to ensure a credible review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. With the overwhelming evidence of Israel’s atrocity crimes, the outcome can only be to suspend the agreement!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Der pågår en ophedet debat om, hvordan Danmark kan udfordre EMRK's praksis om udvisning af kriminelle udlændinge. I den forbindelse diskuteres muligheden for, at Danmark udtræder af konventionen med det formål at genindtræde med forbehold. En lang 🧵om den debat:

Q&A: This is what we know about torture against Palestinians from Gaza inside Israeli prisons Maha Aon, senior health advisor at DIGNITY, has reviewed 100 survivor testimonies featured in the new report Torture and Genocide by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and highlights consi...

Systematic torture. DIGNITY’s @mahaaon.bsky.social reviewed 100 testimonies of Palestinians from Gaza held in Israeli prisons.

They reveal a consistent pattern of torture: beatings, denial of care, overcrowding, and degrading treatment.

📄 New PCHR report launch today: dignity.dk/en/news/qa-t...

For the past year, we’ve been supporting the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights to collect testimonies of Gazans released from Israeli detention. It’s a step towards systematically documenting the torture. Join us on 13/05 & spread the word. Register: lnkd.in/dgrUQ6g3
@dignitydk.bsky.social

Mens USA, Italien og Ungarn angriber ICC, bør Danmark og resten af EU stå fast og styrke støtten til domstolens arbejde med at stille krigsforbrydere til ansvar, skriver @rasmusgrue.bsky.social og @thereserytter.bsky.social i @berlingske.bsky.social.

www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a visit to Türkiye - CPT - www.coe.int 14/04/2025

In the wake of nationwide protests in #Türkiye 🇹🇷 after the arrest & detention of Istanbul mayor Imamoğlu, @coe.int Committee for Prevention of Torture #CPT conducted a rapid reaction visit on 7-11 April, examining the treatment & safeguards of persons held by the #police. www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-...

Open-source researchers: whether you’re actively searching for evidence re: conflict-related sexual violence or not, you may find it. We've just launched the pilot Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/ IICI to help www.muradcode.com/open-source-... @berkeleylaw.bsky.social

Attacks on the International Criminal Court (#ICC) undermine justice for victims of human rights violations globally.

DIGNITY joins civil society call on the EU to defend the ICC and the international rule of law amid serious attacks on the ICC’s mandate & mission.

👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Aftalen om DK fængselspladser i Kosovo er blevet underskrevet.

@thereserytter.bsky.social har talt med @foljeton.dk, om nogle af de menneskeretlige bekymringer, som samarbejdet giver.

www.foljeton.dk/post/et-dans...

#dkmedier #dkpol

First-ever Police Interview Summit addressing the need to replace coercive, manipulative and confession-based interrogation with investigative and rapport-based interviewing as a means to ensure fair trials and prevention of torture and ill-treatment. It was a pleasure to present on these issues 🙏

The new US administration must recommit to human rights at home and abroad: UN experts GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about the new US administration’s recent actions that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms at both domestic and international leve...

🚨 Dozens of UN human rights experts express alarm at the United States’ escalating attacks on the international architecture of human rights, the rule of law, multilateralism, the principles of sovereign equality and self-determination & vital international agreements. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Women in Corrections Conference 2025

Huge thanks to ICPA & Thailand Institute of Justice for hosting the first global #WICC2025. What a privilege to listen to global leaders in criminal justice & present the findings and standards on women in detention of @coe.int Cmttee on Prevention of Torture 🙏

Lithuania’s referral of the human rights situation in #Belarus to the #ICC is a critical step to secure justice and accountability. A 🧵

📖 Read our briefing to know more:
iapbelarus.org/presentation...

📣 Exciting #job: Legal Advisor
Would you like to contribute to pursuing #justice and #accountability for torture and other intl crimes in #Belarus, #Palestine and #Ukraine?

👉 dignity.dk/en/job-openi...
📅 Deadline: 19 March 2025
🌏 Duty station: Copenhagen

United States: UN experts condemn sanctions against the ICC GENEVA – UN experts* expressed grave concern today after the U.S. President signed an Executive Action authorising sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its personnel and individuals or entit...

“With this order, the US has empowered war criminals by seeking to punish the ICC, denying justice and reparation to thousands of victims around the world, including women and children."

UN experts condemn sanctions against the #ICC: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The IAPB has submitted evidence and legal analyses to the ICC Prosecutor to inform its preliminary examination into whether it has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes against humanity committed by Belarusian senior officials since 2020.

Read more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...

Psychologists in the West Bank: The occupation is a chronic source of psychological trauma Four Palestinian psychologists share their experiences working in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, navigating checkpoints and settler violence.

Previously, we looked forward to harvesting olives, an essential tradition for Palestinians. Today, it is a burden, as we fear attacks from settlers or soldiers. In his practice, Dr. Khader sees the consequences of the violence in the occupied West Bank. #dkaid

dignity.dk/en/news/psyc...

NEW REPORT from DIGNITY's partner The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), provides insights into the post-imprisonment challenges that former political prisoners experience in Burma.

aappb.org?p=31062

There is an urgent need to combat impunity for serious int'l crimes in Belarus.

The OSCE Moscow Mechanism & UN experts have called on the international community to support initiatives, such as the IAPB, documenting human rights violations in #Belarus

🟠Learn more www.osce.org/files/f/docu...

Egypt: UN Universal Periodic Review Must Highlight Systematic Human Rights Violations in Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Unfair Trials The undersigned organizations express deep concern over the systematic and widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling de...

We express deep concern over the systematic & widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling detention conditions in #Egypt #UPR @redress.org ⤵️

dignity.dk/en/news/egyp...

After our 2 weeks’ fact-finding visit to #Georgia 🇬🇪 in Nov 2024, @coe.int Committee against Torture (CPT) returns to Tbilisi to examine how persons detained during the #GeorgiaProtests were treated by the #police & how investigations into reports of police ill-treatment are advancing. bit.ly/4hMi9wL

As the need to combat impunity for serious international crimes in #Belarus remains as pressing as ever, the IAPB calls on #ICC State Parties to support Lithuania’s referral of the situation in #Belarus to the @intlcrimcourt.bsky.social

✉️Read our open letter: iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark - CPT - www.coe.int 15/01/2025

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) holds high-levels talks with govt of Denmark re long-standing concerns reg #prisons: overcrowding, regimes for remand and high-security prisoners, poor healthcare, belt fixation and externalization.
www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-...

1) Overview
Years before Assad’s regime fell, human rights groups (e.g., Amnesty International, Syrian Network for Human Rights exposed 72 torture methods across 50+ detention centers.
After the regime’s collapse in Dec 2024, new images & testimonies confirm a systematic pattern of brutality.

NEW COMMENTARY | @crisisgroup.org’s 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2025

In collaboration w/ @foreignpolicy.com

📌 Read more:
www.crisisgroup.org/global/10-co...

Hot off the press: our latest article about how prison overcrowding threatens the rights and health of people in prison. @dignity-int.bsky.social

YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières #Gaza life in a deathtrap

#Gaza: “The recent military offensive in the north is a stark illustration of the brutal war the Israeli forces are waging on Gaza, and we are seeing clear signs of ethnic cleansing...”

Israel has been destroying the conditions of life in Gaza over the past 14 months.

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NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.

A calculated policy.

An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...