Looking forward to speaking about the emerging forms of violence at #CSW70 on the 10th of March 2026. Join us or tune in if you can
05.03.2026 22:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking forward to speaking about the emerging forms of violence at #CSW70 on the 10th of March 2026. Join us or tune in if you can
05.03.2026 22:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking forward to this side event at the #csw70 on wmerging forms of violence against women and girls on the 10th of March 2026. Join us if you can.
05.03.2026 22:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UN experts condemn the unlawful military attacks launched by the #USA and #Israel against #Iran, express serious concern over Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf & broader Middle East and call for de-escalation and accountability.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Afghanistan: UN experts condemn Taliban’s surging use of corporal punishment. It is an offence against human dignity & physical integrity, and could amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and/or torture. It should be halted immediately.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Horrific news from Iraq where feminist activist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), has been assassinated by gunmen outside of her home just days after returning from Canada.
03.03.2026 01:39 — 👍 262 🔁 144 💬 6 📌 4
On 10 March, @odihr.pl & OSCE Secretariat are putting VAW in politics&public life in focus. 🙏 to Malta@UN for partnering!
🗣️ L. Scarpitta, T. Jaliashvili & Y. Netesova (ODIHR), Z. Hilal (IPU), @unsrvaw.bsky.social
Learn more
🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/662392
🧵 4/10
I condemn the unlawful attacks on #iran by the #US and #Israel and the indiscriminate attacks on civilians, including girls.
Unfortunately, the normalised slaughter of children in Gaza paves the way for the killing of children in Iran and elsewhere. No one will bat an eyelid.
#Guatemala: UN experts alarmed by reports linking a senior official to illegal adoption of 80+ Indigenous children, warn that officials facing credible human rights allegations must not be appointed to judicial positions pending
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Flawed ‘#EpsteinFiles’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against #women and #girls: UN experts
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Minneapolis: Fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens at point blank range by federal immigration enforcement personnel could constitute extrajudicial killing and may amount to arbitrary deprivation of life - UN experts demand investigations & accountability.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
2/2 In it, I express concerns about the current content of the Convention as well as the lack of inclusion of civil society organizations in the consultations on the text.
I also seek clarification about the further steps that will be taken by the African Union and the African Commission.
1/2 The letter I sent the @africanunion.bsky.social
with a copy to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights regarding the African Union Convention on Ending violence against #women and #girls is now public 👇
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
UN expert concerned by #UK failure to enforce Supreme Court ruling on sex-based protections
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Letter I joined concerning nconcerning allegations of separation of #children from their families in the context of detentions and deportations of nationals #Venezuela nationals from the #USA.
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
We did not receive a response to the letter.
#Israel: UN experts urge withdrawal of death penalty bill
The letter to which this press release relates is also public and can be found here:
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
This is shocking and shameful. very disappointing of hrw. Particularly at this point in time. Thank you Omar Shakir for your dedication, commitment and hard work over the years, and for remaining principled till the very end.
04.02.2026 09:45 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This powerful article will make you feel nauseous but it is a must read:
I studied the latest #EpsteinFiles . As a #woman, this is what I felt
www.thetimes.com/article/3c43...
While the bill did not pass, the fact that she got as far as she got and that so many MSPs voted for it is an achievement. It is no longer a taboo to advocate for an abolitionist framework.
04.02.2026 09:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I commend Ash Regan MSP on her impressive campaign to pass a human rights centered and evidence based bill to address demand for sexual acts and better protect the women and girls that are victims of #prostitution.
04.02.2026 09:22 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Position Statement on Gender Surgery for Children and Adolescents
'ASPS [American Society of Plastic Surgeons] recommends that surgeons delay gender-related
breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old.'
👏👏👏
It's a start.
www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-...
The communication we sent to Gov of #Bangladesh regarding allegations of grave human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts is now public and can be found here:
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
We have not received a response to the letter.
02.02.2026 21:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0...which may have negative impacts on the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers, including hashtag#women and hashtag#children and those in vulnerable situations.
02.02.2026 21:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It also addresses the repeal of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC...
02.02.2026 21:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Letter I joined regarding the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the hashtag#EU is public.
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
Holding on to bodies of Palestinians was initially used by Israel as a tool in negotiations for the return of fallen Israeli soldiers. Now it has become a method of revenge and inflicting further suffering on their families
Amira Hass reports
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
2/3 ....That the violence we experience—rape, forced marriage, genital mutilation—is somehow less real because you have decided that biology is a Western construct?”
01.02.2026 08:56 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 01/3 “Professor,” she said, her voice cutting through the lecture, “are you seriously suggesting that the concept of ‘woman’ is a colonial imposition? That before colonialism, African women did not know they were female? ...
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