👉 "We are facing a #transparency deficit." @leoncastjan.bsky.social #armssales #conflict #bizhumanrights english.elpais.com/internationa...

"Spyware manufacturers that participate in the persecution of journalists shouldn’t be able to operate w/ impunity, and US courts must ensure that they are held accountable for their actions where those actions violate US law, as they did here." @knightcolumbia.org knightcolumbia.org/content/appe...

"[T]here is no moral or legal obligation to obey the order, but more importantly: there is a moral – and legal – obligation to disobey it." #gaza #humanitariancity www.justsecurity.org/116459/israe...

@fairsq.bsky.social statement on the U.S. civil society letter sent yesterday to FIFA. A clear expression of discontent with the role FIFA is playing in the United States in advance of next year's men's World Cup. fairsq.org/civil-societ...

"Our global agreements have proven themselves over decades, providing a vision for a better future. Today, we see dramatic steps to weaken them, creating a more dangerous world ... [W]e must answer w/ the strongest possible defence of #internationallaw & #humanrights." www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

When General Assimi Goïta seized power in 2020, there was hope for positive change in #Mali — a country facing relentless jihadist attacks and economic turmoil. Instead, the #junta has only tightened its grip on power. www.dw.com/en/mali-assi...

The Norwegian National Contact Point has concluded that #Aker BP's due diligence in the merger with #LundinEnergy Norway did not meet the #humanrightsduediligence expectations in the #OECDGuidelines. #bizhumanrights www.responsiblebusiness.no/news/the-nor...

"The #lawsofwar provide essential guardrails to protect civilians in #armedconflict. Withdrawing from long-standing legal/humanitarian norms, such as the Mine Ban Treaty, will only increase the likelihood of harming civilians w/o improving countries’ protection." @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

"Authoritarian governments often choose to remain silent and forget about history, while democratic societies choose to preserve the truth and refuse to forget those who have contributed to the ideals of #humanrights and the dreams they embrace." #china #tiananmensquare www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

A joint investigation by @nytimes.com, the @tbij.bsky.social, and Der Spiegel found that Chinese state-led programs to ship #Uyghur workers out of #Xinjiang are much more extensive than previously known. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

👉 "The company was not forthcoming in its motives for seeking the meeting. The White House has no plans to seek removal of #NSO from the #EntityList or to rescind the #spyware executive order." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

👉 "While FIFA praises #SaudiArabia to the rafters and highly-paid western law firms generate vast profits for curating Saudi’s reputation, children in places like Nepal grow up without their fathers and never even learn how they died." @fairsq.bsky.social fairsq.org/saudi-arabia...

BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group. Precedent-setting win against notorious #Pegasus spyware maker. Very consequential for victims to see this. Congratulations to #WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/

👉 "If [major #dataproviders] can get objective and reliable information about the #humanrights situation in Saudi Arabia or Xinjiang in China, they should be able to do the same with regard to the occupied Palestinian territories." @taravanho.bsky.social www.ftm.eu/articles/pen...

"Shareholders have already voiced frustration over [Mondelez's] lack of #transparency... While the snack giant claims it is merely an observer to external risks... its cont'ed presence [in #Russia] supports a high-risk, high-stakes militarized economy." #mondelez www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

✅ "Failure to proactively identify, prevent, mitigate and remedy #humanrights violations not only leaves businesses in violation of international soft law, but vulnerable to potential risk of #legalliability. #HRDD can help shield companies from that #risk." @oxfamamerica.bsky.social

Schumer: I felt I did the right thing. Narrator: He did not.

Our new report, developed with @heartlandorg.bsky.social and PeaceNexus, provides investors with guidance on managing portfolio exposure to conflict-affected and high-risk areas based on engagements with the tech and renewable energy sectors. Join us on 4/30 at 10 AM ET to learn more: bit.ly/42KOLkA

According to new data published by @sipri.org, world #militaryexpenditure reached $2718B in 2024, an increase of 9.4% in real terms from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the cold war. www.sipri.org/media/press-...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

👉 "Three U.S. citizen children from two different families were #deported w/ their mothers by ICE during the early hours of Friday morning. One of them is a 4-year-old w/ Stage 4 cancer who was deported w/o medication or the ability to contact their doctors..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

"This isn’t about a few bad actors. We’re exposing an entrenched system that traps millions in extreme #poverty and thousands in outright #slavery." @coffeewatch.bsky.social #brazil #coffee #forcedlabor www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...

@ihrb.bsky.social's @saliltripathi.bsky.social speaks w/ Kenneth Roth—former ED of @hrw.org. Ken and Salil explore the progress made in #corporateresponsibility and #accountability over recent decades, and discuss what this could mean for the future of #bizhumanrights. www.ihrb.org/latest/are-w...

👉 "If we’re able to convince CBP that our case is watertight … that would be a gamechanger b/c 1000s of ppl have been found in those conditions by Brazilian authorities, and clearly what has been done till now is not solving the problem." @coffeewatch.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

#Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board voiced concerns that the company had announced policy changes "hastily, in a departure from regular procedure, w/ no public information shared as to what, if any, prior #humanrights #duediligence the company performed." #bizhumanrights www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

On April 30th, Heartland, @investforrights.bsky.social & PeaceNexus will host an investor webinar to launch a new guidance document: Navigating Portfolio Exposure to Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Practical Guidance for Investor Engagement with Companies. 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

"NSO’s strategy has been to try to attack the rep of civil society victims, claiming that they were in fact criminals/terrorists & therefore deserved to be hacked. The court’s ruling will make it very difficult for #NSO to launch such attacks." @natynettle.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/whatsapp-nso...

Description of U.S. State Department or SecState Marco Rubio? ✅ Stifles creativity ✅ Lacks accountability ✅ Veers into outright hostility to American interests ✅ Bloated ✅ Radical ideologue ✅ Unclear mandate ✅ Undermining the interests of the United States statedept.substack.com/p/a-new-stat...

This is a vast understatement

[email protected] & @transparencyusa.bsky.social condemn the Trump admin for lifting Global Magnitsky sanctions on sr Hungarian official Antal Rogán. This delisting raises grave concerns that the US is undermining an important corruption accountability tool. humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...

"I know Zelenskyy very well, & I know Putin very well, even better. And I had a good relationship, very good w/ both of them. I would tell Zelenskyy, no more. You got to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if you don't make a deal, we're going to give him a lot...I will have the deal done in 1 day." 👇

"NSO has become a toxic brand that is widely associated not just with #humanrights abuses but also with #nationalsecurity threats to US, UK, France, and other countries." @natynettle.bsky.social @accessnow.org www.wired.com/story/nso-gr...

A new @globalwitness.org investigation indicates that international commodities trader #Traxys has bought conflict #coltan smuggled from #DRC to #Rwanda. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

"Increased risks faced by [migrant] workers recruited into or from #conflict zones demands that employers take increased action to follow the available guidance and implement #humanrights #duediligence." @business-humanrights.org www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/hidd...

CORRECTED: "But many in this formerly booming manufacturing town are clueless about tariffs."

@hrw.org documents some of the serious #civilianharm in the #Sudan #conflict and provides three key recommendations aimed at addressing the country-wide #atrocities. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...

👉 "[T]he State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that [Tufts University student #RumeysaOzturk] engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization, as the government has alleged."

👉 "Countries contemplating leaving the Mine Ban Treaty should reconsider given the devastating, long-term risk posed to civilians and the global support for the ban." -- @marywareham.bsky.social @hrw.org #landmines #humanrights

Look on the bright side…at least they’re not burning books…yet.

👉 "The history of #IR since 1945 is rife w/ attempts at territorial revision. Indeed, the desire to acquire territory was and remains a key driver of #conflict. But even the façade of restraint generated by that norm seems to be waning. And it’s a safe bet we’ll miss it when it’s gone."

Indoctrination is dead....LONG LIVE INDOCTRINATION!

The US government just declared that IDEAS can be illegal.

This is not normal. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Hm - wish someone would have told us that stock markets plummet and have a lot more volatility in the second term of a politician like Trump. Oh, wait, I wrote that last summer w/Roberto Foa in the Harvard Biz Review: hbr.org/2024/10/when...

👉 "International humanitarian law, the #lawsofwar, exists to limit suffering in the darkest of days, when #conflict rages and lives are at risk. Now is the time to strengthen, not weaken, these commitments that all states have signed up to." @icrc.org www.icrcnewsroom.org/story/en/916...

"While industries like apparel and mining have faced significant scrutiny for #supplychain #humanrights abuses, #ICT companies have largely escaped similar accountability." @business-humanrights.org #esg www.esginvestor.net/the-hidden-e...

👉 "There’s nothing sophisticated about the #antipersonnelmines used in today’s #armedconflicts. They are indiscriminate weapons that predominately harm civilians, violate #humanrights, and have long-term societal impact." @marywareham.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

All global trade wars are local.