Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program. That's why he wants to just make the bus free.

Starting today, States are meeting in Kenya to negotiate enviro policies ahead of #UNEA7, incl. a key proposal by the Colombian government on environmental protection in mining. This could open up the path to a new global mining, and bring real change. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

🌿 On my way to a personal trip to discover the deep Amazon jungle this week, I met Cloves — and little did I expect that his story would be a living testimony how social policies can transform lives...

Can’t wait until someone asks about the European Social Charter (1961) and the Revised European Social Charter (1996) are, and how those relate. I’ll grab the popcorn🍿

Good riddance to rubbish policy. The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone. We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.

There are solutions, now, to fund social AND climate priorities. In the last 2 weeks, I saw first-hand in Nairobi how governments negotiating the UN tax convention could collaborate to raise trillions of dollars. And yet in Belém at #COP30 they pretend not having enough money.

There's enough money in the world to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels. This is why governments should support the UN Tax Treaty. At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social#COP30discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.

Groundbreaking #COP30: amidst a pretty disappointing conference, a cheering and clapping room adopted a Just Transition resolution that contains the strongest human rights language at COP, and create a mechanism to follow on just transition. Social justice now has a home at COP.

Movement from 🇨🇦 in #COP30 High-Level Ministerial Round Table on Just Transition!!! 💥 Canada is "open to options that strengthen the contribution of the UNFCCC to the broader just transition discussion, without duplicating existing work and works towards the Paris agreement temperature goal."

Why is making the transition away from fossil fuel just one of the key items at #COP30? How can human rights help move to a carbon-free economy as quickly as possible? My colleague Jim Wormington and I from the Economic Justice team at HRW discuss it in less than a minute here x.com/hrw/status/...

The 2nd round of UN Tax Convention talks starts today in Nairobi, Kenya, potentially unlocking trillions of dollars. Holding these negotiations in Africa itself is a key step towards decolonizing international law. With nearly 100 CSO representatives , the world is watching!

This week world leaders made commitments to fulfil rights at #WSS2. But this won’t happen without money. We’re now looking at Nairobi where the UN Tax Convention #UNTC negotiations are resuming on Monday - it could be the key to deliver on those commitments. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

🚨Human Rights Watch just published a new 101-page Sri Lanka report 'Tax Giveaways, Struggling Schools'. A panel of experts will discuss the findings from 16:00 local time in Colombo (12:30 CET), with an introduction by @fborello.bsky.social. Live-stream⤵️ www.facebook.com/neelantiruch...

Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare. Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

The German government's plan for social security "reform" is bad news for #humanrights. I tried to set out why for @hrw.org here, a couple of weeks back, as we awaited details of these plans: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

I am reading reports that the German coalition has agreed the main parts of its welfare "reform" package. Details still emerging. This shift toward a more punitive logic and harsher sanctions will come at the cost of human rights. I explain more in this recent piece. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Learn more about the UK Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network here. It may be relevant to your work and something for you or your organization to join.

One to watch for the ESCR nerds out there. The first complaint from Germany to the UN CESCR, since the country relatively recently (Apr 2023) accepted the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR. Focused on withdrawal of benefits from some asylum-seekers. ⬇️

🚨🧵 @hrw.org on Trump's #UNGA80 speech: -- He made too many false claims about world affairs to seriously address them. What is serious is Trump’s obvious lack of respect for international organizations that promote human rights, like the UN, which the US played a central role in creating. 1/x

My thoughts: the US Congress shld question why women shld have to shoehorn their claims into a narrow understanding of membership of a particular social group & thereby have less consistent or predictable protection than racial, religious, nationality & political groups. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Submission from @hrw.org to UN CESCR on Germany, covering: - ESC rights protections - international cooperation on taxation - Supply Chains Due Diligence Act - the social security system - low-wage work - the gender pay and pension gaps - the right to cultural artefacts www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

The global rules of finance must serve human rights—not undermine them. 🎥 Watch highlights from our joint side event at #FfD4 youtube.com/watch?v=SoLb... With @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social, @liznelson13.bsky.social, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social & more Thank you @taxjustice.net for the video!

Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...

Here's @pollardtom.bsky.social from @neweconomics.bsky.social busting myths and undoing mischievous "reporting" about social security, disability, illness, and minimum wage... making crucial points that many people on minimum wage also receive Universal Credit, and many who work can & do receive PIP

As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.

📣 TRIBUNE- Alors que les dirigeants mondiaux sont réunis à Séville sous une chaleur écrasante, + de 3️⃣0️⃣ organisations de la société civile dont @350.org appellent à changer le système économique mondial. Finis les petits pas. La 🇫🇷 doit se tenir du côté des peuples luttant pour leur futur. #FFD4 👇

L'avenir de la finance est en train de se décider et cet avenir doit donner la priorité aux droits humains. Human Rights Watch participe à la Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement à Séville, en Espagne. @mattcconnell.bsky.social‬ nous explique les enjeux ⤵

"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" 🍽️. Why is #FFD4 important for human rights - and how can human rights contribute to reshaping global economic rules to make it fairer? Our very own @mcconnell_m makes it very clear just 1️⃣ minute below.

Global tax loopholes enable multinationals to funnel profits into tax havens, draining trillions from government funds and undermining human rights. But guess what? The Trump administration just greased the wheels. See @hrw's reaction: www.hrw.org/news/2025/0... 🌍💸🔍

Tax reform gaining steam at #FF4, powerful internventions of @SurRuiz, @aminatatoureklk, @mariomarcelc... and @JosephEStiglitz hits the nail on the head: "No Nobel Prize needed to see why taxing the rich is crucial for maintaining our global social contract in civil societies."

Public services at #FFD4! A mix of expert and government officials dive into the big question: financing—but for what? The answer is clear: to uphold human rights and close the inequality gap, funds must flow into quality public services like healthcare and education. 💼🏥📚

🇭🇹 In recent months, criminal groups have expanded beyond Haiti’s capital to cities like Petite Rivière in Artibonite. In late April, a 64-year-old street vendor and mother of seven fled her home after an attack. Now, she and her children live in poverty. This is her story:

1/15 🧵 Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage. @hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights. www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...

With the "Big Beautiful Bill," the US government is on a mission to dismantle the remnants of justice, solidarity, and rights of the majority, both at home and abroad. This isn't just policy—it's an ideological attack. Stand up for your rights. #FFD4 www.hrw.org/news/2025/0...

Impressive panel at #FFD4 discussing financial aid in the context of the right to development - arguing, in very practical terms, to rethink public development work to align with obligations of international cooperation, equity, participation, etc.

« 2% of GDP for social security is a floor, not a ceiling », says @GilbertFHoungbo at #FFD4. Great to recall, but it remains a very low floor, when it’ll take 50 years for states to achieve universal coverage, often at a low rate, whereas there is so much wealth in the world.

German Minister of development says: "the super rich should pay their share of taxes" at #FFD4. Almost there, a little more effort and you can support the #UNTaxConvention and make a real difference @BMZ_Bund @AsmundAukrust ! #FFD4People

Inspiring to see human rights invoked at the #FfD4 CSO forum to demand economic justice: rights of marginalised groups to undo systemic discrimation; rights in war to stop massacres; the right to development to decolonise our economies. Rights demand change. #FFD4PEOPLE

Press Release: As civil society gathers at #FfD4People, 11 organisations call for global economic reforms ahead of #FFD4 and for states to meet their #FinancingPublicServices obligations. #OurFutureIsPublic www.hrw.org/news/2025/0...

Powerful #FinancingPublicServices: This week, protests against unfair tax systems rocked Kenya, echoing global movements from Senegal to Togo & recent shifts in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Everlyn Muendo of @TaxJusticeAfric nails it: "Economic justice is now a human rights issue"

History in the making! 🚀 Just before #FFD4Sevilla, where 10,000 minds will unite to forge economic policies, we at @hrw unveil a database of UN statements on taxation. Check out the findings, and look for what it says about your country. 🌍 www.hrw.org/news/2025/0...

UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities. Human dignity must come first. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

"Transitions happen. But they're not always just" Powerful statement from @TasneemEssop from @CANIntl, at a press conference with @GhettiFlore @youngo_unfccc @WGC_Climate @BertDeWel kicking off the #JustTransitionRising campaign. Here are the demands: docs.google.com/document/d/...

Uber spent over $2.6 million on federal lobbying in the US in 2024. Now it's going even bigger, launching a federal PAC to push policies that serve its interests. It joins other platform companies like Lyft & DoorDash, which already set up PACs of their own. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Also, tax cuts for the rich and tax hikes for everyone else are how to slow down the economy. If we wanted to grow the economy, we'd tax the rich and distribute universal basic income.

New World Bank #poverty data updated with 2021 PPPs: - Extreme poverty has gone from $2.15 a day to $3 a day - The higher poverty line from $6.85 to $8.30 - 125 million more extreme poor - 45% of the world is below the upper poverty line #GlobalSocialJustice blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

🚨 Big news from Geneva: the @ilo.org has agreed to develop binding global standards on decent work in the platform economy. This is a major breakthrough—but the real fight is just beginning.🧵 #ILC2025 #GigWorkersRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

🚨 My latest for @hrw.org in the @thenewarab.bsky.social If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take: A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW ⬇️ www.newarab.com/opinion/with...

Oh. Come. On. … Do better. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📢 Economic, #Climate & #GenderJustice Caring for one = caring for all In 50 days 🌍 leaders will set the stage for #EconomicJustice for the next decade at #FfD4 🪧Join our campaign & tell European leaders it's time for an #EraOfJustice! Learn more: eraofjustice.org