Niemand in Deutschland sollte in extremer Armut leben müssen. Die teilweise oder vollständige Streichung von Sozialleistungen für Menschen in Not ist ein klarer Verstoß gegen #SozialeMenschenrechte. www.forum-menschenrechte.de/ueberpruefun...

The disappearance of #HRDs destroys families, communities & strikes at the heart of human rights struggles to clear the way for plunder & profit. States & businesses should pay close attention to this report, including key points on climate change & a just transition www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Eine lebendige, kritische Zivilgesellschaft pauschal zu verleumden oder gar zu kriminalisieren, ist eine gängige autoritäre Praxis, die die Meinungsfreiheit mit Füßen tritt. Leider erleben wir ähnliche Tendenzen auch in Deutschland. www.n-tv.de/politik/US-R...

FIDH denounces heinous US Sanctions against leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations and calls on states to act in the strongest terms, including the EU, which needs to activate its Blocking Statute. www.fidh.org/en/region/no... @fidh-official.bsky.social

#Cambodia: Documentary screening and panel discussion - On the frontline of Cambodia’s environmental battles - September 4, 7pm at FCCT Bangkok www.fccthai.com/events/533

Unprecedented. The United States might be on track to become the first country to fully walk away from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a regular, important human rights related review. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

📣 Human rights defenders: we want to hear from you! Please respond to the questions at the following link to help inform my final report to the Human Rights Council next March. I am hoping to get an understanding of how you are managing in these very challenging times srdefenders.org/submit-infor...

Now public: I wrote to the Government of the #Philippines about the arrest, detention & continued criminalisation of woman human rights defender Salome “Sally” Crisostomo Ujano. Regrettably, the Government did not respond. srdefenders.org/philippines-...

Ich habe öfter von Journalisten gesagt bekommen: Aber die Menschenrechte, die nach 1945 verabschiedet wurden stammen aus einer anderen Zeit, heute sei eine Mehrheit der Bevölkerung gegen universale Rechte für alle. Aber gab es 1948 (AEMR), 1950 (EMRK) und 1951 (GFK) Mehrheiten für Menschenrechte?

🌐 🔎 This new ICNL guide clarifies how states can comply with the Financial Action Task Force (#FATF) Recommendations while also promoting an enabling a positive environment for #CivilSociety - including concrete examples of good practices and strategies:www.icnl.org/post/tools/p...

I feel this scoop did not get all the attention it deserves yet:

🚨 UN spokesperson condemns US sanctions on #Israel #Palestine expert @franceskalbs.bsky.social “The imposition of sanctions on special rapporteurs is a dangerous precedent…The use of unilateral sanctions against special rapporteurs, or any other UN official or expert, is unacceptable.”

"That Barbie had prospered in South America, while working for various intelligence agencies... cast a spotlight on Western governments' complicity and their willingness to ignore violence to civilians and human rights violations in the face of geopolitical calculations." www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

The United States says that directly engaging with the ICC in efforts to investigate nationals of a non-State Party is a gross infringement of sovereignty justifying unilateral sanctions. Putin must be pleased.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the Taliban, for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Historically, perhaps the most important question deciding the fate of democracy has been: Will mainstream conservatives and centrist elites hold the line against the extreme Right - or give themselves permission to accommodate and support the extremists as a way of consolidating their own power?

#Cambodia: The Clearing - Mother Nature’s young activists risk all to defend the environment - Must-see @mongabay.com video news.mongabay.com/video/2025/0...

📢 The #GlobalTortureIndex is LIVE 🧭 A bold, data-driven tool exposing the risk of torture in 26 countries — from police stations to prisons, protests and beyond. 💬 “A barometer of the rule of law in times of growing authoritarianism,” says OMCT’s Secretary General. 🔗 www.omct.org/en/global-to...

#HRC59, @irene-khan.bsky.social warns: Silencing civil society 🚨 Journalists, activists detained without reason ⛓️ People killed; no one held responsible ⚖️ Websites blocked 📵 End harassment. Reform laws. Protect press freedom & civic space in the Philippines 📢 🔗 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

Urgent support needed for the UN Treaty Bodies 📢 On the occasion of the 37th annual meeting of the chairpersons of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, civil society organisations made a joint call to preserve this ‘essential part of the UN’s human rights ecosystem’. ishr.ch/latest-updat...

Großartig! Die Lageberichte des Auswärtigen Amtes müssen veröffentlicht und dürfen nicht zurückgehalten werden. 👍

As always right on time and fully to the point: Marko Milanovic (who never seems to sleep) on the attack by #Israel on #Iran @ejiltalk.bsky.social And to the cynics out there: Yes, it matters. It is the law. www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...

OHCHR has received $179 million of its $246 million annual regular budget so far for this year, a shortfall of $67 million! 🌍⚖️ If Europe wants to lead by example this is a great opportunity. #HumanRights 🔗 www.reuters.com/business/fin...

As we try to understand the impacts of this year's huge foreign aid cuts, today's article outlines evidence from past episodes of cuts & delays ⤵️ These include dramatic impacts on food consumption, food insecurity & overall welfare, while straining local food & credit markets.

Very timely + relevant blog post by Patrycja Grzebyk on the crime of aggresion review process. It`s less than a month to the Special Session of the ASP and the unique chance for States to minimize double standards in international criminal justice. www.ejiltalk.org/myths-around...

Das #ECCHR fordert die schwarzrote Bundesregierung auf, gegen US-Drohungen und Sanktionen gegen den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (#IStGH) klar Stellung zu beziehen. "Wer das Recht angreift, stellt sich außerhalb des Rechts", so Andreas Schüller.👇 www.ecchr.eu/pressemittei...

#Trump administration sanctions four #ICC judges just for doing their jobs. The new sanctions come as Trump is working to undercut rule of law in the US. ICC member countries should make clear they back the court’s independence and critical global mandate. Victims everywhere deserve justice.

The US has sanctioned four #ICC judges, PTC and AC, connected to the Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrants: Hohler (Slovenia), Alapini-Gansou (Benin), Carmen del Luz (Peru), Bossa (Uganda). Notably, Guilou (France) and Tomoki (Japan) were not sanctioned. sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov

Postponing the final vote on the bill is not a retreat but merely a tactical delay. Protests by civic actors, media and businesses helped secure this temporary relief. The next months will be crucial to safeguard freedom of expression, association and assembly. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

In weiten Teilen der Erde ist zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement eingeschränkt oder kaum noch möglich, zeigt der diesjährige #AtlasDerZivilgesellschaft von unserem Mitglied @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social und Civicus. Nur 3,5 Prozent der Menschheit hat uneingeschränkte Freiheitsrechte. #ShrinkingSpace

85% der Weltbevölkerung leben in Ländern, in denen zivilgesellschaftliche Handlungsspielräume mind. beschränkt sind. Zu dieser Zahl kommt der neue und überaus lesenswerte Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft von @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social. Auch hierzulande lässt sich eine negative Tendenz beobachten.

Er könnte leider gar nicht aktueller sein: Jetzt wird in Berlin der neue “Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft” von Brot für die Welt vorgestellt. Ich habe die Texte des Schwerpunkt-Themas geschrieben: Die Angriffe auf den Rechtsstaat als Treiber der Autoritarisierung. Seit wir im November das Thema…- 1/3

"Geht Migrationswende nur mit dem Mut zum Rechtsbruch?" fragt der Moderator des DLF hier Daniel Thym. Was eine Frage, was ein Framing. Daniel Thym mit klarer Antwort: Nein. www.deutschlandfunk.de/nach-entsche...

Den Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft gibt's natürlich auch zum Download! 💻www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de

Der neue Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft ist endlich raus! Setzen wir uns gemeinsam ein für eine funktionierende und lebendige Zivilgesellschaft! ✊ #AtlasDerZivilgesellschaft#Atlas#Atlas #Freiheitsrechte #Demokratie

Zu dieser Besetzung in einem CDU-geführten AA kann man nur viel Glück wünschen. Eine starke menschenrechtliche Stimme braucht es in den nächsten Jahren auf jeden Fall nötiger denn je... www.domradio.de/artikel/lars...

This is the US State Department calling for regime change in Europe.

Vertreter der Regierungskoalition wollen jetzt ganz offen das europäische Menschenrechtssystem in seiner Unabhängigkeit angreifen, nachdem sich der Europarat gegen die Angriffe gewehrt hatte. Ich habe zum EGMR geforscht und das ist nicht der erste Angriff. www.deutschlandfunk.de/unionspoliti...

very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students

Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi, wants your input for his upcoming report on the externalization of migration and the impact on the #HumanRights of migrants. Deadline for contributions: 6 June 2025 www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

#Hungary making definitive moves to withdraw from the #ICC, passing a bill to begin the formal withdrawal. All because Orban wants Netanyahu to get away with atrocity crimes. #intLaw www.jurist.org/news/2025/05...

What Kenneth Roth and others reduce to "identity politics" is always an effort by a particular oppressed group to be afforded the rights, privileges and protections enjoyed by a society's dominant groups. It's the very promise of liberalism, no more, no less.

Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Development Surya Deva wants your input for his upcoming visit to #Germany, scheduled to take place from 10 to 19 November 2025. Deadline for contributions: 31 August www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

#Philippines: Hearing disturbing news of state agents intimidating & surveilling civil society during a peaceful protest in support of HRDs from development NGO #CERNET, whose trial for 'terrorism financing' is ongoing. Authorities must end such intimidation. I'll continue to monitor the case.

My @usnews.com op-ed on the UN funding crisis: "How to Save the UN from #Trump; Washington is withholding billions of dollars it owes the UN -- Europe must step in & lead." @hrw.org: The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more. 👉 www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

The UN is going to shrink. What does that mean for peacemaking, life-saving aid and protecting international law? www.crisisgroup.org/global-unite...

It’s frankly crazy that a country can do this

Mein erster Eindruck vom AfD-Gutachten des BfV: Einige Schlussfolgerungen kann ich nachvollziehen, es fehlen aber auch Elemente, die zumindest für die Frage entscheidend sein werden, ob die AfD nicht "nur" rechtsextremistisch, sondern auch verfassungswidrig ist (und verboten werden könnte). 🧵 1/12

In Europe, autocratic governments and far-right political forces have been targeting civil society groups and their donors for years. That strategy has seeped into EU politics. www.politico.eu/article/euro...