Heather Barr
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Women's rights associate director, Human Rights Watch. Alaskan in Cape Town. Queen of typos.
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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...
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Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime
All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.
https://www.justsecurity.org/116780/gender-apartheid-should-be-an-international-crime/
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thomas ruttig
about 1 month ago
"But former staffers, many of whom are independently continuing the instituteâs international work, said they planned to protest what they called the theft of the building on Thursday, during the signing ceremony that will be hosted by Mr. Trump."
#USIP
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(over there...)
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Ted Underwood
about 2 months ago
Saw The Running Man tonight. Itâs based on a 1982 book that envisions reality TV producers taking over the US and sending their masked goons to terrorize American citiesâwhich probably sounded implausible at the time.
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When do we do something about the billionaire death cult.
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CFOJA
about 2 months ago
Women in Argentina Face Rising Violence
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Women in Argentina Face Rising Violence
Argentina is experiencing increasing gender-based violence. But newly elected legislators taking office on December 10 have an opportunity to strengthen protections and violence prevention measures.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/01/women-in-argentina-face-rising-violence
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Gothamist
about 2 months ago
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses
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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
Baristas at a Starbucks on Broadway where workers went on strike in February. The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars. [ more âș ]
https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses
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Rebecca Colesworthy
about 2 months ago
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
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The justice minister announced plans to remove femicide from the Penal Code. The security minister attributed the rise in femicides to so-called âexcesses of feminism.â President Milei argued femicide laws unfairly assign greater value to a womanâs life.
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about 2 months ago
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Hypervisible
about 2 months ago
Theft on top of theft.
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Kartik Raj
about 2 months ago
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.
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Lou Charbonneau
about 2 months ago
đš New from
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: UN leadership & member states should preserve the UN's long underfunded human rights pillar Independent mechanisms responding to grave crises need to be saved. Cutting or merging them won't solve the UN's funding crisis caused by US,
#China
& others not paying their dues.
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UN Should Protect its Long Underfunded Human Rights Pillar
The United Nations leadership has launched a major reform plan to make the cash-strapped world body more efficient and cost-effective. Unfortunately, it has offered little on how this will impact the ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/26/un-should-protect-its-long-underfunded-human-rights-pillar
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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
about 2 months ago
đŁïž
#WPSWednesday
: â80 years, 9 male UN secretaries-general. Itâs time for a woman to lead. Gender equality isnât optionalâespecially in a world facing rising conflict & human rights crises.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social
@hrw.org
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Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN
In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/24/seventy-nine-years-without-a-woman-leader-at-the-un
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Joerg Lau
about 2 months ago
âQuiet, Piggy!â Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences. Itâs quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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Human Rights Watch en français
about 2 months ago
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes. Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social
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Soixante-dix-neuf ans sans femme Ă la tĂȘte de l'ONU
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que les Nations Unies ont choisi leur tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis lors, les huit autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/11/25/soixante-dix-neuf-ans-sans-femme-a-la-tete-de-lonu
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In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely itâs long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-menâs club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN
In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/24/seventy-nine-years-without-a-woman-leader-at-the-un
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In Feb 26, it will be 80 years since the UN selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight others have had that job, all men. Surely itâs long past time a woman held the post. In these perilous times we cannot afford an all-menâs club at the top of the UN.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Seventy-Nine Years Without a Woman Leader at the UN
In February 2026, it will be 80 years since the United Nations selected its first secretary-general, a man. Since then, eight other people have had that job, all men.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/24/seventy-nine-years-without-a-woman-leader-at-the-un
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âThere are other names you might not be seeing at all: Courtney Wild, Rachel Benavidez, Michelle Licata, Maria Farmer, Annie Farmer, Liz Stein, Jess Michaels, Marina Lacerda, Danielle Bensky, Anouska De Georgiou, Shawna Rivera.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/epstein-files-victims.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Activists protested, setting burqas on fire: âWe burn this not out of hatred, but for freedom. There is no power stronger than a womanâs will for free life.â âA womanâs body is not a site for [playing] politics.â âYour silence helps the Taliban.â
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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Talibanâs Mandatory Burqa in Herat Assaults Womenâs Autonomy
The Taliban in Afghanistanâs western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers from entering hospitals without wearing a burqa.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/19/talibans-mandatory-burqa-in-herat-assaults-womens-autonomy
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With conflict globally reaching a level not seen since the post-WWII era, better responses to the impact of conflict on womenâs rights are urgently important. Conflicts and crises harm women and girls in ways far beyond sexual violence.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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What Escalating Conflict Means for Women and Girls
Conflicts and crises cause harm based on gender. Because women and girls across the globe experience legal, economic, and cultural discrimination, they also experience the impacts of conflict in disti...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/19/what-escalating-conflict-means-for-women-and-girls
about 2 months ago
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Broadcasting Scotland
2 months ago
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To see the team rebuilt and competing again gives hope for future generations of Afghan women and girls that they too can reclaim their rights, not only in sports but in all aspects of their lives.
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Afghan Womenâs Return to Football a Human Rights Victory
Their return to compete after the Taliban banned all sports for women and girls is a true victory for human rights.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/31/afghan-womens-return-to-football-a-human-rights-victory
3 months ago
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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls
3 months ago
We are deeply concerned by a Stateâs use of the word âwitchâ to attack a UN expert in her report to the
#UNGA80
3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine womenâs equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.
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âWe share the view of many civil society organizations and experts that gender apartheid is an urgently needed addition to the legal cannon.â
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UN: Momentum Builds for Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious and forward-looking diplomacy.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/27/un-momentum-builds-for-crimes-against-humanity-treaty
3 months ago
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Human Rights Watch
3 months ago
Please join the womenâs rights division at @hrw in remembering and celebrating the life of our colleague Agnes Odhiambo, an expert researcher and advocate on womenâs rights in Africa. đïž November 5 @ 9AM EST / 4PM SAST đRegistation link:
https://bit.ly/4qkQjg5
đ Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4qwQd59
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Andy Kostrub
3 months ago
Updating my LEGO White House
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Imani Gandy
3 months ago
Spent all day reading briefs in Louisiana v. Callais and watching white people argue that the 14th amendment is a race-neutral colorblind amendment and citing Plessy for that proposition has me so angry. Just.. come the fuck on. The Reconstruction Amendments were not intended to be race-neutral.
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Frank A. Stengel
3 months ago
Wow, I didn't think he was *literally* tearing down the White House.
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Zama Neff
3 months ago
"Misogyny is a favorite tool of authoritarians."
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Human Rights Watch en français
3 months ago
đâïžCette semaine, se tient Ă Paris une confĂ©rence sur la diplomatie fĂ©ministe. âRemise en cause des droits reproductifs âApartheid de genre en Afghanistan âDĂ©bats sur le droit de vote des femmes âĄïžLes sujets Ă aborder ne manqueront pas đ
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Diplomatie féministe dans un contexte de recul mondial
Lorsque les gouvernements se réuniront à Paris cette semaine pour une conférence sur la diplomatie féministe, les sujets à aborder ne manqueront pas.
https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/10/20/diplomatie-feministe-dans-un-contexte-de-recul-mondial
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When govts convene this week in Paris to discuss feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about. The French govtâs description of the event says progress toward gender equality âis not being made fast enough.â That is an epic understatement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Feminist Foreign Policy During a Global Backlash
When governments convene this week in Paris for a conference on feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/20/feminist-foreign-policy-during-a-global-backlash
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3 months ago
#NoKings
event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
3 months ago
đŁïž
#WPSWednesday
: No women, no peace. 25 years of UN Resolution #1325 remind us: inclusion isnât charityâitâs strategy. Women at the table = stronger peace agreements.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social
@hrw.org
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No Women, No Peace
This month sees the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Adopted in October 2000, Resolution 1325 established that women should be ful...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/no-women-no-peace
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"If you ban women from being treated by male health care professionals, and then you ban women from training to become health care professionals, the consequences are clear: Women will not have access to health care and will die as a result."
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Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban tactics on rescuing women
The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/10/14/g-s1-92863/afghanistan-taliban-earthquake-women-girls-rescue
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âAfter our interview the frogs were joined by a couple of unicorns, a polar bear, and axolotl, a raccoon, and several more characters.â
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Oct 31 is the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, & Security. Resolution 1325 has never been more important than today, as we face a global backlash against womenâs rights & escalating wars & crises around the globe.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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No women, no peace
This month sees the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Adopted in October 2000, Resolution 1325 established that women should be ful...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/no-women-no-peace
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Kartik Raj
3 months ago
The German government's plan for social security "reform" is bad news for
#humanrights
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here, a couple of weeks back, as we awaited details of these plans:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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Imani Gandy
3 months ago
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tiredâactually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage." I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
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White Peopleâs Performative Ignorance Is ExhaustingâOpinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isnât a cutesy personality trait. Itâs a confession: You havenât been paying attention.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/08/white-peoples-performative-ignorance-is-exhausting-opinion/
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Oct 31 is the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, & Security. Resolution 1325 has never been more important than today, as we face a global backlash against womenâs rights & escalating wars & crises around the globe.
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No women, no peace
This month sees the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Adopted in October 2000, Resolution 1325 established that women should be ful...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/no-women-no-peace
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Olivia Messer
3 months ago
I kind of canât believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet
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âMore astonishing still was the Talibanâs open celebration of the mission of a foreign woman ostensibly tasked with defending Afghan women against ongoing abuses, honoring her in a public gathering and wishing her further success.â
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Otunbayeva and a Mission That Ended in Disrepute
Roza Otunbayeva, who for three years headed the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), recently completed her tenure and
https://8am.media/eng/otunbayeva-and-a-mission-that-ended-in-disrepute/
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âMore astonishing still was the Talibanâs open celebration of the mission of a foreign woman ostensibly tasked with defending Afghan women against ongoing abuses, honoring her in a public gathering and wishing her further success.â
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Otunbayeva and a Mission That Ended in Disrepute
Roza Otunbayeva, who for three years headed the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), recently completed her tenure and
https://8am.media/eng/otunbayeva-and-a-mission-that-ended-in-disrepute/
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âThe Taliban claim the ban is to âprevent immorality.â In Afghanistan, authorities have long used âmoralityâ as a tool of oppression applied predominantly to women and girls.â
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Talibanâs Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls
Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistanâs northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/30/talibans-internet-ban-further-silences-afghan-women-girls
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âThe Taliban claim the ban is to âprevent immorality.â In Afghanistan, authorities have long used âmoralityâ as a tool of oppression applied predominantly to women and girls.â
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Talibanâs Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls
Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistanâs northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/30/talibans-internet-ban-further-silences-afghan-women-girls
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Kartik Raj
4 months ago
Germanyâs government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created âCitizenâs Incomeâ with a more punitive âNew Income for Jobseekersâ. These plans will increase poverty. Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.
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September 17 marks four years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. It is a devastating anniversary that should make everyone angry â furious even.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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Taliban Deny Afghan Girlsâ Their Education and Future
September 17 marks four years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. It is a devastating anniversary that should make everyone angry â furious even.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/17/taliban-deny-afghan-girls-their-education-and-future
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Marisa Kabas
4 months ago
every birthday message to epstein is like "dear jeff, you're so rich and so handsome but probably the thing about you i love most is that you're a prolific child predator. never change <3"
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The situation in Afghanistan is the most serious womenâs rights crisis in the world. An inadequate international response poses grave dangers to the rights of women and girls everywhere.
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Gender Apartheid as an International Crime - Afghanistan
News and Press Release in English on Afghanistan about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 2 Sep 2025 by HRW
https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/gender-apartheid-international-crime
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Almaz Teffera
5 months ago
@hrw.org
published a Q&A on
#reparations
for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit. A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities
In this Q&A, Human Rights Watch examines the application of the right to reparation to redress past and present harms stemming from colonial atrocities, including enslavement, systemic racial inequali...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/04/qa-reparations-for-historical-and-ongoing-colonial-atrocities
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" Gender Apartheid as an International Crime:
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Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign The situation in
#Afghanistan
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Gender Apartheid as an International Crime: Taliban Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The escalating womenâs rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls.
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/gender-apartheid-as-an-international-crime-taliban-oppression-in-afghanistan-triggers-campaign/
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The escalating womenâs rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international protection of rights of women and girls. The international community should fill this gap by making gender apartheid a crime against humanity under international law.
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Gender Apartheid as an International Crime: Taliban Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The escalating womenâs rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls.
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/gender-apartheid-as-an-international-crime-taliban-oppression-in-afghanistan-triggers-campaign/
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The escalating womenâs rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international protection of rights of women and girls. The international community should fill this gap by making gender apartheid a crime against humanity under international law.
gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/g...
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Gender Apartheid as an International Crime: Taliban Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The escalating womenâs rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls.
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/gender-apartheid-as-an-international-crime-taliban-oppression-in-afghanistan-triggers-campaign/
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