The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday. @hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

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. ⬇️

#UK's @phsombudsman.bsky.social finds: 1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme 2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal @hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Happy Birthday @freiheitsrechte.org 💙 Vielen Dank für Eure unermüdliche Arbeit und die tolle Zusammenarbeit!

Eine Kommission der Vereinten Nationen hat festgestellt, dass Israel in Gaza Völkermord begeht. Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.

🔴 Die EU hat Sanktionen gegen Israel vorgeschlagen. Die Aussetzung des 🇪🇺-🇮🇱 Handelsabkommens muss von der Mehrheit der Mitgliedstaaten genehmigt werden. Deutschland hat sich bisher dagegen ausgesprochen. Der Konsens über Völkermord wächst – wird #Deutschland diesen Vorschlag endlich unterstützen?

New publication from @hrw.org: Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities www.hrw.org/news/2025/09... How do you right the wrongs of colonialism? The wrongs then. And the wrongs now. I expect to return to this important doc by colleague @almazteffera.bsky.social many times.

@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...

Today, we joined 8 other organisations to deliver a petition to President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu‬, signed by 32,000 people, urging the EU Commission not to drop its anti-discrimination Directive. Equal rights are under attack. The EU must lead, not step back!

L’éducation n’est pas seulement un droit pour tous les enfants, elle est obligatoire en France de 3 à 16 ans. Pourtant à Mayotte des milliers d’enfants sont privés d'accès à l'éducation et à d'autres services sociaux essentiels. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

The Trump administration’s new travel ban is just one of many harmful, arbitrary, and discriminatory policies. The US government should work toward a rights-respecting approach to immigration policy that protects the dignity of immigrants.

The Western Australia state government has announced a reparations program for survivors of the “Stolen Generations.” This is a critical and long overdue step to providing justice.

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world. To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

Want to join the GLOBAL REPARATIONS HUB? The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space. Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Want to join the GLOBAL REPARATIONS HUB? The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space. Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Four people who participated in a pro-Palestine protest at a university in Berlin last year are fighting a court case against their deportation. Governments should not use immigration law to silence views that they disagree with. Learn more ⤵️

Heute ist der Internationale #Romaday. Ein Tag des Erinnerns – und ein Tag des Widerstands. Sinti* und Roma* leben seit Jahrhunderten in Europa. Sie gehören dazu. Doch sie wurden und werden ausgegrenzt, entrechtet und kriminalisiert. 🧵1/9

"Die Gefahr, dass deutschen Staatsbürger*innen aufgrund ihrer politischen Meinung die Staatsbürgerschaft entzogen wird – z.B. weil sie ihre Meinung zum Gaza-Krieg äußern – birgt die Gefahr, dass unliebsame Ansichten unterdrückt werden." HRW zum geleakten Koalitionspapier: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

Under the Nazi regime, Jews & critics were stripped of their German citizenship. Fast forward to 2025: Germany’s conservative political parties propose to revoke German nationality from dual citizens based on subjective assessments of wrongdoing. 1/3 @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany. The full report is here: “It Tears You Apart” Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is historic. It’s a reminder for governments that they have an obligation under international human rights law to end systemic racism & address ongoing impacts of linked historic legacies. #Reparations www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

@hrw.org joined 46 CSOs, including @enareurope.bsky.social, in calling on the European leaders to confront systemic #racism to build a Europe that stands for and defends diversity, inclusion, and racial justice, the organizations said today. Find the full statement here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

#UK: Of course new guidelines for judges, magistrates & lawyers that seek fairer sentences for ethnic minorities (& others like women) stirs up debates about bias against the white man. Fact is: there are considerable disparities in how ethnic minorities are treated in the criminal justice system.

Social security is a human right. The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to: - reverse the two-child limit - end the benefit cap - cut waits for Universal Credit - assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty @hrw.org

#Deutschland: Kritik & Debatte zu politischen Plänen gehören zur Demokratie dazu, sie machen sie stabil & lebendig. Unser Brief ist ein Weckruf an die Union sich ihrer politischen Verantwortung anzunehmen: Stärkung der Zivilgesellschaft & Realisierung der #Menschenrechte gehen Hand-in-Hand 🤝.

Gemeinsam mit mehr als 200 Organisationen wenden wir uns heute an die Union: Eine vielfältige und kritische Zivilgesellschaft garantiert die Menschenrechte in einer Demokratie! Die Gemeinnützigkeit von NGOs infrage zu stellen ist der falsche Weg, Herr #Merz: www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

#Germany has taken a turn to the right after the🚦traffic light. The future government will face enormous challenges at home & on the international stage. It's crucial that coalition talks center around human rights. my take for @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Nach der Ampel rechts? Die künftige Bundesregierung wird sich im In- & Ausland enormen Herausforderungen stellen müssen. Egal wie kompliziert die Koalitionsverhandlungen werden, Menschenrechtsverpflichtungen müssen in ihrer politischen Agenda verankert werden. www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

Bei Koalitionsgesprächen in #Deutschland sollten Menschenrechte im Mittelpunkt stehen. Während die extreme Rechte an Boden gewinnt, sollten sich die Parteien dringend zu einer politischen Agenda verpflichten, die die Rechte aller verankert - ganz ohne Doppelmoral: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

Uncertainty grows among refugees and migrants as #Germany heads to the polls. @hrw.org via @aljazeera.com: aje.io/znr8y4

February 19 marks 5 years since the racist attack in Hanau, Germany. February 19 also marks 5 years of political failure to increase protection of racialized communities. All the while Germany registers unprecedented numbers of right-wing extremist crimes. In 2024, a total of 41,406. 👇🏽 1/3

Great op-ed that European leaders should read. Why, amidst these turbulent times, are #reparations & accountability for enduring impacts of #colonialism & #enslavement more urgent than ever? Liliane Umubyeyi at African Futures Lab hit the nail on the head. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📢 NEW: The US government permitted Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine without prior consent from even a single Tribe impacted, violating indigenous peoples’ human rights. Our HRW + ACLU report says, out today. 🧵 1/4

Plutôt que de faire abusivement des personnes migrantes la source de tous les maux à Mayotte, le gouvernement français devrait agir pour enfin garantir les droits sociaux et économiques de tous les habitants de l’archipel. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

On December 2, the Brussels Court of Appeal found the Belgian government guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during Belgian colonial rule and ordered it to pay compensation as a form of reparation. It's a landmark win for the reparations movement. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Victoire historique pour le mouvement des réparations ! Un tribunal belge a déclaré le gouvernement belge coupable de crimes contre l'humanité au Congo pendant la période coloniale belge et lui a ordonné de verser des indemnités à titre de réparation.

The #Brussels Court of Appeal found the Belgian government guilty of crimes against humanity in #Congo during Belgian colonial rule & ordered it to pay compensation as a form of reparation. It's a landmark win for the reparations movement, says @almazteffera.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Landmark win for the reparations movement! A Belgian court ruling found the Belgian govt guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during Belgian colonial rule & ordered it to pay compensation as a form of reparation. Hard fought justice for survivors! www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...