1️⃣ #UnitedKingdom | I joined a communication to the UK Government expressing concern over the proscription of the movement Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000. This measure raises serious questions about its compatibility with international human rights obligations.

We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.

#80years of the United Nations remind us of something essential: no democracy flourishes in silence. Defending the right to assemble, organize, and raise our voices is defending the very soul of our societies. Let’s keep building spaces where every voice matters. #UN80 #CivilSociety

#80años de la #ONU nos recuerdan algo esencial: ninguna democracia florece en silencio. Defender el derecho a reunirnos, organizarnos y alzar la voz es defender el alma de nuestras sociedades. Sigamos construyendo espacios donde todas las voces cuenten. #ONU80 #SociedadCivil

1️⃣ #Argentina | Envié una comunicación al Gobierno argentino en el marco de las elecciones del 26 de octubre. Mi mensaje es claro: unas elecciones no pueden considerarse libres y justas si no se garantizan plenamente estos derechos y libertades durante todo el proceso electoral.

En #Ecuador preocupa el creciente deterioro de las libertades y del espacio cívico. La represión de la protesta y la persecución a la sociedad civil no pueden normalizarse. Urge un diálogo genuino y justicia por las violaciones cometidas. 🔗 www.ohchr.org/es/press-rel...

I’m honored to have contributed to the Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience by @michelforst.bsky.social, which strengthen the protection of peaceful environmental protest and civil disobedience. unece.org/sites/defaul...

Me honra haber contribuido a las Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience, de @michelforst.bsky.social. Estas directrices refuerzan la protección de quienes ejercen la protesta ambiental pacífica y la desobediencia civil como herramientas legítimas de cambio.

Global aid dismantling poses existential threat to collective action and human solidarity: UN expert @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social warns #UNGA that civic space globally is suffocating. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

En unas horas presentaré mi informe ante la @UN sobre libertad de reunión, asociación y solidaridad humana. 🎥 4.30–5 pm NY 👉 webtv.un.org/en/search/ca... #FoAA #UNGA #CivicSpace #Solidarity

In a few hours, I’ll present my report to the @UN General Assembly on freedom of assembly, association and human solidarity. 🎥 4.30–5 pm NY 👉 webtv.un.org/en/search/ca... #FoAA #UNGA #CivicSpace #Solidarity

Freedom of association & assembly are under existential threat. This report calls for urgent global action to rebuild solidarity, protect civil society & uphold democracy. 🧵👇

“Freedom of Assembly & Association under Threat” 1️⃣ 🌍 Civil society is facing an existential threat. Repression, shrinking aid, and restrictive laws are choking freedoms of assembly & association. Without them, democracy cannot survive.

¡12 de Octubre: Memoria, Voz y Dignidad por Abya Yala! 📢 Extiendo mi reconocimiento y solidaridad a todas las personas y movimientos que alzan su voz el día de hoy. La voz y memoria de los pueblos indígenas son esenciales para un futuro justo y para la protección del planeta.

#Eswatini 🇸🇿 1️⃣ I led a communication to the Government of Eswatini concerning the 2024 Non-Profit Organizations Bill (NPO Bill), which could restrict the right to freedom of association and the work of civil society in the country.

#UK universities monitoring student social media for arms firms is a grave violation of FoAA rights. Universities must protect free assembly, not weaponize digital tools for corporate or military interests. Mi next report will cover this issues. Call for inputs in linktr.ee/ginaromero

The attack on civil society is a major faultline⚡️ 🌍 Civil society closures 💸 Aid collapse 🛑 Weaponised laws 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Gender & LGBTQI rights attacked ⚔️ Security over rights An existential threat to democracy, solidarity, human dignity. @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social 🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

#GlobalSumudFlotilla is a collective, non-violent act of resistance and international civil disobedience. People from around the world join at sea to challenge a blockade that denies fundamental rights and has cost countless Palestinian lives. 1/

Twitter/X 1️⃣ #Moldova This Sunday the country holds parliamentary elections. It is essential to fully protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association throughout all stages of the electoral process.

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#Malawi | 1/ 🇲🇼 Today Malawi holds general elections. As UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and association, I recall that protecting these rights before, during, and after the polls is essential for democracy.

🇪🇸 #España Les recuerdo a @idiazayuso.bsky.social @comunidadmadrid.bsky.social y a Martínez Almeida que todas las acciones de resistencia, desobediencia civil y protesta pacífica están protegidas por los derechos de libertad de expresión y de reunión pacífica. Foto: @lajornadanet.bsky.social 1/

#USA #now I’m honored to be invited as a witness at the upcoming hearing on "Foreign agent laws: Human Rights Implications” hosted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress www.youtube.com/live/gu4B6rg...

#Bansky Here's a sneak preview of the upcoming public statement I'm leading.

¿Qué hay detrás del creciente poder de las Big Tech en el mundo? #LaManoInvisibleDeLasBigTech, una nueva investigación de 17 medios en 13 países, revela cómo estas corporaciones moldean leyes, cooptan gobiernos y manipulan la opinión pública. ¡Espérala este 9 de septiembre!

U.S. sanctions against Al-Haq, Al Mezan and PCHR are an attack on truth-telling and justice. Sanctions should target perpetrators, not human rights defenders. OMCT calls for reversal now. Read our full statement: bit.ly/3HHWaL2

#Russia The excercise of freedoms of assemby and association are nowadays heavily mediated by digital tools, including texting apps. If these are state owned and controlled the impact in these rights is deep, and the chilling effect very harmful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇨🇱 Tras mi primera visita oficial a #Chile, compartí mis observaciones preliminares: avances, desafíos y recomendaciones para fortalecer la democracia y los derechos humanos. 🎥 Mira aquí el resumen de mi declaración 👉 youtu.be/voJQ7IOXTxo #LibertadDeAsociación #Chile #ONU

UN experts urge #UNCAC States Parties to safeguard civic space & uphold human rights in anti-corruption efforts. #Uzbekistan's restrictions on #FreedomOfSpeeech and #FreedomOfAssociation undermine these efforts. @uncaccoalition.bsky.social bit.ly/4p43Mbq

1️⃣ #Samoa | Ahead of the general elections, I sent a communication to the Government stressing that freedom of peaceful assembly and association is essential for free, inclusive, and democratic elections.

UN expert @unsr-judges.bsky.social expresses deep concern over reported threats, intimidation & political pressure by high-level public officials against #Ecuador’s Constitutional Court & its judges. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

#Corruption🌍 Ahead of the 11th UNCAC Conference of State Parties (Doha, December 2025), colleagues and I have urged States Parties to safeguard civic space and uphold human rights in the fight against corruption 1/ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

#Protestalibredetortura Víctimas de estallido ocular en Colombia Justo hace unos días reflexionaba sobre la valentía de la juventud y el riesgo al que se enfrentan muchas veces los y las jóvenes al poner el cuerpo en defensa de las libertades y derechos. 1/

📰 Haven’t read the latest edition of the FoAA News yet? I invite you to learn about the most relevant activities I have carried out in recent months and the next steps of my mandate. 👉 Read here: freeassemblyandassociation.net/3rd-edition-... #FreedomOfAssociation #FreedomOfAssembly #UN

#Ecuador Esta semana y la anterior he estado en medios de comunicación hablando sobre el proyecto de ley que afecta a la sociedad civil. Dos mensajes clave: 👇🏽

1️⃣ #Ecuador | Envié una comunicación al Gobierno sobre el "proyecto de ley orgánica de transparencia social", que podría restringir indebidamente la libertad de asociación y otros derechos fundamentales.

🕊️ La libertad de reunión y asociación sigue siendo uno de los pilares más amenazados de nuestras democracias. 📄 En nuestro nuevo boletín, comparto reflexiones, informes y llamados urgentes de este trimestre. 🔗 Descúbrelo aquí: freeassemblyandassociation.net/3rd-edition-...

🕊️ The rights to peaceful assembly and association remain among the most threatened pillars of our democracies. 📄 In our new newsletter, I share reflections, reports, and urgent calls from this quarter. 🔗 Discover it here: freeassemblyandassociation.net/3rd-edition-...

1️⃣I have joined a communication to the Government of #Israel over two troubling measures: new regulations for INGOs and the Associations Bill (Donations from Foreign State Entities). 🧵

#Youth On International Youth Day, I honour the courage, perseverance and creativity of young people worldwide who, often at great personal risk, have peacefuly taken the streets to defend democracy, expose HHRR violations and corruption, and denounce genocide. 1/

#Ecuador Hago un llamado para evitar que se instrumentalice la protesta a voluntad de actores de poder, y que se manipulen necesidades de la ciudadanía o intereses de los movimientos sociales para justificar hostigamientos contra el poder judicial.

1/ En vísperas de las elecciones del 17 de agosto en #Bolivia, reitero las recomendaciones de mi informe al #UN_HRC sobre cómo proteger los derechos de reunión pacífica y asociación en contextos electorales. 📄

#UK I am very concerned about the arrest of over 350 people in London around Parliament Square, including many elders. The misuse of terrorism laws against peaceful protestors is a worrisome trend that need to stop.

#Venezuela Condeno la acción violenta contra las madres del Comité de Madres en Defensa de la Verdad que esta semana, mientras realizaban un campamento y vigilia pacífica frente al TSJ exigiendo que sus hijos sean liberados, fueron atacadas. 1/

The genocidal campaign waged by #Israel is a complex, multifaceted process that includes attacks against independent NGOs that provide humanitarian aid to Palestine. This while GONGOS created and controlled by Israel (like GHF) have free rein to serve as a vehicle for genocide and apartheid. 1/

#Zimbabwe Once again, I wrote to the government about the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, that was first Gazetted in 2021, reincorporated on 1 March 2024, and enacted on 11 April 2025 1/

El Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria ha declarado la detención de los DDH maya tseltal Agustín y Martín Pérez Domínguez, Juan Velasco Aguilar y Agustín Pérez Velasco arbitraría. Escribí al gobierno de #México sobre su caso en 2024. Deben ser liberados srdefenders.org/mexico-deten...

#Serbia Once again, we wrote to Serbian gvmt about the ongoing crackdown on freedoms and rights. This is the 4th consecutive letter addressing persecution dissent. Student movements and associations are the most disproportionately affected. @un-spexperts.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

#ElSalvador "The U.S. government is shielding the Bukele regime with its silence," said Gina Romero. "Bukele has complete control of the courts, the congress, the media and the narrative. If that's not autocracy I don't know what is." www.reuters.com/world/americ...

"Authorities in #Angola must carry out prompt, thorough and independent investigations into the deaths of at least 22 people, as well as associated HHRR violations, during protests this week against an increase in fuel prices". I am monitoring and collecting info. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...