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2022 brought new wars and the continuation of old ones. But it also brought some real advances in the protection of civilian rights. Here are ten of the most important, many of which involved efforts from @CeasefireCentre over the last 3 years:
#PoC #IHL #NotATarget
#PoC #IHL #NotATarget
1. For decades the poor cousin of criminal prosecutions, #reparations awards took centre stage in 2022, incl. a ground-breaking #ICJ judgment in Feb ordering Uganda to pay $325m for armed activities and mass violations on territory of #DRCongo
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📢We need your voice!
#IGLIVE Chat on September 3rd at 4pm BST/ 6pm GMT
Join @BBCYaldaHakim & our youth advocates @KennyGmulinde👦 & Areej Al Masri👧 to share their personal experiences as they chat and exchange ideas on #ProtectingEducationFromAttack
#UniteToProtect
#NotATarget
#IGLIVE Chat on September 3rd at 4pm BST/ 6pm GMT
Join @BBCYaldaHakim & our youth advocates @KennyGmulinde👦 & Areej Al Masri👧 to share their personal experiences as they chat and exchange ideas on #ProtectingEducationFromAttack
#UniteToProtect
#NotATarget
📢 @BBCYaldaHakim @BBCWorld’s presenter, broadcast journalist, & documentary maker. Fully committed to ensuring #EducationAccess to young #Afghan🇦🇫 women, has long been a friend of EAA’s.
@KennyGmulinde, one of our youth advocates, has a background in #creative #activism & social accountability work. He is a team leader of the Youth Arts Movement🖼️in #Uganda🇺🇬.
Today marks 6⃣ months since the beginning of the war in #Ukraine 🇺🇦
♦️ Millions are displaced
♦️ Thousands died
♦️ Hundreds of attacks on health care
WHO and its partners help address immediate needs and support the country reconstructing its health system.
♦️ Millions are displaced
♦️ Thousands died
♦️ Hundreds of attacks on health care
WHO and its partners help address immediate needs and support the country reconstructing its health system.
WHO has delivered more than 1 300 metric tonnes of life-saving medical supplies to 🇺🇦 incl.:
⚡️ power generators for healthcare facilities
💊 medicines to manage non-communicable diseases
🩹 trauma & emergency surgery supplies
🫧 oxygen
🚑 ambulances
📌 bit.ly/3Aijxms
⚡️ power generators for healthcare facilities
💊 medicines to manage non-communicable diseases
🩹 trauma & emergency surgery supplies
🫧 oxygen
🚑 ambulances
📌 bit.ly/3Aijxms
Unprecedented number of attacks on health care:
A total of 4⃣7⃣3⃣ verified attacks 💥 on health care have been recorded leading to at least 98 deaths and 134 injuries while that number continues to rise.
Health care is #NotATarget
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A total of 4⃣7⃣3⃣ verified attacks 💥 on health care have been recorded leading to at least 98 deaths and 134 injuries while that number continues to rise.
Health care is #NotATarget
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Today is #WorldHumanitarianDay!
⛺️ Camps
🏥 Hospitals
🩺 Clinics
🏠 Door-to-door
Whatever the setting, health workers are central to humanitarian action during an emergency or a crisis. #ItTakesAVillage to support people in need. 👉bit.ly/3SZ4XJ3
⛺️ Camps
🏥 Hospitals
🩺 Clinics
🏠 Door-to-door
Whatever the setting, health workers are central to humanitarian action during an emergency or a crisis. #ItTakesAVillage to support people in need. 👉bit.ly/3SZ4XJ3
Dr Marie-Roseline Bélizaire 👩🏾⚕️ helped communities fight #Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 & #COVID19 in Central African Republic 🇨🇫.
Listen to her story👉bit.ly/3gHtdxz #ItTakesAVillage #WorldHumanitarianDay
Listen to her story👉bit.ly/3gHtdxz #ItTakesAVillage #WorldHumanitarianDay
WHO mobile clinics are often deployed during crises to reach people cut off from access to health services. The clinic comes with:
a doctor,
nurses,
a pharmacy assistant,
a driver.
#ItTakesAVillage to bring vital care to those in need. #WorldHumanitarianDay
a doctor,
nurses,
a pharmacy assistant,
a driver.
#ItTakesAVillage to bring vital care to those in need. #WorldHumanitarianDay
.@DrTedros is now presenting the World Health Organization Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award at the #WHA75
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WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award, established in 2019, is given by @DrTedros to recognize contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership & commitment to regional health issues.
Dr Paul Farmer was Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at @harvardmed, co-founder & chief strategist of @PIH - an intl NGO established in 1987 providing direct health care services, research & advocacy for those who are sick and living in poverty #WHA75
LIVE: @DrTedros' address at the High-Level International Donors’ Conference for #Ukraine twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
On #WorldPressFreedomDay we want to commemorate the journalists who were killed while covering the war in Ukraine.
At least 7 journalists have been killed covering the war in Ukraine
These are their names...
Journalists are #NotATarget!
Journalism is not a crime!
#Anonymous
At least 7 journalists have been killed covering the war in Ukraine
These are their names...
Journalists are #NotATarget!
Journalism is not a crime!
#Anonymous
Yevhenii Sakun, a camera operator for Ukrainian TV station LIVE, was killed when Russian forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv on March 1.
Journalists are #NotATarget!
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Journalists are #NotATarget!
#WorldPressFreedomDay
U.S. documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud was shot and killed in Irpin, outside of #Kyiv, on March 13.
Journalists are #NotATarget!
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2022
Journalists are #NotATarget!
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2022
LIVE: Media briefing on #Ukraine, #COVID19 and other global health issues with @DrTedros twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
LIVE: @DrTedros briefs the @UN Security Council on the health crisis in #Ukraine twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
In 2021, in addition to the 🌐 #COVID19 response, WHO supported health needs of communities experiencing humanitarian crises due to conflict, climate change, & economic & political insecurity in:
🔸Afghanistan
🔸Northern Ethiopia
🔸Syria
🔸Yemen
🔸& more
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🔸Afghanistan
🔸Northern Ethiopia
🔸Syria
🔸Yemen
🔸& more
bit.ly/3GZR4U5
WHO calls on countries to protect and preserve the health and the #HumanRights of the vulnerable in all humanitarian settings across the 🌎🌍🌏 in the New Year, and to allow safe access to care to achieve #HealthForAll.
WHO condemns any acts of violence against health care that interferes with or prohibits access to health services, especially in times of the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic. #HealthWorkers everywhere should be able to provide health care in a safe & protected environment.
#NotATarget
#NotATarget
During #COVID19, more than ever, 👨⚕️👩⚕️ must be protected & respected, & hospitals & health facilities & transportation, incl. 🚑 should not be used for military purposes – essential conditions for the continued delivery of critical health services.
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🆕 data from the Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care shows that, since 2017 over:
💥 2700 incidents in 17 countries & territories have been recorded
💥 700 health care workers & patients have died, & over 2000 have been injured
#NotATarget
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💥 2700 incidents in 17 countries & territories have been recorded
💥 700 health care workers & patients have died, & over 2000 have been injured
#NotATarget
👉bit.ly/3rRu0AT
Hundreds of health facilities have been destroyed or closed, health workers killed and injured, and millions of people denied the healthcare they deserve.
#NotATarget
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#NotATarget
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LIVE NOW with @DrTedros at the WHO-Norway Event on UNSC2286 5th-Year Anniversary: Attacks on Health Care
#NotATarget
Join here: bit.ly/33Q4Ibb
#NotATarget
Join here: bit.ly/33Q4Ibb
"When it was passed in 2016, @UN Security Council Resolution 2286 brought critical attention to the issue of attacks against #healthworkers, patients, and facilities, especially in conflict situations"-@DrTedros #NotATarget
"Now, as the world struggles with the #COVID19 pandemic, attacks on health care are continuing. Fragile, conflict-affected settings with already weakened health systems are suffering the most"-@DrTedros #NotATarget
I'm going to start a thread 🧵 of reported violations against healthcare personnel and facilities in #Palestine (there have been numerous reports in #WestBank, #Gaza and #Jerusalem already). 🚑. I'll give sources. Please share if there are any I've missed. 👇
#NotATarget
#NotATarget
The @PalestineRCS report today (12/05): "PRCS Central Warehouses as well as Gaza EMS Station were grossly damaged due to an israeli attack on a nearby location" in #Gaza. (photo below)
From East Jerusalem - reported yesterday (11/05): Israeli forces seen preventing @PalestineRCS team from accessing wounded. Several are physically pushed back by armed police.
Today is World Humanitarian Day.
It's an opportunity to honour those who face danger & adversity in order to help others.
Thread 👇 #RealLifeHeroes #WorldHumanitarianDay2020
It's an opportunity to honour those who face danger & adversity in order to help others.
Thread 👇 #RealLifeHeroes #WorldHumanitarianDay2020
Wafaa, our head of mission in #Yemen, is one of the #RealLifeHeroes to whom we wish to pay tribute.
A Yemeni citizen, she bears witness to the deteriorating humanitarian, health & economic situation of her country & helps her fellow citizens every day.
A Yemeni citizen, she bears witness to the deteriorating humanitarian, health & economic situation of her country & helps her fellow citizens every day.
This year, #WorldHumanitarianDay falls during a global pandemic.
In #Yemen, lack of access & government restrictions mean communities, civil society & local NGOs are the front line responders.
"The situation in Yemen was made worse by #COVID19...
In #Yemen, lack of access & government restrictions mean communities, civil society & local NGOs are the front line responders.
"The situation in Yemen was made worse by #COVID19...
🎉 GOOD NEWS 🎉
The 10th #Ebola outbreak in #DRC 🇨🇩 is OVER!
WHO congratulates all those involved in this tough and often dangerous work to end the almost 2-year long outbreak.
The 10th #Ebola outbreak in #DRC 🇨🇩 is OVER!
WHO congratulates all those involved in this tough and often dangerous work to end the almost 2-year long outbreak.
"Yesterday was #InternationalNursesDay and a moment to celebrate those critical frontline health workers saving the lives of people with #COVID19, #Ebola and many other diseases"-@DrTedros
"As the world celebrated nurses, I was shocked and appalled to hear of the attack on an @MSF hospital in #Afghanistan, which led to the deaths of nurses, mothers and babies"-@DrTedros #NotATarget
"Today is the first day our press conferences are being interpreted in all official @UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian & Spanish.
I’d like to welcome all journalists from around the 🌍, & I invite you to ask questions in any of the six UN languages"-@WHO #COVID19
I’d like to welcome all journalists from around the 🌍, & I invite you to ask questions in any of the six UN languages"-@WHO #COVID19
"I’d like to start by thanking the many musicians, comedians and humanitarians who made Saturday’s “One World, #TogetherAtHome” concert an enormous success"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "I’d like to start today by talking not about #COVID19, but about #Syria.
Since the 1st of December, dozens of health facilities have suspended services in the Idleb & Aleppo areas. Out of nearly 550 health facilities in northwest Syria, only about half are operational"-@DrTedros
Since the 1st of December, dozens of health facilities have suspended services in the Idleb & Aleppo areas. Out of nearly 550 health facilities in northwest Syria, only about half are operational"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "2 attacks on health facilities took place yesterday afternoon, on 2 separate hospitals in Aleppo. Luckily, there were no casualties.
We repeat: health facilities & #healthworkers are #NotATarget in conflict & attacks on health are a breach of international law"-@DrTedros
We repeat: health facilities & #healthworkers are #NotATarget in conflict & attacks on health are a breach of international law"-@DrTedros
Trailer for documentary the Cave, the story of a hospital in East Ghouta bombed over and over by Assad and Russia who continue to do this NOW in #Idlib
#NotATarget #StopBombingHospitals @forsamafilm
#NotATarget #StopBombingHospitals @forsamafilm
Underground hospital in Eastern Ghouta was bombed many times by Russia and Assad
Now this is the subject of the important documentary the Cave
Massive evidence exists of these war crimes which Assad Russia continue NOW in #Idlib
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Now this is the subject of the important documentary the Cave
Massive evidence exists of these war crimes which Assad Russia continue NOW in #Idlib
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'I know what it’s like to experience such an attack, having lived through many during 6 years as a pediatrician at the Cave, an underground hospital in East Al Ghouta. On Sept 28 2015 Russian warplanes bombed the Cave, killing 3 nurses 2 injuring two, including my friend Samaher'
BREAKING +++ Türkei greift gezielt humanitäre Helfer*innen in #Rojava an
Heute Morgen hat die türkische Armee eine medizinische Ersthilfe-Station des Kurdischen Roten Halbmonds bei Serêkaniye beschossen, ein Mitarbeiter wurde schwer verletzt, mehrere Ambulanzen beschädigt.
Heute Morgen hat die türkische Armee eine medizinische Ersthilfe-Station des Kurdischen Roten Halbmonds bei Serêkaniye beschossen, ein Mitarbeiter wurde schwer verletzt, mehrere Ambulanzen beschädigt.
Die Station, in der Schwerverletzte der türkischen Angriffe stabilisiert werden, musste geräumt werden.
Unsere Partnerorganisation berichtet, dies sei nicht der erste Angriff auf ihre medizinischen Nothilfe-Einrichtungen in #Rojava.
Unsere Partnerorganisation berichtet, dies sei nicht der erste Angriff auf ihre medizinischen Nothilfe-Einrichtungen in #Rojava.
Die Türkei versucht gezielt, die medizinische Infrastruktur zu zerstören und Hilfe zu verunmöglichen.
Der Angriff der Türkei auf #Rojava bricht Völkerrecht, der Angriff auf humanitäre Helfer*innen verletzt die Genfer Konvention.
Der Angriff der Türkei auf #Rojava bricht Völkerrecht, der Angriff auf humanitäre Helfer*innen verletzt die Genfer Konvention.
WHO-@UNOCHA high-level event on #Ebola in 🇨🇩 is about to start.
📺 LIVE: webtv.un.org
The event provides an opportunity for the #DRC Government, @UN, donors & partners to take stock of the status of the outbreak, response & actions needed to end Ebola.
📺 LIVE: webtv.un.org
The event provides an opportunity for the #DRC Government, @UN, donors & partners to take stock of the status of the outbreak, response & actions needed to end Ebola.
30. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
1 to 20. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria 🤨👇🏼
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21. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria🤨👇🏼
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