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15 Jun, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladić will serve life in prison for genocide, war crimes & crimes against humanity.

The ruling has special significance for many victims and survivors who sought justice…
This marks the completion of the Yugoslav tribunal’s mandate to try some of those most responsible for war crimes perpetrated in the 1991-2001 Balkan wars.

But the tribunal’s verdicts have yet to pierce the deep layers of denial that persist in the region.
Flags, banners & murals praising genocidaire Mladić were seen in Serbian and Republika Srpska cities such as Trebinje, Banja Luka, Belgrade, and earlier this year in Foča.

Bosnian Serb tripartite presidency member Milorad Dodik openly engages in genocide denial.
The UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide has warned of increasing genocide denial in the Balkans.

ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/…
Some convicted war criminals have gone to work in public office in the Balkans and have run for political positions since their release from custody.
For years, civil society groups across the region have advocated for the establishment of a regional truth commission, but leaders in the Balkans have yet to agree.

balkaninsight.com/2018/07/10/wes…
Last week’s events highlight the need to foster a culture of remembrance, truth, and reconciliation in the Balkans.

Read more from my colleague, @EVikic: hrw.org/news/2021/06/1…

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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
14 Jun
#G7 on vaccines:

➡️ They wanted to pledge 1 billion doses by the end of next year.

➡️ They failed, pledging only 870 million.

💥 The world needs at least 11 BILLION.

The good news is that 2 of the 7 now understand that wider production is needed.

politico.eu/article/europe…
Everyone knows the current problem of vaccine scarcity is due to insufficient production.

The ideological hardliners against boosting production globally are now the European Commission, which seems to listen to Germany more than any other EU Member State.

And yes, ideology.
While the EU has finally backed down and agreed to allow text-based negotiations proceed on the #TRIPSwaiver proposal, the European Commission remains opposed to the proposal, which would relax patent rules to expand vaccine production globally.
Read 17 tweets
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3 Jun
Someday, people will look back on this time & wonder why political leaders didn't take every step possible to end the pandemic... why they blocked useful tools... why they deliberately gave the virus more time to spread & mutate...

How many more millions will die before then?
I was just told, "The EU is desperate to maintain the status quo in terms of intellectual property. The pandemic could kill another million, or 10 million, or 100 million, and the European Commission simply would not care as long as IP rules are not waived, not even temporarily."
"You (to me) keep saying they should aim for ending the pandemic as quickly as possible. That is not their aim. They want to save IP, no matter the cost."
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3 Jun
The EU is blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property (IP) rules on vaccines & other health products.

European Commission attempts to justify this are based on lies.

💥 Now, 7 truths…
💥 TRUTH 1: Intellectual property is currently a barrier to swiftly scaling up and diversifying the production of Covid-19 health products, including vaccines.
The European Commission claims otherwise, but right now, there are manufacturers with capacity to produce additional vaccines & other health products; however, they are unable to contribute because they do not yet have the right licenses. IP is a barrier to them.
Read 65 tweets
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1 Jun
Nice, but the world needs 11 BILLION doses, and Belgium, as part of the EU, is blocking wider vaccine production globally.

Tiny tokens of charity will not end the pandemic.

We need more vaccine production.

#PeoplesVaccine

euobserver.com/tickers/151997 Image
Belgium has promised to donate 4 million vaccine doses. The EU, 100 million.

But the world needs over 11 BILLION.

We won't get there while the EU continues to block wider production of vaccines globally.

Understand the scale of the problem... Image
Donating millions of doses maybe makes a nice headline, but it hides the real problem: the artificial scarcity of vaccine doses created in part by the EU's blocking of wider vaccine production globally.
hrw.org/news/2021/03/2… Image
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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
1 Jun
The EU, UK & a few others are deliberately prolonging the pandemic by blocking wider vaccine production globally.

This means:

⬛️ More death;

⬛️ More economic disruption;

⬛️ More chances for new variants of the virus to emerge.
Some leaders in Europe want people to see vaccination rollout in their own countries now moving at a reasonable pace and believe the falsehood that the pandemic is nearly over.

It is not.

Not even close.
The pandemic will rage for years, because global vaccine rollout has been too slow.

Only 5% of people have been fully vaccinated in 5 months.

Vaccine rollout has been slow in part because of the artificial scarcity the EU & others create by blocking wider vaccine production.
Read 21 tweets
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28 May
France's Macron has in the past few weeks expressed support for COVID patent waivers: france24.com/en/france/2021…

Then opposed them: theguardian.com/world/2021/may…

Then supported them again: amp.france24.com/en/france/2021…

Now he wants to wait till October to decide: mediapart.fr/journal/intern…
Macron’s skepticism of the #TRIPSwaiver seems in part rooted in an outdated view of the developing world’s capacities. He says that even if intellectual property rules are waived, manufacturers in places like Africa currently are not equipped to make vaccines.

He's wrong.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control has already identified vaccine manufacturing capacity in Senegal, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia.
apnews.com/article/africa…
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