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Nils Melzer
@NilsMelzer
Inactive account: Former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; VP @IIHL_Sanremo; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law, Univ of Glasgow
Jan 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
I appreciate & take the concerns of @NBPactueel very seriously. I have investigated & provided training & advice for police & military operations in contexts of war & violence for 20+ years & personally experienced their often very difficult & dangerous working environment. (1/7) Throughout my career, I have also seen more than enough to be able to immediately distinguish allegations of #PoliceBrutality that require careful contextualization from cases that are plainly obvious & primarily require immediate correction. (2/7)
Jun 26, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Thoughts on #TortureVictimsDay2021:

To me, #torture is the moral abyss of mankind;
the sacrifice of our humanity on the altar of our fears;
the total capitulation of our personal integrity and,
ultimately, nothing less that the end of civilization itself.
(1/7) Those who know the reality of #torture, those who have suffered it, those who have inflicted it and those who have tried to heal the physical, mental and emotional wounds resulting from it, know that torture destroys deeply, utterly and irreversibly.
(2/7)
Jan 13, 2020 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
(1/7) #SRTorture to @foreignoffice: “The conduct of the UK Govt in the #Assange case severely undermines the credibility of the UK’s commitment to the prohibition of torture & ill-treatment, as well as to the rule of law more generally” (bit.ly/2ZCygWA). (2/7) @foreignoffice: “UK does not participate in, solicit or condone torture” (bit.ly/30Z9OOo)

Yet: Despite @UKParliament & #SRTorture appeals (bit.ly/2J44u61) Govt refuses to prosecute those responsible for UK involvement in CIA torture & rendition 2001-10.
Jan 13, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
(1/8) @bbc says #Assange “evaded justice”…

and despite evidence of systematic & consistent due process violations in all jurisdictions continues to actively suppress legitimate concerns that these proceedings may not amount to “justice” at all.


Well... (2/8) In 1940, Hannah Arendt, arrested for anti-state propaganda, successfully escaped the Gestapo and Vichy internment and received asylum in the US.

Did she “evade justice”?
Dec 31, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
(1/6) Just out: My letter to the #UK Govt of 29 Oct 2019, detailing serious due process violations, expressing alarm at #Assange’s detention conditions & health, reiterating my queries & calling for his prompt release. Direct link: bit.ly/2ZCygWA (60 days & no response) (2/6) My official findings, supported by medical experts, unquestionably provide “reasonable ground to believe” that UK officials contributed to #Assange’s psychological torture or ill-treatment, whether through perpetration, attempt, complicity or other forms of participation.
Dec 26, 2019 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
1/5 IMPORTANT:
This private @Twitter account provides selective & complementary information only, including on issues unrelated to the UNSRT-mandate. For official information on #SRTorture activities & reports please visit bit.ly/OHCHR_SRT or contact: sr-torture@ohchr.org Image 2/5
 INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS FOR #SRTorture ACTION CANNOT be processed through @Twitter or private email, but MUST be submitted through official channels.
Urgent Appeals: bit.ly/SRT-UA
Allegation Letters: bit.ly/SRT-AL
#Torture #UN_SPExperts #HumanRightsViolations