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Professor @ColumbiaLaw. Director, Human Rights Clinic & @CLShumanrights.
Oct 28, 2018 7 tweets 7 min read
If you live in the US/Europe, here are things you can do to support efforts to end the war & man-made starvation in Yemen /THREAD Understand the priorities of Yemeni civil society for peace & justice sanaacenter.org/publications/n…
Aug 2, 2018 11 tweets 4 min read
Ahead of the Central African Republic’s human rights review at the UN, CAR NGOs today briefed the diplomatic community about human rights priorities and recommendations for peace and justice 1/n Abbé Frederic Nakombo of Commission Épiscopale Nationale Justice et Paix (CEJP) spoke about attacks on religious leaders and impunity for killings. CEPJ recommends that CAR accelerate the operationalization of the new special war crimes court.
Jun 22, 2018 9 tweets 3 min read
A pathetic letter from @nikkihaley responding to UN @Alston_UNSR report on poverty in the United States. Calls it "misleading and politically motivated." sanders.senate.gov/download/haley… @nikkihaley @Alston_UNSR Haley blasts the UN for choosing to investigate poverty in the US. The UN visit was at the *invitation* of the US, and the Trump Administration *facilitated* the visit.
Apr 25, 2018 17 tweets 7 min read
If you read this op ed and are interested to know more about what human rights NGOs *are* doing about economic inequality, here are some resources: 1/n The Lima Declaration on Tax Justice & Human Rights, signed by 100+ organizations; calls for tax policies that "end structural discrimination rather than entrench growing inequalities" cesr.org/sites/default/… 2/n
Mar 25, 2018 21 tweets 7 min read
A few thoughts on this @NickKristof piece on the Central African Republic 1/n @NickKristof Our team happened to be on the same flight as @NickKristof leaving the CAR one week ago 2/n