Founder, Athena Tech & Atrocities Advisory / Co-Chair @ IBA War Crimes Committee. Former Human Rights Counsel @ Twitter. Atrocity prevention thru a tech lens.
Nov 4, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company.
I am enormously proud of the work we did to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia,
Afghanistan, and Ukraine, and to defend the needs of those particularly at risk of human rights abuse by virtue of their social media presence, such as journalists & human rights defenders.
Nov 2, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 The IBA War Crimes Committee is urging States to co-sponsor the resolution in the UN #SixthCommittee establishing an Ad Hoc Committee to examine the Draft Articles on the Prevention & Punishment of #CrimesAgainstHumanity. The Draft Articles deserve urgent attention. 🧵👇
Crimes against humanity remain the only atrocity crimes that lack a comprehensive multilateral convention dedicated expressly to their definition, prevention, & punishment. This impedes accountability efforts, creating real obstacles to multilateral cooperation and prosecution.