Head of Advocacy @HRHFoundation, former @IFRC, @TobaccoFreeKids @peacecorps. Husband, father, advocate. @AU_SIS & @StMarysMD alum. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally. He/His.
Jun 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
A 🧵.The time has come for the @UN_HRC to establish a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Russia. We need 🇪🇺 leadership and defense of the universality of human rights and Russian civil society. 1)
For two decades, international and Russian civil society have documented the increasingly repressive situation in the country. In 2004, @hrw reported that "The government once again failed to take on Russia’s numerous entrenched human rights problems". 2) bit.ly/3Q6FLz0
