A global majority adopted a landmark UN resolution to advance reparations for injustices linked to enslavement legacies.
Who didn't vote in favor of the resolution? Many Global North countries facing calls for reparatory justice.
The time for action is now.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03... @hrw.org
NEW: UN Security Council resolution on new framework to deal with impasse around Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara does not ensure that the right to self-determination for the territory’s peoples is upheld and is consistent with international law
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⚖️Une justice tardive ne doit pas être une justice bafouée.
Un tribunal belge a ouvert un procès pénal contre un ancien fonctionnaire belge pour son implication présumée dans l'assassinat de Lumumba, Premier ministre de la RDC, et de deux hauts responsables pendant la décolonisation.
Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead
@almazteffera.bsky.social for @hrw.org
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Patrice Lumumba, jamais oublié.
Want to hear rare good news?
A Belgian court opened a criminal trial against a former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the killings of Lumumba, the DRC's first PM, & two senior officials during decolonization.
Justice delayed shouldn't be justice denied.
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@almazteffera.bsky.social & ich haben für @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social aufgeschrieben, warum Deutschland gezielt in den Schutz von Muslim*innen und anderen Minderheiten investieren sollte. Eine Investition, letztendlich in die Sicherheit aller Menschen in Deutschland.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2026...
“EU ‘caving into the floodgates of anti-migrant rhetoric’ warns Human Rights Watch”, @philippedam.bsky.social and I speak to @euobserver.com about migration fixation warping EU foreign policy and eroding asylum rights at home euobserver.com/201254/eu-ca...
The court found it was "a clear case of discrimination."
Real estate agents like landlords have to adhere to Germany's General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
Studies have already shown that racial/ethnic discrimination in the housing market is a daily reality for racialized people in Germany.
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Waseem's reaction highlights the systemic nature of such discrimination in the housing market:
"No matter how well I integrate, no matter how educated I am - I will always be the foreigner. A Julia Schneider will have far more opportunities than I will."
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
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Humaira Waseem's application for a viewing of an apartment was rejected when she used her first and last name (a Pakistani name).
When she tried with a "German"-sounding name, while still including the same information about her income etc., she was suddenly offered a viewing appointment.
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‼️Germany's federal court of justice ruled that a real estate agent who didn't provide a viewing appointment based on a prospective tenant's "foreign"-sounding name constituted racial discrimination according to Germany's anti-discrimination law.‼️
This isn't an individual case.
A short 🧵👇🏽
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"They left the building. Not the truth."
A powerful new documentary, 80 Angry Journalists, shows how Hungary’s once-independent news outlet Index was taken over, and how reporters resigned together rather than submit to political pressure.
Trailer⤵️
Did you know that a historic case is being pursued in a Belgian court seeking individual criminal responsibility for colonial crimes in the court of a former colonial power?
The court's decision on whether to pursue a criminal trial is expected on March 17.
Learn more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
A month ago, a police raid in low-income, mostly Black neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, resulted in 122 killings.
The deadly results and tactics employed suggest that the true intention may have been to kill, rather than arrest suspects.
Read my piece:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities."
- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️
Weltweit wird alle 10 Minuten eine Frau ermordet, weil sie eine Frau ist!
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
HRW is proud to have helped create the Global Reparations Hub!
Want to learn more about the hub and how to get involved?
‼️Join us in-person in Berlin or online on November 12 ‼️
Register now: decolonize-berlin.de/de/events/bu...
Police have failed to take crucial steps to investigate 121 killings during a raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police didn´t preserve crime scenes and the chain of custody of evidence.
Authorities should ensure a thorough, independent investigation.
New from @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
A win for Windrush campaigners:
Private pension losses will now be compensated under the #Windrush Compensation Scheme--important considering the age of claimants.
BUT without free legal representation, access to compensation is hampered.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @hrw.org
Neuer Kommentar von @almazteffera.bsky.social zu Deutschlands neuer Leitlinie über die Restitution kolonialer Kulturgüter und warum diese nicht menschenrechtskonform ist👇🏽
"...the guidelines in their current form are a missed opportunity. The German government should look at them again with rights and justice in mind."
- @almazteffera.bsky.social / @hrw.org
Restitution kolonialer Kulturgüter & menschlicher Gebeine muss auf menschenrechtlichen Verpflichtungen begründet sein. Deutschlands neue Leitlinie distanziert sich jedoch vom Völkerrecht.
Das Ergebnis: Rechte von betroffenen Gemeinschaften stehen nicht im Fokus.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law.
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
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Ja, es gibt ein Problem im #Stadtbild. Aber das ist nicht Migration, sondern Armut.
Daran könnten Merz’ Bundesregierung arbeiten. Sie könnte den Sozialstaat stärken. Sie könnte sich um Integration kümmern, statt sich auf Grenzschließungen und Abschiebungen zu fokussieren. Leitartikel des Tages:
Chancellor #Merz' statements are entrenched in systemic #racism, they aren't just individual racist statements. He's defending existing structural discrimination based on race/ethnicity/religion/status...instead of fulfilling #Germany's duty to end such discrimination under int'l human rights law.
So let me get this straight - the Home Secretary thinks the Council of Europe shouldn't stand up for people's rights in the UK now because that might affect its ability to do so in the future. Good grief.
QUOTE CARD with text “The German government’s plans to punish some social security recipients with severe cuts to support demonstrates contempt for their human rights. This harsh approach will increase poverty, erode social cohesion, and push many into destitution." Kartik Raj, Senior Europe Researcher
The German government's plan for social security "reform" is bad news for #humanrights.
I tried to set out why for @hrw.org here, a couple of weeks back, as we awaited details of these plans:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
The EU joining consensus for the annual UN Human Rights Council resolution on racism is the right signal.
European states chose not to call for a vote bc of inclusion of language on #reparations.
The right to reparation for colonial injustices is non-negotiable. #HRC60 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e...
