UN investigation team seeks evidence linking
#Myanmar
military leaders to crimes as killings of protesters increase and abuses escalate.
More than 180 protesters have been killed by security forces.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge
#UNSC
to impose arms embargo.
๐จ ๐งต
@hrw
reaction to US veto of
@Brazil_UN_NY
draft resolution on
#Israel
/
#Palestine
(12 votes in favor, 2 abstentions, 1 no)
"Once again the US cynically used their veto to prevent the UN Security Council from acting on Israel and Palestine at a time of unprecedented carnage."
Itโs official.
#Russia
failed to prevent UN Security Council from calling 11th ever Emergency Special Session of UN General Assembly -- on
#Ukraine
. Procedural resolution passed. So itโs on to UNGA!
Result:
For โ 11
Against โ 1 (Russia)
Abstentions โ 3 (China, UAE, India)
UN chief
@antonioguterres
to UN Security Council: "It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happenย inย aย vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation."
BREAKING: Israeli foreign minister cancels his meeting with the UN secretary general planned for later today in New York in protest of Guterres' claim that Hamas' October 7th attack "didn't take place in a vacuum"
Good news about new US & EU sanctions on
#Myanmar
after junta unleashed deadly violence against protesters opposing coup.
@hrw
& many other NGOs urge UN Security Council to follow suit, impose arms embargo & targeted sanctions on top military leaders.
๐จ
#BREAKING
- UN Security Council just passed a resolution focused on the plight of children in
#Gaza
! US abstained, which enabled the resolution to be adopted.
There were 12 votes in favor, none against, 3 abstentions (US, UK, Russia)
@hrw
's reaction in a short thread ๐งต
Thanks to UN member states who voted against
#Ethiopia
โs attempt to defund the UN investigation of war crimes and human rights abuses there. It failed!
@hrw
background here.
๐จ ๐
#BREAKING
: UN General Assembly voted to suspend
#Russia
โs UN Human Rights Council membership over massive violations of international humanitarian & human rights law in
#Ukraine
!! 93 in favor, 24 against, 58 abstentions. A short thread ๐งตwith
@hrw
โs reaction follows.
#Myanmar
security forces killed at least 20 this weekend, but nationwide protests show no sign of waning.
@nytimes
That's why
@hrw
& other NGOs urge UN Security Council to impose arms embargo & sanctions on military leaders.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
?
#Myanmar
security forces continue rampage, 6 more killed in protests.
@hrw
and many other international NGOs urge UN arms embargo and sanctions on top military leaders over grave human rights abuses.
๐จ US just vetoed another
#Gaza
ceasefire resolution in the UN Security Council. Drafted by UAE with nearly 100 co-sponsors.
13 votes in favor, 1 against (US) and 1 abstention (UK).
@hrw
reaction follows in a short thread ๐งต
๐จ UN Security Council needs to urgently act on
#Ethiopia
! UN suspension of flights to
#Tigray
shows substantive action's long overdue.
@hrw
: We need full international investigation of war crimes & atrocities + targeted UN sanctions on those responsible.
The United Nations suspended all flights to the regional capital of the
#Tigray
region in northern
#Ethiopia
on Friday after a plane carrying 11 passengers had to abort landing in Mekelle, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
#Myanmar
junta defends crackdown & murderous rampage against protesters. Protesters want release of democratically elected leaders & restoration of a govt they chose.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge
#UNSC
to impose arms embargo & sanctions on military leaders.
UN Security Council to informally discuss
#Myanmar
& ASEAN result Friday. ๐ How many atrocities will it take for UNSC to meet openly & discuss arms embargo & sanctions?
700+ protesters dead, incl. children.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
@hrw
&other NGOs:
Powerful parting missive to UN human rights chief
@volker_turk
from outgoing head of
@UNHumanRights
in NY
@CraigMokhiber
. You donโt have to agree w/ every word but his argument that the
#Israel
/
#Gaza
crisis illustrates how the UN lost its way on human rights is VERY compelling.
.
@hrw
says itโs time for UN Security Council members to call
#China
โs bluff and put a
#Myanmar
sanctions resolution to a vote. UNSC should make it clear that illegal abuses have global costs.
๐จ New report by
@hrw
and
@amnesty
on
#Ethiopia
: Crimes Against Humanity in Western
#Tigray
Zone.
Immediate Humanitarian Access, Protection of Communities Key.
.
@hrw
on
#UNSC
and
#Myanmar
coup: "The Security Council should demand the immediate release of all detained political leaders and activists, and the restoration of civilian democratic rule. Targeted sanctions should be imposed on those military leaders responsible.โ
.
@AP
statement: โWe are shocked and horrified that the
#Israeli
military would target and destroy the building housing APโs bureau and other news organizations in
#Gaza
. They have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there.โ
#Myanmar
protesters defiant as two more killed by security forces; pressure on junta grows.
At least 249 people have now been killed since the coup.
@hrw
& many other NGOs urge UN Security Council to impose arms embargo & sanctions on military leaders.
New wave of
#Ethiopia
atrocities against Tigrayans in Western
#Tigray
, incl killings, forcible expulsions t& torture. Given gravity of abuses
@UN_HRC
shld urgently establish credible investigation to pave way for future accountability. New
@hrw
&
@amnesty
.
@antonioguterres
on
#Myanmar
: world should send โclear signal to the military that it must respect the will of the people of Myanmar as expressed through the election and stop the repression.โ
137 NGOs incl
@hrw
urge
#UNSC
to impose arms embargo now.
UN human rights chief
@mbachelet
urges end to
#Myanmar
"slaughter," warns of repeating "deadly mistakes of the past in
#Syria
and elsewhere."
Security forces have killed 710โ ๏ธ
@hrw
, other NGOs urge arms embargo & sanctions now!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Amazing!
#Myanmar
envoy just told UN General Assembly the military coup was illegitimate & power needs to be restored to democratically elected government.
@hrw
& 136 other NGOs are calling on
#UNSC
to impose arms embargo on Myanmar over abuses.
#China
,
#Russia
undermine international
#Myanmar
response, EU's top diplomat says
Meanwhile security forces have killed more than 700 unarmed protesters.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge UNSC to push for arms embargo & sanctions now!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@hrw
.
@hrw
: By continuing to provide Israel with weapons and diplomatic cover as it commits atrocities, including collectively punishing the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, the US risks complicity in war crimes.
Protests erupt across
#Myanmar
; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody. UN says security forces have killed over 50 people since coup.
@hrw
and 136 other NGOs are among those supporting escalating calls for arms embargo, sanctions on military leaders.
What happens when UN Security Council neglects grave human rights abuses like in
#Myanmar
? It gets worse & perpetrators feel emboldened.
At least 788 protesters killed since coup.
@hrw
& 204 other NGOs urge arms embargo now!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
๐จ Shocking & beyond the pale. Months ago
@UNOCHA
said โthere is famine nowโ in
#Tigray
. Now
#Ethiopia
MFA decides to expel UN humanitarian officials.
They shld reverse this outrageous decision. It's time for sanctions on those responsible for atrocities & other war crimes.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #Ethiopia ๐ช๐น
.
@mfaethiopia
declared โpersona non grataโ for seven individuals who have been working for some
#UN
humanitarian agencies in
#Ethiopia
for meddling in the internal affairs of the country. They must leave the country within the next 72 hrs. 30 September 2021
๐จThanks to UN General Assembly budget committee for rejecting
#Ethiopia
โs brazen attempt to defund UN investigation of war crimes & other abuses in northern Ethiopia to escape accountability.
UNGA 5th Committee voted to fund the investigation! Let's get it up & running. ๐
UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts ceasefire resolution demanding full humanitarian aid access for
#Gaza
, resumption of vital services like electricity, water, food, fuel, etc. (
#Israel
has cut off vital services while incessantly bombing Gaza.)
#Myanmar
families hold funerals for crackdown victims as activists continue to protest.
Security forces continue to use excessive force in a deadly assault on protesters.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge UN Security Council to impose arms embargo, sanctions.
#Myanmar
's military shouldn't even be allowed to purchase "camouflage underwear." -
@SAdamsR2P
Quote of the day from today's
#Myanmar
press conference on more than 205 NGOs urging the UN Security Council to finally authorize a global arms embargo.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
A serious topic, but I stand by my silly off-the-cuff comment that we want a global arms embargo to stop
#Myanmar
's military buying another bullet, bayonet, rifle or even "camouflage underwear" for their soldiers.
#NotOneBulletMore
UN deputy chief
@AminaJMohammed
has crucial message to warring parties in
#Ethiopia
and UN & AU: lasting peace can only be achieved with justice & accountability for the atrocities that have been committed in
#Tigray
& nearby regions.
@hrw
๐จ
#SaudiArabia
was just elected as chair of UN Commission on the Status of Women
@UN_CSW
, the UN's main forum for women's rights. A short thread ๐งตwith
@hrw
's reaction:
HRW: โ
#SaudiArabia
โs election as chair of
@UN_CSW
shows shocking disregard for womenโs rights everywhere."
๐จ UN Security Council adopted first-ever resolution on
#Myanmar
today!! Long overdue. The resolution condemns the junta for executions & abuses, requires follow-up.
#China
#Russia
&
#India
abstained. The other 12 members voted yes.
@hrw
's reaction follows in mini thread. ๐งต
Great news! U.S. and Britain blacklist
#Myanmar
military-controlled companies.
Now let's follow the recommendation of
@hrw
& other NGOs and get the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo and UN sanctions on Myanmar military.
๐จ UN General Assembly overwhelmingly condemns
#Russia
for invading
#Ukraine
, denounces violations of int'l humanitarian & human rights law.๐บ๐ฆ
What a result! 141 votes in favor, 5 against (!), 35 abstentions.
Ouch for Russia! ๐ช
All in a day's work - Today
#Myanmar
security forces killed more than 90 people, including children, in "horrifying" day of bloodshed.
That's why
@hrw
& many other NGOs urge UN Security Council to adopt arms embargo & sanctions.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
๐จ๐งต New from
@hrw
: UN Security Council has failed to act on
#Israel
/
#Palestine
at a time of unprecedented carnage. Due to this deadlock - largely the fault of US - General Assembly will launch emergency session on Thursday to take up
#Gaza
.
๐
๐งต Later today, UN Security Council will vote on resolution calling for Emergency Special Session of UN General Assembly on
#Ukraine
conflict because of
#Russia
โs shameful veto on Friday. It's procedural vote so Russia can't veto, so shld pass. And no vetoes in UNGA either. ๐บ๐ฆ
US has approved new sanctions on
#Myanmar
generals & businesses.
@hrw
says it's high time for members of UN Security Council to call
#China
's bluff & push for targeted sanctions on Myanmar's military.
If China vetoes, it can live with the consequences.
UN Security Council has failed to take robust action on
#Myanmar
. Therefore General Assembly should urgently adopt resolution condemning juntaโs rights abuses & urging UN members to halt arms transfers. -
@hrw
's
@widadfranco
.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar
security forces kill 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon
580+ (incl children) have been killed since Feb. 1 coup. That's
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
.
When UN Security Council meets April 9,
@hrw
says time to talk about arms embargo & sanctions
Strong words from UN chief
@antonioguterres
.
"The real problem is that the way
#Israel
is conducting this offensive is creating massive obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid inside
#Gaza
."
So don't judge aid delivery success by the trickle of trucks Israel lets in.
An effective aid operation in Gaza requires security; staff who can work in safety; logistical capacity; and the resumption of commercial activity. ย ย
These four elements do not exist.
-
@antonioguterres
talks to reporters about the situation in the
#Gaza
&
#Israel
If UN Security Council fails to move on
#Myanmar
sanctions, the General Assembly is logical next step.
@hrw
is urging UNSC members to immediately push for targeted sanctions on Myanmar military & arms embargo.
The UN Security Council doesn't have to be hamstrung to
#China
&
#Russia
when it comes to
#Myanmar
. 9 members can call for an Emergency Special Session at the UNGA, which in turn could consider sanctions, an arms embargo, & even peacekeepers. My op-ed:
๐จ Today UN members should reject
#China
#Russia
#Ethiopia
& allies' efforts to defund UN investigations of abuses in these countries: Ethiopia, SriLanka Iran Venezuela, Russia invasion of Ukraine, Nicaragua NorthKorea Belarus Syria Eritrea Russia.
@hrw
๐
Here's my take in
@FPIF
on what lies behind the current bloodshed in
#Gaza
-- crimes against humanity of persecution &
#apartheid
that
#Israel
's authorities are committing against millions of Palestinians -- and what the UN can & should do about it.
@hrw
New
@hrw
report: Sexual violence survivors canโt get critical health care due to destroyed health facilities and continued restrictions on aid in
#Tigray
region
#Ethiopia
govt should urgently lift its effective siege.
@Nisha_Varia
.
@hrw
โs
@YasmineAhmed001
explains why
#Britain
should champion UN Security Council action on
#Myanmar
.
Security forces keep killing protesters. Time for statements has passed (UNSC has agreed 3 as of late last week). We need sanctions negotiations now!
.
@hrw
: The US used its veto again to prevent the Security Council from making some of the calls the US itself has been demanding of
#Israel
& Palestinian armed groups, including compliance w/ intโl humanitarian law, protection of civilians & releasing all civilians held hostage.
.
@pressfreedom
:
#Israel
air strikes destroy buildings housing more than a dozen media outlets in
#Gaza
CPJ says "Israeli forces must refrain from bombing media outlets."
Sadly apartheid's no joke. It's reality for millions of Palestinians.
Read this for more on
#Israel
authoritiesโ crimes:
Re: UN HRC reform, its last session tackled abuses in Sri Lanka Belarus Russia Egypt Ethiopia etc. Not bad!
๐จ 50 countries jointly condemn
#China
's persecution of Uyghurs & other Turkic Muslims in
#Xinjiang
, urge it to comply w/ recommendations of
@UNHumanRights
report that determined abuses in Xinjiang may be crimes against humanity.
#Canada
's UN envoy
@BobRae48
read it out at UN.๐
If US vetoes another UN Security Council demand for
#Israel
& Palestinian armed groups to protect civilians & comply intโl humanitarian law, it will be a huge nail in the coffin of US credibility when it comes to its stated commitment to the laws of war.
NEWS: Biden has instructed the US mission to the UN to VETO a Security Council resolution on Gaza tomorrow, per a diplomat.
This comes after 2 delays in the vote & concessions on res language to win US support as well as an in-person attempt to win over Biden by the US amb to UN
#Ethiopia
govt drone hits displacement camp in
#Tigray
not once, but three times, killing at least 57 children, older people and women recently forced to leave their homes.
New
@hrw
reporting on devastating Jan. 7 Dedebit strike, a likely war crime.๐
๐งต Iโve spent past few days at
#Slovakia
border w/
#Ukraine
for
@hrw
, at Vysne Nemecke and Ubla. Been looking to see how peopleโs human rights are being respected & protected. A thread with observations on treatment of refugees who fled
#Russia
โs assault on Ukrainian cities.
๐จ In desperate attempt to stop accountability,
#Ethiopa
tried again & failed today to get UN General Assembly to block funding for UN probe of war crimes & rights abuses.
UNGA approved the $$!
@hrw
@amnesty
on crimes against humanity in Western
#Tigray
UN Security Council has โstrongly condemnedโ deaths of hundreds of civilians in
#Myanmar
, incl. children. But stopped short of threatening โfurther stepsโ because of
#China
.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge arms embargo & sanctions now.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
.
@hrw
:
#SaudiArabia
โs failure to win a seat on the Human Rights Council is a welcome reminder of the need for more competition in UN elections. Had there been additional candidates,
#China
,
#Cuba
&
#Russia
might have lost too. 1/
๐จ
@hrw
's reaction to
@IntlCrimCourt
applications for arrest warrants for
#Hamas
leaders,
#Israel
PM Netanyahu & Israel Defense Minister Gallant. A short thread. ๐งต 1/x
UN Human Rights Council has adopted UK-EU resolution urging
#Myanmar
to release Aung San Suu Kyi & others "arbitrarily detained."
@hrw
says it's now time for UN Security Council to consider arms embargo & targeted sanctions against military leaders.
I just heard an
@npr
reporter in the hourly news update flatly declare that yesterdayโs UN Security Council resolution on
#Gaza
is โnonbindingโ. Reporters should push back on this misleading US spin.
Art.25:
"The Members of the United Nations agree to accept & carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance w/the present Charter."
1971 ICJ Namibia advisory opinion says that because of Art25, ChVII citation isn't necessary to make a res. binding.
2728 IS BINDING!
"In so doing, they blocked the very demands they so often insist upon in other contexts: all parties to comply with international humanitarian law and ensure that vital humanitarian aid and essential services reach people in need." (2)
US can't give
#Israel
free pass for violations in
#Gaza
conflict --
@hrw
's
@YagerSarahH
in
@ForeignAffairs
"If the US wants to maintain that it believes in international law, it cannot waver in holding Israel accountable for how it conducts hostilities."
๐งต UN rights chief
@mbachelet
final statement after overly managed
#China
visit disappointed those of us tracking human rights abuses. Beijing's likely pleased w/ their PR coup & aid they got from UN to look cooperative & constructive, incl in
#Xinjiang
.
๐จ
#BREAKING
โ UN Security finally Council adopts resolution calling on:
#Israel
to allow humanitarian aid into
#Gaza
; all parties to comply w/ intโl humanitarian law; Palestinian armed groups to release civilian hostages; etc. (US abstained)
@hrw
reaction follows in a short ๐งต
.
@hrw
on this morning's UN Security Council consultations: โ
#Myanmar
โs security forces, emboldened by longstanding impunity, have used deadly force to gun down peaceful protesters in the streets. At least four of its latest victims were children." 1/2
Anyone notice how UN human rights chief
@mbachelet
creates a false equivalency between
#China
govtโs attempts to bully her into never releasing her long-delayed report on
#Xinjiang
abuses & those urging her to simply keep her promise to publish it? ๐คจ
#China
โs UN mission to host an
#UNGA
event called โ
#Xinjiang
is a Wonderful Land.โ Read about how โwonderfulโ Chinese authorities are there in this
@hrw
report on crimes against humanity against Uyghurs & other Turkic Muslims.
UN Security Council holds informal Arria formula meeting on
#Myanmar
Friday 10am.
Juntaโs security forces have killed nearly 600, incl. dozens of children.
@hrw
& other NGOs urge UNSC to talk arms embargo & sanctions tomorrow!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
๐จTomorrow we will bring the vital voices of
#Myanmar
โs democratically-elected parliamentarians & ethnic groups to
@UN
Sai Sam Kham & Daw Zin Mar Aung speak for the thousands who've taken to the streets to demand democracy
10am
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
๐จ Worrying news from
@james_t_quinn
: Senior UN Official Plans Meeting with
#Russia
/n Official Wanted for War Crimes
@hrw
's
@balkeesjarrah
: "Ukrainian victims deserve to see Lvova-Belova behind bars in the Hague, not meeting with high-level UN officials."
Fleeing
#Myanmar
police recount how they defied orders to kill protesters.
@AP
@hrw
& other NGOs urge UN Security Council to move beyond statements push resolution imposing arms embargo & targeted sanctions on military leaders.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
๐จ
#BREAKING
- UN General Assembly votes to establish July 11 as the "International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in
#Srebrenica
" (84 in favor, 19 against, 68 abstentions)
@hrw
's reaction follows in a short thread. ๐งต 1/x
.
@columlynch
reports:
@UN
worried about
#Ethiopia
's purge of ethnic Tigrayans from UN peacekeeping missions.
Quotes me for
@hrw
: "If the reports are confirmed, the UN should...consider suspending
#Ethiopian
participation in UN peacekeeping operations."
What is the US goal here? Does the US simply want to ensure that
#Israel
is able to continue blocking food, medicine & other essentials for Palestinians in
#Gaza
?
@hrw
reported that Israel's gov't is using starvation of civilians as a weapon of war.
I hear that the US proposed yesterday a new language in OP4 that replaces the UN monitoring mechanism with a "special coordinator" for the humanitarian aids.
The Arab/Islamic group, especially Egypt, accepted the proposal with one condition: to appoint a coordinator AND
My
@hrw
colleague
@CarineNantulya
& I in
@persuasion
:
AU & UN Security Council shld make
#Ethiopia
top priority. Apart from occasional media statement, theyโve pursued all-too-quiet diplomacy w/
#Tigray
war, giving Ethiopia govt a sense of normalcy.
#Myanmar
massacre fuels calls for UN arms embargo -
@FT
I told
@JohnReedwrites
: โThe Security Council have decided in advance that a resolution would fail, so they havenโt tried, at least not so far...The latest violence should be a wake-up call.โ
๐จ This is really important. UN chief
@antonioguterres
has written to the UN Security Council invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter to sound the alarm about
#Gaza
. He warns thereโs โno effective protection of civilians.โ
Q: Will the US let the council take meaningful action?
NEW: In Letter to
#UNSC
,
@antonioguterres
invokes article 99 of the
#UN
Charter to bring the situation in
#Gaza
to the attention of the council. He warns that he expects public order to completely break down soon due to ongoing Israeli bombardment leading to desperate conditions
Yesterday UN Security Council ended months of silence & spoke out strongly on horrific abuses in
#Tigray
#Ethiopia
. Statement highlighted sexual violence&other abuses, urged investigations&justice.
This should be beginning -not end- of UNSC engagement.
๐จ
#BREAKING
- UN General Assembly votes to create new UN body to determine fate of missing & disappeared Syrians.
@hrw
โs reaction follows to this important development after 12 years of conflict in
#Syria
follows in a short thread. ๐งต
#Myanmar
activists slam
#ASEAN
/junta consensus, vow to continue protests -
@reuters
Weak ASEAN result highlights need for UN Security Council to adopt real steps.
@hrw
& other NGOs call for UN arms embargo & targeted sanctions.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
.
@hrw
& 204 other NGOs launch global appeal to UN Security Council to immediately impose arms embargo
#Myanmar
junta.
The time for statements of concern has passed! The human rights abuses have to stop now.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar