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With human rights organisations and defenders being starved of resources, it’s time to stop the US and China doing the @UNHumanRights ‘dine and dash’! #UN80 @ISHRglobal

With human rights law, mechanisms and defenders globally being starved of resources, it’s time to stop the US and China doing the ‘dine and dash’. My thoughts in @swissinfo_en https://t.co/THBI3yVYqU #UN80 @NorwayInGeneva @HumanRightsIRL @DKUNmisgva @NLinGeneva @UKMissionGeneva

For years, 🇨🇳 and the 🇺🇸 have been quietly reaping the benefits of their status at the United Nations. The rest of the world needs a strong, responsive UN, and it must get everyone to fork up the cash, our director @PhilALynch wrote for @swissinfo_en.

NGO Forum: civil society calls for more robust AI regulation in Africa The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies convened a panel on the issue of AI and Human Rights in Africa. 👉 Read more:

NGO Forum: Environmental rights must go hand in hand with Indigenous peoples' rights The NGO Forum saw the convening of a very important panel on the issue of “Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights”. 👉 Read more:

#UN80Initiative: UN member States should promote the capacity & independence of Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures and the investigative mechanisms established by @UN_HRC. Any merger or consolidation of mandates must be guided by the views of independent civil society, victims &

NGO Forum: The deterioration of civic space affects defenders in Africa Civil society organisations expressed their concerns about the continual shrinking of civic space. 👉 Read more:

NGO Forum: Sub-regional focal points confirm attacks against African defenders Sharing documentation of the situation of human rights on the continent. 👉 Read more:

Join us this Thursday for 'Between Prison, Exile, and Transnational Repression'. 📅 30 Oct | 🕒 6:15PM - 7:30PM |📍 New York

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Leaders must recognize Al-Khawaja’s status as a prisoner of conscience and call for his immediate release as a Danish/EU citizen and avoid having him endanger his life on hunger strike @regeringDK @DanishMFA @larsloekke @vonderleyen @eucopresident @kajsaollongren @kajakallas

🛡️Escazú Agreement rapid response mechanism triggered for the first time to protect relatives of Julia Chuñil: Relatives of the Chilean Indigenous environmental defender Julia Chuñil must be granted immediate protections by the Chilean State 🇨🇱, the Committee to Support

#UN80Initiative: Our most urgent call to action: 🚫 All UN Member States must oppose budget cuts to the human rights budget!

#UN80Initiative: @ISHRglobal together with civil society partners have identified a list of key concerns and recommendations on the reforms of the UN Human Rights Pillar. Check them out:

Today we celebrate the #UNDay ! For 80 years, the UN has been working for everyone, everywhere. But the system is engulfed in a credibility and financial crisis. The #UN80Initiative must strengthen the UN’s capacity to respond effectively to injustice, elevate the voices of the

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Would you like to help us share this key report? Like, comment, retweet it! #DefendHumanRights #UN80Initiative #PayYourDues #FundHumanRights

It is imperative that States with a principled human rights position make all efforts to defend adequate, predictable, increased, and sustainable funding for UN human rights mechanisms. 📘 Read the full report: Budget Battles at the UN: How States Try to Defund Human Rights 🔗

The time to act is now: @ISHRglobal urges States to act decisively to protect the UN’s human rights pillar: ✅ Pay assessed contributions in full and on time ✅ Shield human rights budgets from across-the-board cuts under #UN80 reform ✅ Increase un-earmarked funding to

Now, the proposed #UN80 reforms would slash another 15% from OHCHR’s 2026 budget, more than other pillars. That would undo recent progress and further erode the UN’s ability to respond to human rights crises worldwide.

Let’s grow together. I’m rooting for every one of you. Keep creating, keep posting, and I’ll keep showing up liking, replying, and encouraging. Community > competition. ⚡️

Meanwhile, the US is pushing the UN in an unprecedented budget and cash crisis. This convergence of geopolitical interests is putting the UN’s human rights work on the brink of collapse. It’s time to act!

This is how China and Russia operate: build influence at the ACABQ to recommend cuts to human rights funding; and in other little-known bodies, break consensus during negotiations at the Fifth Committee so ACABQ proposals are the default, then call votes on human rights