Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialKartik Raj @kartikraj.eurosky.social · 24/03/20251/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany. The full report is here: “It Tears You Apart” Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System www.hrw.org/report/2025/... 16236
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialHuman Rights Watch auf Deutsch @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025🔵NEU von @hrw.org: Im drittreichsten Land der Welt klafft nach wie vor eine große Lücke zwischen der Höhe der gewährten Sozialleistungen und der Armutsrgrenze. #Deutschland hat ein Armutsproblem, insbesondere ein Frauenarmutsproblem. Hier geht's zum Bericht: www.hrw.org/de/report/20... 24630
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialJuliane Kippenberg @jkippenberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Children and future generations of Kabwe, Zambia are in dire danger from the toxic legacy of a former mine. Today, new mining in lead waste is making things worse. Comprehensive remediation is the only solution for a #leadfreekabwe New @hrw.org report out today: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03... 03928
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 27/02/2025HRW UK Director Yasmine Ahmed recently visited Laila Soueif in a London hospital. Laila has been on hunger strike for 151 days in protest of her son Alaa Abdel Fattah's imprisonment in Egypt. A prominent writer and activist, Alaa has been detained unlawfully for over a decade. 36521
katharinarall.bsky.social @katharinarall.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...theguardian.comTurkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbishWhen China stopped receiving the world’s waste, Turkey became Europe’s recycling hotspot. The problem is, most plastics can’t be recycled. And what remains are toxic heaps of trash 044
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialAstrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Congrats to Science Moms for the amazing add during #SuperBowl its vital that everyone understands and acts on climate, for #climatejustice and the right to a #healthyenvironment 013
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialAstrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I am pleased to share my analysis of a healthy environment as a human right and customary international law, contributing to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) conversation on State obligations regarding climate change. Thanks to @iisd.bsky.social for the space. sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...sdg.iisd.orgHealthy Environment: A Human Right and Customary International LawBy Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial organ of the UN, i... 0139
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025In 2024, the ECHR found that Switzerland had failed to comply with its duties concerning climate change. Now 30+ organizations are calling on Switzerland to step up & comply with the court's climate judgment to #ActOnClimate. climatelitigationnetwork.org/wp-content/u... 12617
katharinarall.bsky.social @katharinarall.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Nearly a quarter of a billion children’s schooling was disrupted by climate crises in 2024. New @unicef.org report: www.unicef.org/press-releas...unicef.org 021
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialMyrto Tilianaki @myrtotilianaki.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The US Paris Agreement withdrawal threatens global efforts to tackle climate change. It comes weeks after 2024 was declared the hottest year on record globally due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels. www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...hrw.orgUS Paris Agreement Withdrawal Threatens Global Efforts to Tackle Climate ChangeUnited States President Donald J. Trump announced yesterday the US’ withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement, the landmark international treaty aiming to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5 d... 156
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialLotte Leicht @lotteleicht.bsky.social · 11/10/2024Criminalising climate protest while ignoring the crisis The scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the #ClimateCrisis act with impunity. Read our op-ed in Social Europe: #ClimateActionNow #ClimateJustice www.socialeurope.eu/criminalisin...socialeurope.euCriminalising climate protest while ignoring the crisisThe scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the crisis act with impunity. 03614
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 16/01/2025BREAKING: Human Rights Watch launches World Report 2025 - rights trends in 100+ countries around the globe. bit.ly/4gUvG5f #Rights2025 38034
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/01/2025"Repressions are taking place in a context where States are not taking adequate #ClimateAction. By criminalizing activists, States depoliticize them. This conceals the fact these activists are ultimately right about the state of the climate & environment." www.climatechangenews.com/2025/01/06/r...climatechangenews.comRepression of climate and environmental protest is intensifyingClimate protests increased dramatically in 2018-2019 and have not declined since - and so has the repression they face. 1136
katharinarall.bsky.social @katharinarall.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Amid growing concerns about its existing air pollution problem, Turkish authorities have approved the expansion of one of Türkiye’s biggest coal power plants. Together with HRW colleagues, we analysed air quality data and talked to residents in the area last year: www.hrw.org/news/2025/01... ⬇️🧵hrw.orgTurkish Government Approves Coal Power Plant ExpansionAmid growing concerns about its existing air pollution problem, Turkish authorities have approved the expansion of one of Türkiye’s biggest coal power plants. The decision to greenlight two additional... 41912
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialGiorgi Gogia @ggogia.bsky.social · 24/12/2024In widespread & apparently punitive acts, police & other security forces in #Georgia have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters. The scale of police violence is shocking & suggests that the authorities have sanctioned or condoned it, says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...hrw.orgGeorgia: Brutal Police Violence Against ProtestersPolice and other security forces have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, Human Rights Watch said today. 35838
Reposted by @katharinarall.bsky.socialHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 23/12/2024Despite joyous images of Syrian refugees going home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, no person should be sent back involuntarily. HRW's @billfrelick.bsky.social speaks to Al Jazeera about the continued need for refugee protection ⤵️ 17126
katharinarall.bsky.social @katharinarall.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Government support for fossil fuels totalled at least $1.5 trillion in 2023, with #Germany & #France among the top 10 subsidizers. To protect people and the planet, governments should urgently shift financial flows from fossil fuels to renewable energy. New from @IISD_Energy: tinyurl.com/3tkj87wktinyurl.comThe Cost of Fossil Fuel Reliance: Governments provided USD 1.5 trillion from public coffers in 2023Government support for fossil fuels reached at least USD 1.5 trillion in 2023, new data shows. 010
