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Therese Rytter

@thereserytter.bsky.social
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Human rights lawyer | Director of Prevention & Accountability @dignitydk.bsky.social | Steering Committee @IAPBelarus.org | @coe.int European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)

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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Danmark har ifølge FN’s Folkedrabskonvention en pligt til at handle, når der er risikofor folkedrab. Det punkt er for længst nået i Gaza. #dkpol Læs indlægget af @thereserytter.bsky.social & @rasmusgrue.bsky.social i @altingetdk.bsky.social www.altinget.dk/udvikling/ar...
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Dignity: Danmark har pligt til at forhindre folkedrab i Gaza - Altinget
Danmark er ifølge FN’s Folkedrabskonvention juridisk forpligtet til at forhindre folkedrab, så snart vi bliver opmærksomme på, at der er alvorlig risiko – en risiko, der for længst er dokumenteret i G...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Must-read NYT op-ed by renowned genocide scholar: “My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. […] I’ve been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
🇪🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 @dignitydk.bsky.social joins > 100 orgs calling on @ec.europa.eu & Member States to ensure a credible review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. With the overwhelming evidence of Israel’s atrocity crimes, the outcome can only be to suspend the agreement! www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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Joint Statement on the EU-Israel Association Agreement Review
The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations and trade unions urge the EU to ensure that the ongoing review of Israel’s compliance with article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ...
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Marc Schack @marcschack.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Der pågår en ophedet debat om, hvordan Danmark kan udfordre EMRK's praksis om udvisning af kriminelle udlændinge. I den forbindelse diskuteres muligheden for, at Danmark udtræder af konventionen med det formål at genindtræde med forbehold. En lang 🧵om den debat:
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Systematic torture. DIGNITY’s @mahaaon.bsky.social reviewed 100 testimonies of Palestinians from Gaza held in Israeli prisons. They reveal a consistent pattern of torture: beatings, denial of care, overcrowding, and degrading treatment. 📄 New PCHR report launch today: dignity.dk/en/news/qa-t...
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Q&A: This is what we know about torture against Palestinians from Gaza inside Israeli prisons
Maha Aon, senior health advisor at DIGNITY, has reviewed 100 survivor testimonies featured in the new report Torture and Genocide by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and highlights consi...
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Mens USA, Italien og Ungarn angriber ICC, bør Danmark og resten af EU stå fast og styrke støtten til domstolens arbejde med at stille krigsforbrydere til ansvar, skriver @rasmusgrue.bsky.social og @thereserytter.bsky.social i @berlingske.bsky.social. www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
In the wake of nationwide protests in #Türkiye 🇹🇷 after the arrest & detention of Istanbul mayor Imamoğlu, @coe.int Committee for Prevention of Torture #CPT conducted a rapid reaction visit on 7-11 April, examining the treatment & safeguards of persons held by the #police. www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-...
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a visit to Türkiye - CPT - www.coe.int
14/04/2025
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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Open-source researchers: whether you’re actively searching for evidence re: conflict-related sexual violence or not, you may find it. We've just launched the pilot Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/ IICI to help www.muradcode.com/open-source-... @berkeleylaw.bsky.social
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Attacks on the International Criminal Court (#ICC) undermine justice for victims of human rights violations globally. DIGNITY joins civil society call on the EU to defend the ICC and the international rule of law amid serious attacks on the ICC’s mandate & mission. 👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Aftalen om DK fængselspladser i Kosovo er blevet underskrevet. @thereserytter.bsky.social har talt med @foljeton.dk, om nogle af de menneskeretlige bekymringer, som samarbejdet giver. www.foljeton.dk/post/et-dans... #dkmedier #dkpol
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
First-ever Police Interview Summit addressing the need to replace coercive, manipulative and confession-based interrogation with investigative and rapport-based interviewing as a means to ensure fair trials and prevention of torture and ill-treatment. It was a pleasure to present on these issues 🙏
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Margaret Satterthwaite (she/her) @unsr-judges.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🚨 Dozens of UN human rights experts express alarm at the United States’ escalating attacks on the international architecture of human rights, the rule of law, multilateralism, the principles of sovereign equality and self-determination & vital international agreements. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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The new US administration must recommit to human rights at home and abroad: UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about the new US administration’s recent actions that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms at both domestic and international leve...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Women in Corrections Conference 2025 Huge thanks to ICPA & Thailand Institute of Justice for hosting the first global #WICC2025. What a privilege to listen to global leaders in criminal justice & present the findings and standards on women in detention of @coe.int Cmttee on Prevention of Torture 🙏
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International Accountability Platform for Belarus @iapbelarus.org · 17/02/2025
Lithuania’s referral of the human rights situation in #Belarus to the #ICC is a critical step to secure justice and accountability. A 🧵 📖 Read our briefing to know more: iapbelarus.org/presentation...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📣 Exciting #job: Legal Advisor Would you like to contribute to pursuing #justice and #accountability for torture and other intl crimes in #Belarus, #Palestine and #Ukraine? 👉 dignity.dk/en/job-openi... 📅 Deadline: 19 March 2025 🌏 Duty station: Copenhagen
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“With this order, the US has empowered war criminals by seeking to punish the ICC, denying justice and reparation to thousands of victims around the world, including women and children." UN experts condemn sanctions against the #ICC: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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United States: UN experts condemn sanctions against the ICC
GENEVA – UN experts* expressed grave concern today after the U.S. President signed an Executive Action authorising sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its personnel and individuals or entit...
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International Accountability Platform for Belarus @iapbelarus.org · 06/02/2025
The IAPB has submitted evidence and legal analyses to the ICC Prosecutor to inform its preliminary examination into whether it has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes against humanity committed by Belarusian senior officials since 2020. Read more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Previously, we looked forward to harvesting olives, an essential tradition for Palestinians. Today, it is a burden, as we fear attacks from settlers or soldiers. In his practice, Dr. Khader sees the consequences of the violence in the occupied West Bank. #dkaid dignity.dk/en/news/psyc...
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Psychologists in the West Bank: The occupation is a chronic source of psychological trauma
Four Palestinian psychologists share their experiences working in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, navigating checkpoints and settler violence.
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
NEW REPORT from DIGNITY's partner The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), provides insights into the post-imprisonment challenges that former political prisoners experience in Burma. aappb.org?p=31062
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International Accountability Platform for Belarus @iapbelarus.org · 28/01/2025
There is an urgent need to combat impunity for serious int'l crimes in Belarus. The OSCE Moscow Mechanism & UN experts have called on the international community to support initiatives, such as the IAPB, documenting human rights violations in #Belarus 🟠Learn more www.osce.org/files/f/docu...
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We express deep concern over the systematic & widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling detention conditions in #Egypt #UPR @redress.org ⤵️ dignity.dk/en/news/egyp...
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Egypt: UN Universal Periodic Review Must Highlight Systematic Human Rights Violations in Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Unfair Trials
The undersigned organizations express deep concern over the systematic and widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling de...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
After our 2 weeks’ fact-finding visit to #Georgia 🇬🇪 in Nov 2024, @coe.int Committee against Torture (CPT) returns to Tbilisi to examine how persons detained during the #GeorgiaProtests were treated by the #police & how investigations into reports of police ill-treatment are advancing. bit.ly/4hMi9wL
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International Accountability Platform for Belarus @iapbelarus.org · 24/01/2025
As the need to combat impunity for serious international crimes in #Belarus remains as pressing as ever, the IAPB calls on #ICC State Parties to support Lithuania’s referral of the situation in #Belarus to the @intlcrimcourt.bsky.social ✉️Read our open letter: iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) holds high-levels talks with govt of Denmark re long-standing concerns reg #prisons: overcrowding, regimes for remand and high-security prisoners, poor healthcare, belt fixation and externalization. www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-...
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark - CPT - www.coe.int
15/01/2025
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Maher Akraa @maherakraa.com · 08/01/2025
1) Overview Years before Assad’s regime fell, human rights groups (e.g., Amnesty International, Syrian Network for Human Rights exposed 72 torture methods across 50+ detention centers. After the regime’s collapse in Dec 2024, new images & testimonies confirm a systematic pattern of brutality.
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 01/01/2025
NEW COMMENTARY | @crisisgroup.org’s 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2025 In collaboration w/ @foreignpolicy.com 📌 Read more: www.crisisgroup.org/global/10-co...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 19/12/2024
#Gaza: “The recent military offensive in the north is a stark illustration of the brutal war the Israeli forces are waging on Gaza, and we are seeing clear signs of ethnic cleansing...” Israel has been destroying the conditions of life in Gaza over the past 14 months. youtube.com/shorts/x3ZjT...
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#Gaza life in a deathtrap
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 19/12/2024
NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths. A calculated policy. An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#Morocco 🇲🇦 | Together with the Ministry of Justice, DIGNITY is hosting a seminar on how best to prevent torture in #police custody and #prison and how to ensure effective investigations of allegations of #torture. Many thanks for inspiring exchanges 🙏 @danishmfa.bsky.social @dignity-int.bsky.social
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
How can organizations safely document evidence of torture from prisoners in #Syria? Our Legal Director, @thereserytter.bsky.social , discusses on @ajarabic.bsky.social the critical need to secure crime scenes, preserve evidence, and ensure #accountability for perpetrators. #SednayaPrison
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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🤔 Did you know? There have been already more than 50 convictions for atrocity crimes committed in #Syria in various European countries, notably in Germany. This is due in particular to the principle of #UniversalJurisdiction. 1/2
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
#Saydnaya prison has fallen! For years it was known as the ‘human slaughterhouse’ in #Syria. Tens of thousands have been brutally tortured and killed in Assad’s prisons. It’s crucial to secure the crime scene, preserve the evidence and bring the perpetrators of the Assad regime to justice.
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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · 05/12/2024
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
#Egypt 🇪🇬 Today, president al-Sisi starts his official visit to #Denmark. Denmark has been spearheading the global fight against #torture at the UN for decades. The Danish govt must address Egypt’s widespread and systematic torture in police stations and prisons across the country. #dkpol
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Mikkel Jarle Christensen @mjarlec.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hvis vi virkelig støtter #ICC, er der andre dele af økosystemet, vi ikke må glemme. #JustSites kronik i @information.dk #dkpol: www.information.dk/debat/2024/1...
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Den Internationale Straffedomstol kan udrette meget lidt på egen hånd
Uden de lokales hjælp kan ICC ikke indsamle det nødvendige bevismateriale – hverken i Gaza eller andre steder. Danmark bør derfor støtte lokale organisationers arbejde for at sikre beviser på internat...
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In the midst of large-scale public protests in #Georgia 🇬🇪 the @coe.int anti-torture committee (CPT) conducted a 2 weeks’ fact-finding visit, examining the treatment & conditions in #police custody, incl of demonstrators in Tbilisi, in prisons and in psychiatric hospital. www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-...
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Georgia
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Therese Rytter @thereserytter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🎙️Podcast: What are the main challenges in #prisons across Europe? And where do we see the good practices? Hugh Chetwynd & I reflect on these Qs drawing on CPT’s findings across the 47 States parties to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. @coe smartlink.ausha.co/europe-expla...
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Læs / lyt til @jensmodvig.bsky.social, der har talt med @handle.invalid om at vidne i historisk retssag om tortur i Abu Ghraib, hvor 3 torturofre har fået rettens ord for, at de skal kompenseres. ⬇️ Efter 20 år har ofrene fået retfærdighed. www.zetland.dk/historie/sG8xxOLk-men2dXAV-813d3
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Efter 20 år har ofrene for en af vor tids værste torturskandaler fået retfærdighed. Med hjælp fra Jens
I 2004 så verden for første gang billederne fra Abu Ghraib-fængslet i Irak. Nu, 20 år efter, har tre af torturofrene fået retfærdighed. Og de har fået hjælp af en dansker, der hedder Jens Modvig. Han ...
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