The #EURO2024 ends today but racism won’t. Genuine anti-#racism efforts in #football need more than slogans & glossy diversity campaigns. Anti-racism isn’t a PR stunt. My former colleague David Fischer (now Amnesty Deutschland) wrote about the commitment & (💶) investment that’s needed.

Alors que le racisme fait rage en #France, Amnesty International sort une nouvelle publication: L’interdiction du hijab en France dans le sport met au jour l’existence d’une politique du « deux poids, deux mesures » discriminatoire à la veille des JO. amnesty.org/fr/latest/news…

NEW @HRW REPORT on Oct. 7 assault: ➡️ examines almost every civilian attack site ➡️ documents war crimes and crimes against humanity by Palestinian armed groups ➡️ based on interviews with 94 survivors & analysis of over 280 photos, videos

Les Jeux Olympiques #Paris2024 commencent ds une semaine ac pour devise "Ouvrons grand les jeux" pr montrer qu'ils seront + inclusifs, + ouverts + égalitaires + paritaires. 🎉✊🥇🏃‍♀️ Mais qu'en est-il des droits humains pendant & autour des JO en France ? hrw.org/fr/news/2024/0…

Are you attending or watching the #Paris2024 The Olympic Games+Paralympic Games in #France🇫🇷? These Games should usher in reforms for tolerance, nondiscrimination+defense of basic #HumanRights, @HRW says in a new guide published for reporters+visitors to the Games: hrw.org/sites/default/…

🇫🇷 As the #Paris2024 Olympics approach, Human Rights Watch releases a "Reporters' Guide" spotlighting concerning human rights issues in France. The guide urges the Games to be a catalyst for reforms to ensure tolerance, non-discrimination, and fundamental rights. hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…

The ICJ's ruling today is historic for many reasons. One is its finding that Israel is responsible for apartheid and racial segregation, a breach of CERD, the treaty that prohibits racial discrimination. icj-cij.org/sites/default/… [This replaces the previous posting. 1/4]

Florida has passed a series of discriminatory educational censorship laws that restrict teaching on race, Black history, sexual orientation, and gender identity — but advocates are standing up. Meet the activists building a movement to protect the right to education ⤵️

The flame for the Paris #Olympics isn’t burning for French national athletes wearing the hijab. They aren’t allowed to compete because of a hijab ban in sports imposed by the 🇫🇷 gov’t & sports federations. No place for discrimination in sports! Basket Pour Toutes Les Hijabeuses

Conservation always has to be rights-based. That means, where ancestral land of the Indigenous Maasai people is affected, the people have to be meaningfully consulted, with the aim to preserve their way of life and knowledge. The NCA dates back to the British colonial rule. 👇🏽

Released today: Human Rights Watch report on criminalization of unhoused people in Los Angeles. A massive study on LA’s cruel, ineffective treatment of people living on the streets hrw.org/report/2024/08…

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition is a reminder that long-standing calls for full reparations by affected communities remain unanswered. A reckoning requires victim-centered reparatory processes that aim to strive for an equitable world.

UK govt has appointed Jonathan Powell as envoy for the Chagos negotiations, saying they want an agreement that 'respects Chagossian communities'. They do not mention Chagossians' rights, especially to return to live in Chagos, including Diego Garcia, and be meaningfully consulted. 🧵

42 CSOs, incl. Human Rights Watch, call on newly elected members of the European Parliament to renew the mandate of the Anti-Racism & Diversity Intergroup ARDI. Racialized people in 🇪🇺 need the EU parliament to be an advocate & voice of racial & #decolonial justice. hrw.org/news/2024/09/1…