Important article by Clive Baldwin of Human Rights Watch underlining the importance of involving the indigenous Chagossians in future negotiations about the decolonisation of Chagos. David Lammy Stephen Doughty HC MP bylinetimes.com/2024/08/23/dav…

Excluding Chagossians' right to return to Diego Garcia violates the 2019 International Court of Justice ruling requiring protection of Chagossians' full human rights. Excluding DG is unnecessary: the base occupies ~1/3 of DG + Chagossians could easily live on east side of DG.

The UK has announced it will agree to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. In making the deal, the Chagossians were not consulted in a meaningful way. What happens now? Read more about the forced displacement of the Chagossians: bit.ly/3FDHqse

Les Chagossiens retourneront-ils sur leurs terres ? 2000 personnes expulsées pour installer la base militaire 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Human Rights Watch @philippesands Quid des Tamouls coincés à Diego Garcia depuis 3 ans ? La Chine étendra-t-elle son influence dans l'océan Indien ? #RDPI radiofrance.fr/franceculture/…

All eyes on #UNGA 6th committee - the #legal committee - which starts deliberations on the future of a crimes against humanity #CAH treaty today. This session is the culmination of two years of deliberations. Hope we see the right steps taken - onto #treaty #negotiations

UN experts emphasise that Chagossians should be centre stage in Mauritius-UK negotiations over sovereignty of the archipelago, and urge a finalising treaty to secure their rights, including return to their homeland and reparations. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

🚨 New from Human Rights Watch: #Israel authorities should drop proposed legislation aimed at barring UNRWA from operating in Occupied Palestinian Territory & halt their campaign to destroy the most important aid agency for Palestinian refugees in #Gaza & elsewhere hrw.org/news/2024/10/1…

While today’s #UKBudget makes small, positive steps on benefits, the decision to leave in place the cruel ‘two-child limit’ policy while a task force looks into it will only push more children into poverty and harm the rights of families on low incomes. More to follow for Human Rights Watch

🚨🚨BREAKING - The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court has granted Kenya a three-month adjournment to demonstrate compliance with the Court’s ruling on a case concerning the rights of the Ogiek people. The Respondents for the Kenyan government affirmed their

Activists from the African continent & its global diasporas will be attending the Dekoloniale Berlin conference 2024, from 14-16 Nov, to discuss ways to advance reparations, in collaboration with Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch & African Futures Lab. Find out more: amn.st/6014ShEAu

🚨New Human Rights Watch report on war crimes + crimes against humanity in #Gaza. #Israel has committed: - Multiple war crimes of forced displacement; - Crimes against humanity - Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the buffer zones + security corridors hrw.org/node/389665 🧵

On November 15, 1884, the Berlin Africa Conference opened & paved the way for Europe to expand its colonial domination & exploitation across Africa. 140 years of failed European reckoning w its colonial legacies call for a decolonial conference. hrw.org/news/2024/11/1… ⤵️ Human Rights Watch

NEW Human Rights Watch report on Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza: The Digital Investigations Lab spent months analyzing sat imagery, social media posts, internet outage data, testimonies, videos + photos to document crimes against humanity. 1/17 hrw.org/node/389665

Grateful for the chance to attend counter conference in Berlin marking 140 years after key European colonial conf. Powerful atmosphere in the room. Europe Has Yet to Address Colonial Legacies hrw.org/news/2024/11/1…

Today, the #UNGA 6th Committee will have the opportunity to take an important step towards closing a gap in international law by advancing a draft crimes against humanity treaty to negotiations. This treaty has the potential to significantly advance justice for sexual and

Will the Chagos treaty address the wrongs of the past?, by Janet H. Anderson justiceinfo.net/en/138632-will…

The United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and Mauritius 🇲🇺 announced a "political agreement on the future" of the #Chagos Islands, from which around 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly displaced by the British in the 1960s. However, many issues remain unresolved. justiceinfo.net/en/138632-will…

Chagos Islands - Clive Baldwin (Clive Baldwin), Senior Legal Advisor at Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch), is concerned that the potential treaty may not address some of the fundamental legal principles, and therefore, the needs of the Chagossians. 👉 justiceinfo.net/en/138632-will… #Chagos