It's been 8 years since HMG published its Hate Crime Action Plan. It expired in 2020. As divisions & hostilities deepen, we need a renewed evidence-based response to hate. 📢 To fill this gap, we're launching a national consultation with The Centre for Hate Studies protectionapproaches.org/mfc

"The UK has a responsibility, as Penholder in the UN Security Council, to ensure the protection of civilians and speak out on violations of international law." Great to see new International Development Committee members David Taylor MP & Laura Kyrke-Smith MP spotlighting urgent protection needs in Sudan.

Continued and widespread atrocities committed by the RSF in Al Jazirah state demand a concrete response. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office must heed the calls of Sudanese civil society, UK diaspora & NGOs and raise the bar of ambition for civilian protection. #KeepEyesOnSudan news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Massive thanks to U.S. Institute of Peace Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice & Special Envoy: Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons for an incredibly stimulating conversation on #LGBTQI+ inclusive approaches to #transitionaljustice & #accountability🕊️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Centring LGBTQI+ rights & risks must be a priority for ALL peace & security work🙌

Latest UN Fact-Finding Mission report on Sudan: "Sudan's Rapid Support Forces...are responsible for committing sexual violence on a large scale in areas under their control, including gang-rapes and abducting and detaining victims in conditions that amount to sexual slavery.

The UK government is consistently failing to protect Palestinians and is complicit in Israel's war crimes. Put pressure on them to take urgent action: map.org.uk/campaigns/nort…

#TransgenderPeople in #Bosnia and Herzegovina face significant challenges in healthcare, legal recognition, and social acceptance. Although legal gender recognition is possible, it requires full medical transition, which is often financially and logistically inaccessible due to

Incredible work from Airwars colleagues 👏

We very much hope UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 will use their UNSC Presidency to spotlight the ongoing triple threat of armed conflict, identity-based atrocity violence and famine in Sudan. As penholder and President, the UK must drive forward urgent protection measures. #KeepEyesOnSudan

🚨BREAKING: Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH corroborates alleged mass killings of civilians in Gezira by RSF through satellite imagery analysis. Body disposal, large-scale burials at cemeteries, & presence of looting visible at Tamboul, Rufaa, & Al-Sariha. 🛰️ Planet Maxar Technologies medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/…

We're working with TfL & Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to deliver our expert-led Active Bystander sessions for free this autumn and winter. Our next sessions are Tuesday 12/11: 2pm-5pm Wednesday 13/11: 10am-1pm Friday 22/11: 2pm-5pm Tuesday 26/11: 10am-1pm Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/PA-ABSessions

PCRC's Velma Saric and Tatjana took part last week in the “Reconciliation in the Western Balkans” conference, organized by Aspen Germany. As a stakeholder in the #BerlinProcess, PCRC joined experts and decision-makers to explore reconciliation within the framework of EU

On Your Side supports families experiencing racial bullying targeting children with East and Southeast Asian heritage such as being called racist names, having belongings damaged, facing personal attacks, or being excluded.

You still have time to sign up to free bystander training run by Protection Approaches in partnership with TfL Before taking part, only 28% of people said they knew what to do if they saw harassment happening in front of them. That rose to 87% afterwards Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/PA-ABSessions

Utterly harrowing hearing Nebal Farsakh of PRCS recall Israel’s killing of 5yr old Palestinian Hind Rajab in Gaza, her 15yr old cousin Layan, their family, & Yusuf & Ahmad, two paramedics who came to rescue after that haunting phone call, to MPs. Zero accountability.

🚨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 🧵

Great to be in parliament yesterday for Foreign Policy Centre Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) & Uni of Birmingham event on Promoting Inclusive Peace. Panelists discussed how robust policy frameworks, multilateral engagement & the inclusion of women are fundamental to the sustainability of peace 🕊️