Florian Irminger
@florianirminger.ch
Change drives progress—not without resistance. Working for human rights, climate justice & rule-based international order. Father, reader, cyclist.
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This warning echoes what we argue in Leadership in a Fractured Order.
In a lost decade for humanity, the UN cannot afford a lowest-common-denominator Secretary-General.
➡️ We write about legitimacy, courage, independence, and leadership qualities: progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
In a lost decade for humanity, the UN cannot afford a lowest-common-denominator Secretary-General.
➡️ We write about legitimacy, courage, independence, and leadership qualities: progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
January 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This warning echoes what we argue in Leadership in a Fractured Order.
In a lost decade for humanity, the UN cannot afford a lowest-common-denominator Secretary-General.
➡️ We write about legitimacy, courage, independence, and leadership qualities: progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
In a lost decade for humanity, the UN cannot afford a lowest-common-denominator Secretary-General.
➡️ We write about legitimacy, courage, independence, and leadership qualities: progress-change-actionlab.org/notes-from-t...
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Under President Trump, the US no longer leads the free world. It claims domination over an hemisphere ⚡️🇺🇸
The logic of Putin and Xi.
Europe must step up now. Lead a renewed coalition for democracy, rule of law and decency 🌍⚖️🇪🇺
The logic of Putin and Xi.
Europe must step up now. Lead a renewed coalition for democracy, rule of law and decency 🌍⚖️🇪🇺
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Under President Trump, the US no longer leads the free world. It claims domination over an hemisphere ⚡️🇺🇸
The logic of Putin and Xi.
Europe must step up now. Lead a renewed coalition for democracy, rule of law and decency 🌍⚖️🇪🇺
The logic of Putin and Xi.
Europe must step up now. Lead a renewed coalition for democracy, rule of law and decency 🌍⚖️🇪🇺
This isn’t parody ⤵️
High time for Europe to understand what is happening and lead a renewed coalition of the willing uniting those around the globe believing in democracy, rule of law and decency.
Three of the five UN Security Council permanent members are going rogue.
High time for Europe to understand what is happening and lead a renewed coalition of the willing uniting those around the globe believing in democracy, rule of law and decency.
Three of the five UN Security Council permanent members are going rogue.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This isn’t parody ⤵️
High time for Europe to understand what is happening and lead a renewed coalition of the willing uniting those around the globe believing in democracy, rule of law and decency.
Three of the five UN Security Council permanent members are going rogue.
High time for Europe to understand what is happening and lead a renewed coalition of the willing uniting those around the globe believing in democracy, rule of law and decency.
Three of the five UN Security Council permanent members are going rogue.
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"Donald Trump has gone from fawning over Vladimir Putin and seeking his favor and support to actively emulating him in almost every possible way."
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...
Trump’s Illegal War Has the Most Sinister Inspiration You Can Imagine
One man is using this playbook already: Vladimir Putin.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"Donald Trump has gone from fawning over Vladimir Putin and seeking his favor and support to actively emulating him in almost every possible way."
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...
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Trump’s Venezuela operation is brazenly illegal ⚠️
As @oonahathaway.bsky.social discusses in @newyorker.com, it shows how fast law is cast aside when brute force replaces rules.
Europe must step up. Build a global coalition to condemn unilateral force 🌍⚖️
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
As @oonahathaway.bsky.social discusses in @newyorker.com, it shows how fast law is cast aside when brute force replaces rules.
Europe must step up. Build a global coalition to condemn unilateral force 🌍⚖️
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
www.newyorker.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Trump’s Venezuela operation is brazenly illegal ⚠️
As @oonahathaway.bsky.social discusses in @newyorker.com, it shows how fast law is cast aside when brute force replaces rules.
Europe must step up. Build a global coalition to condemn unilateral force 🌍⚖️
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
As @oonahathaway.bsky.social discusses in @newyorker.com, it shows how fast law is cast aside when brute force replaces rules.
Europe must step up. Build a global coalition to condemn unilateral force 🌍⚖️
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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At the end of a very long Saturday, this is where I landed:
“Where we are is an extremely difficult moment, and that is reality, but it need not be where we go. In this moment, then, there is a chance to create a better America, as hard as that might be to see this weekend.”
“Where we are is an extremely difficult moment, and that is reality, but it need not be where we go. In this moment, then, there is a chance to create a better America, as hard as that might be to see this weekend.”
A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
www.lawdork.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
At the end of a very long Saturday, this is where I landed:
“Where we are is an extremely difficult moment, and that is reality, but it need not be where we go. In this moment, then, there is a chance to create a better America, as hard as that might be to see this weekend.”
“Where we are is an extremely difficult moment, and that is reality, but it need not be where we go. In this moment, then, there is a chance to create a better America, as hard as that might be to see this weekend.”
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“By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors.” ⚡️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors.” ⚡️
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Protests have swept Iran for six days 🇮🇷
People demand change, dignity, and rights. A dozen have been killed already. They deserve solidarity, not President Trump’s rambling that feed the authorities’ claims of foreign interference ⚡️
Time for global solidarity protests.
People demand change, dignity, and rights. A dozen have been killed already. They deserve solidarity, not President Trump’s rambling that feed the authorities’ claims of foreign interference ⚡️
Time for global solidarity protests.
January 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Protests have swept Iran for six days 🇮🇷
People demand change, dignity, and rights. A dozen have been killed already. They deserve solidarity, not President Trump’s rambling that feed the authorities’ claims of foreign interference ⚡️
Time for global solidarity protests.
People demand change, dignity, and rights. A dozen have been killed already. They deserve solidarity, not President Trump’s rambling that feed the authorities’ claims of foreign interference ⚡️
Time for global solidarity protests.
The governor of a territory the US bought from France is now tasked with trying to buy another territory, this time from Denmark.
222 years later.
Pathetic.
222 years later.
Pathetic.
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The governor of a territory the US bought from France is now tasked with trying to buy another territory, this time from Denmark.
222 years later.
Pathetic.
222 years later.
Pathetic.
21 December 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sofia Sluijter, was born in Den Helder.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in April 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in April 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Autocrats call it “shared interests” 🤝
Russia and aligned leaders pitched cooperation in Africa as transactional; energy, security, ways to shield each other from sanctions. An alliance of convenience, not values ⚠️
#StayTuned, we will investigate Russia’s role in Africa further 🇷🇺⚡️🌍
Russia and aligned leaders pitched cooperation in Africa as transactional; energy, security, ways to shield each other from sanctions. An alliance of convenience, not values ⚠️
#StayTuned, we will investigate Russia’s role in Africa further 🇷🇺⚡️🌍
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Autocrats call it “shared interests” 🤝
Russia and aligned leaders pitched cooperation in Africa as transactional; energy, security, ways to shield each other from sanctions. An alliance of convenience, not values ⚠️
#StayTuned, we will investigate Russia’s role in Africa further 🇷🇺⚡️🌍
Russia and aligned leaders pitched cooperation in Africa as transactional; energy, security, ways to shield each other from sanctions. An alliance of convenience, not values ⚠️
#StayTuned, we will investigate Russia’s role in Africa further 🇷🇺⚡️🌍
Great exchange with @ecnl.bsky.social colleagues on how civil society can hold international organisations accountable and advance human rights.
Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍
Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great exchange with @ecnl.bsky.social colleagues on how civil society can hold international organisations accountable and advance human rights.
Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍
Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍
“Moral clarity is our sole duty on this dark day:” Bondi Beach shooting is third worst pogrom since 1945. It’s that simple, that clear.
“If this pitiless atrocity doesn’t prise open the eyes of the West, nothing will.”
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
“If this pitiless atrocity doesn’t prise open the eyes of the West, nothing will.”
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The Bondi Beach shooting was a pogrom
This is not a time to mince words. Moral clarity is our sole duty on this dark day. What happened in Bondi in Sydney was an act of fascist barbarism. It was a pogrom on a beach. It was a massacre of J...
www.spectator.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Moral clarity is our sole duty on this dark day:” Bondi Beach shooting is third worst pogrom since 1945. It’s that simple, that clear.
“If this pitiless atrocity doesn’t prise open the eyes of the West, nothing will.”
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
“If this pitiless atrocity doesn’t prise open the eyes of the West, nothing will.”
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
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The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
@europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan.
➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...
La terreur antisémite frappe encore. Le soir de Kanukkah. Choc. Tristesse. Sympathie.
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
La terreur antisémite frappe encore. Le soir de Kanukkah. Choc. Tristesse. Sympathie.
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Members of the jewish community in Sydney were struck by a heinous terrorist attack. The victims, the injured & their loved ones are in our thoughts. Antisemitism has no place in our societies. We stand in solidarity with those who oppose hatred & violence today & everyday. (vdb)
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Members of the jewish community in Sydney were struck by a heinous terrorist attack. The victims, the injured & their loved ones are in our thoughts. Antisemitism has no place in our societies. We stand in solidarity with those who oppose hatred & violence today & everyday. (vdb)
A slightly selfish reflection on #HumanRightsDay 🌍
Three publications: gender backlash ✊ repression in Azerbaijan ⚠️ and the case for an Eastern European woman to lead the UN 🟣
Proud of what we are building with Progress and Change Partnerships 🙂
progress-change-actionlab.org
Three publications: gender backlash ✊ repression in Azerbaijan ⚠️ and the case for an Eastern European woman to lead the UN 🟣
Proud of what we are building with Progress and Change Partnerships 🙂
progress-change-actionlab.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A slightly selfish reflection on #HumanRightsDay 🌍
Three publications: gender backlash ✊ repression in Azerbaijan ⚠️ and the case for an Eastern European woman to lead the UN 🟣
Proud of what we are building with Progress and Change Partnerships 🙂
progress-change-actionlab.org
Three publications: gender backlash ✊ repression in Azerbaijan ⚠️ and the case for an Eastern European woman to lead the UN 🟣
Proud of what we are building with Progress and Change Partnerships 🙂
progress-change-actionlab.org
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Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, eastern Congo. Global democratic backsliding. A UN in crisis ⚡️
Vesna Pusić argues only leadership shaped by fragility, courage and rebuilding experience can restore credibility 🇺🇳
🔗 Why a woman from Eastern Europe should lead @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/12/09/a...
Vesna Pusić argues only leadership shaped by fragility, courage and rebuilding experience can restore credibility 🇺🇳
🔗 Why a woman from Eastern Europe should lead @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/12/09/a...
An Eastern European Woman Should Lead the UN - PassBlue
An Eastern European Woman Should Lead the UN - PassBlue
passblue.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, eastern Congo. Global democratic backsliding. A UN in crisis ⚡️
Vesna Pusić argues only leadership shaped by fragility, courage and rebuilding experience can restore credibility 🇺🇳
🔗 Why a woman from Eastern Europe should lead @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/12/09/a...
Vesna Pusić argues only leadership shaped by fragility, courage and rebuilding experience can restore credibility 🇺🇳
🔗 Why a woman from Eastern Europe should lead @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/12/09/a...
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A letter from prison by Anar Mammadli on this International Human Rights Day
#HumanRightsDay #StandForRights #EqualityForAll
#HumanRightsDay #StandForRights #EqualityForAll
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We should step away from fossil fuels, not deepen ties with petro-autocrats🛢️
We should protect human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, not reward their abusers ⚖️
We should defend democracy, not sideline it for short-term gains 🗳️
Proud to contribute to this work ⤵️
We should protect human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, not reward their abusers ⚖️
We should defend democracy, not sideline it for short-term gains 🗳️
Proud to contribute to this work ⤵️
⚠️New report ou now 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
The EU shifted from a values-based approach to a partnership shaped by energy and trade, as Azerbaijan lives its most intense crackdown.
Over 400 political prisoners. Media closed. Civil society dismantled. EU leverage left unused.
🔗 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
The EU shifted from a values-based approach to a partnership shaped by energy and trade, as Azerbaijan lives its most intense crackdown.
Over 400 political prisoners. Media closed. Civil society dismantled. EU leverage left unused.
🔗 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We should step away from fossil fuels, not deepen ties with petro-autocrats🛢️
We should protect human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, not reward their abusers ⚖️
We should defend democracy, not sideline it for short-term gains 🗳️
Proud to contribute to this work ⤵️
We should protect human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, not reward their abusers ⚖️
We should defend democracy, not sideline it for short-term gains 🗳️
Proud to contribute to this work ⤵️
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Press release:
Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
🔜 Our report will be made available to the public today at 15.00 CET.
🔗 Find out more about what to expect: free-anar.site/press-releas...
Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
🔜 Our report will be made available to the public today at 15.00 CET.
🔗 Find out more about what to expect: free-anar.site/press-releas...
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Press release:
Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
🔜 Our report will be made available to the public today at 15.00 CET.
🔗 Find out more about what to expect: free-anar.site/press-releas...
Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
🔜 Our report will be made available to the public today at 15.00 CET.
🔗 Find out more about what to expect: free-anar.site/press-releas...
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EU engagement hasn't matched the scale of repression in Azerbaijan 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
Brussels treats energy and connectivity as detached from human rights. EU leaders skip political prisoners and civil society, and Baku took that silence as permission.
🔜 Report drops later today free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
Brussels treats energy and connectivity as detached from human rights. EU leaders skip political prisoners and civil society, and Baku took that silence as permission.
🔜 Report drops later today free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
EU engagement hasn't matched the scale of repression in Azerbaijan 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿
Brussels treats energy and connectivity as detached from human rights. EU leaders skip political prisoners and civil society, and Baku took that silence as permission.
🔜 Report drops later today free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
Brussels treats energy and connectivity as detached from human rights. EU leaders skip political prisoners and civil society, and Baku took that silence as permission.
🔜 Report drops later today free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
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Europe’s focus on energy and the Middle Corridor has given Baku leverage while rights were pushed aside 🇪🇺🛢️🇦🇿
Allegations of Russian fuel flowing through Azerbaijan raise deeper questions about Europe’s security choices 🇦🇿⚠️🇷🇺
Our report goes live tomorrow
🔜 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
Allegations of Russian fuel flowing through Azerbaijan raise deeper questions about Europe’s security choices 🇦🇿⚠️🇷🇺
Our report goes live tomorrow
🔜 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Europe’s focus on energy and the Middle Corridor has given Baku leverage while rights were pushed aside 🇪🇺🛢️🇦🇿
Allegations of Russian fuel flowing through Azerbaijan raise deeper questions about Europe’s security choices 🇦🇿⚠️🇷🇺
Our report goes live tomorrow
🔜 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
Allegations of Russian fuel flowing through Azerbaijan raise deeper questions about Europe’s security choices 🇦🇿⚠️🇷🇺
Our report goes live tomorrow
🔜 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.