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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Working to advance #R2P and end the commission of mass atrocity crimes.

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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 Populations in #Sudan continue to face “cataclysmic violence” and atrocities
🔺 UN raises the alarm on growing #Israeli state and settler violence in the #WestBank
🔺 #COP30: #ClimateChange, armed groups and atrocity risks

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 Populations in #Sudan continue to face “cataclysmic violence” and atrocities
🔺 UN raises the alarm on growing #Israeli state and settler violence in the #WestBank
🔺 #COP30: #ClimateChange, armed groups and atrocity risks

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Genuine and credible elections are vital to reaffirm democratic norms and ensure that people’s voices are heard. Yet too often they become flashpoints for intimidation, repression and atrocity crimes.

Our new policy brief explores how to prevent electoral violence and atrocities ⬇️
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Elections, Power Transitions and the Risk of Atrocity Crimes - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Genuine and credible elections present a crucial opportunity to reaffirm democratic norms, uphold the rule of law and ensure that people’s voices are heard. Yet, all too often elections shift from bei...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🇿🇦🇺🇳 Great discussion today on the role of mercenaries and proxy actors in today’s conflicts. Our Deputy ED @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social stressed that atrocity prevention must be at the core of these debates so civilian protection stays front and centre.

Stay tuned to this space for an event recording!
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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In this issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 Widespread atrocities devastate #ElFasher after #RSF takeover #Darfur #Sudan
🔺 Three weeks into ceasefire, #Israel continues attacks in #Gaza
🔺 UN agency warns of spike in sexual violence in eastern #DRCongo

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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20 years on, R2P remains vital. We joined the missions of Australia & Sierra Leone for a vibrant event in Geneva to reflect on strengthening prevention, accountability & collective action as R2P enters its third decade.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🚨🇸🇩The fall of #ElFasher after an 18-month siege has devastated populations in #Darfur.

We join other CSOs in calling for an Emergency Special Session of the HRC to address the crisis, support accountability efforts & ensure Sudanese voices are heard.

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Sudan: civil society calls for a UN Human Rights Council special session on El Fasher - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) The Human Rights Council should convene a special session on Sudan to a...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Check out our 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus! This month's highlights include:

🇺🇳 Key outcomes from #HRC60
🎙️ New #EVAPpodcast episode
🔹 Recommendations to newly elected & existing HRC members
✒️ A Call to Action from @icr2p.bsky.social - & more!

👇 Read the full issue:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📣🇪🇹 Five years on from the conflict in northern #Ethiopia, meaningful justice for victims in #Tigray and beyond remains elusive. Accountability, independent monitoring and support for survivors must remain core priorities.

Read more ⤵️
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Ethiopia five years on: Justice eludes victims of atrocities in Tigray and beyond - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Civilians in Ethiopia have endured enormous suffering deriving from long-standing ethnic, intercommunal and political tensions, which escalated after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018, a...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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📣Join us next week for this event on addressing the use of military & security enterprises as proxy actors, enablers & facilitators, feat. our Deputy ED @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social, the UN WG on the Use of Mercenaries, @thesentryorg.bsky.social & more!

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October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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WPN co-organized a dialogue between the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and civil society in New York after yesterday's Interactive Dialogue on #Myanmar at the #UNGA80 Third Committee.

#IIMM's work is critical for Myanmar's future, and requires full support from the int'l community.
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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In this issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 Atrocities surge as #RSF seize #ElFasher, #Darfur #Sudan
🔺 Rising political unrest in #Cameroon after presidential election
🔺 #Nicaragua expands transnational repression to systematically eradicate dissent

Full issue: bit.ly/4hA7Dtw
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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📌"We have to fight back against this wall of, first of all, indifference, and then, worse—hatred, exclusion, and a failure to recognize the dignity of the #Rohingya people."

Watch our event here: youtube.com/watch?v=M8jo...
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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At #UNGA80 #3C Interactive Dialogue on #Myanmar, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews remarks that "as a whole, international responses to this crisis has failed" and how people of Myanmar are becoming an "exception," and calls for action.

#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar

WATCH: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f...
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The RSF’s recent takeover of #ElFasher has unleashed a wave of targeted ethnic violence, extrajudicial killings and summary executions.

Without immediate and decisive action, the city could soon become the site of another mass atrocity etched into #Darfur’s tragic history.

See our statement 👇
Mounting Atrocities in El Fasher Demand Immediate International Action - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
After eighteen months under a tightening siege, El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following days of bombardment and the withdrawal of th...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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In this issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 Ceasefire in #Gaza remains fragile following dozens of violations by #Israel
🔺 #SouthSudan faces deepening crisis amid political instability & growing violence
🔺 #Ethiopians endure ongoing atrocities as tensions rise in the Horn of Africa

Full issue: bit.ly/AA455
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🎙️In this 🆕 episode of Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention, our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with Hala Al-Karib, Regional Director @sihanetwork.bsky.social, a coalition that builds the capacity of women’s rights orgs in the Horn of Africa.

🎧 ⬇️ #EVAPpodcast

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Episode 48: Hala Al-Karib
In this episode, we sat down with Hala Al-Karib, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network), a coalition that builds the capacity of women’s rights or
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October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 ICC delivers landmark conviction as atrocities continue in #Sudan
🔺 #Israel escalates provocations at Islamic holy site in Occupied #EastJerusalem
🔺 Outcomes of #HRC60

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Today the UNGA elected 14 states 🇦🇴 🇨🇱 🇪🇨 🇪🇬 🇪🇪 🇮🇳 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇲🇺 🇵🇰 🇸🇮 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇻🇳 to the 2026–28 UN HRC term!

We’re urging new members to:
🔹 Integrate R2P into resolutions
🔹 Mobilize politically & follow through
🔹 Engage affected communities
🔹 Bridge the Geneva–NY gap

More ⬇️

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UN Human Rights Council Elections for 2026-2028 and the Responsibility to Protect - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Today, 14 October 2025, the UN General Assembly elected Angola, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, India, Iraq, Italy, Mauritius, Pakistan, Slovenia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Viet Nam to the ...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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As #UNGA80 is underway @icr2p.bsky.social issues a powerful call: put protection & accountability back at the heart of multilateral action.

At #R2P20 global crises demand more than words. States must act with courage & center affected communities in that action.

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Call to Action for the United Nations General Assembly during its 80th session from the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The UN was established to uphold international peace and security, protect human rights and advance international cooperation in the face of crises. As UN member states convene during the 80th session...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 As negotiations on “ #TrumpPlan ” progress, #Israel’s assault on #Gaza escalates
🔺 UN HRC establishes #Afghanistan investigative mechanism
🔺 UN holds conference on the #Rohingya & other minorities in #Myanmar #Burma

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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We've joined 600+ 🌏 CSOs in calling upon states to prioritize 4️⃣ key actions during the 2025 #UNSC Open Debate on #WPS.

States must stop fueling violence, uphold int'l law, defend ♀️ rights & support CSOs.

Peace & security can’t exist without gender justice.

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2025 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
In advance of the October 2025 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent to UN Member States on behalf of 661 civil society signatories from 106 countries wo...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🚨 Civilians in El Fasher #Sudan are under siege, facing starvation & blocked aid. We've joined 90+ CSOs in calling for for safe passage and urgent protection.

The international community must act now! #KeepEyesOnSudan

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Joint Statement: Safe Passage: Protection for Civilians Under Siege in El Fasher - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The following statement is also available in Arabic here. Time is running out for the estimated 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped in El Fasher, Darfur’s final battleground between...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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🇵🇸 Formal recognition of a #Palestinian state must come with action. We've joined 20+ other CSOs in calling upon states to pair recognition with concrete steps: protection, accountability & humanitarian access.

Symbolic gestures aren’t enough.

#CeasefireNOW

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Palestine recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Most countries recognize Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating, with near-total impunity, causing mass displacement, widespread death, and an escalating hum...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:

🔺 Civilian casualties continue to grow amid drone strikes in #Haiti’s escalating crisis
🔺 UN report documents ongoing crimes against humanity in #Venezuela
🔺 Surveillance & AI technology enable atrocities in #China

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...
October 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"...Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have been subjected to an unrelenting escalation of atrocity crimes perpetrated by Israel, with little to no reprieve, justice or protection."

@globalr2p.org urges states to uphold Responsibility to Protect:
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Urgent Call to Action: International Community Must Uphold the Responsibility to Protect the Palestinian People - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
For nearly two years, Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have been subjected to an unrelenting escalation of atrocity crimes perpetrated by Israel, with little to no reprieve, ju...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM