Juliane Kippenberg
@jkippenberg.bsky.social
Associate Director, Children's Rights, at @hrw.org.
Child rights and mining, corporate accountability, environment.
Based in Berlin.
Child rights and mining, corporate accountability, environment.
Based in Berlin.
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🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights."
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights."
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
It is Intl Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Lead is highly toxic, yet millions are exposed to it.
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is Intl Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Lead is highly toxic, yet millions are exposed to it.
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
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The event will take place in room MAR 2.09, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE WC2A 2ES. More info here: lselaw.events/event/toxic-...
It will be livestreamed on the ACTSA facebook page: www.facebook.com/ACTSAUK/
It will be livestreamed on the ACTSA facebook page: www.facebook.com/ACTSAUK/
Toxic Legacies: Holding Multinational Giants Accountable for Historic Pollution - LSE Law School Events
Decades of colonial-era mining made Kabwe, Zambia, one of the world’s most polluted towns. Now, 140,000 women and children are suing AngloAmerican over widespread lead poisoning. This event explores t...
lselaw.events
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The event will take place in room MAR 2.09, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE WC2A 2ES. More info here: lselaw.events/event/toxic-...
It will be livestreamed on the ACTSA facebook page: www.facebook.com/ACTSAUK/
It will be livestreamed on the ACTSA facebook page: www.facebook.com/ACTSAUK/
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📣Das EU-Parlament hat gegen den Vorschlag zur EU-Lieferkettenrichtlinie gestimmt.
Jetzt braucht es Kompromissbereitschaft und Verhandlungen – denn es besteht die Chance, dass Europa wieder für Mensch und Umwelt steht.
👉Unser Pressestatement
lieferkettengesetz.de/presse/
Jetzt braucht es Kompromissbereitschaft und Verhandlungen – denn es besteht die Chance, dass Europa wieder für Mensch und Umwelt steht.
👉Unser Pressestatement
lieferkettengesetz.de/presse/
Presse - Initiative Lieferkettengesetz
Hier gibt es aktuelle Pressemeldungen zur Initiative Lieferkettengesetz.
lieferkettengesetz.de
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣Das EU-Parlament hat gegen den Vorschlag zur EU-Lieferkettenrichtlinie gestimmt.
Jetzt braucht es Kompromissbereitschaft und Verhandlungen – denn es besteht die Chance, dass Europa wieder für Mensch und Umwelt steht.
👉Unser Pressestatement
lieferkettengesetz.de/presse/
Jetzt braucht es Kompromissbereitschaft und Verhandlungen – denn es besteht die Chance, dass Europa wieder für Mensch und Umwelt steht.
👉Unser Pressestatement
lieferkettengesetz.de/presse/
It is Intl Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Lead is highly toxic, yet millions are exposed to it.
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is Intl Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Lead is highly toxic, yet millions are exposed to it.
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
One of the most lead-polluted places globally is the city of Kabwe in Zambia. Together w/ the Alliance for #LeadFreeKabwe, we say: only a full cleanup can protect people's rights.
tinyurl.com/yey8ymm4
New changes to EU law will undermine corporate accountability. 72% of companies could be excluded from addressing human rights and environmental harm through their supply chains.
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🧵 As #EU governments prepare to meet amid a fragile #Gaza ceasefire, pressure is mounting for them to "drop the stick" they never used on #Israel
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses
As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU,...
hrw.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.
www.hrw.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
Changes decided today by European MEPs to the EU supply chains law will undermine corporate accountability and human rights.
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Changes to EU Law Will Undermine Corporate Accountability
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law that will seriously curtail efforts to mitiga...
www.hrw.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Changes decided today by European MEPs to the EU supply chains law will undermine corporate accountability and human rights.
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Changes decided today by European MEPs to the EU supply chains law will undermine corporate accountability and human rights.
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Changes to EU Law Will Undermine Corporate Accountability
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law that will seriously curtail efforts to mitiga...
www.hrw.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Changes decided today by European MEPs to the EU supply chains law will undermine corporate accountability and human rights.
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
My colleague @hderengerve.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Die Pläne der deutschen Regierung zur Sozialstaatsreform sind schädlich für die Menschenrechte.
Hier habe ich vor ein paar Wochen, als wir noch auf die Nachricht warteten, versucht zu erklären, warum (via @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social)
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Hier habe ich vor ein paar Wochen, als wir noch auf die Nachricht warteten, versucht zu erklären, warum (via @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social)
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Die Pläne der deutschen Regierung zur Sozialstaatsreform sind schädlich für die Menschenrechte.
Hier habe ich vor ein paar Wochen, als wir noch auf die Nachricht warteten, versucht zu erklären, warum (via @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social)
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Hier habe ich vor ein paar Wochen, als wir noch auf die Nachricht warteten, versucht zu erklären, warum (via @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social)
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
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Medien berichten, dass sich die große Koalition auf die wichtigsten Punkte ihres Sozialstaats-Reformpakets geeinigt hat.
Diese Hinwendung zu einer Logik von Strafe und härteren Sanktionen wird auf Kosten der #Menschenrechte gehen.
Mehr dazu erkläre ich hier.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Diese Hinwendung zu einer Logik von Strafe und härteren Sanktionen wird auf Kosten der #Menschenrechte gehen.
Mehr dazu erkläre ich hier.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Streit um Sozialreformen: In Deutschland drohen die Menschenrechte auf der Strecke zu bleiben
Die Koalitionspartner der schwarz-roten Bundesregierung in Deutschland streiten sich derzeit um die Inhalte der geplanten großen „Sozialreform”, bei der das Bürgergeld durch eine neue „Grundsicherung ...
www.hrw.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Medien berichten, dass sich die große Koalition auf die wichtigsten Punkte ihres Sozialstaats-Reformpakets geeinigt hat.
Diese Hinwendung zu einer Logik von Strafe und härteren Sanktionen wird auf Kosten der #Menschenrechte gehen.
Mehr dazu erkläre ich hier.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Diese Hinwendung zu einer Logik von Strafe und härteren Sanktionen wird auf Kosten der #Menschenrechte gehen.
Mehr dazu erkläre ich hier.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Strong statement by @arminpaasch.bsky.social @misereor.bsky.social on this afternoon's vote at the EU parliament's legal affairs committee on the EU supply chains law. The MEPs plan to "disenfranchis[e] the weakest" & "dismantle rights protections".
www.misereor.de/en/presse/pr...
www.misereor.de/en/presse/pr...
Dismantling the EU Supply Chain Directive
Misereor criticises agreement in the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee
www.misereor.de
October 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Strong statement by @arminpaasch.bsky.social @misereor.bsky.social on this afternoon's vote at the EU parliament's legal affairs committee on the EU supply chains law. The MEPs plan to "disenfranchis[e] the weakest" & "dismantle rights protections".
www.misereor.de/en/presse/pr...
www.misereor.de/en/presse/pr...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
EU- #Lieferkettengesetz: EP-Rechtsausschuss will #CSDDD und Rechtsschutz für die Schwächsten demontieren! EVP droht mit rechtem Bündnis, S&D knickt ein. Fataler Präzedenzfall! 👇🏾
www.misereor.de/presse/press...
www.misereor.de/presse/press...
Demontage der EU-Lieferkettenrichtlinie
Misereor kritisiert Einigung im Rechtsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments
www.misereor.de
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
EU- #Lieferkettengesetz: EP-Rechtsausschuss will #CSDDD und Rechtsschutz für die Schwächsten demontieren! EVP droht mit rechtem Bündnis, S&D knickt ein. Fataler Präzedenzfall! 👇🏾
www.misereor.de/presse/press...
www.misereor.de/presse/press...
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Looking forward to this @radioworkshop.bsky.social webinar on Zambia's sacrifice zone, Kabwe. We will hear from young people what it means to live there, + discuss what can be done to protect people's right to a healthy environment.
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looking forward to this @radioworkshop.bsky.social webinar on Zambia's sacrifice zone, Kabwe. We will hear from young people what it means to live there, + discuss what can be done to protect people's right to a healthy environment.
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Wir wollen die deutsche Komplizenschaft beenden und gegen den Genozid in #Gaza auf die Straße gehen!
📣 Kundgebung & Konzert
🗓️ Samstag, 17 Uhr
📍 Großer Stern, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin
#AllEyesOnGaza #StoptheGenocide
Weitere Infos: all-eyes-on-gaza.de
📣 Kundgebung & Konzert
🗓️ Samstag, 17 Uhr
📍 Großer Stern, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin
#AllEyesOnGaza #StoptheGenocide
Weitere Infos: all-eyes-on-gaza.de
All Eyes on Gaza — Stoppt den Genozid! - All Eyes on Gaza
Kundgebung am 27.09.2025 vor dem Bundestag, Berlin. Gegen Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza, für Menschlichkeit, Hilfe & Gerechtigkeit. 17–21 Uhr.
all-eyes-on-gaza.de
September 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wir wollen die deutsche Komplizenschaft beenden und gegen den Genozid in #Gaza auf die Straße gehen!
📣 Kundgebung & Konzert
🗓️ Samstag, 17 Uhr
📍 Großer Stern, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin
#AllEyesOnGaza #StoptheGenocide
Weitere Infos: all-eyes-on-gaza.de
📣 Kundgebung & Konzert
🗓️ Samstag, 17 Uhr
📍 Großer Stern, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin
#AllEyesOnGaza #StoptheGenocide
Weitere Infos: all-eyes-on-gaza.de
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
Interview in @tagesspiegel.de about the "All Eyes on Gaza" rally in Berlin tomorrow, the Gaza genocide, and cultural boycotts
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/micha...
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/micha...
Michael Barenboim über „All Eyes on Gaza“: „Die Menschen wollen, dass das Töten aufhört“
Der Musiker und Sohn von Daniel Barenboim hat die Großkundgebung in Berlin mitorganisiert. Ein Gespräch über seine Forderungen, Kulturboykotte und seinen Kollegen Lahav Shani.
www.tagesspiegel.de
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Interview in @tagesspiegel.de about the "All Eyes on Gaza" rally in Berlin tomorrow, the Gaza genocide, and cultural boycotts
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/micha...
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/micha...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
The new rush on minerals carries massive human rights risks and has already caused harm to people and planet.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With 50+ partners, we @hrw.org encourage Colombia to pursue its goal for a global binding agreement on mineral supply chains.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With 50+ partners, we @hrw.org encourage Colombia to pursue its goal for a global binding agreement on mineral supply chains.
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The new rush on minerals carries massive human rights risks and has already caused harm to people and planet.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With 50+ partners, we @hrw.org encourage Colombia to pursue its goal for a global binding agreement on mineral supply chains.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With 50+ partners, we @hrw.org encourage Colombia to pursue its goal for a global binding agreement on mineral supply chains.
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Looking forward to this @radioworkshop.bsky.social webinar on Zambia's sacrifice zone, Kabwe. We will hear from young people what it means to live there, + discuss what can be done to protect people's right to a healthy environment.
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looking forward to this @radioworkshop.bsky.social webinar on Zambia's sacrifice zone, Kabwe. We will hear from young people what it means to live there, + discuss what can be done to protect people's right to a healthy environment.
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2 Oct, 2pmCET, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
Mineral demand is surging. Without safeguards, communities & ecosystems will pay the price.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With partners, we encourage it to submit its resolution by 29 Sept so it can be debated in Dec.
🔗 resourcejustice.org/statement-of...
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With partners, we encourage it to submit its resolution by 29 Sept so it can be debated in Dec.
🔗 resourcejustice.org/statement-of...
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Mineral demand is surging. Without safeguards, communities & ecosystems will pay the price.
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With partners, we encourage it to submit its resolution by 29 Sept so it can be debated in Dec.
🔗 resourcejustice.org/statement-of...
Colombia’s initiative at #UNEA7 is a chance to change course. With partners, we encourage it to submit its resolution by 29 Sept so it can be debated in Dec.
🔗 resourcejustice.org/statement-of...
What does it mean to live in one of the most lead-contaminated places globally?
I am looking forward to speaking at this @radioworkshop.bsky.social event w/ young people, activists & policy makers on the right to a healthy environment in Kabwe/Zambia.
Event details below.
I am looking forward to speaking at this @radioworkshop.bsky.social event w/ young people, activists & policy makers on the right to a healthy environment in Kabwe/Zambia.
Event details below.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What does it mean to live in one of the most lead-contaminated places globally?
I am looking forward to speaking at this @radioworkshop.bsky.social event w/ young people, activists & policy makers on the right to a healthy environment in Kabwe/Zambia.
Event details below.
I am looking forward to speaking at this @radioworkshop.bsky.social event w/ young people, activists & policy makers on the right to a healthy environment in Kabwe/Zambia.
Event details below.
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Thrilled to share that our story "Zambia's Sacrifice Zone" won in the Justice category! Congratulations to the team 🌟
🥁 Drumroll please...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
www.coveringclimatenow.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thrilled to share that our story "Zambia's Sacrifice Zone" won in the Justice category! Congratulations to the team 🌟
Illicit gold trade funds abusive armed groups in Venezuela & other conflicts.
A new gold industry requirement by the London Bullion Market Assiciation for global gold refiners could help shed light on these illicit trade routes, a first step towards ending them.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
A new gold industry requirement by the London Bullion Market Assiciation for global gold refiners could help shed light on these illicit trade routes, a first step towards ending them.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
New Industry Requirements Could Disrupt Abusive Armed Groups’ Trade in Gold
Deep in the forest in Venezuela’s Bolivar state, residents live in fear of horrific violence at the hands of armed groups involved in the illicit gold trade.
www.hrw.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Illicit gold trade funds abusive armed groups in Venezuela & other conflicts.
A new gold industry requirement by the London Bullion Market Assiciation for global gold refiners could help shed light on these illicit trade routes, a first step towards ending them.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
A new gold industry requirement by the London Bullion Market Assiciation for global gold refiners could help shed light on these illicit trade routes, a first step towards ending them.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Reposted by Juliane Kippenberg
Eine Kommission der Vereinten Nationen hat festgestellt, dass Israel in Gaza Völkermord begeht.
Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.
Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Eine Kommission der Vereinten Nationen hat festgestellt, dass Israel in Gaza Völkermord begeht.
Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.
Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.