Juliette Paauwe
@juliettepaauwe.bsky.social
Senior Research and Advocacy Officer @GCR2P. Atrocity prevention, protection of civilians, int’l justice, and #R2P in #SouthSudan, #Sudan, #Cameroon (she/her)
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UN Charter pledged us to save generations from scourge of war, defend human rights and justice.
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
UN Charter pledged us to save generations from scourge of war, defend human rights and justice.
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
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#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent Atrocity Crimes - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a ministerial-level meeting titled “The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent At...
www.globalr2p.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
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According to the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, a Sudanese NGO, there have been 227 attacks by the RSF on #ElFasher since the start of the war in #Sudan.
Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling.
www.acjps.org/publications...
Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling.
www.acjps.org/publications...
North Darfur: The RSF launches a new wave of attacks on besieged El Fasher, targeting the AbuShook IDP Camp, causing several deaths and injuries, and displacing thousands of civilians. - ACJPS
The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply alarmed by the brutal attack on the vulnerable population in El Fasher, North Darfur.
www.acjps.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
According to the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, a Sudanese NGO, there have been 227 attacks by the RSF on #ElFasher since the start of the war in #Sudan.
Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling.
www.acjps.org/publications...
Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling.
www.acjps.org/publications...
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📖 🌎 On Friday the UNGA concluded its plenary meeting on #R2P.
This year’s debate marked 20 years since R2P’s adoption - a key moment to reflect on progress and ongoing gaps in implementation, political will and prevention.
Read our full summary of state participation and key themes here 👇
This year’s debate marked 20 years since R2P’s adoption - a key moment to reflect on progress and ongoing gaps in implementation, political will and prevention.
Read our full summary of state participation and key themes here 👇
Summary of the 2025 UN General Assembly Plenary Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The UN General Assembly held a plenary meeting on the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” on 25 June and 1 and 25...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📖 🌎 On Friday the UNGA concluded its plenary meeting on #R2P.
This year’s debate marked 20 years since R2P’s adoption - a key moment to reflect on progress and ongoing gaps in implementation, political will and prevention.
Read our full summary of state participation and key themes here 👇
This year’s debate marked 20 years since R2P’s adoption - a key moment to reflect on progress and ongoing gaps in implementation, political will and prevention.
Read our full summary of state participation and key themes here 👇
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Brief assessment of new round of EU sanctions on #Sudan:
- Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF
- Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan.
Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
- Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF
- Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan.
Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Sudan: Council sanctions individuals and entities over serious human rights violations and threats to the peace, stability and security of the country
The Council adopted additional restrictive measures against two individuals and two entities for acts that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, or which threaten the peace, stability ...
www.consilium.europa.eu
July 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Brief assessment of new round of EU sanctions on #Sudan:
- Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF
- Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan.
Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
- Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF
- Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan.
Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Today, 18 July, the EU imposed sanctions on those responsible for grave human rights violations and threats to peace in Sudan. Measures include asset freezes, funding restrictions, and EU travel bans.
The people of Sudan have a right to freedom, peace and justice.
Read more: europa.eu/!whWfDw
The people of Sudan have a right to freedom, peace and justice.
Read more: europa.eu/!whWfDw
July 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today, 18 July, the EU imposed sanctions on those responsible for grave human rights violations and threats to peace in Sudan. Measures include asset freezes, funding restrictions, and EU travel bans.
The people of Sudan have a right to freedom, peace and justice.
Read more: europa.eu/!whWfDw
The people of Sudan have a right to freedom, peace and justice.
Read more: europa.eu/!whWfDw
Too often, the focus on #Sudan centers only on the humanitarian situation - while grave human rights violations & #atrocities go overlooked.
But as @monarishmawi.bsky.social of the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission emphasized: Sudan “is not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity itself.“ 1/2
But as @monarishmawi.bsky.social of the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission emphasized: Sudan “is not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity itself.“ 1/2
UN Mission Says Sudan Conflict Is A 'Crisis Of Humanity'
A UN mission in Sudan on Tuesday described the situation in the war-torn country as "a crisis of humanity".
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June 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Too often, the focus on #Sudan centers only on the humanitarian situation - while grave human rights violations & #atrocities go overlooked.
But as @monarishmawi.bsky.social of the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission emphasized: Sudan “is not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity itself.“ 1/2
But as @monarishmawi.bsky.social of the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission emphasized: Sudan “is not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity itself.“ 1/2
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Sudan is facing brutal conflict, and indifference from the world.
Where is the funding?
Where is the accountability?
We call on all with influence to step up.
My statement: bit.ly/4jH3xyZ
Where is the funding?
Where is the accountability?
We call on all with influence to step up.
My statement: bit.ly/4jH3xyZ
June 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sudan is facing brutal conflict, and indifference from the world.
Where is the funding?
Where is the accountability?
We call on all with influence to step up.
My statement: bit.ly/4jH3xyZ
Where is the funding?
Where is the accountability?
We call on all with influence to step up.
My statement: bit.ly/4jH3xyZ
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#UNSC members have finally agreed on the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of its subsidiary bodies, setting a record for the longest duration without agreement (by months!), and in contravention to Note 507 @scprocedure.bsky.social @screport.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#UNSC members have finally agreed on the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of its subsidiary bodies, setting a record for the longest duration without agreement (by months!), and in contravention to Note 507 @scprocedure.bsky.social @screport.bsky.social
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The 5 false assumptions embodied in the R2P project are:
➡ underestimating the complexity of mass atrocity prevention
➡ overestimating constraints to R2P
➡ believing there would be a consensus over existing crimes
➡ believing states would reconstruct national interests
➡ misjudging regional action
➡ underestimating the complexity of mass atrocity prevention
➡ overestimating constraints to R2P
➡ believing there would be a consensus over existing crimes
➡ believing states would reconstruct national interests
➡ misjudging regional action
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 5 false assumptions embodied in the R2P project are:
➡ underestimating the complexity of mass atrocity prevention
➡ overestimating constraints to R2P
➡ believing there would be a consensus over existing crimes
➡ believing states would reconstruct national interests
➡ misjudging regional action
➡ underestimating the complexity of mass atrocity prevention
➡ overestimating constraints to R2P
➡ believing there would be a consensus over existing crimes
➡ believing states would reconstruct national interests
➡ misjudging regional action
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The 4 developments urging us to question whether R2P is ‘dead’ are:
➡ changing world order & implications for all human rights norms
➡ language shift away from R2P
➡ resistance to R2P within the UN
➡ lack of R2P leadership
➡ changing world order & implications for all human rights norms
➡ language shift away from R2P
➡ resistance to R2P within the UN
➡ lack of R2P leadership
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 4 developments urging us to question whether R2P is ‘dead’ are:
➡ changing world order & implications for all human rights norms
➡ language shift away from R2P
➡ resistance to R2P within the UN
➡ lack of R2P leadership
➡ changing world order & implications for all human rights norms
➡ language shift away from R2P
➡ resistance to R2P within the UN
➡ lack of R2P leadership
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⚖ The R2P norm death narrative is problematic for both critics and defenders of the norm. Critics create an overly high benchmark against which to measure the norm, allowing defenders to dismiss its death with relative ease.
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
⚖ The R2P norm death narrative is problematic for both critics and defenders of the norm. Critics create an overly high benchmark against which to measure the norm, allowing defenders to dismiss its death with relative ease.
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🤔 How do we know when a norm is dead? Much of the existing literature discusses how norms are made as opposed to ‘norm death.’
Gallagher addresses this gap by analysing R2P from a norm death perspective.
Gallagher addresses this gap by analysing R2P from a norm death perspective.
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🤔 How do we know when a norm is dead? Much of the existing literature discusses how norms are made as opposed to ‘norm death.’
Gallagher addresses this gap by analysing R2P from a norm death perspective.
Gallagher addresses this gap by analysing R2P from a norm death perspective.
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In the wake of mass atrocities in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and Myanmar, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm faces renewed charges that it is in fact dead.
In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In the wake of mass atrocities in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and Myanmar, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm faces renewed charges that it is in fact dead.
In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
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Check out this 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus, covering all the updates on #R2P20 from the Global Centre this month.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Check out this 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus, covering all the updates on #R2P20 from the Global Centre this month.
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R2P was born as the world watched the genocide in #Darfur unfold. 20 yrs later, it’s happening again.
Int'l engagement in #Sudan, shaped by deals with those committing #atrocities, is reinforcing the very violence R2P was meant to prevent.
20 years of #R2P and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur
Int'l engagement in #Sudan, shaped by deals with those committing #atrocities, is reinforcing the very violence R2P was meant to prevent.
20 years of #R2P and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur
🇸🇩In her commentary, @juliettepaauwe.bsky.social reflects on how the 2003-3005 #Darfur genocide became a defining case for R2P - and why, 20 years later, atrocities are happening there again. What have we learned – or failed to learn – about atrocity prevention and response over the past two decades?
Twenty years of the Responsibility to Protect and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
In 2005 all heads of state and government adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as a global political commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. Th...
www.globalr2p.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
R2P was born as the world watched the genocide in #Darfur unfold. 20 yrs later, it’s happening again.
Int'l engagement in #Sudan, shaped by deals with those committing #atrocities, is reinforcing the very violence R2P was meant to prevent.
20 years of #R2P and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur
Int'l engagement in #Sudan, shaped by deals with those committing #atrocities, is reinforcing the very violence R2P was meant to prevent.
20 years of #R2P and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur
Youth-driven and neighborhood-based mutual aid groups in #Sudan are creating support networks that directly address their communities’ needs, while challenging traditional power structures.
It’s important to highlight how these grassroots efforts are reshaping how humanitarian aid can be delivered.
It’s important to highlight how these grassroots efforts are reshaping how humanitarian aid can be delivered.
Eight stories about mutual aid to mark two years of war in Sudan
The list highlights the scope of local volunteers’ work and the many challenges they face.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Youth-driven and neighborhood-based mutual aid groups in #Sudan are creating support networks that directly address their communities’ needs, while challenging traditional power structures.
It’s important to highlight how these grassroots efforts are reshaping how humanitarian aid can be delivered.
It’s important to highlight how these grassroots efforts are reshaping how humanitarian aid can be delivered.
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From running soup kitchens to launching education hubs in conflict zones, Sudan’s mutual aid groups are stepping in where international aid groups can’t – or won’t.
This roundup highlights the scale of their work and the many challenges they face. ⬇️
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This roundup highlights the scale of their work and the many challenges they face. ⬇️
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April 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From running soup kitchens to launching education hubs in conflict zones, Sudan’s mutual aid groups are stepping in where international aid groups can’t – or won’t.
This roundup highlights the scale of their work and the many challenges they face. ⬇️
buff.ly/1Jlywr1
This roundup highlights the scale of their work and the many challenges they face. ⬇️
buff.ly/1Jlywr1
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In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 Hundreds of civilians killed during coordinated attacks in #Darfur
🔺 Palestinians in #Gaza endure Israeli-made humanitarian catastrophe amid atrocities
🔺 Rates of sexual violence against children are rising in eastern #DRC
Full issue: bit.ly/4igKw61
🔺 Hundreds of civilians killed during coordinated attacks in #Darfur
🔺 Palestinians in #Gaza endure Israeli-made humanitarian catastrophe amid atrocities
🔺 Rates of sexual violence against children are rising in eastern #DRC
Full issue: bit.ly/4igKw61
April 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 Hundreds of civilians killed during coordinated attacks in #Darfur
🔺 Palestinians in #Gaza endure Israeli-made humanitarian catastrophe amid atrocities
🔺 Rates of sexual violence against children are rising in eastern #DRC
Full issue: bit.ly/4igKw61
🔺 Hundreds of civilians killed during coordinated attacks in #Darfur
🔺 Palestinians in #Gaza endure Israeli-made humanitarian catastrophe amid atrocities
🔺 Rates of sexual violence against children are rising in eastern #DRC
Full issue: bit.ly/4igKw61
Clear language from the UN Acting Special Adviser on the Prevention of #Genocide:
“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”
“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”
“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”
“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Clear language from the UN Acting Special Adviser on the Prevention of #Genocide:
“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”
“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”
“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”
“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”
The unfolding tragedy in #Darfur cannot be met with silence and inaction.
As we mark the 2nd anniversary of the conflict in #Sudan, the warning signs are unmistakable, and the responsibility to respond is urgent.
The international community must not allow this crisis to escalate unchecked. #R2P
As we mark the 2nd anniversary of the conflict in #Sudan, the warning signs are unmistakable, and the responsibility to respond is urgent.
The international community must not allow this crisis to escalate unchecked. #R2P
📣🇸🇩 We've joined 35+ CSOs in sounding the alarm on the genocidal violence in #Darfur.
As the RSF intensifies its attacks on El Fasher and #Zamzam camp, the international community must act now to protect civilians and prevent further #atrocities.
Full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
As the RSF intensifies its attacks on El Fasher and #Zamzam camp, the international community must act now to protect civilians and prevent further #atrocities.
Full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Joint Statement: Genocide Returns to Darfur - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
On 13 April, the UAE-backed RSF captured Zamzam, Sudan’s largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) after three continuous days of massive ground-assault. These attacks mark a significant es...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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In commemoration of Genocide Prevention & Awareness Month & #R2P20, GCR2P's International Advisory Board co-Chairs, Hon. Gareth Evans & Dr. Jennifer Welsh, wrote a statement reflecting on progress made & the work that still lies ahead.
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Statement Commemorating Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month and the Responsibility to Protect at 20 - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The following statement was written by Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans and Dr. Jennifer Welsh, co-Chairs of the Global Centre’s International Advisory Board. April marks Genocide Prevention and Awaren...
www.globalr2p.org
April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In commemoration of Genocide Prevention & Awareness Month & #R2P20, GCR2P's International Advisory Board co-Chairs, Hon. Gareth Evans & Dr. Jennifer Welsh, wrote a statement reflecting on progress made & the work that still lies ahead.
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
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On day 3 of the onslaught, Zamzam IDP Camp is now under RSF control.
Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape.
The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape.
The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
April 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On day 3 of the onslaught, Zamzam IDP Camp is now under RSF control.
Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape.
The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape.
The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
‼️ Zamzam IDP camp in #NorthDarfur is being attacked from multiple directions by the #RSF.
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 20 children, are feared dead.
1.5 million civilians are now at imminent risk of ethnically motivated violence and #atrocities
#Sudan
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 20 children, are feared dead.
1.5 million civilians are now at imminent risk of ethnically motivated violence and #atrocities
#Sudan
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Hundreds feared killed in Sudan as RSF launches attack on famine-stricken camp
A devastating assault by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Zamzam Camp for displaced people near al-Fasher has left hundreds dead or wounded, the foreign ministry and aid groups said on Saturday, in what some described as one of the worst violations since the war began.
www.reuters.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
‼️ Zamzam IDP camp in #NorthDarfur is being attacked from multiple directions by the #RSF.
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 20 children, are feared dead.
1.5 million civilians are now at imminent risk of ethnically motivated violence and #atrocities
#Sudan
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 20 children, are feared dead.
1.5 million civilians are now at imminent risk of ethnically motivated violence and #atrocities
#Sudan
www.reuters.com/world/africa...