Reem Alsalem
@unsrvaw.bsky.social
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
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The call for input for my next report to 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on violence against mothers is out!
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Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
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Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
The call for input for my next report to 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on violence against mothers is out!
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
UN Human Rights Office
International Day of Care and SupportRead the story
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November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The call for input for my next report to 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on violence against mothers is out!
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Deadline is 6 Feb 26
The call is in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French and contributions can be received in the 6 UN languages
#COP30 must advance human rights-based climate action in accordance with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: UN experts
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Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls on X: "#COP30 must advance human rights-based climate action in accordance with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: UN experts Statement led by my colleague @SRclimatechange which i joined https://t.co/Fdj4u48dfx" / X
#COP30 must advance human rights-based climate action in accordance with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: UN experts Statement led by my colleague @SRclimatechange which i joined https://t.co/Fdj4u48dfx
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#COP30 must advance human rights-based climate action in accordance with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: UN experts
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Secret email shows Anna Cody plotted move against UN women’s rights investigator
#Australia
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#Australia
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Secret email shows Anna Cody plotted move against UN women’s rights investigator
#Australia
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#Australia
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If true, this would be very welcome. I had written to the IOC in June 2025 requesting that the female category in sports be protected.
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Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events
IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male
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November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If true, this would be very welcome. I had written to the IOC in June 2025 requesting that the female category in sports be protected.
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#السودان: خبراء يُبدون فزعهم إزاء تقارير عن فظائع جماعية وعمليات قتل غير مشروعة وعنف جنسي في #الفاشر
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السودان: خبراء يُبدون فزعهم إزاء تقارير عن فظائع جماعية وعمليات قتل غير مشروعة وعنف جنسي في الفاشر
جنيف – أعرب خبراء الأمم المتحدة في مجال حقوق الإنسان* اليوم عن بالغ قلقهم إزاء التقارير التي تفيد بارتكاب قوات الدعم السريع فظائع واسعة النطاق في مدينة الفاشر، شمال دارفور، بما في ذلك عمليات قتل المد...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#السودان: خبراء يُبدون فزعهم إزاء تقارير عن فظائع جماعية وعمليات قتل غير مشروعة وعنف جنسي في #الفاشر
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#Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher. Experts urge the int'l community to use all means available to end the bloodshed and ensure immediate protection of civilians.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher. Experts urge the int'l community to use all means available to end the bloodshed and ensure immediate protection of civilians.
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The potential withdrawal of #latvia from the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is very concerning +would mark worrisome roll back on commitment to ensure women’s safety,equality and dignity.I urge Latvia to reconsider.
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The potential withdrawal of #latvia from the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is very concerning +would mark worrisome roll back on commitment to ensure women’s safety,equality and dignity.I urge Latvia to reconsider.
"This is our Srebrenica moment. Just like the siege of Sarajevo, which was happening in full view of the world, el-Fasher is being destroyed while everyone watches. If no one intervenes, there will be no one left to save," Mahmoud told NPR's Morning Edition.
Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world.
As Darfur's last city falls, fears grow 'there will be no one left to save'
Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"This is our Srebrenica moment. Just like the siege of Sarajevo, which was happening in full view of the world, el-Fasher is being destroyed while everyone watches. If no one intervenes, there will be no one left to save," Mahmoud told NPR's Morning Edition.
https://thecritic.co.uk/europe-must-not-erase-sex/
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October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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An Alarming Trend: Moms Sentenced to Jail for Keeping Kids from Abusers
@domesticshelters.bsky.social Amanda Kippert reports on story after story of the silencing of abuse with the DARVO strategy of jailing moms who protect their children from grave danger. www.domesticshelters.org/articles/leg...
@domesticshelters.bsky.social Amanda Kippert reports on story after story of the silencing of abuse with the DARVO strategy of jailing moms who protect their children from grave danger. www.domesticshelters.org/articles/leg...
An Alarming Trend: Moms Sentenced to Jail for Keeping Kids from Abusers
Moms who desperately try to protect their children from an abusive parent are winding up behind bars for defying court orders they say put their children at risk.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An Alarming Trend: Moms Sentenced to Jail for Keeping Kids from Abusers
@domesticshelters.bsky.social Amanda Kippert reports on story after story of the silencing of abuse with the DARVO strategy of jailing moms who protect their children from grave danger. www.domesticshelters.org/articles/leg...
@domesticshelters.bsky.social Amanda Kippert reports on story after story of the silencing of abuse with the DARVO strategy of jailing moms who protect their children from grave danger. www.domesticshelters.org/articles/leg...
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This week we heard of the successful overturn of a #familycourt case where a mother (referred to as *Sara in the reporting by @hansummers.bsky.social @tbij.bsky.social) had seen her daughters removed from her care in the name of the #pseudoscientific and #misogynistic ‘#alienation’ label.
October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This week we heard of the successful overturn of a #familycourt case where a mother (referred to as *Sara in the reporting by @hansummers.bsky.social @tbij.bsky.social) had seen her daughters removed from her care in the name of the #pseudoscientific and #misogynistic ‘#alienation’ label.
The letter I sent in August 2025 together with others to the Interim Government of #Syria on the reported human rights violations committed against #Druze women and girls is public:
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
We have not received a response from the Interim Syrian government
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We have not received a response from the Interim Syrian government
spcommreports.ohchr.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The letter I sent in August 2025 together with others to the Interim Government of #Syria on the reported human rights violations committed against #Druze women and girls is public:
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
We have not received a response from the Interim Syrian government
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
We have not received a response from the Interim Syrian government
I'm publishing the letter I had sent to the government of #Tanzania on the trial of Ms. Lemi Limbu, a survivor of #GBV incarcerated there and sentenced to death. She has psychosocial and intellectual disabilities and hasn't received appropriate l health care
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spcommreports.ohchr.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'm publishing the letter I had sent to the government of #Tanzania on the trial of Ms. Lemi Limbu, a survivor of #GBV incarcerated there and sentenced to death. She has psychosocial and intellectual disabilities and hasn't received appropriate l health care
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
UN experts warn against continued violations of ceasefire in #Lebanon and urge protection of civilians
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UN experts warn against continued violations of ceasefire in Lebanon and urge protection of civilians
GENEVA – Expressing dismay at the devastating impact on civilians of continuing Israeli air and drone strikes in Lebanon despite an agreed ceasefire on 27 November 2024, UN experts* today urged all pa...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
UN experts warn against continued violations of ceasefire in #Lebanon and urge protection of civilians
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@mjnabuurs.bsky.social “Technology-facilitated violence against females is an increasing concern that often remains unrecognized and unreported,” reads the June 2025 report issued by Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
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Digital violence against women is a scourge
Digital violence disenfranchises women and girls, silencing them online whilst reinforcing harmful societal norms that subjugate them.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social “Technology-facilitated violence against females is an increasing concern that often remains unrecognized and unreported,” reads the June 2025 report issued by Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
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"Surrogacy, comparable to prostitution should be banned, UN’s most senior expert on violence against women & girls has urged. Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur, submitted report... calling for end to practice, calling it a “system of exploitation and violence”
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‘It’s like prostitution’: Top UN official demands surrogacy ban
Reem Alsalem calls for end to practice that ‘inflicts violence, abuse and exploitation on women and children’
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October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Surrogacy, comparable to prostitution should be banned, UN’s most senior expert on violence against women & girls has urged. Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur, submitted report... calling for end to practice, calling it a “system of exploitation and violence”
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« Aucune société ne peut progresser en normalisant la vente du corps des femmes » : à l’ONU, Reem Alsalem appelle à abolir la GPA: Le 10 octobre, lors de l’A...
« Aucune société ne peut progresser en normalisant la vente du corps des femmes » : à l’ONU, Reem Alsalem appelle à abolir la GPA
Le 10 octobre, lors de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la violence contre les femmes et les filles a appelé à l’abolition universelle de la GPA. Quelques jours plus tôt, 228 ONG issues de 40 pays différents avaient soutenu son rapport dans une déclaration commune. « Être né par GPA, c’est commencer…
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October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
« Aucune société ne peut progresser en normalisant la vente du corps des femmes » : à l’ONU, Reem Alsalem appelle à abolir la GPA: Le 10 octobre, lors de l’A...
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UN expert @unsrvaw.bsky.social calls for recognition of surrogacy as system of violence, exploitation & abuse, urges abolition.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
UN expert @unsrvaw.bsky.social calls for recognition of surrogacy as system of violence, exploitation & abuse, urges abolition.
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Join us for side event I am co-sponsoring on #surrogacy as a form of #VAWG at #UNGA80 led by Italy's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York
When: 8th of October
Time: 1:15 -2:30 p.m. NY time
Where: In person: Conference Room 6, UNHQ, NY
Online: UN web TV👇
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When: 8th of October
Time: 1:15 -2:30 p.m. NY time
Where: In person: Conference Room 6, UNHQ, NY
Online: UN web TV👇
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11...
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us for side event I am co-sponsoring on #surrogacy as a form of #VAWG at #UNGA80 led by Italy's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York
When: 8th of October
Time: 1:15 -2:30 p.m. NY time
Where: In person: Conference Room 6, UNHQ, NY
Online: UN web TV👇
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11...
When: 8th of October
Time: 1:15 -2:30 p.m. NY time
Where: In person: Conference Room 6, UNHQ, NY
Online: UN web TV👇
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11...
Pleased to have participated in the conference of the Safe Journalist Network in Belgrade #Serbia in September entitled Journalism Under Attack: An Age of Repression and Resistance, on a session dedicated to violence against women journalists which has been a long standing priority of the mandate.
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pleased to have participated in the conference of the Safe Journalist Network in Belgrade #Serbia in September entitled Journalism Under Attack: An Age of Repression and Resistance, on a session dedicated to violence against women journalists which has been a long standing priority of the mandate.
Unacceptable, horrendous but not surprising.
And what will the countries of whom the brave souls of the flotilla are nationals do in response to their severe mistreatment do? Most likely what they did all along: Reinforce Israel's impunity.
And what will the countries of whom the brave souls of the flotilla are nationals do in response to their severe mistreatment do? Most likely what they did all along: Reinforce Israel's impunity.
By now you have likely heard that the Israeli military captured the activists trying to bring aid like milk powder and baby formula to Gaza.
Two of those released report that Israeli soldiers dragged Greta Thunberg by the hair, beat her, tied her up, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.
Two of those released report that Israeli soldiers dragged Greta Thunberg by the hair, beat her, tied her up, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.
October 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Unacceptable, horrendous but not surprising.
And what will the countries of whom the brave souls of the flotilla are nationals do in response to their severe mistreatment do? Most likely what they did all along: Reinforce Israel's impunity.
And what will the countries of whom the brave souls of the flotilla are nationals do in response to their severe mistreatment do? Most likely what they did all along: Reinforce Israel's impunity.
Extremely concerning. Yvonne Ridley must be released by Israel and until that happens, her whereabouts must be made known and she and the other abducted flotilla passengers must be treated humanely.
“Scottish flotilla participant Yvonne Ridley is missing after being imprisoned by Israeli forces.She was on hunger strike and denied her medication.
She was due to be deported to Istanbul but disappeared in the transfer.Her current whereabouts are unknown and we are deeply concerned for her safety”
She was due to be deported to Istanbul but disappeared in the transfer.Her current whereabouts are unknown and we are deeply concerned for her safety”
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Extremely concerning. Yvonne Ridley must be released by Israel and until that happens, her whereabouts must be made known and she and the other abducted flotilla passengers must be treated humanely.
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#Sudan: Targeting civilians, using starvation, disappearance, sexual violence & forced displacement as weapons of war may amount to crimes against humanity, warn UN experts.
“Sudan must not descend further into a nightmare of violence, hunger & despair”
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“Sudan must not descend further into a nightmare of violence, hunger & despair”
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October 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#Sudan: Targeting civilians, using starvation, disappearance, sexual violence & forced displacement as weapons of war may amount to crimes against humanity, warn UN experts.
“Sudan must not descend further into a nightmare of violence, hunger & despair”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
“Sudan must not descend further into a nightmare of violence, hunger & despair”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...