Dave Elseroad
@delseroad.bsky.social
Head of Advocacy, Human Rights House Foundation. Former IFRC, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Peace Corps. Husband, father, advocate. American University School of International Service and St. Mary's College of Maryland alum. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally. He/His
What should be on the OSCE's human dimension agenda in the coming months? @humanrightshouse.bsky.social and Netherlands Helsinki Committee event ahead of SHDM explores this, with focus on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
June 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
What should be on the OSCE's human dimension agenda in the coming months? @humanrightshouse.bsky.social and Netherlands Helsinki Committee event ahead of SHDM explores this, with focus on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
"I have joined over 300 communications to your governments. It's an indictment of the situations for human rights defenders," @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social to OSCE #SHDM in Vienna.
May 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"I have joined over 300 communications to your governments. It's an indictment of the situations for human rights defenders," @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social to OSCE #SHDM in Vienna.
It's SHDM at the OSCE and @humanrightshouse.bsky.social and Netherlands Helsinki Comm are hosting a civil society pre-event for participating States. Its our opportunity to provide timely updates on trends from across the OSCE region and recs to States.
March 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's SHDM at the OSCE and @humanrightshouse.bsky.social and Netherlands Helsinki Comm are hosting a civil society pre-event for participating States. Its our opportunity to provide timely updates on trends from across the OSCE region and recs to States.
In London this week to remind British policymakers that comprehensive security and defence policy must include support for human rights, human rights defenders. We've all learned that repression at home, aggression abroad. We mustn't forget those fighting domestic repression.
March 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In London this week to remind British policymakers that comprehensive security and defence policy must include support for human rights, human rights defenders. We've all learned that repression at home, aggression abroad. We mustn't forget those fighting domestic repression.
And on and on it goes. . .
February 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And on and on it goes. . .
🇬🇪: Civil society reports widespread use of violence by police against protesters, journalists, human rights defenders.
UN Special Procedures mandate holders call on authorities to investigate.
(Violence committed by informal forces, including paramilitary groups & militias is also taking place.)
UN Special Procedures mandate holders call on authorities to investigate.
(Violence committed by informal forces, including paramilitary groups & militias is also taking place.)
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🇬🇪: Civil society reports widespread use of violence by police against protesters, journalists, human rights defenders.
UN Special Procedures mandate holders call on authorities to investigate.
(Violence committed by informal forces, including paramilitary groups & militias is also taking place.)
UN Special Procedures mandate holders call on authorities to investigate.
(Violence committed by informal forces, including paramilitary groups & militias is also taking place.)
It's presidential election day in Belarus, another in 30 years of elections that aren't free nor fair. Lukashenka has spent the last 4.5 years jailing opposition voices and human rights defenders, shuttering independent media, and attacking Belarusian language and culture.
January 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's presidential election day in Belarus, another in 30 years of elections that aren't free nor fair. Lukashenka has spent the last 4.5 years jailing opposition voices and human rights defenders, shuttering independent media, and attacking Belarusian language and culture.
Network of Human Rights Houses meeting starts now in Warsaw! Opening statements from @humanrightshouse.bsky.social Director Maria Dahle and Helsinki Foundation Maciej Nowicki. #HRHN2023
November 21, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Network of Human Rights Houses meeting starts now in Warsaw! Opening statements from @humanrightshouse.bsky.social Director Maria Dahle and Helsinki Foundation Maciej Nowicki. #HRHN2023
During its #UPR this morning, #Azerbaijan spends its introductory time rhetorically attacking Armenia, an age-old tactic to turn attention away from a marked deterioration of human rights domestically.
November 14, 2023 at 8:53 AM
During its #UPR this morning, #Azerbaijan spends its introductory time rhetorically attacking Armenia, an age-old tactic to turn attention away from a marked deterioration of human rights domestically.
In wrapping up her very important trip to Georgia, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders Mary Lawlor concludes, "The Georgian Government should fully live up to its international human rights obligations and commitments, and treat human rights defenders as allies, not enemies."
November 7, 2023 at 12:37 PM
In wrapping up her very important trip to Georgia, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders Mary Lawlor concludes, "The Georgian Government should fully live up to its international human rights obligations and commitments, and treat human rights defenders as allies, not enemies."