@karolinakozik.bsky.social
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In South Korea, you can get penalized simply for getting older.
In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policies to protect older workers from age discrimination actually do the exact opposite.
Read more: bit.ly/4lGERYR
In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policies to protect older workers from age discrimination actually do the exact opposite.
Read more: bit.ly/4lGERYR
July 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In South Korea, you can get penalized simply for getting older.
In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policies to protect older workers from age discrimination actually do the exact opposite.
Read more: bit.ly/4lGERYR
In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policies to protect older workers from age discrimination actually do the exact opposite.
Read more: bit.ly/4lGERYR
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As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
Revised UK Social Security Bill Still Harms Rights
The UK government’s draft law to cut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within the ruling party, forcing the government to roll back some of the legislation...
www.hrw.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
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🚨This is a busy week for the #ICC & its members in New York, with two important events taking place at the UN 👇
1️⃣On July 7-9, ICC member countries will meet for a special session to discuss the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression: asp.icc-cpi.int/sessions/doc...
1️⃣On July 7-9, ICC member countries will meet for a special session to discuss the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression: asp.icc-cpi.int/sessions/doc...
July 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨This is a busy week for the #ICC & its members in New York, with two important events taking place at the UN 👇
1️⃣On July 7-9, ICC member countries will meet for a special session to discuss the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression: asp.icc-cpi.int/sessions/doc...
1️⃣On July 7-9, ICC member countries will meet for a special session to discuss the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression: asp.icc-cpi.int/sessions/doc...
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For the first time, the #EU raised concerns about #ElSalvador at the Human Rights Council, spotlighting President Bukele's escalated crackdown.
But more is needed. EU should use its human rights toolbox strategically to foster positive change & ensure accountability. 🧵
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
But more is needed. EU should use its human rights toolbox strategically to foster positive change & ensure accountability. 🧵
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
EU Should Act Against El Salvador’s Dismantling of Democracy
In June, the European Union, for the first time, raised concerns about El Salvador’s deteriorating situation at the UN Human Rights Council. The European Parliament then held a debate on President Nay...
www.hrw.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
For the first time, the #EU raised concerns about #ElSalvador at the Human Rights Council, spotlighting President Bukele's escalated crackdown.
But more is needed. EU should use its human rights toolbox strategically to foster positive change & ensure accountability. 🧵
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
But more is needed. EU should use its human rights toolbox strategically to foster positive change & ensure accountability. 🧵
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains.
www.hrw.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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We @hrw.org stand side by side with 80+ other organizations calling on UK MPs to reject the proposed cuts to disability-related social security benefits under the UCPIP Bill.
Anti poverty organisations all unanimously urging MPs to vote against the UCPIP Bill this afternoon, and calling on the government to carry out proper reviews and consultation before legislating.
This is too important to vote through on an act of faith.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
This is too important to vote through on an act of faith.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We @hrw.org stand side by side with 80+ other organizations calling on UK MPs to reject the proposed cuts to disability-related social security benefits under the UCPIP Bill.
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1/15 🧵
Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.
@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.
@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
1/15 🧵
Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.
@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.
@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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🇭🇹 Haitians are fleeing violent criminal groups that have taken control of their neighborhoods.
This is the story of a 24-year-old woman who left her job at a money transfer office in Port-au-Prince — and everything else behind— to find safety and freedom.
This is the story of a 24-year-old woman who left her job at a money transfer office in Port-au-Prince — and everything else behind— to find safety and freedom.
July 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🇭🇹 Haitians are fleeing violent criminal groups that have taken control of their neighborhoods.
This is the story of a 24-year-old woman who left her job at a money transfer office in Port-au-Prince — and everything else behind— to find safety and freedom.
This is the story of a 24-year-old woman who left her job at a money transfer office in Port-au-Prince — and everything else behind— to find safety and freedom.
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🇭🇹Violence in Haiti has displaced over 245,000 people in recent months.
A 52-year-old single mother and teacher from Port-au-Prince told me how, after 20 years of living & working in peace, she lost everything when criminal groups attacked her neighborhood in April:
A 52-year-old single mother and teacher from Port-au-Prince told me how, after 20 years of living & working in peace, she lost everything when criminal groups attacked her neighborhood in April:
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🇭🇹Violence in Haiti has displaced over 245,000 people in recent months.
A 52-year-old single mother and teacher from Port-au-Prince told me how, after 20 years of living & working in peace, she lost everything when criminal groups attacked her neighborhood in April:
A 52-year-old single mother and teacher from Port-au-Prince told me how, after 20 years of living & working in peace, she lost everything when criminal groups attacked her neighborhood in April:
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UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities.
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities
While the UK government claims its moves “will protect the most vulnerable,” in reality its plans to cut £4.5 billion in disability-linked benefits by 2030 will have a devastating impact on people’s r...
www.hrw.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities.
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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1/ Russia’s escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians in 2025 have killed more people than in the same period in 2024.
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
1/ Russia’s escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians in 2025 have killed more people than in the same period in 2024.
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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🚨 New @hrw report: Russian attacks in Ukraine are killing more civilians in 2025 than last year.
Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers.
No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes.
📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights
Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers.
No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes.
📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights
May 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨 New @hrw report: Russian attacks in Ukraine are killing more civilians in 2025 than last year.
Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers.
No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes.
📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights
Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers.
No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes.
📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights
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My @usnews.com op-ed on the UN funding crisis: "How to Save the UN from #Trump; Washington is withholding billions of dollars it owes the UN -- Europe must step in & lead."
@hrw.org: The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more.
👉 www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
@hrw.org: The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more.
👉 www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
May 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My @usnews.com op-ed on the UN funding crisis: "How to Save the UN from #Trump; Washington is withholding billions of dollars it owes the UN -- Europe must step in & lead."
@hrw.org: The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more.
👉 www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
@hrw.org: The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more.
👉 www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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🚨 @hrw.org urgently calls on UN Security Council to renew #SouthSudan arms embargo & bolster enforcement of it. This includes calling out #Uganda for deploying troops & weapons, a brazen violation of the embargo.
UN Security Council Should Renew South Sudan Arms Embargo
As hostilities escalate across South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council should renew its arms embargo on the country.
www.hrw.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🚨 @hrw.org urgently calls on UN Security Council to renew #SouthSudan arms embargo & bolster enforcement of it. This includes calling out #Uganda for deploying troops & weapons, a brazen violation of the embargo.
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🚨 New from @hrw.org: UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work
#Russia & #China have lobbied to defund UN human rights work. There's a risk the US under #Trump, which is gutting US support for human rights, will become their enabler. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#Russia & #China have lobbied to defund UN human rights work. There's a risk the US under #Trump, which is gutting US support for human rights, will become their enabler. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work
Major-power cutbacks and delayed payments amidst conflict and insecurity are testing the very principles and frameworks upon which the international human rights infrastructure was built nearly 80 yea...
www.hrw.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🚨 New from @hrw.org: UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work
#Russia & #China have lobbied to defund UN human rights work. There's a risk the US under #Trump, which is gutting US support for human rights, will become their enabler. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#Russia & #China have lobbied to defund UN human rights work. There's a risk the US under #Trump, which is gutting US support for human rights, will become their enabler. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Trump is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments everywhere have a duty to push back.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls
US President leads the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump is leading the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments everywhere have a duty to push back.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Today @hrw.org published an investigation I co-authored with Matthew Reysio-Cruz, with support from the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association. Zedtee, a company member of the Shin Yang Group, logged an Indigenous territory in Malaysian Borneo without the community's consent.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today @hrw.org published an investigation I co-authored with Matthew Reysio-Cruz, with support from the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association. Zedtee, a company member of the Shin Yang Group, logged an Indigenous territory in Malaysian Borneo without the community's consent.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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The incoming German coalition government’s plans to “reform” basic social security are troubling, punitive, and will lead to real terms cuts.
Real reform means raising existing social security payment levels to guarantee the human right to a decent living standard.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Real reform means raising existing social security payment levels to guarantee the human right to a decent living standard.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
April 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The incoming German coalition government’s plans to “reform” basic social security are troubling, punitive, and will lead to real terms cuts.
Real reform means raising existing social security payment levels to guarantee the human right to a decent living standard.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Real reform means raising existing social security payment levels to guarantee the human right to a decent living standard.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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📣 new from @hrw.org 📣
Health spending data from 190+ countries exposes drivers of global health inequalities
As US and wealthy gov's pull back health aid, these data stress need for greater public spending, public debt relief, and new int'l tax rules
👇 (w/ charts!)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Health spending data from 190+ countries exposes drivers of global health inequalities
As US and wealthy gov's pull back health aid, these data stress need for greater public spending, public debt relief, and new int'l tax rules
👇 (w/ charts!)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities
New data from the World Health Organization reveals that many governments’ public funding of health care falls short of what is needed to meet their human rights obligations.
www.hrw.org
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📣 new from @hrw.org 📣
Health spending data from 190+ countries exposes drivers of global health inequalities
As US and wealthy gov's pull back health aid, these data stress need for greater public spending, public debt relief, and new int'l tax rules
👇 (w/ charts!)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Health spending data from 190+ countries exposes drivers of global health inequalities
As US and wealthy gov's pull back health aid, these data stress need for greater public spending, public debt relief, and new int'l tax rules
👇 (w/ charts!)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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Romania has a deeply disturbing history of interfering w/reproductive rights. Birth control was deeply restricted in 1966-89. Roughly 10,000 women & girls died after they were forced to resort to unsafe abortion. Today access to abortion is slipping away again. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“It’s Happening Even Without You Noticing”
The 73-page report, “‘It’s Happening Even Without You Noticing’: Increasing Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Romania,” documents that, although these rights are partially p...
www.hrw.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Romania has a deeply disturbing history of interfering w/reproductive rights. Birth control was deeply restricted in 1966-89. Roughly 10,000 women & girls died after they were forced to resort to unsafe abortion. Today access to abortion is slipping away again. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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This week's (late & abridged) round up of economic justice news at @hrw.org: 1. Why we need a human rights economy: a new paper lays out a path for transforming economies to center people & planet www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
April 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week's (late & abridged) round up of economic justice news at @hrw.org: 1. Why we need a human rights economy: a new paper lays out a path for transforming economies to center people & planet www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
March 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
✍️Last chance to sign the petition!
www.hrw.org/WithHumanity
#WithHumanity
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
✍️Last chance to sign the petition!
www.hrw.org/WithHumanity
#WithHumanity
March 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
✍️Last chance to sign the petition!
www.hrw.org/WithHumanity
#WithHumanity
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
Saving lives comes first.
✍️Last chance to sign the petition!
www.hrw.org/WithHumanity
#WithHumanity
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✍️PLUS QUE QUELQUES HEURES : Plus de 17 000 personnes ont signé la pétition pour appeler @frontex.bsky.social à utiliser ses ressources pour sauver des vies en mer.
Dernière chance pour signer avant que nous remettions les signatures à Frontex.
Signez maintenant ! ⏳
hrw.org/fr/WithHuman...
Dernière chance pour signer avant que nous remettions les signatures à Frontex.
Signez maintenant ! ⏳
hrw.org/fr/WithHuman...
#AvecHumanité
Nous appelons l’Union européenne à protéger la vie et les droits des personnes en mouvement.
hrw.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
✍️PLUS QUE QUELQUES HEURES : Plus de 17 000 personnes ont signé la pétition pour appeler @frontex.bsky.social à utiliser ses ressources pour sauver des vies en mer.
Dernière chance pour signer avant que nous remettions les signatures à Frontex.
Signez maintenant ! ⏳
hrw.org/fr/WithHuman...
Dernière chance pour signer avant que nous remettions les signatures à Frontex.
Signez maintenant ! ⏳
hrw.org/fr/WithHuman...
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NEU: Afghanische Geflüchtete in Pakistan werden nach #Afghanistan abgeschoben, wo ihnen Verfolgung droht.
Regierungen, auch #Deutschland, sollten Abschiebungen von Afghan*innen stoppen. Afghanistan ist kein sicheres Land für Zwangsrückführungen.
Mehr dazu: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Regierungen, auch #Deutschland, sollten Abschiebungen von Afghan*innen stoppen. Afghanistan ist kein sicheres Land für Zwangsrückführungen.
Mehr dazu: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
March 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
NEU: Afghanische Geflüchtete in Pakistan werden nach #Afghanistan abgeschoben, wo ihnen Verfolgung droht.
Regierungen, auch #Deutschland, sollten Abschiebungen von Afghan*innen stoppen. Afghanistan ist kein sicheres Land für Zwangsrückführungen.
Mehr dazu: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Regierungen, auch #Deutschland, sollten Abschiebungen von Afghan*innen stoppen. Afghanistan ist kein sicheres Land für Zwangsrückführungen.
Mehr dazu: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...