Philippe Dam
@philippedam.bsky.social
HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Sudan: UN Human Rights office estimates in the 100s number of summarily executions since #RSF capture of El Fasher.
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#Sudan: UN Human Rights office estimates in the 100s number of summarily executions since #RSF capture of El Fasher.
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Well, when that's the webpage of EU-#Tunisia Association Council supposed to be today (cancelled late in the game), you know that Tunisia's leadership is as unreliable with @ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social as it is towards the rights of its own people.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Well, when that's the webpage of EU-#Tunisia Association Council supposed to be today (cancelled late in the game), you know that Tunisia's leadership is as unreliable with @ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social as it is towards the rights of its own people.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
Reports of killings, serious violations already emerge from #RSF captured El-Fasher #Darfur #Sudan.
Risk of large-scale, ethnically motivated atrocities is mounting. Urgent action needed to protect civilians, ensure safe passage - UN Human Rights Chief 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Risk of large-scale, ethnically motivated atrocities is mounting. Urgent action needed to protect civilians, ensure safe passage - UN Human Rights Chief 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reports of killings, serious violations already emerge from #RSF captured El-Fasher #Darfur #Sudan.
Risk of large-scale, ethnically motivated atrocities is mounting. Urgent action needed to protect civilians, ensure safe passage - UN Human Rights Chief 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Risk of large-scale, ethnically motivated atrocities is mounting. Urgent action needed to protect civilians, ensure safe passage - UN Human Rights Chief 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🚨UN special rapporteur on migrant rights calls for @ec.europa.eu & others externalizing their migration policies to do full due diligence, independently monitor violations & end programs tied to abuses.
Not doing so is isn't just bad policy - it's also complicity.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Not doing so is isn't just bad policy - it's also complicity.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨UN special rapporteur on migrant rights calls for @ec.europa.eu & others externalizing their migration policies to do full due diligence, independently monitor violations & end programs tied to abuses.
Not doing so is isn't just bad policy - it's also complicity.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Not doing so is isn't just bad policy - it's also complicity.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
New report: DHS used excessive force on protesters, medics, observers & media at protests outside ICE facility in #Illinois.
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New report: DHS used excessive force on protesters, medics, observers & media at protests outside ICE facility in #Illinois.
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
This isn’t crowd control: it’s intimidation.
Should raise @eudiplomacy.bsky.social concerns in context of erosion of rights protection in USA.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Piece by UN SR on Poverty @deschuttero.bsky.social on how punitive welfare systems fuel the far-right is a must-read.
"Mainstream political parties must reclaim narrative around welfare — a human right that we will all benefit from." 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
"Mainstream political parties must reclaim narrative around welfare — a human right that we will all benefit from." 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Piece by UN SR on Poverty @deschuttero.bsky.social on how punitive welfare systems fuel the far-right is a must-read.
"Mainstream political parties must reclaim narrative around welfare — a human right that we will all benefit from." 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
"Mainstream political parties must reclaim narrative around welfare — a human right that we will all benefit from." 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
@roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
#FAC conclusions on #Sudan highlight disconnect between EU actions & suffering of civilians.
A few points supported by conclusions:
⚖️Justice, accountability & ICC
⛑️Concrete measures for protection of civilians
🚫Expansion of arms embargo to whole country
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
A few points supported by conclusions:
⚖️Justice, accountability & ICC
⛑️Concrete measures for protection of civilians
🚫Expansion of arms embargo to whole country
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#FAC conclusions on #Sudan highlight disconnect between EU actions & suffering of civilians.
A few points supported by conclusions:
⚖️Justice, accountability & ICC
⛑️Concrete measures for protection of civilians
🚫Expansion of arms embargo to whole country
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
A few points supported by conclusions:
⚖️Justice, accountability & ICC
⛑️Concrete measures for protection of civilians
🚫Expansion of arms embargo to whole country
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
And opportunity to re-up @HRW's own global report on transnational repression worldwide.
People who were forced to flee repression & persecution should not live in fear of attacks. EU should lead global action to end TNR & protect victims.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
People who were forced to flee repression & persecution should not live in fear of attacks. EU should lead global action to end TNR & protect victims.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And opportunity to re-up @HRW's own global report on transnational repression worldwide.
People who were forced to flee repression & persecution should not live in fear of attacks. EU should lead global action to end TNR & protect victims.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
People who were forced to flee repression & persecution should not live in fear of attacks. EU should lead global action to end TNR & protect victims.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
Euro-Parliament adopted flagship report to address & prevent transnational repression - bold step for defenders worldwide.
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Euro-Parliament adopted flagship report to address & prevent transnational repression - bold step for defenders worldwide.
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
Multilateral human rights institutions remain key to scrutinize violations & address pleas of victims of abuses.
@euatun.bsky.social's leadership for accountability in #Afghanistan & engagement on other resolutions make key contributions to #HRC60's solid outcomes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@euatun.bsky.social's leadership for accountability in #Afghanistan & engagement on other resolutions make key contributions to #HRC60's solid outcomes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Multilateral human rights institutions remain key to scrutinize violations & address pleas of victims of abuses.
@euatun.bsky.social's leadership for accountability in #Afghanistan & engagement on other resolutions make key contributions to #HRC60's solid outcomes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@euatun.bsky.social's leadership for accountability in #Afghanistan & engagement on other resolutions make key contributions to #HRC60's solid outcomes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
#Serbia's civil society to @vonderLeyen, after months of peaceful protests met w/ repression & threats: "Anchor Serbia’s EU path in real democratic progress."
Von der Leyen's words should echo the voices of those who took the streets calling for reforms.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
Von der Leyen's words should echo the voices of those who took the streets calling for reforms.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#Serbia's civil society to @vonderLeyen, after months of peaceful protests met w/ repression & threats: "Anchor Serbia’s EU path in real democratic progress."
Von der Leyen's words should echo the voices of those who took the streets calling for reforms.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
Von der Leyen's words should echo the voices of those who took the streets calling for reforms.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
#Tajikistan is an International Criminal Court state party & should deny entry to #Russia's President Putin or arrest him, based on the ICC's arrest warrant for him.
👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#Tajikistan is an International Criminal Court state party & should deny entry to #Russia's President Putin or arrest him, based on the ICC's arrest warrant for him.
👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
#HRC60 voted yesterday to continue scrutiny of #Russia 's dire rights record.
UN Special Rapporteur on Russia is a lifeline for Russian human rights defenders & civil society who work at great risk amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on critical voices.
Her report 👇
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
UN Special Rapporteur on Russia is a lifeline for Russian human rights defenders & civil society who work at great risk amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on critical voices.
Her report 👇
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#HRC60 voted yesterday to continue scrutiny of #Russia 's dire rights record.
UN Special Rapporteur on Russia is a lifeline for Russian human rights defenders & civil society who work at great risk amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on critical voices.
Her report 👇
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
UN Special Rapporteur on Russia is a lifeline for Russian human rights defenders & civil society who work at great risk amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on critical voices.
Her report 👇
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
#Sudan: UN human rights experts send wake up call on severity of crimes committed by RSF & SAF.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"
Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"
Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#Sudan: UN human rights experts send wake up call on severity of crimes committed by RSF & SAF.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"
Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"
Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Darfur #Sudan: UN Human Rights chief raise alarm at situation in & around besieged Al-Fasher.
@kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social: EU should mobilize urgent action to protect civilians from ethnically-driven attacks, hold those responsible to account.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social: EU should mobilize urgent action to protect civilians from ethnically-driven attacks, hold those responsible to account.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#Darfur #Sudan: UN Human Rights chief raise alarm at situation in & around besieged Al-Fasher.
@kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social: EU should mobilize urgent action to protect civilians from ethnically-driven attacks, hold those responsible to account.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social: EU should mobilize urgent action to protect civilians from ethnically-driven attacks, hold those responsible to account.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Arrests & police charges in #Morocco against youth protests calling for public service reforms, better healthcare & education.
Crackdown on civic space can never be the right answer to claims for respect for economic & social rights.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
Crackdown on civic space can never be the right answer to claims for respect for economic & social rights.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Arrests & police charges in #Morocco against youth protests calling for public service reforms, better healthcare & education.
Crackdown on civic space can never be the right answer to claims for respect for economic & social rights.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
Crackdown on civic space can never be the right answer to claims for respect for economic & social rights.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
EU's response to displacement crisis includes not doing much to stop #Sudan's brutal conflict, little empathy in face of shipwrecks in #CentralMed & silence when EU-backed 'coast guards' shoot live ammo at NGO rescue boats.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
September 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
EU's response to displacement crisis includes not doing much to stop #Sudan's brutal conflict, little empathy in face of shipwrecks in #CentralMed & silence when EU-backed 'coast guards' shoot live ammo at NGO rescue boats.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Great to read EU Sp Rep Human Rights @kajsaollongren.bsky.social's take on flawed decision by #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger to withdraw from Int'l Criminal Court.
But frankly it should up to @kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to call it out & stand up for ICC.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
But frankly it should up to @kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to call it out & stand up for ICC.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Great to read EU Sp Rep Human Rights @kajsaollongren.bsky.social's take on flawed decision by #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger to withdraw from Int'l Criminal Court.
But frankly it should up to @kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to call it out & stand up for ICC.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
But frankly it should up to @kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to call it out & stand up for ICC.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
UN expert on human rights in #Mali urges Gov't to reconsider decision to leave Intl Criminal Court.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social: Sorry, but where is @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's statement regretting #Mali's, #BurkinaFaso's & #Niger's decision, calling them to remain in ICC?
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social: Sorry, but where is @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's statement regretting #Mali's, #BurkinaFaso's & #Niger's decision, calling them to remain in ICC?
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
UN expert on human rights in #Mali urges Gov't to reconsider decision to leave Intl Criminal Court.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social: Sorry, but where is @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's statement regretting #Mali's, #BurkinaFaso's & #Niger's decision, calling them to remain in ICC?
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social: Sorry, but where is @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's statement regretting #Mali's, #BurkinaFaso's & #Niger's decision, calling them to remain in ICC?
Since July 2024, #Belarus authorities have pardoned 100s political prisoners but haven't scaled back on repression.
At least 1184 remain behind bars. Among them Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski & other #Viasna colleagues. Their families wait for their return.
www.hrw.org/feature/2025... @hrw.org
At least 1184 remain behind bars. Among them Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski & other #Viasna colleagues. Their families wait for their return.
www.hrw.org/feature/2025... @hrw.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Since July 2024, #Belarus authorities have pardoned 100s political prisoners but haven't scaled back on repression.
At least 1184 remain behind bars. Among them Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski & other #Viasna colleagues. Their families wait for their return.
www.hrw.org/feature/2025... @hrw.org
At least 1184 remain behind bars. Among them Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski & other #Viasna colleagues. Their families wait for their return.
www.hrw.org/feature/2025... @hrw.org
Joining EU SR Human Rights @kajsaollongren.bsky.social in celebrating our friend and colleague Ales Bialiatski’s birthday.
Ales is pillar of the human rights movement in Europe. #Belarus should free him as well as other wonderful #Viasna colleagues unjustly behind bars.
#FreeViasna
Ales is pillar of the human rights movement in Europe. #Belarus should free him as well as other wonderful #Viasna colleagues unjustly behind bars.
#FreeViasna
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Joining EU SR Human Rights @kajsaollongren.bsky.social in celebrating our friend and colleague Ales Bialiatski’s birthday.
Ales is pillar of the human rights movement in Europe. #Belarus should free him as well as other wonderful #Viasna colleagues unjustly behind bars.
#FreeViasna
Ales is pillar of the human rights movement in Europe. #Belarus should free him as well as other wonderful #Viasna colleagues unjustly behind bars.
#FreeViasna
World should wake up to fate of civilians in #Sudan 's El-Fasher in #Darfour facing killing & displacement.
Good @eudiplomacy.bsky.social & African Union call for de-escalation & accountability; but robust initiatives to protect civilians are dramatically needed.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/sudan-c...
Good @eudiplomacy.bsky.social & African Union call for de-escalation & accountability; but robust initiatives to protect civilians are dramatically needed.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/sudan-c...
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
World should wake up to fate of civilians in #Sudan 's El-Fasher in #Darfour facing killing & displacement.
Good @eudiplomacy.bsky.social & African Union call for de-escalation & accountability; but robust initiatives to protect civilians are dramatically needed.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/sudan-c...
Good @eudiplomacy.bsky.social & African Union call for de-escalation & accountability; but robust initiatives to protect civilians are dramatically needed.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/sudan-c...
"Attacks and threats against those trying to deliver aid to people in #Gaza who are suffering famine & starvation defy belief."
UN Human Rights chief calls for full investigation into threats on #Sumud Flotilla. We should expect no less from @eudiplomacy.bsky.social.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Human Rights chief calls for full investigation into threats on #Sumud Flotilla. We should expect no less from @eudiplomacy.bsky.social.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Attacks and threats against those trying to deliver aid to people in #Gaza who are suffering famine & starvation defy belief."
UN Human Rights chief calls for full investigation into threats on #Sumud Flotilla. We should expect no less from @eudiplomacy.bsky.social.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Human Rights chief calls for full investigation into threats on #Sumud Flotilla. We should expect no less from @eudiplomacy.bsky.social.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...