There's a law on the books that prohibits arms sales to countries that target people on US soil. If we told partners like India & Saudi Arabia that we planned to start enforcing that law uniformly, these incidents wouldn't happen and our diplomatic relationships would improve.

It's been ~12 hours since Egyptian authorities arrested and forcibly disappeared peaceful protesters from outside UN Women Arabic for their feminist solidarity with the women of Gaza and Sudan.

19 persons--among them lawyers, journalists, and civil society advocates--taken.

دعم نساء فلسطين والسودان مش جريمة.

Solidarity with the women of Palestine and Sudan is not a crime.

Join us April 23 for this important discussion with war crimes prosecutors about international efforts to support #Ukraine in prosecuting atrocity crimes. Human Rights Institute

In north-east Syria, an estimated 56,000 people face mass human rights violations and inhumane conditions in detention.

Our new report documents death, torture and other violations in the aftermath of Islamic State’s defeat.

Read more amn.st/6017b1f9z

Proud to co-sponsor this important discussion in which Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute Drinan Chair in #HumanRights Soledad García Muñoz will participate. Tune in on Friday!

It is my hope that when people in the free world today think and speak about Russia, they will remember not only the war criminals who are sitting in the Kremlin but also those who are standing up to them. Because we are Russians, too.

justsecurity.org/94473/russian-…

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Food is a universal human right. Human Rights Institute #HumanRights #CeasefireNOW
José Andrés: Let People Eat nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opi…

We are so excited to have you join us, Negah Angha . Welcome aboard!

If this is actually the IDF’s explanation —suggesting that yet another deliberate attack on a marked, deconflicted humanitarian convoy might have been ok had the aid workers still been accompanied by a truck with one armed man—then this is even worse than it looks.

Hey Georgetown Law community! Amazing opportunity to see this extraordinary film—and meet the filmmaker, Georgetown Law alum Mary Mazzio ! Human Rights Institute

Please join us on Monday April 8 Human Rights Institute Georgetown Law for a screening and talkback about this important film. Register here! eventbrite.com/e/film-screeni…

We will include this as a reading at my family’s Seder. I hope Jewish families around the world will do the same. Thank you for all you do to Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opi…

Powerful truth-telling from Melanne Verveer , Karima Bennoune and Lina . Words matter. The Taliban’s oppression of women is apartheid. Let’s call it that. #GenderApartheid #WomensRightsAreHumanRights Human Rights Institute GU Women & Peace wapo.st/4ahSxUQ

It takes guts to discover your true self and to live that truth out loud. In this season rebirth and renewal, respect and love to all the brave and beautiful souls who are showing all of us the joy and liberation that comes with living an authentic life. #TransDayOfVisability

Health care is a #humanright

In Acts 13, the Bible tells the story of Elymas, a con-man who used the name of Jesus for his own profit. “Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord,” the apostle Paul asks him publicly.

The Bible exposes grifters who try to exploit it.

America must not be complicit in the forced famine of 1.1 million innocent civilians in Gaza. It’s against US law to transfer weapons to anyone blocking our humanitarian assistance.

Our message to President Biden is clear: demand compliance & use our leverage to stop this catastrophe.

Administrator Samantha Power has pledged that local organizations will receive 25% of eligible USAID funding by 2025. That is a daunting challenge, as spelled out in this excellent piece by Unlock Aid unlockaid.org/follow-the-mon…