The UK Diplomatic Network over the past week...
❤️Celebrating #Pride2022 around the world
🧡£2.7m new UK funding for LGBT+ rights
💛@NickHerbertCBE at Warsaw and Kyiv Pride
💚@MinFreerHMG in USA with LGBT+ Trade Mission
💙 #RenewIESOGI at #HRC50
💜Preparations for #PrideInLondon !
🔥🆕𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 & 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨: 🇺🇳
United Nations Human Rights Council #HRC50 adopts resolution on climate change & #HumanRights , incl. with stronger recognition of need to address #LossAndDamage
🗣️comment coming shortly via @CIEL_tweets
📄Resolution: undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi…
Ethiopian prisoner guards massacred 83 #Tigray |an prisoners
#HRC50
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems House Foreign Affairs Committee DemsGOP Senate Democrats Senate Republicans House Democrats House Republicans European Parliament European Commission Josep Borrell Fontelles UK Parliament Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Irish Foreign Ministry Norway MFA
(8:00 pm tomorrow, Sana’a time, on the sidelines of #HRC50 ) HRA and ميون لحقوق الإنسان are organizing a symposium entitled “Recruitment of children in Yemen and its effects on peace, security and stability” Speakers: د.فارس البيل Arwa Ahmed Alkaify عبده علي الحذيفي Abdu Ali Al-hothifi
Ethiopian prisoner guards massacred 83 #Tigray |an prisoners
#HRC50
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems House Foreign Affairs Committee DemsGOP Senate Democrats Senate Republicans House Democrats House Republicans European Parliament European Commission Josep Borrell Fontelles UK Parliament Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Irish Foreign Ministry Norway MFA
@Ha
#HRC50 The US is gravely concerned by reports of extrajudicial killings, forced displacement, arbitrary detentions, & sexual violence against civilians in Ethiopia.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems U.S. Embassy Addis Senate Democrats Senate Republicans House Democrats House Republicans
@MeazaTG2
🚨US, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Ukraine, Finland, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Japan, South Korea, Montenegro and Marshal Islands voted against Human Rights Campaign's draft resolution on 'Human Rights and International Solidarity.'
#HRC50
undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi…
@Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪's ED DK Ngugi & Gloria Madegwa presented the situation of #HRDs in Kenya during the #HRC50 in Geneva last week.
Together with DefendDefenders we engaged a range of stakeholders, including UN Human Rights & Kenya Mission Geneva on how to better support #HRDs in 🇰🇪
Truly honored to be appointed as the 7th - and 1st woman - #SRT orture #SRT Humbled by the massive support leading to this moment + thanking the vision Federico Villegas + #HRC50 .
Profound responsibility yet full of possibilities …
Congratulations to the first woman expert as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture!
We look forward to working with you and supporting your mandate because together, we can prevent torture.
UN Treaty Bodies UN Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council #HRC50 #SRT #Changethepicture