Clive Baldwin
@cliveabaldwin.bsky.social
Senior Legal Adviser, Human Rights Watch
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Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
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🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
hrw.org/node/392462
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
hrw.org/node/392462
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A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias das 121 mortes durante a operação desta semana. Não houve preservação do local, nem perícia ou cadeia de custódia rigorosa das provas.
Novo relatório da @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Novo relatório da @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: graves falhas na investigação da operação policial mais letal do Rio de Janeiro
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias da morte das pelo menos 121 pessoas, incluindo quatro policiais, mortas durante uma operação n...
www.hrw.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias das 121 mortes durante a operação desta semana. Não houve preservação do local, nem perícia ou cadeia de custódia rigorosa das provas.
Novo relatório da @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Novo relatório da @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
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La policía no siguió pasos clave para investigar las 121 muertes ocurridas durante un operativo en Río de Janeiro esta semana. No preservó ni analizó el lugar de los tiroteos, ni mantuvo la cadena de custodia de pruebas.
Nuevo informe de @hrw:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Nuevo informe de @hrw:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Serious Investigative Failures in Deadly Rio Raid
Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...
www.hrw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
La policía no siguió pasos clave para investigar las 121 muertes ocurridas durante un operativo en Río de Janeiro esta semana. No preservó ni analizó el lugar de los tiroteos, ni mantuvo la cadena de custodia de pruebas.
Nuevo informe de @hrw:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Nuevo informe de @hrw:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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We @hrw.org are glad to be able to support this initiative led by @bigissue.com calling on the UK government to set child poverty reduction targets. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We @hrw.org are glad to be able to support this initiative led by @bigissue.com calling on the UK government to set child poverty reduction targets. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law.
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
New German Guidelines on Colonial Returns Fail Rights Test
Last week, German federal, state, and local authorities adopted Common Guidelines on the handling of cultural assets and human remains from colonial contexts. Despite the welcome efforts to regulate t...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law.
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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This week Brazil hosts the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ people to chart new directions for public policy on equality & inclusion. The conference also underscores 🇧🇷‘s reemergence as a key voice in global equality debates.
@hrw.org analysis 📃: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org analysis 📃: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil Resumes Key Dialogue over Equality
This week Brazil is hosting the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ People, an ambitious effort to chart new directions for public policy on equality and inclusion.
www.hrw.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This week Brazil hosts the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ people to chart new directions for public policy on equality & inclusion. The conference also underscores 🇧🇷‘s reemergence as a key voice in global equality debates.
@hrw.org analysis 📃: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org analysis 📃: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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O Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+ para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de inclusão.
A conferência também ressalta o ressurgimento do 🇧🇷 como uma voz importante nos debates globais sobre igualdade. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
A conferência também ressalta o ressurgimento do 🇧🇷 como uma voz importante nos debates globais sobre igualdade. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil retoma diálogo importante sobre igualdade
Esta semana, o Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+, um esforço ambicioso para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de igualdade e inclusão.
www.hrw.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
O Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+ para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de inclusão.
A conferência também ressalta o ressurgimento do 🇧🇷 como uma voz importante nos debates globais sobre igualdade. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
A conferência também ressalta o ressurgimento do 🇧🇷 como uma voz importante nos debates globais sobre igualdade. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
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Next week - #advisoryopinion by the International Court of Justice #ICJ on obligations of #Israel in relation to the #UN and other #IOs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories #OPT. (This is distinct from the contentious case by South Africa relating to the #Genocide Convention)
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Illegal cattle ranching has devastated Indigenous & small farmers’ lands in Brazil’s Amazon region that will host #COP30.
New @hrw.org report finds that world’s largest meat company, JBS, may have exported beef to the EU from these illegal sources.
Read our investigation 🌎👉 https://bit.ly/4ojyU5y
New @hrw.org report finds that world’s largest meat company, JBS, may have exported beef to the EU from these illegal sources.
Read our investigation 🌎👉 https://bit.ly/4ojyU5y
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Illegal cattle ranching has devastated Indigenous & small farmers’ lands in Brazil’s Amazon region that will host #COP30.
New @hrw.org report finds that world’s largest meat company, JBS, may have exported beef to the EU from these illegal sources.
Read our investigation 🌎👉 https://bit.ly/4ojyU5y
New @hrw.org report finds that world’s largest meat company, JBS, may have exported beef to the EU from these illegal sources.
Read our investigation 🌎👉 https://bit.ly/4ojyU5y
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Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
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Dois projetos de lei do Rio enfraqueceriam seriamente a perícia, que é essencial para levar os responsáveis por crimes à justiça.
O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais.
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais.
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: Projeto de lei do Rio de Janeiro incentivará letalidade policial
O governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria vetar as disposições de um novo projeto de lei que daria à Polícia Civil um incentivo econômico para matar suspeitos e enfraqueceria a perícia criminal...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Dois projetos de lei do Rio enfraqueceriam seriamente a perícia, que é essencial para levar os responsáveis por crimes à justiça.
O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais.
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais.
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
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The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday.
@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday.
@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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“A unified approach to #reparations could be the game changer that empowers communities in Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora" - African and Caribbean states will meet in Addis Ababa this Sunday for the second Africa-CARICOM Summit.
Read more here:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Read more here:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations
Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. ...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“A unified approach to #reparations could be the game changer that empowers communities in Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora" - African and Caribbean states will meet in Addis Ababa this Sunday for the second Africa-CARICOM Summit.
Read more here:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Read more here:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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@hrw.org published a Q&A on #reparations for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit.
A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities
In this Q&A, Human Rights Watch examines the application of the right to reparation to redress past and present harms stemming from colonial atrocities, including enslavement, systemic racial inequali...
www.hrw.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
@hrw.org published a Q&A on #reparations for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit.
A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has made it clear that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis.
In a new landmark decision, the Court says authorities have a duty to take urgent action to curb global warming and protect forests.
Governments need to act now.
apnews.com/article/lati...
In a new landmark decision, the Court says authorities have a duty to take urgent action to curb global warming and protect forests.
Governments need to act now.
apnews.com/article/lati...
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has made it clear that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis.
In a new landmark decision, the Court says authorities have a duty to take urgent action to curb global warming and protect forests.
Governments need to act now.
apnews.com/article/lati...
In a new landmark decision, the Court says authorities have a duty to take urgent action to curb global warming and protect forests.
Governments need to act now.
apnews.com/article/lati...
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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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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...
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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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1/6 The UK government can spin its "welfare reform" legislative package as much as it likes. But these aren't welfare "reforms". inasmuch as they are "cuts" to social security support for people with disabilities. There is no shying away from that truth, or the bottom line motivating it.
June 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1/6 The UK government can spin its "welfare reform" legislative package as much as it likes. But these aren't welfare "reforms". inasmuch as they are "cuts" to social security support for people with disabilities. There is no shying away from that truth, or the bottom line motivating it.
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🚨 My latest for @hrw.org in the @thenewarab.bsky.social
If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take:
A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW
⬇️
www.newarab.com/opinion/with...
If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take:
A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW
⬇️
www.newarab.com/opinion/with...
Without stopping arms to Israel, UK Gaza ‘concern’ is empty talk
If the UK has any spine on Gaza, it must at least use its political leverage and impose a total arms embargo on Israel, writes Yasmine Ahmed.
www.newarab.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨 My latest for @hrw.org in the @thenewarab.bsky.social
If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take:
A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW
⬇️
www.newarab.com/opinion/with...
If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take:
A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW
⬇️
www.newarab.com/opinion/with...
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Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability.
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Libya: Barriers to Justice
Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses.
www.hrw.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability.
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
The UK-Mauritius Chagos deal is public. Will it end the colonial crime of the UK/US forced displacement of the Chagossian people, and provide them with the reparations they are owed ?Here's a look at some issues.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682f25...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682f25...
May 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The UK-Mauritius Chagos deal is public. Will it end the colonial crime of the UK/US forced displacement of the Chagossian people, and provide them with the reparations they are owed ?Here's a look at some issues.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682f25...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/682f25...
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Beyond disheartening to see the modest progress made in the UK on protecting the rights of trans people rolled back and undermined, including by so-called progressive politicians. As always the voices of those who are actually impacted - trans humans beings - are ignored.
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Beyond disheartening to see the modest progress made in the UK on protecting the rights of trans people rolled back and undermined, including by so-called progressive politicians. As always the voices of those who are actually impacted - trans humans beings - are ignored.
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Want to join the GLOBAL REPARATIONS HUB?
The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space.
Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space.
Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Want to join the GLOBAL REPARATIONS HUB?
The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space.
Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Global Reparations Hub is an online community space looking to unite #reparations movements worldwide. @hrw.org supports the creation of this grassroots-led space.
Register for this event on April 15 at 1:30-2:30pm EST: 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...