Philippe Dam
@philippedam.bsky.social
HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Relieved to see aid workers on trial yesterday in #Tunisia can go free. But only because they already spent their sentence in jail.
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Relieved to see aid workers on trial yesterday in #Tunisia can go free. But only because they already spent their sentence in jail.
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it.
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it.
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions.
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions.
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur.
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur.
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Today's EU #FAC will dive in some of the most serious human rights crisis of our time. A reminder that @hrw.org 's work documenting crimes & pressing for protection of civilian is more important than ever.
#Palestin #ISrael #Sudan #Ukraine #Sahel
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
#Palestin #ISrael #Sudan #Ukraine #Sahel
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
EuroParliament’s strong text on #TransnationalRepression is milestone in EU’s needed response to attacks by repressive states against nationals beyond borders.
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
EuroParliament’s strong text on #TransnationalRepression is milestone in EU’s needed response to attacks by repressive states against nationals beyond borders.
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders.
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders.
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
#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...