Chris O'Connell (@chriso_connell) 's Twitter Profile
Chris O'Connell

@chriso_connell

Policy & Advocacy Advisor @Trocaire| Formerly @Comhlamh @LawGovDCU | Business & human rights & environment| Civil society space| Tweets my own.

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An Taisce (@antaisce) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What it means to give rights to a river Celebrating International Biodiversity Day in Tailors' Hall with the Atrato River Guardians & Save Our Sperrins community group exploring reasons why we should give nature legal rights Thanks to all the participants and partners involved

Chris O'Connell (@chriso_connell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More than 350 lawyers and academics say Government not complying with international law obligations over Palestine crisis. #PasstheOTB

Democracy Now! (@democracynow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has died at age 81. Salgado appeared on Democracy Now! multiple times over the years. See our interviews with him on our website: democracynow.org/appearances/se…

The award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has died at age 81. 

Salgado appeared on Democracy Now! multiple times over the years. See our interviews with him on our website: democracynow.org/appearances/se…
Trócaire (@trocaire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great news 🙌🏻 EU Ombudsman opens inquiry after NGOs’ complaint on the Omnibus deregulation package. It’s great to see some pushback against the Commission’s undemocratic cuts to human rights and environmental protection. See more here: corporatejustice.org/news/joint-pre…

The Elders (@theelders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"We must stop possible genocide; that's in the Genocide Convention. It's just unconscionable that there has not been more attempt to stop the impunity - to provide sanctions, to stop arming": Mary Robinson, Juan Manuel Santos & Helen Clark to The Associated Press on #Gaza. apnews.com/video/former-w…

Trócaire (@trocaire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JUST LAUNCHED: Trócaire’s new report ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how Ireland is enabling climate harm. Ireland must stop enabling climate destruction. Read the report: trocaire.org/documents/fuel…

Eamon Martin (@archbishopeamon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Cathedral bells will ring out  Wed 4 June 1.05pm International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression joining Irish Congress (ICTU) call for reflection &solidarity with #Gaza: 15,000 children killed, 34,000 wounded. Please pause, pray for ceasefire, release of hostages,

The Cathedral bells will ring out  Wed 4 June 1.05pm International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression joining <a href="/irishcongress/">Irish Congress (ICTU)</a> call for reflection &amp;solidarity with #Gaza: 15,000 children killed, 34,000 wounded. Please pause, pray for ceasefire, release of hostages,
IPSC (@ipsc48) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A huge well done to the Trinity students and staff who did worked so hard to get this over the line. We need total divestment from, and boycott of, apartheid Israel until Palestinian liberation. #BDS #FreePalestine TCD votes to cut ties with Israel irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

Trócaire (@trocaire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday Trócaire and other members of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights appeared before the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to discuss #HumanRightsDueDiligence and the European Commission regressive Omnibus proposal. 1/2

Yesterday <a href="/trocaire/">Trócaire</a> and other members of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights appeared before the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to discuss #HumanRightsDueDiligence and the <a href="/EU_Commission/">European Commission</a> regressive Omnibus proposal. 

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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@franceskalbs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is not business as usual. My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today. It shows how corporations have fueled and legitimised the destruction of Palestine. Genocide, it would seem, is profitable. This cannot continue, accountability must

This is not business as usual.
My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today.
It shows how corporations have fueled and legitimised the destruction of Palestine.
Genocide, it would seem, is profitable. This cannot continue, accountability must
Chris O'Connell (@chriso_connell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was happy to deliver a keynote talk at the Trinity College Dublin Global Intersections Conference in May on the issue of closing #CivilSocietySpace. Nice that the talk has been made available as a podcast and available here: soundcloud.com/tlrhub/a-strug…

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (@corteidh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos notificó ayer la Opinión Consultiva 32 de 2025, en respuesta a la consulta presentada por la República de Chile y la República de Colombia en enero de 2023. Este proceso consultivo, que ha sido el más participativo en la historia del

bilaterals_org (@bilaterals_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Solidaridad con comunidades afectadas por inversiones mafiosas en #Honduras: Nuevos datos revelan la gravedad de las demandas #ISDS contra Honduras, país que enfrenta una avalancha de demandas de arbitraje internacional en el sector de renovables. 👉🏾bilaterals.org/?solidaridad-c…

Solidaridad con comunidades afectadas por inversiones mafiosas en #Honduras: Nuevos datos revelan la gravedad  de las demandas #ISDS contra Honduras, país que enfrenta una avalancha de demandas de arbitraje internacional en el sector de renovables.

👉🏾bilaterals.org/?solidaridad-c…
Conor O'Neill (@conoraon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Israeli Government, US Republicans and the business lobby have lined up to attack the Occupied Territories Bill this week. What should we do? I’ll be on RTÉ Prime Time this evening to speak about the urgent need to #PassTheOTB - tune in! 🇵🇸

Doctors Against Genocide (@docstopgenocide) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: The only meal hospital staff in Gaza were receiving — provided by World Central Kitchen — has stopped. WCK has run out of food. Doctors, nurses, paramedics — already collapsing from exhaustion — now have nothing to eat. They are saving lives while starving. This is

BREAKING: The only meal hospital staff in Gaza were receiving — provided by World Central Kitchen — has stopped. WCK has run out of food.

Doctors, nurses, paramedics — already collapsing from exhaustion — now have nothing to eat.

They are saving lives while starving.

This is
Chris O'Connell (@chriso_connell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good news on corporate accountability in Ireland!⬇️ The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enteprise, Tourism & Employment calls on Minister Peter Burke and the European Commission to defend the core of #CSDDD. Time to act to put human rights and the planet ahead of corporate profits.