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🇱🇧 Happening now in Baabda Palace, #Beirut: MH, an Ethiopian migrant worker, is giving evidence of years of enslavement and abuse for the first time before an Investigative Judge. A historic moment for victims of #slavery.

🇱🇧 Happening now in Baabda Palace, #Beirut: MH, an Ethiopian migrant worker, is giving evidence of years of enslavement and abuse for the first time before an Investigative Judge.
A historic moment for victims of #slavery.
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🇱🇧From Baabda Palace, #Beirut: Today is a turning point. Not just for #Lebanon, but for every country where the #Kafala system still exists. This system, which binds migrant domestic workers to their employers and often strips them of basic rights, has silenced too many voices

🇱🇧From Baabda Palace, #Beirut: Today is a turning point. Not just for #Lebanon, but for every country where the #Kafala system still exists. This system, which binds migrant domestic workers to their employers and often strips them of basic rights, has silenced too many voices
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🗣 PRESS RELEASE 🇱🇧 Historic Testimony by Enslaved Ethiopian Migrant Worker Exposes Abuse in Lebanon’s Kafala System Beirut, 27 May 2025: Today, Meseret Hailu, an #Ethiopian migrant worker enslaved and abused in Lebanon’s #Kafala system for over eight years, testified for the

🗣 PRESS RELEASE 🇱🇧
Historic Testimony by Enslaved Ethiopian Migrant Worker Exposes Abuse in Lebanon’s Kafala System

Beirut, 27 May 2025: Today, Meseret Hailu, an #Ethiopian migrant worker enslaved and abused in Lebanon’s #Kafala system for over eight years, testified for the
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خاص "النهار" #عاجل ميزريت الإثيوبية تواجه كفيلتها في أول قضية جنائية في لبنان بتهمة الإتجار بالبشر والاستعباد: "أنا مبسوطة ومرتاحة" lili gerges annahar.com/Investigations…

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⚖️ #Justice | Procès pour « esclavagisme » : une ex-employée de maison confrontée à sa patronne, une première au Liban Les détails dans l'article d'Anne-Marie El-Hage 🇱🇧🇫🇷 lorientlejour.com/article/146226…

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Premier procès pour esclavagisme au #Liban: l’éthiopienne Meseret Hailu a témoigné au Palais de justice de Baabda. 👇🏼Article complet sur L'Orient-Le Jour

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أول قضية عبودية في لبنان. في سابقة قانونية، عاملة منزلية إثيوبية تُدلي بشهادتها أمام القضاء اللبناني ضد كفيلتها ومكتب الاستقدام بتهم العبودية والاتجار بالبشر والرق. شاهدوا قصتها في هذا التقرير. #عمالة_منزلية #نظام_الكفالة #لبنان #حقوق_الإنسان #فرانس24

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🚨 We're Hiring: Communications Coordinator 📍 Geneva, Switzerland | 💼 Full-time | 🌍 Global Impact Ready to shake up the #humanrights space with bold storytelling? Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) is on the hunt for a creative #communications person to amplify the voices that matter most:

🚨 We're Hiring: Communications Coordinator
📍 Geneva, Switzerland | 💼 Full-time | 🌍 Global Impact
 
Ready to shake up the #humanrights space with bold storytelling?

<a href="/LegalActionWW/">Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)</a> is on the hunt for a creative #communications person to amplify the voices that matter most:
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🌍🔎 Are you a passionate law student or recent graduate ready to advance #justice on a global scale? Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) is looking for a Legal Fellow to join our international team tackling #humanrights violations and international crimes in conflict-affected contexts. 🔗 Apply

🌍🔎 Are you a passionate law student or recent graduate ready to advance #justice on a global scale?

<a href="/LegalActionWW/">Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)</a> is looking for a Legal Fellow to join our international team tackling #humanrights violations and international crimes in conflict-affected contexts.

🔗 Apply
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Have you ever wondered what #genocide survivors think of justice? Only 16% of #Rohingya we talked to said that punishment was necessary to achieve #justice. Most of them want to be able to return home and rebuild their lives. Their fight for justice is a fight for their future.

Have you ever wondered what #genocide survivors think of justice?

Only 16% of #Rohingya we talked to said that punishment was necessary to achieve #justice.

Most of them want to be able to return home and rebuild their lives. Their fight for justice is a fight for their future.
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🚨Nearly 1,000 aid workers detained since 2020. What can Geneva do for #justice & #accountability? 🗓 20 June | 🕛 12:00–13:00 📍 Room XXV, Palais des Nations Join #HRC59 side event hosted by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) #ProtectAidWorkers #NotATarget #Geneva #ProtectHumanitarians

🚨Nearly 1,000 aid workers detained since 2020. What can Geneva do for #justice &amp; #accountability?

🗓 20 June | 🕛 12:00–13:00
📍 Room XXV, Palais des Nations
Join #HRC59 side event hosted by <a href="/LegalActionWW/">Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)</a> 

#ProtectAidWorkers #NotATarget #Geneva #ProtectHumanitarians
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❌Marital rape is not a “private matter.” ❌Domestic violence is not a “family issue.” ❌Child abuse is never justifiable. Today, leading legal experts submitted reforms to end impunity in #SriLanka. Read more👇 ✅It’s time for justice to work for women and children—not

❌Marital rape is not a “private matter.”
 ❌Domestic violence is not a “family issue.”
❌Child abuse is never justifiable.

Today, leading legal experts submitted reforms to end impunity in #SriLanka. Read more👇

✅It’s time for justice to work for women and children—not
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🇸🇩🔍 Conflict-related sexual violence in #Sudan is being used to terrorize and silence. Survivors face immense barriers to #justice and care. On #CRSV Day, read our Q&A with experts + advocates on justice, #accountability & survivor-centered response: 🔗 bit.ly/43Sfeyg

🇸🇩🔍 Conflict-related sexual violence in #Sudan is being used to terrorize and silence. Survivors face immense barriers to #justice and care.

On #CRSV Day, read our Q&amp;A with experts + advocates on justice, #accountability &amp; survivor-centered response: 🔗 bit.ly/43Sfeyg
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The #Myanmar military and armed groups continue to carry out horrific acts of #CRSV. Rape and gang rapes, including of pregnant women and adolescent girls, are common as per latest UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews report. This is a blatant violation of international law and CIJ_ICJ provisional

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"With other survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, I can speak without fear, without shame. I can be a voice for the voiceless." Sylvia is amongst the too many women whose lives have been shattered by the crude reality of war. Their strength and leadership is inspiring.

"With other survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, I can speak without fear, without shame. I can be a voice for the voiceless."

Sylvia is amongst the too many women whose lives have been shattered by the crude reality of war. 
Their strength and leadership is inspiring.
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On #WorldRefugeeDay, we stand with the 1.5M+ people who fled atrocities in #Myanmar. Reparations for victims and survivors of these horrible crimes cannot wait longer. They need it to rebuild their lives. Read more 👇 legalactionworldwide.org/accountability…

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we stand with the 1.5M+ people who fled atrocities in #Myanmar.

Reparations for victims and survivors of these horrible crimes cannot wait longer. They need it to rebuild their lives. 

Read more 👇
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"After the coup in #Myanmar, I had to flee to Thailand. I met so many other survivors of conflict-related #SexualViolence. We want to get our dignity back. Only together, we can fight for our rights." More about Ma Cho's story👇 Denis Mukwege #EndSGBV legalactionworldwide.org/gender-equalit…

"After the coup in #Myanmar, I had to flee to Thailand. I met so many other survivors of conflict-related #SexualViolence. We want to get our dignity back. Only together, we can fight for our rights."

More about Ma Cho's story👇
<a href="/DenisMukwege/">Denis Mukwege</a> #EndSGBV
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