Grateful to #HRC57 UN Human Rights Council for adopting the #Afghanistan resolution without vote. I will independently & impartially carry out the strengthened mandate, engage to make a difference for Afghans, and document & report on violations See new resolution here 👉 undocs.org/A/HRC/57/L.24

📢 UN Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in #Afghanistan and RWI Visiting Professor Richard Bennett for another year. 🟢We look forward to continued efforts to tackle key human rights challenges in Afghanistan. RWI: bit.ly/4eKuRL9

🟠Justice for #Afghanistan’s decades of #humanrights violations is crucial as abuses persist under Taliban rule. 🔗Read RWI's recent strategic study on Human Rights Violations and International Humanitarian Law: bit.ly/3Xl4q7f

📢From Sept 26-27, RWI & Yerevan State University held a Human Rights Pedagogy Workshop to enhance teaching practices in #HumanRights education. 🟢With a focus on innovative methods, inclusion, and interactive learning, the event empowered educators to shape future defenders.

🟢RWI Visiting Professor & UNSR Richard Bennett UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett participated in the 'Dialogue, Truth, and Reconciliation as Means to Sustaining Peace: g7plus Experiences' at #GenevaPeaceWeek 2024, highlighting the importance of context-specific peacebuilding and reconciliation.

📢 RWI Armenia & HRDO held a 2-day workshop to improve NPM checklists for inspecting penitentiary institutions. These updates will enhance #HumanRights protections! Discussions continued on a new staff handbook to guide HRDO’s work. 📄More details: rwi.lu.se/news/human-rig…

This week sees the second 2024 session of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Sub-Committee on Accreditation, in Geneva. rwi.lu.se/news/nhris-in-…

ICMD: A new tool to end impunity for those who violate the rules of war aje.io/80lhbf via Al Jazeera English

The international community must not forget the situation in Afghanistan amidst the crises in many other parts of the world, independent #HumanRights expert UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett Richard Bennett tells us in an interview news.un.org/en/audio/2024/…

📢Today at noon New York time (8:30PM Kabul time) I will present my latest report on human rights in #Afghanistan to #UNGA79 #ThirdCommittee. You can watch it live here👇 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k…

Läs Dagens Nyheter artikel som lyfter det akuta behovet av ekonomiskt stöd för att rädda RWIs unika bibliotek för mänskliga rättigheter – en av Europas största samlingar inom mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt! shorturl.at/spf6Z Biblioteket: shorturl.at/WjiOF

This week, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is in Kenya, learning from the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) to promote access to justice, public sector efficiencies and good governance. Read more about the visit: shorturl.at/G7B9S

🌍 Refugees face critical choices daily: stay, move, or start over. The ReDeFi project by RWI & Lund University explores refugee decision-making in the first countries of asylum, shaping better global policies. 👉 Learn more about it: rwi.lu.se/news/refugee-d…

Gender-based violence, physical &mental, runs deep in #Afghanistan exacerbated by the Taliban’s systematic gender oppression and discrimination #16Days of Activism calls us to demand an end to impunity; support victims&survivors; dismantle systematic gender oppression #NoExcuse

Part of the #16Days campaign to #EndGenderBasedViolence RWI Visiting Prof and #UNSR Richard Bennett UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett sheds light on GBV in #Afghanistan, worsened by the Taliban’s systemic gender oppression. His message? End impunity, support survivors and dismantle discrimination.

On #InternationalEducationDay, we must not forget the millions of Afghan girls & women denied education. The Taliban’s ban is a grave human rights violation. Afghanistan is the only country barring girls from school. This must end. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #RightToEducation

Joint statement welcoming ICC Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders. Clear message that policies of #genderpersecution being enforced in #Afghanistan are not only unacceptable they may constitute international crimes UN Special Procedures👇 ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Climate change and human rights protections need to be researched in an integrated way and are essential elements for future generations says Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima , Senior Researcher, Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Director @GNHRECommunity Cambridge Zero Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

The #Afghanistan session at #HRC58 will now start earlier than scheduled at 17:30 CET, 21:00 Afg, 11:30 NY on Thur 27 Feb and will continue on 28 Feb from 9:30 CET 13:00 Afg and 3:30 NY. I will deliver my oral statement tomorrow. Please follow it live at: webtv.un.org/en

"The worsening human rights crisis in #Afghanistan is compounded the drastic reduction in support and assistance, including suspension and cuts to international aid," UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett Richard Bennett warned the United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC58