
Helene de Rengerve
@hderengerve
Human Rights advocate @HRW_Brussels. Formerly & still fan of @Anti_Slavery. Tweets are my own. Rtt are not endorsement.
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30-11-2016 13:42:53
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Today Amnesty International's Sarah Brooks spoke in DROI Committee Press on how the #EU engages #China on #HumanRights Her and our take on this? đź§µ


100s of civil society groups urge European Commission to protect EU's flagship corporate accountability law. Omnibus bill announced by @vonderLeyen could be trojan horse to remove key human rights provisions from #CSDDD. Read Human Rights Watch's @HdeRengerve's take👇 hrw.org/news/2025/01/1…


Yesterday my colleague Zenaida Machado briefed DROI Committee Press Committee on post-election violations in #Mozambique & situation in Cabo Delgado. She called European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 to press for a SADC/AU-led independent inquiry, full accountability & commitments to reforms. hrw.org/news/2025/01/2…



Malgré les liens révélés entre de grandes entreprises françaises et des violations des droits humains, la France entrave la mise en œuvre d'une législation historique sur la responsabilité des entreprises dans l'UE. Bénédicte Jeannerod & Helene de Rengerve ⤵ hrw.org/fr/news/2025/0…


“These companies must safeguard the rights of the migrant workers who are being exploited in service of profit and, at the least, remedy those harms that have already occurred.” Isobel Archer on lessons from our data on migrant worker abuse The Independent independent.co.uk/climate-change…

📢 In Brussels, we say #NoToOmnibus! Today, Human Rights Watch reiterates its call on President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Stéphane Séjourné not to reopen the CSDDD ! ⚠️Will you stand for people & planet, or for reckless deregulation? #YesToCSDDD #SocialJusticeDay





Don't worry if you've had trouble understanding why EU's Forced Labor Regulation can be an effective tool to curb human rights violations. Check this extra-clear Q&A my colleague @HdeRengerve & Cornell University's @SamiraRaf put together 👇 hrw.org/news/2025/04/2… European Commission



In eastern DRC, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have gang-raped women, tortured detainees, attacked rights defenders. Amnesty International's Tigere Chagutah writes in EUobserver how the EU's critical raw minerals deal with Rwanda risks putting profits before Congolese lives. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-wor…

Emmanuel Macron Cognac is on the agenda with #China #XiJinping—but not his #crimesagainsthumanity?

🚨New Amnesty International investigation out today as MEPs visit Kinshasa. Rwandan-backed M23 has killed, tortured & forcibly disappeared detainees in Goma & Bukavu, eastern DRC. These acts violate international humanitarian law & may amount to war crimes. Read more👉 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
