Giorgio Mazzoli

UN Advocacy Director, @ADFIntl | Co-Chair, NGO Family Committee @UNGeneva | Advancing the right to live and speak the truth 🕊️

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Nigeria: UN experts alarmed by violations against women and girls from religious minority communities. “Testimonies paint a horrifying picture of fear, trauma, coercion & abandonment - survivors must not be left without protection, justice & support.”

https://t.co/Cz5TqID8zj

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

Today’s #GigglevTickle verdict exemplifies the dire human rights consequences of distorting terms like “sex” in both domestic and international law: biological reality is trivialised, single-sex spaces compromised, and women’s rights eroded.

The High Court must overturn the Full Federal Court decision and restore truth to the law.

[Stephanie Bastiaan @stephbastiaan]

The Full Federal Court has handed down its judgement in Giggle v Tickle.

In a shock to women across the country - Sall Grover not only lost her appeal, the Court set aside the original finding of indirect discrimination and replaced it with direct discrimination, upholding Tickle's cross-appeal.

The damages were doubled from $10,000 to $20,000.

It’s important to note the Court expressly said it was only applying the Sex Discrimination Act as it is written- it is "not empowered to give effect to its own view" about whether that law is desirable.

In 2013, @JuliaGillard’s @AustralianLabor government amended the Sex Discrimination Act- stripping the meaning out of "man" and "woman" and adding gender identity as a protected attribute to be pitted against biological sex.

Today's outcome is proof of what those amendments have done: women are left with no meaningful rights or recognition under the Sex Discrimination Act - a bitter irony, given that protecting women was the very purpose of the Act under our commitment to CEDAW.

In my opinion, this is a verdict on the law, not on Sall. The judges found that the law - as that government amended it - left them no other conclusion.

These amendments must be repealed.
The Sex Discrimination Act must once again recognise biological reality and protect women's right to single-sex spaces.

What a dark and devastating day for Australian women and girls.

#RepealTheSDA2013 #IStandWithSallGrover
#GigglevTickle
#Auspol

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

After years of advocacy at the United Nations and beyond for the protection of the female category in sport, the @iocmedia announcement is a long-overdue victory for fairness, safety and biological reality.

The new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport confirms what science and common sense have always said: women’s sport must be reserved for females.

To those who spent years accusing us of “hate speech”—including certain UN officials and experts—for defending this exact principle: biology is not bigotry. Sex-based rights are human rights.

Thank you to the new IOC leadership for finally choosing evidence over ideology.

[IOC MEDIA @iocmedia]

The International Olympic Committee announces new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport.

Read: https://t.co/QcU5IVxyTi

[ADF International @ADFIntl]

🚨BREAKING: Päivi Räsänen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet

The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

Yesterday @UN_CSW abandoned its historic tradition of consensus with the unprecedented adoption by vote of its Agreed Conclusions. This forced outcome does not advance revitalization and instead deepens polarization at a time of declining trust in multilateralism.

Our @ADFIntl team engaged constructively with Member State delegations over the past six weeks to forestall this widely anticipated and effectively predetermined course of action, including advocating for negotiations to continue until the final day of #CSW70 to resolve outstanding concerns in the document. We regret that the opportunity to reach an agreed outcome was not seized.

Consensus is not a procedural formality but the foundation on which the international community moves forward with shared purpose. A path back from this regression will only be possible if Member States recommit to the higher ground and rise above both partisan agendas and majoritarian tactics.

We will keep fighting for that higher ground, at the UN and before other international institutions.

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

@PermanentM2025 @ADFIntl 📸 Credits: Courtesy of @HolySeeGeneva

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

Yesterday's #HRC61 side event "Standing with Persecuted Christians - Defending the Faith and Christian Values" drew a full house at the Palais des Nations in Geneva! 🧵 1/

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

@PermanentM2025 In a world where faith is increasingly targeted, @ADFIntl will continue to stand boldly alongside the persecuted in courtrooms, before international institutions, and everywhere—advocating for the right of every person to freely live out their religious beliefs. /🧵

[Giorgio Mazzoli @Giorgio_ADFIntl]

Looking forward to joining today’s #HRC61 event on “Standing with Persecuted Christians - Defending the Faith and Christian Values”, hosted by ⁦@PermanentM2025⁩🇭🇺 with the support of ⁦@HolySeeGeneva,⁩ ⁦@Order_UNOG,⁩ ⁦@ldscharities⁩, and ⁦@ADFIntl⁩.

[ADF International @ADFIntl]

We are supporting X’s landmark legal challenge before the General Court of the EU.

Because the DSA applies to ‘very large online platforms,’ a ruling in this case will affect how all big tech platforms are regulated.

In X v. the European Commission, X argues for the fine to be withdrawn.

If the fine is found not to be compliant with EU law, it will impact the entire DSA enforcement architecture.

Under the DSA, the Commission defines the rules for ‘content moderation,’ enforces them, and imposes massive penalties for noncompliance, all without checks & balances. The threat to free speech is severe.

By targeting X, the European Commission is targeting your free speech.

[ADF International @ADFIntl]

UN expert concerned by UK failure to enforce For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers Supreme Court ruling, which clarified that the term “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex.

@Giorgio_ADFIntl, Director of UN Advocacy for ADF International, said:

“This intervention from a United Nations expert is of considerable legal and international significance. It places the UK government under sustained scrutiny on the world stage for acting in a way that risks jeopardising both the safety of women and girls and the rule of law.

“The Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers was a landmark ruling. It reaffirmed the primacy of sex as a material reality over ideological constructs that threaten the protection of women’s and girls’ rights, spaces, and services. Yet nearly a year on, the ruling remains unimplemented, with binding guidance delayed and inconsistent policies persisting unchallenged.

“If the UK government fails to act in line with its legal duty and swiftly enforce this decision, it will not only dishonour the Court’s authoritative clarity; it will also further expose its ideological capture, in spite of mounting scrutiny over its human rights track record."

https://t.co/XJpVlMlbYY

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

Last week the US Supreme Court heard two major cases that will decide whether states can protect women’s sports based on biological sex. The implications go far beyond America, writes @Giorgio_ADFIntl
https://t.co/cxKaSReZZU