University Network for Human Rights

Partnering with affected communities to advance human rights and train the next generation.

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

BREAKING: Today, on the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, the University Network for Human Rights releases a report finding the Israeli government is committing apartheid in Occupied Palestine as it continues its genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/S6kOTiceRY

[Thomas Becker @mrtommybecker]

La anulación del juicio contra Sánchez Berzaín es el ejemplo más reciente de la chicanearía judicial en Bolivia. Pero, con el espíritu de resistencia que marcó el año 2003, los bolivianos lucharán para acabar con la impunidad en el país.

https://t.co/GbppFK9Uzh

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⚖️ REPORT | Trump administration faces unprecedented human rights hearing over anti-ICE protest crackdown

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held an unprecedented hearing in Washington on Tuesday examining the Trump administration’s violent suppression of protests against its immigration crackdown.

It marked the first time the commission, an autonomous human rights body of the Organization of American States, financed centrally by the U.S., specifically examined excessive force against immigration-related protesters in the United States.

The commission heard from victims, attorneys and experts about lethal and excessive force, attacks on journalists and legal observers, racial profiling, surveillance and the suppression of peaceful assembly.

📌 Thread by Drop Site contributor Joseph Bouchard (@GeopolWonk) ⤵️

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Legal Director @mrtommybecker tells @BenjaminRSwift of The Guardian, “The Paz administration’s rush to sell off Bolivia’s natural resources, alongside its growing alignment with the United States, has come at a steep cost to communities.”

https://t.co/aB9TH2PmME

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Human rights protections must be integral to the planning and execution of global sporting events.
Press: https://t.co/SlpRNcKPWq

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

UNHR joins 120+ civil society orgs in signing @ACLU’s travel advisory for the U.S. ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2026.  https://t.co/FXZRJHXgrb

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

@JDakwar (@ACLU Human Rights Program Dir. & UNHR Board Member) tells @nytimes: “FIFA has been paying lip service to human rights…putting millions at risk…It’s past time FIFA uses its leverage to push for meaningful policy changes and binding assurances” https://t.co/FXBRi3KkvH

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

UNHR’s @mrtommybecker recently delivered a number of talks at @usfca. His lecture on torture in Israeli prisons drew a packed & deeply engaged audience.

https://t.co/oNu9YgFZ5d

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Over 100 International Law Experts - including UNHR MENA Legal Advisor Salma Waheedi and Legal & Policy Director @mrtommybecker - warn that U.S. strikes on Iran violate UN Charter and may be war crimes:

https://t.co/7ykKVXxKO7

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Legal & Policy Director @mrtommybecker will be giving a series of talks in California this week on human rights issues in Bolivia, Gaza, Nagorno-Karabakh & the US.

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

UNHR’s @JimCavallaro & @mrtommybecker, alongside colleagues from BU, Cornell & Yale, warn of the chilling effect on free speech of Trump's sanctions of UN expert: “When a government claims the authority to police ideas, everyone’s liberty is on the line.”

https://t.co/IiYtL8tH9J

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

“The withdrawal of the Hague Group marks the latest policy by the Bolivian government to curry favor with Israel at the expense of the Palestinian people," says Legal Director @mrtommybecker in his new article in @urgentebo:

https://t.co/kiZboRJNMf

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

“La retirada del Grupo de La Haya marca la última política del gobierno boliviano para congraciarse con Israel a costa del pueblo palestino”, afirma el Director Jurídico @mrtommybecker en su nuevo artículo en @urgentebo:

https://t.co/kiZboRJNMf

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Director legal @mrtommybecker analiza los ataques de EEUU contra Irán con La Ventana: El Art. 2(4) de la Carta de la ONU prohíbe explícitamente el uso de la fuerza contra otro Estado salvo en legítima defensa o con autorización del Consejo de Seguridad.
https://t.co/0WgHhPHMJD

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Legal Director @mrtommybecker discusses the US attacks on Iran with La Ventana: Article 2(4) of the UN Charter explicitly prohibits the use of force against another State except in self-defense or with Security Council authorization.

For more: https://t.co/0WgHhPHMJD

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Journalist & UNHR/NOVA student Anahit Harutyunyan’s new piece in @JornalGGN reflects on the Sumgait massacres & how they set the stage for the 2023 ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh.

[Jornal GGN @JornalGGN]

O espírito de Sumgait e o silêncio de Baku, por Anahit Harutyunyan

Entre os dias de 27 e 29 de fevereiro de 1988, armênios foram expulsos de suas casas, espancados, torturados e mortos por azerbaijanos
https://t.co/MmZwZqQqWU

[Carte Blanche @carteblanchetv]

A 2021 University Network for Human Rights report found that Sasol's buyout treated communities unequally. Mossville homeowners got buyouts up to 88% lower than neighbouring white communities of Brentwood & Westlake. Sasol strongly denies this claim. #CarteBlanche @NickolausBauer

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

The OHCHR’s analysis reflects that of UNHR. Our report with the Int’ Human Rights Clinics at @BU_Law and @CornellLaw, found that Israel’s apartheid policies extend into public and private life in Israel and the OPT.

https://t.co/aux6MT2bUx

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

Today, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report warning that Israel is violating international law that prohibits segregation and apartheid.

https://t.co/k8vkJe1OcF

[University Network for Human Rights @unitedforrights]

“There is a systematic asphyxiation of the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank,” – UN High Commissioner Volker Türk.