Claudia Flores

Off to bluer skies. Find me at @cfloed.bsky.social

[UN WG on discrimination against women and girls @UN_WGDAWG]

Thrilled to support the cultural rights of LGBTI persons in sports! Every person deserves the freedom to participate, thrive, and be celebrated for who they are, both on and off the field. Let’s build inclusive spaces where diversity in sports can shine. https://t.co/zUM8q0rtP7

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

@UN_WGDAWG 2024 thematic report presented by our chair @DorothyEstrada yesterday at the @UN_HRC. We’ve documented a gender backlash and suggested a way forward. Read below.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Gender backlash underscores urgency to achieve equality for women & girls, says UN Working Group on discrimination against women & girls in @UN_HRC report.

The status quo that fails to fulfill human rights & fundamental freedoms is unacceptable.

➡️ https://t.co/vXSpmQfkUt

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

@EntitledPodcast listeners - we’ve got a new episode with @oonahathaway, my dear colleague at @YaleLawSch, a thoughtful reflection on intl law and conflict in Gaza. More on the topic forthcoming in future episodes. Stay tuned!

[Entitled Podcast @EntitledPodcast]

NEW: How can law govern war in Israel/Palestine and beyond? On this week’s ep., hosts @cfloed and @tomginsburg speak with @YaleLawSch ’s @oonahathaway on the international laws of war. This will be the first in a series of eps. on the conflict in Gaza.

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

On the @EntitledPodcast, our newest episode asks whether apartheid can be based on gender?

[Entitled Podcast @EntitledPodcast]

NEW: Should gender apartheid be an international crime? On our newest ep., hosts @cfloed & @tomginsburg talk to @YaleLawSch's @MusaMahmodi & Zahra Motamedi and @UMichLaw's @karimabennoune about what it would mean to create this legal designation and assign it to Afghanistan. ♀️

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

Seems like an apt moment to revisit our @EntitledPodcast episode on the complicated right to protest. https://t.co/nKzU1iWWdD

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

Students wonder how international law is made.

Starts a bit like this - with a question - doesn’t the treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban look a lot like apartheid …but based on gender?

[Karima Bennoune @karimabennoune]

#GenderApartheid tracker:

A thread of references to #GenderApartheid by officials & experts

1) @antonioguterres:
"In #Afghanistan, unprecedented, systemic attacks on women’s.. rights & the flouting of intl obligations are creating gender-based apartheid"
https://t.co/Av8XL4aIdf

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

⁦Nearly 300 ⁦@Yale⁩ faculty ask the administration to drop all charges against peaceful student protesters, take no disciplinary action against those arrested, and respect the core values and fundamental rights of assembly and free expression. https://t.co/3RAZflP6Jb

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

If the most well-resourced universities in the country can’t find a way to create a space for peaceful protest, we are in trouble.

[Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia]

Knight Institute Calls for Urgent “Course Correction” on Response to Student Protests at Columbia University. Letter to President Shafik raises concerns about university decisions and policies relating to #freespeech on campus. Read it here: https://t.co/0GZrkuOwXb

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

Wonderful new opportunity at @schellcenter and @YaleLawSch for someone interested in human rights programming. https://t.co/QvyFrI5HsV

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

Election season in the US is upon us. Our latest episode of @EntitledPodcast is on the right to lie. Whether it exists and what are its limits. https://t.co/ZCyKncCGx9

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

A statement from the UN working group on discrimination against women and girls and other @UN_SPExperts on the impact of the conflict in Palestine and Israel on women and girls and their futures.

https://t.co/krkrDE58N5

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

‘Palestinian girls are seeing their future – already fragile after 56 years of #Israeli occupation – destroyed in front of their eyes’ say UN experts, calling for a #CeasefireNOW and investigations into allegations of sexual violence on October 7 #Gaza
https://t.co/j2sIxWJkAr

[UN WG on discrimination against women and girls @UN_WGDAWG]

Women & girls bear the brunt of armed conflicts. On the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call on the international community to ensure the full protection of women & girls in times of armed conflict.
👉https://t.co/T2Kmbj9OXB
#NoExcuse #16Days #OrangeTheWorld

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

@blolazabal Gracias Begona! 🙏🏽

[Entitled Podcast @EntitledPodcast]

NEW: Freedom of speech is a fundamental right -- but how free is it today? On Entitled's Season 3 premiere, hosts @cfloed & @tomginsburg ask @YaleLawSch's Robert Post, @ACLU's @benwizner & @TheFIREOrg's Komi Frey about the status of speech in one key setting: US universities.🎙️📚

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

I am honored by this appointment and greatly looking forward to working with my fellow members of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls and the @UN_SPExperts more broadly to promote global gender equality.

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

#HRC54 | The @UN Human Rights Council has appointed Ms. Claudia Flores of the United States of America as a new member from Western European and other States of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls.

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

@LindseyBoylan This did it. I’m out.

[Samuel Moyn 🔭 @samuelmoyn]

Mic 🎤 drop https://t.co/9kNGZ5iblJ

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

@ZhangTaisu I prefer to remain a mystery. Maybe I am who I say I am…maybe I’m not 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

[Claudia Flores @cfloed]

Curious what philosopher @AgnesCallard, @UChicagoLaw legal scholar Aziz Huq, AI researcher @alexhanna and my 11 year old think about the future of rights and artificial intelligence? Listen now to the @EntitledPodcast season finale - do/should AI have rights?

[Entitled Podcast @EntitledPodcast]

Last episode of season 2 is out! @cfloed and @tomginsburg speak with @alexhanna of @DAIRInstitute, Andrew Stout from @DiligentRobots, and @AgnesCallard and Aziz Huq from @UChicago about AI, rights, and our shared future. Listen on Apple Podcasts now. https://t.co/kAEahdmE4N