A small step, the smallest step, but it's a beginning.
Norway still has to answer this: how can a country that champions human rights, allow its vast sovereign wealth fund, one of the largest in the world, to invest in entities linked to an occupation the ICJ has found illegal?
US Sanctions? Hear the case, then decide for yourself.
You may disagree with my words, my findings, or my work as a UN independent expert altogether. That is legitimate.
But using sanctions against me for fulfilling a mandate is not debate about opinions: it is an abuse of power.
đą HORMUZ: Commercial shipping is beginning to resume through the Strait of Hormuz following the Iran-U.S. agreement, with vessel tracking data from Lloydâs List showing major cargo ships operated by companies including Grimaldi Group, COSCO and NYK exiting the Gulf after months of disruption.
A French-flagged LNG carrier, the Mraikh, also crossed Hormuz on Thursday carrying more than 76,000 tons of liquefied natural gas loaded in Qatar.
The campaign against human rights defenders seems to be at its hightest. Everywhere.
And so shall be the determination to protect human rights, which are not a gift. They are conquest of decades of struggles of women, men, people who fought for freedom.
And so shall we continue.