louis charbonneau

@hrw UN director. @Reuters alum, ex-UN bureau chief. CUNY Graduate Center PhD. Native Detroiter, now Queens, NYC. Previously Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Hong Kong.

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

🚨New from @hrw: For millions of Ukrainians, trains are a lifeline. Escalating Russian drone attacks on passenger trains + railway infrastructure kill, injure civs & railway workers, and disrupt access to safety, health care, and family. Our investigation: https://t.co/VVmN3gVsFF

[Belkis Wille @belkiswille]

Ukraine's railways evacuated more than 4 million people after Russia's full-scale invasion.
Now passenger trains are increasingly coming under Russian drone attack.
@hrw investigation found attacks that killed, injured civs and may amount to war crimes.
https://t.co/ruh4eI8e3g

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

I talk with @ImogenFoulkes and @hrw experts - including old friend @loucharbon - to talk about the UNSG race (having lost my voice on the day of the interview, I go full Leonard Cohen here).
https://t.co/vmNaPQuGRG

[Imogen Foulkes @ImogenFoulkes]

Can member states agree on a new @UN sec gen? And why are human rights groups so dismayed about some of the candidates? Latest Inside Geneva is out - huge thanks to @RichardGowan1, @CrisisGroup, @loucharbon and @joey_shea @hrw

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

Great article by @DavidMSacks1 on the legacy, wisdom & misreading of the ideas of Hans Morgenthau, the "godfather of realism".

This sentence resonates: "American democracy, far from serving as 'a light to attract strangers,' is fast becoming a cautionary tale."

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Hans Morgenthau’s hard-nosed reputation has long obscured the moral core of his realism,” writes @DavidMSacks1. “He was unequivocal that power must be a means to an end.”
https://t.co/YBoGLrjjfm

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

The UN General Assembly is holding an Interactive Dialogue with #Türkiye's candidate for the post of UN secretary-general, former foreign minister & current @OSCE head Feridun Sinirlioğlu. @hrw wasn't chosen to ask a question. If we had been, this is what I would have asked.

[Katherine La Puente @katslap]

Voters elected a majority of Democrats to control both the House and the Senate in the US midterm elections. The newly elected US Congress should prioritize respect and protection for human rights both within the United States and around the world: https://t.co/63T7MRyiId

[Maria Elena Vignoli @me_vignoli]

On Nov. 19, the #ICJ will deliver its long-awaited judgment in the Gambia v. Myanmar genocide case, marking a crucial moment in the Rohingya’s quest for justice.

Ahead of this consequential ruling, @hrw put out a Q&A addressing key issues in the case.

https://t.co/c1GBpgys38

[Widad Franco @widadfranco]

Candidata para secretaria general de la #ONU @Lana_Nusseibeh, funcionaria de larga trayectoria de los EAU, ha negado:

👉abusos de #DDHH cometidos por UAE en Sudán y Yemen.
👉Informes de la ONU que vinculan a los EAU con las RSF, responsables de abusos en Sudán.

@hrw_espanol👇

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“For years, Nusseibeh has used her position to vehemently deny & divert attention from UAE’s war crimes in Yemen & support for the abusive RSF in Sudan. Her disinformation about the UAE’s rights record…has seriously undermined justice/accountability.” https://t.co/0AQG0HPdC5

[Joey Shea @joey_shea]

🚩Lana Nusseibeh has a long record of whitewashing UAE rights abuses in Sudan & Yemen:

She repeatedly denies the UAE provides military support to the RSF & defended UAE as complying w/ IHL during its intervention in Yemen, dismissing evidence of abuses 👇
https://t.co/F1bAQNno5I

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

🚨 New from @hrw on race for new UN chief: “For years, @Lana_Nusseibeh has used her position to vehemently deny and divert attention from the UAE’s war crimes in Yemen and support for the abusive Rapid Support Forces in Sudan,” said HRW’s @BrunoStagno.
https://t.co/HeNCZKT9jU

[Widad Franco @widadfranco]

🚨What @hrw would have asked during the UNGA interactive dialog with @Lana_Nusseibeh

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

I was prepared to ask a similar question on behalf of @hrw but @TheRWCHR took care of it. This would have been our question if we'd been selected to ask it.

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

🚨 Great question from @TheRWCHR's @yonahdiamond to former @UAEMissionToUN envoy @Lana_Nusseibeh, candidate for the post of UN secretary-general at UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue. Unfortunately not much of an answer.

[Envoy Magazine @EnvoyUNEMAG]

@Lana_Nusseibeh distances herself on #Sudan: "To run for this office and mindful of the obligations of independence that this office entails, I have taken a leave of absence from my post as a minister of the UAE, and I refer any questions about the UAE to the UAE representation."

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

In place @UN for UN General Assembly’s Interactive Dialogue w/ former @UAEMissionToUN top envoy @Lana_Nusseibeh. @hrw was shortlisted to ask a question but didn’t make the final cut. Here’s our question on evidence of UAE support for RSF in #Sudan & independence from governments.

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

🚨 New from @hrw: Tomorrow, Oct 13, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new members of the Human Rights Council for 2027-2029. Because the vote is devoid of competition, #Burundi is set to win reelection. https://t.co/vhZYIRJlFm

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law.

By attacking the ICC, the US government is threatening justice for victims of abuses from Palestine to Ukraine, Myanmar, and Sudan.

Read more: https://t.co/unVlBVNNpJ

[Beatrice Fihn @BeaFihn]

It’s still fascinating to hear people say “international law is useless” when the biggest military power in the world is this openly terrified of it.

[Claudio Francavilla @ClaFrancavilla]

The Trump administration made its goals clear: destroying the ICC to shield US and Israeli officials from justice

EU states and institutions should condemn the US sanctions and take immediate action, like the EU’s blocking statute, to protect the Court: https://t.co/AS6jt86NNr