Sebastiaan Verelst

#HumanRights lawyer. Accountability & #TransitionalJustice @UNHumanRights. Tweets personal; retweets no endorsement.

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

🇨🇭,🇲🇦& @UNHumanRights hosted the launch of the Arabic version of the UNSG’s Guidance Note on #TransitionalJustice as a Strategic Tool for People, Prevention & Peace.

We thank @hmegally & all participants for sharing valuable insights and experiences from their national contexts!

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk welcomes the ongoing preparatory talks toward an international treaty on crimes against humanity, an initiative that represents a once in a generation opportunity to advance prevention and accountability worldwide.

➡️ https://t.co/ryG4BiGSpa

[ICJ @ICJ_org]

💬 HAPPENING TOMORROW ⚖️
🗽 The Permanent Mission of Mexico to the #UN & ICJ invite you to a side event on facilitating the implementation of #obligations under the future crimes against humanity convention (the #CAH Convention):
🔗https://t.co/yJqEhxzn4h

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

Transitional justice is how societies can come to terms with past conflict, repression & abuses to ensure accountability & reconciliation.

It "tackles the demons of the past to build a better future," @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk told the @UN Human Rights Council.

#HRC58

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

The path to peace is never easy but transitional justice is one of our most powerful tools. Today @UN_HRC, I underscored how it empowers societies to confront past atrocities, seek justice & rebuild trust - laying the foundation for lasting peace. It deserves our full support.

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the @UN Human Rights Council as one leading representative of the families of the country’s forcibly disappeared spoke of the continuing pain of not knowing their fate.

#HRC58 https://t.co/0JBmNDREMs

[Impunity Watch @ImpunityWatch]

🤝𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮���𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 #𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨��𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬.

Yesterday, we discussed this topic in-depth at a panel on the #UNSG Guidance Note on #TJ.

[Impunity Watch @ImpunityWatch]

Check out the interventions shared by @RamBhandariNEP, co-founder of @InovasOrg and @AdamAlalou, Programme Officer MENA at Impunity Watch, on the vital role of #victims and communities on #transitionaljustice processes across #Nepal and #Syria 👇

@volker_turk @antonioguterres

[Belgium UN New York @BelgiumUN]

Victims & affected communities must be at the heart of transitional justice!

Today we hosted a well attended panel discussion at our 🇧🇪 mission on how the latest UN Guidance Note emphasizes their active participation to achieve real impact on the ground.

#TransitionalJustice

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Bangladesh: After any period of repression & violence, there needs to be a national process of truth & healing. Inequality, cycles of revenge & and gross human rights violations must be consigned to the past.

An inclusive approach, where every voice is heard irrespective of class, gender, race, political ideology, identity or religion, will be key to move forward.

@UNHumanRights office is here to do everything for Bangladesh to succeed in this regard - UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk ends visit to the country.

➡️ https://t.co/NQGpqAuZmt

[ONU Derechos Humanos - América del Sur @ONU_derechos]

#Paraguay🇵🇾

🗣️Jefe de @onu_derechos Jan Jarab saludó la "decisión histórica" que condenó a 30 años de cárcel al comisario retirado Eusebio Torres Romero, acusado de #tortura a opositores durante la dictadura de Stroessner

ℹ️https://t.co/C4uGQLV2rL

#DerechosHumanos #NoImpunidad

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Despite conflicts that may divide us, it's in the pursuit of peace, justice & equality that we discover our common ground.

Respect for everyone's rights is the tried & true way to overcome crisis & ensure a better future for all.

The time for human rights is now. #HumanRights75

[UN Human Rights ESARO @OHCHR_ESARO]

@OHCHR_EARO held this week a workshop on #TransitionalJustice targeting 8 victims/survivors’ associations in #Ethiopia in collaboration with @EthioHRC, #ICTJ, #AHA & the National Victims & Survivors Network of Kenya.

[Emily Kenney @emkenney]

Today, the @UN launches the Secretary-General's Guidance Note on #TransitionalJustice.

So proud of @UN_Women's contribution to the Guidance, which centers #GenderEquality.

📺at 3pm EST: https://t.co/ItnPisrdiB

📔: https://t.co/iqjQVhwdR1

#WomenPeacePower

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

🇨🇭is proud to co-host High-Level Launch of the @UN Guidance Note of the #UNSG on Transitional Justice

Now is the time to translate recommendations in actions!

Dealing with the past is essential to promote peace.

➡️https://t.co/4ZWutDGNoB

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Without #TransitionalJustice, grievances & hostility will fester & risk new cycles of devastating violence bursting forth.

Situation-specific & people-centered transitional justice processes are our best chance for lasting peace.

https://t.co/4wQYdJ9enB

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#TransitionalJustice is a pragmatic problem-solving instrument that builds lasting #peace.

New UN Guidance on how Govt's & organisations can use transitional justice as a tool for people, prevention & peace offers important new tools: https://t.co/UUHxLGxQSb

[UN Human Rights ESARO @OHCHR_ESARO]

@OHCHR_EARO & @EthioHRC released today a second Advisory Note on #TransitionalJustice (TJ) to inform next steps towards the development of a #HumanRights compliant TJ policy for #Ethiopia.

[Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - ኢሰመኮ @EthioHRC]

EHRC and @OHCHR_EARO advisory note on the next steps towards the development of a #HumanRights compliant Transitional Justice Policy for #Ethiopia🇪🇹

#HumanRightsForAll https://t.co/xncPkQBtcm

[UN Human Rights ESARO @OHCHR_ESARO]

📣#Ethiopia: Check out the new educational video “A New Beginning”, which raises awareness on key concepts of #TransitionalJustice through the journey of empowerment of victims/survivors of #HumanRights violations and abuses.

👉🏿 https://t.co/NCAOW70NSq