Clive Baldwin
@cliveabaldwin.bsky.social
Senior Legal Adviser, Human Rights Watch Audere est facere https://www.hrw.org/about/people/clive-baldwin
NEW: People with albinism in Malawi face discrimination in employment, barriers to education and social protection, and ongoing insecurity linked to harmful myths and past attacks. Read more from HRW and the Africa Albinism Network: https://bit.ly/4ghnfDq
We @hrw.org support this initiative led by friends at @justfairuk.bsky.social and the UK ESCR Network to draw attention to unfulfilled economic, social, and cultural rights promises in the UK. The UK government ratified the ICESCR 50 years ago. It is still not incorporated in domestic law.
Just Fair@justfairuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨 Breaking: 76 civil society orgs have written to the UK Gov calling for economic, social & cultural rights to be recognised. 50 years ago today, the UK ratified #ICESCR50 and promised rights including housing, food & health. That promise remains unfulfilled. Read 👇 justfair.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Despite the sluggish pace of justice for Afghan victims, the arrest of decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith on war crimes charges sends a powerful message to Australia’s armed forces that even those deemed “war heroes” are not above the law. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
Decorated Australian Soldier Arrested for Afghanistan War Crimes
On April 7, Australian police arrested Ben Roberts-Smith, a decorated Australian soldier who stands accused of committing five counts of war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.
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A step towards accountability and justice for victims in Afghanistan.
Want to hear rare good news? A Belgian court opened a criminal trial against a former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the killings of Lumumba, the DRC's first PM, & two senior officials during decolonization. Justice delayed shouldn't be justice denied. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead
A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights@ecchr.bsky.social · 5mo agoA historic moment in the quest for justice for the assassination of Lumumba, first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo: After decades of impunity, the Belgian judiciary has decided to open trial against former diplomat Davignon for his role in the murder. www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Donald Trump suggests the Chagossians are an Indigenous people who haven’t seen their island. Read the @hrw.org report on how the Chagossians are an Indigenous people, forcibly displaced by the US and UK, a crime against humanity. www.hrw.org/report/2023/...
Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran: ‘This is no Churchill we’re dealing with’
The US president has hit out at Britain several times since the US launched strikes on Tehran
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A history of #slavery & dispossession: The UK and the US were found responsible for crimes against humanity on Chagos Islands but so far there are no plans of #reparations or #justice for Indigenous people. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The injustice in Chagos continues
Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.
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Trump has been speaking about the Chagos islands. The US & UK are responsible for crimes against humanity against the Chagossian people. The two governments forced them from their homeland years ago & still prevent them from returning home. My piece on Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Did you know that a historic case is being pursued in a Belgian court seeking individual criminal responsibility for colonial crimes in the court of a former colonial power? The court's decision on whether to pursue a criminal trial is expected on March 17. Learn more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations
On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassi...
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I guess this is one way for a former human rights lawyer to be elected, become head of government, and then wish everyone a happy international human rights day. 😐😑🙄🫠
Após um mês da operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, as comunidades continuam controladas por facções. O Rio e o Brasil precisam de uma estratégia de segurança que ataque o cerne do crime organizado e suas ligações com policiais e políticos. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro cria insegurança
Um mês após a operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, o Comando Vermelho, a facção que era alvo da operação, continua controlando os complexos do Alemão e da Penha. Enquanto isso, ...
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Good riddance to rubbish policy. The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone. We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇 hrw.org/node/392462
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias das 121 mortes durante a operação desta semana. Não houve preservação do local, nem perícia ou cadeia de custódia rigorosa das provas. Novo relatório da @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: graves falhas na investigação da operação policial mais letal do Rio de Janeiro
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias da morte das pelo menos 121 pessoas, incluindo quatro policiais, mortas durante uma operação n...
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La policía no siguió pasos clave para investigar las 121 muertes ocurridas durante un operativo en Río de Janeiro esta semana. No preservó ni analizó el lugar de los tiroteos, ni mantuvo la cadena de custodia de pruebas. Nuevo informe de @hrw: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Serious Investigative Failures in Deadly Rio Raid
Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...
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We @hrw.org are glad to be able to support this initiative led by @bigissue.com calling on the UK government to set child poverty reduction targets. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law. Returns aren't goodwill gestures. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
New German Guidelines on Colonial Returns Fail Rights Test
Last week, German federal, state, and local authorities adopted Common Guidelines on the handling of cultural assets and human remains from colonial contexts. Despite the welcome efforts to regulate t...
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This week Brazil hosts the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ people to chart new directions for public policy on equality & inclusion. The conference also underscores 🇧🇷‘s reemergence as a key voice in global equality debates. @hrw.org analysis 📃: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil Resumes Key Dialogue over Equality
This week Brazil is hosting the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ People, an ambitious effort to chart new directions for public policy on equality and inclusion.
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O Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+ para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de inclusão. A conferência também ressalta o ressurgimento do 🇧🇷 como uma voz importante nos debates globais sobre igualdade. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil retoma diálogo importante sobre igualdade
Esta semana, o Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+, um esforço ambicioso para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de igualdade e inclusão.
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Illegal cattle ranching has devastated Indigenous & small farmers’ lands in Brazil’s Amazon region that will host #COP30. New @hrw.org report finds that world’s largest meat company, JBS, may have exported beef to the EU from these illegal sources. Read our investigation 🌎👉 https://bit.ly/4ojyU5y
Dois projetos de lei do Rio enfraqueceriam seriamente a perícia, que é essencial para levar os responsáveis por crimes à justiça. O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: Projeto de lei do Rio de Janeiro incentivará letalidade policial
O governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria vetar as disposições de um novo projeto de lei que daria à Polícia Civil um incentivo econômico para matar suspeitos e enfraqueceria a perícia criminal...
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The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday. @hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
“A unified approach to #reparations could be the game changer that empowers communities in Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora" - African and Caribbean states will meet in Addis Ababa this Sunday for the second Africa-CARICOM Summit. Read more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations
Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. ...
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@hrw.org published a Q&A on #reparations for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit. A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities
In this Q&A, Human Rights Watch examines the application of the right to reparation to redress past and present harms stemming from colonial atrocities, including enslavement, systemic racial inequali...
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THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has made it clear that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. In a new landmark decision, the Court says authorities have a duty to take urgent action to curb global warming and protect forests. Governments need to act now. apnews.com/article/lati...
1/15 🧵 Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage. @hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights. www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities. Human dignity must come first. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities
While the UK government claims its moves “will protect the most vulnerable,” in reality its plans to cut £4.5 billion in disability-linked benefits by 2030 will have a devastating impact on people’s r...
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