News Lens: Defending human rights in development

Ongoing: Lobby Tour with @corporateeurope showcasing the many lobbies around EU institutions #TTIPgameOver #STOPCETA pic.twitter.com/6kZVdHITe0

— TTIP GAME OVER (@TTIPGAMEOVER) 15. Juli 2016

@Prof_DFrench @opiniojuris @painejosh1 Yes- I will be posting on the Decl in the coming days… — Christopher Borgen (@Chris_Borgen) 15. Juli 2016

#Brexit breathes new life into unholy ‚F4 alliance‘ of Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong & Britain lobbying blockhttps://t.co/fdEchPZQHC — Naomi Fowler (@Naomi_Fowler) 15. Juli 2016

@Doug_Cantwell @opiniojuris @aspals agreed & note the misleading use of lawfare by the author-lawfare developed by Chinese since ’96-a farce

— SaschaDovBachman (@SdBachman) 15. Juli 2016

@Chris_Borgen @opiniojuris @painejosh1 see Russian-Chinese Decl on int’l law. Important we in Northern/liberal academia understand & engage?

— Duncan French (@Prof_DFrench) 15. Juli 2016

2 of 2 @painejosh1 @opiniojuris We encourage dialogue among various views in the use of our comments section for ongoing discussions.

— Christopher Borgen (@Chris_Borgen) 15. Juli 2016

1 of 2 @painejosh1 @opiniojuris It can be helpful to see another scholar’s perspective, even if you find it unpersuasive.

— Christopher Borgen (@Chris_Borgen) 15. Juli 2016

Litigator of the Week: Paul Reichler of Foley Hoag, PH’s lawyer in #SouthChinaSea arbitration https://t.co/SlTxkNdh5h

— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 15. Juli 2016

Canada’s trade minister @cafreeland to meet with the UK’s anti-#LGBTI-rights Liam Fox today about post-#Brexit trade deals #CETA #TTIP #ISDS

— Brent Patterson (@CBrentPatterson) 15. Juli 2016

New Post: The Chilcot Report and the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention https://t.co/jV3fbDu8eH

— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 15. Juli 2016

The brilliant @marty_lederman is on twitter! You should follow him. (If only to see whether he can do short form as well as he does long.)

— Kevin Jon Heller (@kevinjonheller) 14. Juli 2016

Today, Moldovan Muslims can practice their religion without fear. @UN_HRC helped to make this possible. Full story: https://t.co/gqDdzMnc17

— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) 14. Juli 2016

Meet Justine Greening, the first LGBT Minister of Equalities https://t.co/aKzz8oENy9

— The Independent (@Independent) 14. Juli 2016

Noah Feldman: International law isn’t quite law, but it’s no joke https://t.co/mjdbkH0M1S via @BV

— Noah Feldman (@NoahRFeldman) 14. Juli 2016

Brussels parliament says it will not ratify the present version of #CETA https://t.co/C6fK0IKUPF

— Council of Canadians (@CouncilofCDNs) 14. Juli 2016

News Lens: Christine Lagarde wants softer, kinder IMF to face populist anger https://t.co/4t5xJPUwR1

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 14. Juli 2016

For legal aspects of #SouthChinaSea arbitral decision, see posts https://t.co/477Um4lsQE and tweets from @opiniojuris and @julianku

— Christopher Borgen (@Chris_Borgen) 14. Juli 2016

@julianku @opiniojuris Dear Taiwan: The #SouthChinaSea Ruling Does Not Threaten Your Control Over Taiping Island https://t.co/IgIelmDeiE

— Christopher Borgen (@Chris_Borgen) 14. Juli 2016

Kenneth Watkin discusses legal consensus fourteen years after the first US counter-terrorist drone strike in Yemen https://t.co/1lFkegmeZG

— OUP Internat’l Law (@OUPIntLaw) 14. Juli 2016

Paul Stephan: Testimony in Opposition to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act https://t.co/Z2hHoewgUW

— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) 14. Juli 2016

News Lens: What’s in a World Bank income classification? https://t.co/pqJ8ZJiP01

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 14. Juli 2016

New Post: Dear Taiwan: The PCA Ruling Does Not Threaten Your Control Over Taiping Island / by @julianku https://t.co/aeudayJxaK

— Opinio Juris (@opiniojuris) 14. Juli 2016

Will #SouthChinaSea #Arbitration Award Save or Destroy #UNCLOS Dispute Settlement? @julianku @opiniojuris https://t.co/JBTtPPa64W

— Dmytro Galagan (@dvgalagan) 13. Juli 2016

Looking forward2 speaking2day at #RuleOfLawAPPG at 5:30pm @HumanRightsAPPG @EssexHRC — Ahmed Shaheed (@ahmedshaheed) 13. Juli 2016

No words, only shock, sorrow and broken heart#NiceAttack Pic by @plantu pic.twitter.com/dsqWanVetn

— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 15. Juli 2016

News Lens: Defending human rights in development https://t.co/rRhM8AeWyI

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 15. Juli 2016

Anyone aware what’s in those prefabricated stuff they’re bringing from China 4 projects in Maldives? @AslamAslamtey https://t.co/bApRM2JOTk

— Gahaa (@AhmedSaeedGahaa) 15. Juli 2016

Bill providing right to water & sanitation goes to @Senat_Info ERRC welcome positive action to improve lives of Roma pic.twitter.com/AF8L4jrFvq — ERRC (@ERRCtweets) 15. Juli 2016

#Bullying: one of most common forms of #ViolenceAgainstChildren in schools: https://t.co/RUCRHkJwIb v/@unicefrosa pic.twitter.com/31YOyDjakA — Kent Page (@KentPage) 15. Juli 2016

We’re appalled by #NiceAttack -yet another blow aimed at the heart of humanity by extremists https://t.co/D7KnNnN0SX pic.twitter.com/eTVC30sQ7U — UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) 15. Juli 2016

Just starting off on our joint TTIP-themed tour with @TTIPGAMEOVER: Brussels citizens have turned up in force! pic.twitter.com/cZX9ECVJ2U — CEO (@corporateeurope) 15. Juli 2016

7 yrs ago today journalist and #humanrights defender Natalia #Estemirova was murdered #endimpunity pic.twitter.com/Vs8FXtJxBu — OSCE media freedom (@OSCE_RFoM) 15. Juli 2016

US political candidates need to prove why they should be trusted https://t.co/i5hfoiqGZZ #TIUSATransparencyChallenge pic.twitter.com/lzc41oMTSl — Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 15. Juli 2016

There are no words, but countless broken hearts#NiceAttack: – 84 dead – 18 in critical condition @BBCBreaking pic.twitter.com/vuQteTdnFa — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 15. Juli 2016

Heartbroken. My thoughts are with all those affected by the senseless & horrific #NiceAttack. Pic via @thereaIbanksy pic.twitter.com/fqGYIluzKb — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 15. Juli 2016

Tragically sad news in #Nice. Thoughts are with the families and the people of France in having to deal with another senseless attack — Toby Cadman (@tobycadman) 15. Juli 2016

. @NDNActNoMore & the @CouncilofCDNs-Regina call on @RalphGoodale to meet with immigration detainees, https://t.co/ePjb7GkFSd #MigrantStrike

— Brent Patterson (@CBrentPatterson) 15. Juli 2016

Photo of 1 out of 13 wounded Palestinian shot by Israeli occupation live fire near Ramallah pic.twitter.com/c6PgHlyQBd

— Palestine Video (@PalestineVideo) 14. Juli 2016

Excellent Unifor analysis Canada’s CETA Deal Has Gone From Bad To Pointless Post-Brexit https://t.co/fjdTMYwTD8 — Maude Barlow (@MaudeBarlow) 14. Juli 2016

We are currently accepting applications for internships in Visitors Service & News Team! https://t.co/Y2ZNUp4tP4 pic.twitter.com/CM9aSKK1FA — UN Vienna (@UN_Vienna) 14. Juli 2016

#RiseVilnius #fintech #startup #hub launched in Lithuania – the place for innovation & talent — Dalia GrybauskaitÄ� (@Grybauskaite_LT) 14. Juli 2016

Ai Weiwei in Vienna https://t.co/Dyrrs9kfoM #21erhaus #belvedere #aiww21 — Downtown Vienna (@downtownvienna) 13. Juli 2016

Four days of intense battles in South Sudan’s capital Juba have left hundreds dead and forced around 40,000 to flee pic.twitter.com/Y80Ktnj4aJ — AFP news agency (@AFP) 14. Juli 2016

At tonight’s Welsh national commemoration of the #Srebrenica genocide I will speak about the importance of uniting together to oppose hatred — Carwyn Jones (@fmwales) 14. Juli 2016

Brazil’s new gvt imposes Rio #water #privatisation to pay for #Olympic Games. @RenatoCincoRJ warned us 6 months ago https://t.co/7AXETn5VW4 — CEO (@corporateeurope) 14. Juli 2016

@LotteLeicht1 @hrw for more than 15 years our little belgian association supports educational projects for girls in #Afghanistan — ozorai aniko (@AnikoOzorai) 14. Juli 2016

Egypt housing programme to replace 150K units in slum areas by 2018 https://t.co/7PbXpQWER5 #17days17goals #HLPF2016 pic.twitter.com/TpANYmLbZJ — UN Vienna (@UN_Vienna) 14. Juli 2016

#EU shld press #Afghanistan Govt to enforce laws to protect kids from hazardous #childlabor. https://t.co/keSNRsy7Hj pic.twitter.com/CZRHHFUwLc — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 14. Juli 2016

Govt shld step up & protect children -& #Afghanistan’s future- by enforcing law prohibiting dangerous work for kids https://t.co/keSNRsy7Hj — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 14. Juli 2016

Many #Afghanistan kids’ education derailed by work which precludes school:New @HRW Rpt&Video https://t.co/keSNRsy7Hj https://t.co/hDDKQq7rcL — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 14. Juli 2016

Meet Mohammed.Like your son,he loves stickers.Unlike your son „he’s trapped on a prison island“ w #refugees@MSF_Sea pic.twitter.com/eV9KywyZ7q — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 13. Juli 2016

t’s 2016 and at least 8 states subject suspected gays to #ForcedAnalExams – a discredited technique dating to 1857! pic.twitter.com/saDWwZTmiP — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 13. Juli 2016

When #rape became a #warcrime (hint: It’s not when you think) https://t.co/GxqqLT4Rs7 #VAW #GBV #conflict — Women Under Siege (@WomenUndrSiege) 13. Juli 2016

This is the water in which 4 #people drowned today. Over 10,000 have died in the same way over the past 3 years. pic.twitter.com/romFyD941q

— MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) 13. Juli 2016

“I Was Sold” @HRW report documents abuse & exploitation of migrant domestic workers in #Oman https://t.co/VVPACAaveC pic.twitter.com/9IG0TmTa7p

— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 13. Juli 2016

Horror & heartbreak in #Oman: domestic workers beaten, starved, raped. New @HRW reporthttps://t.co/VVPACAaveC pic.twitter.com/O5cRLA89yi

— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 13. Juli 2016

MSF teams running mobile clinics in four locations in #Juba today for those displaced by fighting this weekend pic.twitter.com/9fnZDEsHK3

— MSF South Sudan (@MSF_SouthSudan) 13. Juli 2016

Corruption fatigue?#swissleaks #Luxleaks #PanamaPapers
„people are angry nothing happens!“ @FabioDeMasi #investigatecorruption

— Finance Watch (@forfinancewatch) 14. Juli 2016

Terrorists, traffickers use US shell companies: @USTreasury https://t.co/hGobK6RWRy

— FACT Coalition (@FACTCoalition) 13. Juli 2016

Will the US increase military spending yet again? – In fiscal 2015, US military spending ($598.5 billion) accou… https://t.co/CWnZ9rIry1

— IPPNW (@IPPNW) 14. Juli 2016

EU staff launch petition for „strong exemplary measures“ against #Barroso & „ethical rules“ to fight revolving-door https://t.co/AaKSCSyD63

— CEO (@corporateeurope) 13. Juli 2016

Souvenirs… 2008: #Barroso set up a High Level Expert Group to advise on financial crisis. Guess who was on it? https://t.co/xvyReEjOgW

— CEO (@corporateeurope) 14. Juli 2016

Volkswagen says its diesel cars are cleaner in the US than in EU, because regulation is tighter there. #EMIS

— Peter Teffer (@peterteffer) 13. Juli 2016

News Lens: Climate change adaptation and infrastructure https://t.co/WG0LsMe7b9

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 13. Juli 2016

Disturbing: 25,000 reports of extrajudicial killings in #Kenya. #StopExtrajudicialKillings @SamuelKimeu @TIKenya https://t.co/PID77DzhnT

— Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 13. Juli 2016