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Nils Melzer

@NilsMelzer

I am deeply honoured & grateful to have been appointed the @ICRC’s next Director of International Law, Policy & Humanitarian Diplomacy, effective 1 July 2022!
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After more than a decade in #academia, #government, #consultancy & #HumanRights advocacy, I look forward to returning to the @ICRC, an organization which was my professional home for many years, and whose values, principles & working methods I am profoundly committed to.
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In order to avoid any perceived conflict of interest or contradiction in terms of public positioning, advocacy or confidentiality, I will step down as #SRTorture @UN_SPExperts on 31 March 2022, after concluding any outstanding work & presenting my final report to #HRC49.
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Nils Melzer

@NilsMelzer

I appreciate & take the concerns of @NBPactueel very seriously. I have investigated & provided training & advice for police & military operations in contexts of war & violence for 20+ years & personally experienced their often very difficult & dangerous working environment. (1/7)

https://twitter.com/npbactueel/status/1478735516447264772

Throughout my career, I have also seen more than enough to be able to immediately distinguish allegations of #PoliceBrutality that require careful contextualization from cases that are plainly obvious & primarily require immediate correction. (2/7)

My two statements of 3 January 2022 may be harsh, but they are neither biased nor premature, but respond to well-documented facts that are clearly incompatible with international standards irrespective of any contextual factors & that require urgent & decisive remedy. (3/7)

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Nils Melzer

@NilsMelzer

(1/7) #SRTorture to @foreignoffice: “The conduct of the UK Govt in the #Assange case severely undermines the credibility of the UK’s commitment to the prohibition of torture & ill-treatment, as well as to the rule of law more generally” (bit.ly/2ZCygWA).

(2/7) @foreignoffice: “UK does not participate in, solicit or condone torture” (bit.ly/30Z9OOo)

Yet: Despite @UKParliament & #SRTorture appeals (bit.ly/2J44u61) Govt refuses to prosecute those responsible for UK involvement in CIA torture & rendition 2001-10.

(3/7) @foreignoffice: “We take allegations of torture very seriously & investigate allegations against UK personnel” (bit.ly/36UUwhv).

Yet: UK Govt flatly refuses to discuss & investigate #SRTorture findings regarding the #torture of #Assange (bit.ly/30Z9OOo).

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Serena Tinari

@serenatinari

(THREAD) An international #journalist statement in defense of Julian #Assange was launched publicly today There are already 120 signatories from 47 countries speak-up-for-assange.org #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange

All #journalist and people in #journalism-related roles can sign the international statement #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange in defense of Julian #Assange The charges against him critically affect our work and we don't want to be silent at this time.

If #Assange can be extradited and imprisoned for publishing important leaked documents, so too could many other #publishers and #journalists risk the same fate Please sign #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange speak-up-for-assange.org

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