Louis Charbonneau
UN Director, Human Rights Watch and Writer at Freelance
@hrw UN director. @Reuters alum, ex-UN bureau chief. CUNY Graduate Center PhD. Native Detroiter now Queens, NYC. Previously Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Hong Kong.
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3 weeks ago |
usnews.com | Louis Charbonneau
The United Nations is facing one of the worst crises in its eight-decade history: Its biggest financial contributor, the United States, is withholding billions of dollars from vital U.N. agencies and programs. The U.N. leadership and wealthy democracies need to act quickly to ensure the world body can salvage lifesaving programs the U.S. is defunding. The U.N. was in difficult financial straits even before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
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3 weeks ago |
allafrica.com | Louis Charbonneau
Amid Renewed Fighting, Enforcement Needs to be BolsteredAs hostilities escalate across South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council should renew its arms embargo on the country. The council should also act to prevent additional weapons from reaching the warring parties and foreign forces from adding to the violations. In recent months, government forces have attacked populated areas, often using helicopter gunfire and air-dropped munitions, putting civilians at grave risk.
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1 month ago |
allafrica.com | Louis Charbonneau
Louis Charbonneau is UN director, Human Rights WatchMajor-power cutbacks and delayed payments amidst conflict and insecurity are testing the very principles and frameworks upon which the international human rights infrastructure was built nearly 80 years ago. Human rights need defending now more than ever, which is why the United Nations leadership needs to ensure that its efforts to cut costs don't jeopardize the UN's critical human rights work.
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1 month ago |
ipsnews.net | Louis Charbonneau
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1 month ago |
nationalpost.com | Louis Charbonneau
Advertisement 1One of the findings is that most people who hold a very negative opinion of Israel had the most negative views of JudaismArticle contentA new survey finds “an important minority of Canadians” channel strong negative sentiment towards Israel into negative views of Jews. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentIsrael Independence Day begins the evening of April 30, marking the Jewish state’s 77th birthday, amid a tide of antisemitism in Canada and elsewhere.
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🗒️ @columlynch reports on UN's cost-cutting crusade. I told him: “#China & #Russia have tried to slash funding for human rights. Until now, the US has provided the most powerful counterbalance to that, but now there's a risk that the US won’t do that." https://t.co/PnXPFtOTxQ https://t.co/t7rnuRg1iO
🚨 New @hrw report: #Russia/n attacks in #Ukraine are killing more civilians in 2025 than last year. Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers. No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes. 📄 Read the full report: https://t.co/qA63u6dP3p https://t.co/R2vIG78TUp
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