Post by @fj@mastodon.social

Volker Türk has been re-elected as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

As the French delegation to the UN calls out, the US has been siding with a list of countries not really known for respecting human rights ...

X post by the French UN delegation:

The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.

#AmericaAlone — X post by the French UN delegation: The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it. #AmericaAlone

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Frédéric Jacobs

@fj@mastodon.social last mo.

« Tout ce qui s’est passé le 7 octobre, et après… J’étais souvent confronté à des personnes qui ne voyaient pas l’humanité dans l’autre, des deux côtés. Cette déshumanisation est quelque chose qui me choque profondément. Ne pas voir la peine et la souffrance dans l’autre. […] Les droits humains ne sont pas un menu à la carte. […] Il y a une initiative 🇫🇷-🇲🇽 que je trouve très importante, pour ne pas utiliser le droit de veto dans des questions de prévention des atrocités.»
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/dimanches/volker-turk-les-droits-humains-ne-sont-pas-un-menu-a-la-carte/

Frédéric Jacobs

@fj@mastodon.social last mo.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/116986040860766991

France called out the US for siding with Human Rights offenders in blocking the nomination of Volker Türk.

Now, the US walked out during France's intervention at the UN:
"I must point out that there is a member of this Council that will feign moral outrage and pretend to lecture the rest of us about every topic, whether it’s about the very conflict we’re discussing yet again today, or even those unrelated to international peace and security, like human rights."

https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-un-security-council-briefing-on-the-situation-in-ukraine-5/

Frédéric Jacobs

@fj@mastodon.social last wk.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/115971995408608203

A good moment to revisit the impact that it has on one’s life to be on a US sanctions list now that the International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane joins the list.

Trump aligns with Putin, who opened a Russian investigation against Akane for issuing an arrest warrant for the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.

US sanctions now weaponized to support war criminals like Putin and Bibi

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/08/18/les-etats-unis-sanctionnent-la-presidente-de-la-cour-penale-internationale-tomoko-akane_6749085_3210.html

Client Challenge

Frédéric Jacobs

@fj@mastodon.social 25 min. ago

"ICC member states should act now to help the Court and its vendors prepare for the heavier sanctions that seem certain to come once Rubio lines up his pro-impunity posse. They should instruct banks and other private sector entities that are not U.S. companies, and thus not bound to comply with U.S. sanctions, not to do so, and provide them support that helps them try to do that."

https://www.justsecurity.org/153955/rubio-wants-help-dismantling-icc/

Just Security

Other Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICC

The United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court.

Frédéric Jacobs

@fj@mastodon.social 2 days ago

"The greatest risk [for the US] at present is that instances of questionable or unprincipled use of sanctions will sap governments’ willingness to consider the introduction of new sanctions regimes, including corruption sanctions, internationally. This would be a mistake, but it also behooves those governments that already have corruption sanctions regimes in place to use them responsibly – the risks of not doing so are substantial."
https://www.justsecurity.org/150886/us-government-soft-power-sanctions/