January 14, 2025 The artificial intelligence dilemma for peacebuilders and human rights defenders Rights defenders must actively shape the discussion to mitigate the adverse human and environmental impacts of AI, particularly on the Global South.

Jan 22, 2024 · On October 7, 2023, militant members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacked military bases and towns in southern Israel from Gaza, during which approximately 1,200 people—at least 845 of whom were civilians—were killed and over 5,000 injured. The militants also took hostage some 240 Israelis and nationals of other countries.

Jun 9, 2023 · The ever-expanding term LGBTQIA+ serves the worthy purpose of including a diverse array of categories and identities relating to sexuality and gender.

Sep 5, 2023 · International human rights law has always vacillated between expressing utopian ideals and apologizing for actual state conduct, and the UN human rights treaty bodies’ individual complaints procedures are no exception to this rule.

July 2016 saw the appointment of the UN’s first dedicated human rights official for LGBTQ+ and SOGIE issues, a direct result of the 2012 report Born Free and Equal.These rights remain contentious at the UN but have gradually expanded across many countries since the 1990s, although the European Union (EU) remains the only intergovernmental organization to incorporate SOGIE within its human ...

May 17, 2024 · This past December marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It should have been a moment of celebration, heralding the advances that have been made following the end of World War II.

Aug 8, 2014 · Earlier on openGlobalRights, Pedro Pizano argued that socio-economic rights are not really human rights at all, because they are not immediately enforceable in a court of law. Civil and political rights, by contrast, are human rights, because they can be immediately and judicially enforced. This argument is similar to that voiced earlier on openGlobalRights by Aryeh Neier, founder of Human ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Movements for climate justice and movements for reparations for colonial harms can reinforce each other. Haiti’s climate vulnerability speaks to these connections. Colonialism, slavery, and the ongoing racial injustice they entrenched play a significant role in the unjust and uneven distribution ...

Oct 22, 2020 · There is reason to believe that the human rights movement is needed more than ever, but what if the movement has lost its way and is no longer fit for purpose, not through lack of effort, but through outdated perception?

Oct 24, 2024 · In January 2024, the United Nations reported the highest number of violent conflicts currently underway since World War II. Many of the most dire human rights violations — including rape as a weapon of war, recruitment of children to serve on the frontlines, and direct attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure — take place during war.