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Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons. It’s part of a troubling trend
FIFA has a human rights policy, so how could it award Saudi Arabia the 2034 soccer World Cup?
Statement on Imprisonment of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace in Bahrain
Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome Jordan’s Efforts to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls, Raise Questions on Treatment of Journalists…
Statement by Wai Wai Nu at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Seventh Session
Afghan women have been robbed of health care, education and now their voices. But they won’t remain silent
31 Organisations Call On All UN Member States To Take Urgent Steps To Protect People Deprived Of Their Liberty Across Occupied Palestinian…
Kids are digital natives. They have ideas to help protect children from being harmed online
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Commend Ghana on the Participation of Ghanaian Persons with Disabilities Internationally,…
Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire and the Authorities Choose to Maintain Practices which Perpetuate the Crisis, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High…
Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Concludes that Israeli Authorities and Hamas Are Both Responsible for War Crimes
High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated by an Illegitimate Military Regime, Speaks of Stories of Horrific War Tactics…
The coverage of Laura Tingle’s comments on racism is a textbook beat-up, but she’s not in the wrong
Treaties Committee to examine defence cooperation agreement with Fiji
Access To Contraception Is Fundamental Right
NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91 to host ‘Dissident Writers’ event
Instagram and Threads are limiting political content. This is terrible for democracy
Statement on conflict-induced hunger in Gaza
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka
Le Conseil des droits de l’homme adopte les documents finals issus de l’EPU du Pakistan, du Japon et de Sri Lanka
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin
High Commissioner for Human Rights Notes Improvements in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Calls for Upcoming National Electoral Processes to be…
Human Rights Council Hears Call on Iran to Stop the Execution of People Sentenced to Death in Connection with the Protests, and…
Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants
Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-Third Session, Hears Presentation of the Annual Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Holds Dialogue…
Immigration detention continues in Canada despite the end of provincial agreements
Greens Congratulated for new policy on Palestine & Israel
Cambodia: Casino Union Leader Chhim Sithar and Strikers Convicted
High Commissioner for Human Rights Strongly Condemns Wanton Violence in Sudan as Human Rights Council Opens Special Session on the Human Rights…
As Israel bombs Gaza, thousands to gather on Saturday to mark 75 years of Palestinian disposession
Human Rights Council Hears that there are Reasonable Grounds to Believe that Crimes against Humanity have been Committed against Libyans and Migrants…
Human Rights Council Discusses the Situation of Children in the Central African Republic and Strengthening Institutional Capacities in South Sudan
Human Rights Council Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hearing that…
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Brazil, Poland, and the Netherlands, Begins General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of India, Finland, and the Philippines
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Indonesia, Algeria and the United Kingdom
Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Bahrain
Human Rights Council Hears that Some of the Human Rights Violations Documented in Belarus Could Amount to Crimes against Humanity, and that…
Human Rights Council Hears that the Gravity and Scale of Violations Committed in Ethiopia Must Not be Forgotten, and that Venezuela Continues…
Human Rights Council Hears Call to End Impunity and Achieve Accountability in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and that Many Violations…
Human Rights Council Marks International Women’s Day, Hearing the High Commissioner Say that Women’s Equality is Central to All Human Rights
Human Rights Council Hears that the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire and Shows No Sign of Improvement, and that the…
Human Rights Council Discusses Situation of Human Rights in Sudan and in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
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