The role of artificial intelligence in predicting human rights ...
Nov 14, 2024 · Sam Bowman is a dedicated writer with over a decade of experience covering topics such as human rights, social justice, and equality. When he’s not writing, Sam enjoys mentoring students, exploring new places, and advocating for human equity.
From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing sexuality, gender, and …
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.
Open Global Rights
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.
The failures of the UN in the Israel-Palestine conflict
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.
Community paralegals are building power amid shrinking civic …
Oct 22, 2024 · Refugee activist Thuzar Maung was kidnapped from her home in Malaysia for supporting the Myanmar pro-democracy movement. In the Philippines, Marilou Verano faced libel suits for speaking up against the adverse impacts of mining in her town. In Vietnam, Dang Dinh Bach was arrested for his environmental activism. These stories are just a few examples of the risks that grassroots justice ...
War, Conflict, and Human Rights | OpenGlobalRights
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.
Digital activism: empowering women, creating change and …
Sep 22, 2020 · This online revolution is part of a phenomenon referred to as networked feminism or cyber-feminism: propagating and mobilising the rights and voices of women and girls across the globe via a range of digital platforms. These activists are leveraging the digital world to capture the intersectionality, diversity, multi-lateral, and nuanced range of feminist agendas.
Conflict, ecological destruction, and (foreclosing) the future
Dec 9, 2024 · The world is currently experiencing “ the highest number of violent conflicts since” World War II, against the backdrop of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. While millions live in the reality of this devastation, UN member states and other global actors are simultaneously trying to build a framework to secure a …
The future of human rights - OpenGlobalRights
Perhaps there has never been so much debate about the future of human rights. As I’ve explained elsewhere on OpenGlobalRights (OGR), the reason for this is that the movement is in a moment of uncertainty and transition (not “crisis” or “endtimes”), given rapid and simultaneous changes in context and strategies for doing human rights work.
Will the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D ...
On July 25, 2024, the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive entered into force.It marks a major political breakthrough and a turning point for human rights and environmental due diligence, setting a strong legal precedent worldwide around the role of states in ensuring responsible business conduct.