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Why is Data Accessibility a Human Rights Issue?

Leave a Comment / Global, Preparedness, Science & Technology /

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a gap between existing technical capabilities in data analytics and the ability of public authorities to use them. While some societies were able to implement solutions based on data analytics, others, due to low mobile internet penetration, lack of appropriate legal frameworks or limited digital literacy in the population, were forced to rely on traditional forms of response to the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

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Has Russia’s Toxic Masculinity Fuelled War Crimes?

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Caucasus, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

Human rights defenders and activists report that Russian soldiers are raping large numbers of Ukrainian women and children. Russia’s long history of toxic masculinity and culture of violence, championed by current president Vladimir Putin, may help explain these horrific crimes.

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The Taliban’s Interference in the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan

Leave a Comment / Central Asia, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

Under the Taliban’s rule the people of Afghanistan are struggling with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, complaining about ethnic discrimination in the allocation and distribution of aid by local officials of donor institutions. Integrating human rights at the core of humanitarian actions can ensure a holistic and inclusive response for the most vulnerable groups.

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Codifying Human Rights Approaches Into the Law of Disaster Response

Leave a Comment / Conflicts & Disasters, Development, Global, Preparedness /

The International Law Commission’s project on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters explicitly adopts a human rights-based approach to its core subject. Whether this will lead to harder forms of justiciability will largely depend on the capacity to frame disasters not as natural events but as both drivers and consequences of economic inequality.

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Independent Media Flee Russia to Evade Censorship Over War in Ukraine

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Caucasus, Conflicts & Disasters, Human Rights Defenders, Preparedness /

Russia has a long history of media censorship but since invading Ukraine, state propaganda has reached enormous levels. Most independent journalists have fled the country so they can report factually on current events. Others are protesting from within.

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Green transition and First Nations’ rights in light of the drawbacks of COVID-19 intertwined with the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Leave a Comment / Caucasus, Development, Europe, Preparedness /

A human rights-based approach to development must be used when approving new extractive projects in traditional First Nations territories. It will foster meaningful participation and address inequalities stemming from resource-based development while ensuring preparedness to deal with geopolitical and health challenges.

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