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In framing education as a ‘right’, we often displace ways of learning that are inherent and indigenous to our everyday lives. Through counterculture pedagogy that thinks of kindness and imagination as forms of intelligence, education can be a collective endeavour where each of us are interconnected and knowledgeable in abundant ways.
Counterculture Education: Kindness and imagination as ‘being’ intelligent Read More »
The extraordinary growth of cyberspace has created new possibilities and threats in warfare. It has become crucial to identify a common understanding of cyber warfare if we are to effectively protect civilians from the direct and intentional effects of cyber operations.
The Proliferation of Cyber War and International Humanitarian Law Read More »
COVID-19 arrayed the prospects and challenges that come with digital technologies. Going forward the development of healthcare standards with such technologies calls for a mindful approach that recognises the digital divide between countries.
Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare and Human Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic Read More »
Advances in Natural Language Processing and machine learning have made it possible to design predictive models that can be used to assist judicial proceedings. Such technologies transform the legal profession; guaranteeing that this does not disrupt the rule of law, access to justice, fair trial and contestability is a substantial challenge.
Human Rights in the Era of Automated Decision Making and Predictive Technologies Read More »
Experts have been ringing the alarm bells about children’s privacy online for some time, but the pandemic exacerbated the need to focus on children as right bearers in the digital age. So, what steps need to be taken in order to ensure that children are treated as such and we can build a society resilient to the digital crises of the future?
Children’s Rights, COVID-19 and Preparing for Digital Disasters Read More »
As computers surpass human intelligence and take on greater responsibilities, should they be given rights also?
Technology played a significant part in traffickers taking advantage of COVID-19’s second wave in India. A number of children lost both their parents and for a few weeks, ‘COVID orphan adoption’ messages proliferated across social media. State institutions and civil society were unprepared for this challenge.
Technology is very much part of what we do. It is an integrated part of how we think today and not something that one can push away. The question is: how do we make sure that we manage it to serve our purposes from a human rights point of view?
Welcome to our third Curated series, which asks ‘Is human rights prepared for digital technologies?’ The series marks our first joint venture. It has been developed as a partnership between Human Rights Preparedness and asiablogs, and will be published in parallel by both blogs.
Introducing Curated #3: Digital Technologies and Human Rights Read More »
This poem by laureate Nnimmo Bassey reminds our global community that human rights preparedness also means fostering resilience through poetry, art and other means of expression. Art eases suffering, empowers, and advocates in times of emergency.
Return to Being: A poem by Right Livelihood Laureate Nnimmo Bassey Read More »