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Data science brings a rigor and analytical depth that can transform human rights practice, helping to build legal cases, ...
La ciencia de datos puede proporcionar a los defensores de los derechos humanos nuevas y poderosas herramientas.
What the Inter-American Court’s recent advisory opinion tells us about the past, present, and future of climate change policy and litigation ...
Our financial system protects the rich while deepening inequality and harming women in the Global South. It’s time to reclaim the economy for all. At the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), ...
In the wake of the recent freeze on USAID funding and staggering cuts to foreign aid in Europe, many are looking to philanthropy to sustain essential services and support human rights. Yet this ...
AI can either widen inequalities or become a tool for social good. The non-profit world must get closer to new technologies, taking advantage of the benefits while carefully evaluating all the risks.
Participants in a project on socio-ecological futures set aside a human rights framing as a collaborative care-centered approach emerged.
Technological “alternatives” to incarceration extend psychological torture into non-carceral spaces. Through the expanded use of carceral technologies, the psychological torture traditionally confined ...
Border technologies heighten the historical violence of colonialism and imperialism while failing to address the root causes of forced migration.
No longer science fiction, technologies enabling communication with nonhuman animals now offer a host of opportunities — and a panoply of risks. Guardrails could help ensure responsible development.
Human rights defenders who have lost loved ones to law enforcement violence face additional traumas and risks. These activists need safety and support for their mental and physical well-being.
Grassroots efforts and international bodies have played a role in Thailand’s landmark approval of same-sex marriage, opening the door for further LGBTQIA+ advocacy throughout the region.