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The 2023 report by the Yellowhead Institute found that no calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were completed this year. It says that if Canada continues at this pace, it will not finish the work until 2081
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WMO has taken over responsibility for hosting the official Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes - the equivalent of the Guiness Book of records on heat, rainfall, wind, lightning and many other phenomena. It has also issued new guidelines on the evaluation of new records.
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The new law authorizes the creation of a community commission that will study the history of slavery in New York state and what reparations could look like.
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Public recognition that the imam and activist Abdullah Haron was killed by security police in 1969 poses questions about the justice sacrificed at the modern nation’s founding
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The 1973 world’s first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It opened with the news that the United Nations General Assembly had passed a resolution condemning torture. More than three-quarters of the world’s nations still engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in secret.
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After 12 years of civil war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and tens of thousands missing, a glimmer of hope for the Syrian people came from the world’s top court. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the Syrian state must prevent torture of detainees and refrain from destroying evidence of these unlawful acts.
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Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to archives. This online course will run 5 August – 9 August, 2024. The tuition cost is $1,200.00
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A new version of the comic book "Tintin in the Congo" seeks to address accusations of racism and colonialism with a reworked cover, new preface and modifications to the story. But the response from anti-racism groups has been mixed.
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Reported disappearance of 2,700 pages of classified material caused alarm in US intelligence circles.
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Israeli authorities say they undressed the detainees as a security measure, but that photos of them in their underwear "serve nobody". The images have sparked debate on the legality of the IDF's arrest procedures. Human Rights Watch told FRANCE 24 that sharing humiliating images of prisoners can amount to a war crime
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In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed a military policy bill that includes an extension of surveillance authority that the government has used — and heavily abused — to access the communications of activists, journalists, lawmakers, and others without a warrant.
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After weeks of intense settler violence in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, and despite the decades-long fight to remain in their homes, these communities are now being forced off their land.
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Politics of Libraries VI (PoL VI) seeks to generate a thoughtful discussion on solidarity between information workers. Some of the themes are: academic freedom, white supremacy, heteronormative patriarchy, and ableism in the GLAM sector. This is a virtual conference taking place from 5 April to 24 May, 2024 on Fridays at 12pm MST
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In recent years, a number of stories have been reported in the media about the awful sufferings and exploitation of Bangladeshi women migrant workers in some Middle East countries. Many of the victims returned home empty-handed, tortured or even dead, which posed questions about the protection of women migrant workers in those countries.
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The International Council on Archives (ICA) has learnt of the reported bombing of the Central Archives building in Gaza and the main public library, resulting in the destruction of historical documents dating back 100 years.
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As the suffering of children is witnessed worldwide, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has launched a new Policy on Children to help remedy their historic underrepresentation and lack of engagement in international criminal justice processes.
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While celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights most commentaries have focused on the historical importance of the document, its relevance, and the fact that it would be impossible today for United Nations member states to adopt such an agreement. Yet two equally – if not more – crucial questions linger: what was the Universal Declaration’s theory of change, meaning how did its authors intend for it
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An American pawnshop owner donated an album containing photos of atrocities committed by the Japanese Army in World War II in China, updating the complete electronic archive of the album.
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The European Parliament agreed on their position on digitalising EU health data, paving the way for the start of interinstitutional negotiations. Secondary use of data would be possible after being anonymised or pseudonymised.
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The U.S. learned this lesson during World War II—and it should guide those countries at war in 2023.
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