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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded that countries must urgently implement measures to address the damage and threat to children’s rights from climate change and environmental degradation.
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A CEREMONY has been held to prepare a “stolen” 37ft memorial totem pole for its return to Canada from Scotland in what is said to be the first transfer of its kind from a UK institution.
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The apology by family of William Gladstone comes as many descendants of African slaves have sought reparations.
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A memorial totem pole belonging to members of the Nisga'a Nation in northwestern British Columbia is about to begin its journey home from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it has been on display for nearly a century.
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A coalition advocating for Native people traumatized by an oppressive system of boarding schools for Native youths plans to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools in that system that were operated by the Quakers.
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Much ‘artificial intelligence’ harvests original creative work by humans. Regulators must demand transparency about training data
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With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a “digital army” aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on social media networks and beyond.
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Loss of sea ice and rising temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica have a huge effect on the Earth’s climate, but the ability to track them is lagging
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Conflicts evolve at such a rapid pace that the amount of data produced by conflict or crisis situations is simply overwhelming. Because of the sheer amount of data and the pace at which they are being produced, human beings are unable to track crisis evolutions and manage effective decision-making processes.
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Data responsibility is the safe, ethical, and effective management of personal and non-personal data for operational response and is therefore central to the humanitarian system’s Accountability to Affected People (AAP).
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As technology unlocks the doors to our minds, scientists urge for human rights protection. Imagine being able to watch your long-lost childhood memories on a screen or suppress a traumatic experience.
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Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly used during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval.
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The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place scientifically, technically and socially.
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced its first-ever LGBTQI+ inclusive development policy, which will guide the agency’s inclusion of LGBTQ+ rights support in its programming.
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To mark Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on 2 August, the IHRA shares this article by Anna Míšková, Chair of the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma.
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Remotely Useful pioneers a first-of-its-kind guide, bridging the gap between the archival field and the day-to-day concerns of preserving cultural and community records in the North–encompassing the upper latitudes of Canada and the United States. These Arctic and Subarctic regions are on the front lines of the climate crisis, making the urgent documentation and preservation of their histories, traditions, and ecological knowledge vital before they are lost or altered forever.
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This volume provides the basis for contemporary privacy and social media research and informs global as well as local initiatives to address issues related to social media privacy through research, policymaking, and education.
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Freedom of expression is under threat as governments in Southern Africa have enacted laws restricting civil society organizations.
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Providing examples of successful approaches to unsettling Western archival paradigms from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, this book showcases vital community archival work that will illuminate decolonial archival practices for archivists, curators, heritage practitioners, and others responsible for the stewardship of materials by and about Indigenous communities.
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