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Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced nearly one million people since January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday.

Les États des Amériques doivent se préoccuper de la réduction de l’espace civique dans la région et s’attacher à mettre un terme aux politiques répressives afin de répondre aux revendications sociales de la population du continent, a déclaré Amnesty International dans une lettre ouverte adressée aux chefs d’État participant à la 53e Assemblée générale de l’Organisation des États américains (OEA).

Los Estados de las Américas deben abordar el cierre del espacio cívico en la región y garantizar el fin de políticas represivas para atender las demandas sociales de la población en el continente, dijo Amnistía Internacional hoy en una carta abierta a los y las jefes de Estado que asistirán la 53° Asamblea General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA).

EU: European Parliament adopts ban on facial recognition but leaves migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at risk. Responding to the European Parliament’s decision to ban invasive mass surveillance technologies in its Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation said: “We welcome the European Parliament’s decision to adopt a ban on abusive mass surveillance technology in today’s landmark vote. However, it is essential the Parliament and EU Member...

En réaction à la décision du Parlement européen d’interdire les technologies intrusives de surveillance de masse dans le cadre de la loi réglementant l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle (loi sur l’IA), Mher Hakobyan, conseiller en matière de plaidoyer sur la réglementation de l’intelligence artificielle à Amnesty International, a déclaré : « Nous saluons la décision du Parlement européen, qui a adopté une interdiction des technologies abusives de surveillance de masse lors du vote crucial de ce jour.

En respuesta a la decisión del Parlamento Europeo de prohibir las tecnologías de vigilancia masiva en su Ley de Inteligencia Artificial (Ley de IA), Mher Hakobyan, asesor para el trabajo de incidencia sobre la regulación de la inteligencia artificial, ha manifestado: “Acogemos con satisfacción la decisión del Parlamentos Europeo de prohibir las tecnologías de vigilancia masiva abusivas en la votación histórica de hoy. No obstante, es esencial que el Parlamento y los Estados miembros de la UE...

The 2023 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums will take place October 24-26 at the four-star Omni Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Join tribal cultural leaders, federal agencies, funders, and others to discuss the most relevant topics related to preserving and advancing Native languages, culture, and life ways.

The Fury, created by Shirin Neshat, is a two-part narrative that takes the audience through the emotional turmoil experienced by the Iranian protagonist. The artwork is presented through a two-channel video and a virtual reality work. In a highly fictionalized and stylized approach, The Fury explores the sexual exploitation of female political prisoners, referencing the Islamic Republic of Iran's brutal treatment of political prisoners.

The Fury, créé par Shirin Neshat, est un récit en deux temps qui embarque le public à travers les bouleversements émotionnels vécus par la protagoniste iranienne. L'œuvre est présentée à partir d'une vidéo à deux canaux et d'une œuvre de réalité virtuelle. Dans une approche hautement fictive et stylisée, The Fury explore le sujet autour de l'exploitation sexuelle des prisonnières politiques, en référence au traitement brutal de ces dernières par la République islamique d'Iran.

L'Institut du monde arabe a choisi de donner à voir l’élan et l’irréductible vitalité de la création palestinienne, qu’elle s’élabore dans les territoires ou dans l’exil. Approches muséales plurielles, dialogue photographique entre la Terre sainte « inventée » des orientalistes et celle des contemporains, exposition des précieuses archives palestiniennes de Jean Genet… : c’est à un subtil et intense parcours de correspondances visuelles et de sujets que vous invite l’IMA. Visites guidées,...

OHCHR Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. (2023, October 2). OHCHR | Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2023/promoting-environmental-democracy-procedural-elements-human-right-clean

Background Promoting Environmental Democracy: Procedural elements of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Objective of the report In the report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence examines the question of the adoption of transitional justice measures to address the legacy of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed in colonial contexts.

OHCHR. (2022, April 30). OHCHR | Call for inputs: Countering disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2022/call-inputs-countering-disinformation-promotion-and-protection-human-rights

Objectives The United Nations General Assembly resolution 76/227 on “Countering disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms” requested the UN Secretary-General “to seek the views of States, United Nations entities and relevant stakeholders and to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session a report, within existing resources, based on information and best practices shared by States, United Nations entities and relevant stakeholders on countering disinformation.”

OHCHR Special Procedures. (2022, September 28). OHCHR | International Financial Obligations, Digital Systems and Human Rights. OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2022/international-financial-obligations-digital-systems-and-human-rights

Background and objectives In her annual report to the Human Rights Council in March 2023 the Independent Expert on debt, other international financial obligations and human rights, Ms. Attiya Waris, will address the links between international financial obligations, digital systems and human rights.

OHCHR Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. (2023, January 26). OHCHR | Call for inputs for a report on cultural rights and migration. OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2022/call-inputs-report-cultural-rights-and-migration

Background An estimated 280 million people, approximately 3.6% of the world’s population, currently live outside their country of origin. The reasons for these displacements are numerous: some may have chosen to leave to pursue better opportunities elsewhere; many are compelled to leave for a complex combination of reasons, including poverty, lack of access to healthcare, education, water, food, housing, and the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change; others are forced to flee persecution and conflicts.

Today, 23 March 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court''), published a draft Policy on Cultural Heritage for consultation and comments by States Parties to the Rome Statute, civil society, and the wider community of stakeholders.The development of this Policy is in line with the Office of the Prosecutor's Strategic Plan to pay particular attention to crimes against and affecting cultural heritage and the commitment of the Office to...

Background At its 125th session, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (hereinafter, ‘the Working Group’) announced its intention to conduct a thematic study on the issue of new technologies and enforced disappearances.

OHCHR. (2023, February 28). OHCHR | Call for input: Comprehensive report on “Importance of casualty recording for the promotion and protection of human rights.” OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2023/call-input-comprehensive-report-importance-casualty-recording-promotion-and

Background In resolution 50/11, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner “to prepare, in consultation with all States, relevant United Nations entities, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions, a comprehensive report on the impact of casualty recording on the promotion and protection of human rights, including relevant practices, in particular the role of casualty recording in upholding and fulfilling the rights of victims of armed conflict, post-conflict situations

Background Since 2012, the General Assembly has adopted annual resolutions mandating the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to prepare two reports per year, one to the Human Rights Council and one to the General Assembly, on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Objectives of the report The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, wishes to focus his next thematic report to the General Assembly on “the use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery”.