Exhibition - Nelson Mandela is Dead - Nelson Mandela Foundation; Mokgopa, Kneo (Nelson Mandela Foundation, 2023)
Ten years after Nelson Mandela passing away. The thought-provoking Mandela is Dead exhibition curated by Kneo Mokgopa celebrates, as well as challenges, the legacy of a great Human Rights Activist and South Africa’s first democratically elected president - Exhibition launched 30th of November 2023 at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Houghton South Africa
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Narrating Heritage - Veysel Apaydin (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)
This book brings important original ethnographic research and unique case studies together in a coherent and cohesive way to examine patterns and differences of approaches to heritage. It exposes discourses of the uses and abuses of heritage, and provides narratives of persistence, demonstrating the importance of heritage in securing human rights and social justice.
Worldwide

'Israel destroyed Central Archives of Gaza City': Head of Gaza Municipality - Middle East Monitor (Middle East Monitor, 2023)
The head of Gaza Municipality said that Israel destroyed the “Central Archives” which contained thousands of historical documents dating more than 150 years.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted - Clark, Nancy L.; Worger, William H. (The Conversation, 2023)
Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Lloyds of London archives show how important the City was to transatlantic slavery - Donington, Katie (The Conversation, 2023)
The author's work on the Legacies of British Slavery project traced how the profits of slavery were invested in Britain. Research of this kind raises questions about reparations and whether responsibility, today sits with individuals, organisations or the state.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Human rights are a low priority for many national climate change adaptation policies, research finds - Lejtenyi, Patrick (Phys.org, 2023)
The link between human rights and climate change adaptation policy has not been a major source of discussion in national policies, according to a new study.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

South Korea: Jail sentence for man who praised North an attack on freedom of expression - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Responding to the sentencing of a South Korean man, Lee Yoon-seop, to 14 months in prison for praising North Korea in a poem, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “South Korean authorities must drop all charges against Lee Yoon-seop, who has been sentenced to jail simply for exercising his right to freedom of […]
Korea, Republic of
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Republic of Korea

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say - AP News (Associated Press, 2023)
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The spy tech firm managing NHS data - Iqbal, Nosheen; Crider, Cori (2023)
Palantir, the US spy-tech firm co-founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, has won a contract to handle NHS data. It’s a deal that has left privacy advocates with serious questions
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Business; Data protection; Espionage; Health; NHS; Society; Technology; UK news

Kazakhstan Woman’s Death a National Tragedy | Human Rights Watch - Kim, Viktoriya (2023)
Saltanat Nukenova is a name that is widely recognized in Kazakhstan these days. That is because, on November 9, Saltanat’s husband, Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the former economy minister, was detained in connection with her death. She was just 31 years old.
Kazakhstan
Keywords: 2023-10 November

‘Like knives penetrating me’: Greenland’s victims of forced contraception seek justice - France 24 (France 24, 2023)
In the late 1960s, Denmark implemented a brutal contraceptive policy to limit births in its former colony of Greenland, forcing thousands of teenage girls to have IUDs inserted without their consent. After decades of repressing their trauma, the women are now speaking out and demanding reparation.
Denmark
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Greenland

Despite Bans, Disabled Women Are Still Being Sterilized in Europe - Hurtes, Sarah (The New York Times, 2023)
Governments have declared the practice a human rights violation. But they have made exceptions that are divisive among parents, doctors and social workers.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Abuse of the Disabled; Belgium; European Union; France; Hysterectomies; Iceland; Intellectual Disabilities; Reykjavik (Iceland); Women and Girls; audio-negative-sad; audio-negative-tragedy; audio-neutral-informative

What can Taiwan learn from Ukraine? - Noubel, Filip (Global Voices, 2023)
Can Taiwan learn from Ukraine as it faces military threats from China? Fighting disinformation, utilizing technology and establishing command systems are crucial.
Republic of China (Taiwan, not a UN member)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Hunger for Truth - Tkach, Andrew (Kyiv Post, 2023)
Ukraine commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, or death by hunger, when millions starved to death in Europe's breadbasket after Stalin ordered the seizure of farmers' crops and food. This film is based on a Canadian reporter's unauthorised truth-telling trip through the starving Soviet heartland. It's interwoven with the story of a Ukrainian prisoner of war from Russia's invasion.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Holodomor

Can we make better use of humanitarian data for an impartial and humane response to crisis? - Cara Kielwein (Humanitarian Practice Network, 2023)
Data is everywhere, and the humanitarian sector is no exception. As humanitarians, we want decision-making to be ‘data-driven’ or ‘evidence-based’. However, this opportunity also presents a risk of misguided analysis supporting misguided response.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Japan ordered to compensate wartime 'comfort women' - BBC News (BBC News, 2023)
A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate a group of women who were forced to work in wartime brothels.
Korea, Republic of
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Michelle Bachelet: The Universal Declaration is ‘good enough’ - Foulkes, Imogen (SWI swissinfo.ch, 2023)
Over a year out of her job as Human Rights Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet talks about her legacy and controversies that rocked her presidency.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Human rights defenders in Gaza risk death and can no longer carry out their mission - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2023)
Staff from international organisations are left almost entirely inoperative: they cannot document the human rights violations that are currently being committed, which reinforces the cycle of impunity for international crimes.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Personal data stolen in British Library cyber-attack appears for sale online - Sherwood, Harriet (The Guardian, 2023)
The library said it was “aware that some data has been leaked, which appears to be from files relating to our internal HR information”. Academics and researchers who use the library have been told that disruption to the institution’s services after the serious ransomware attack was likely to continue for months.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Books; British Library; Cybercrime; Data and computer security; Internet; Libraries; London; Technology; UK news

Kosovo Specialist Chambers and the Unappreciated Necessity of Contempt Proceedings in International Criminal Accountability - Bartels, Rogier (Just Security, 2023)
The contempt cases may assist the Kosovo Specialist Chambers Special Prosecutor's Office and the judges in carrying out their mandates and building the judicial record.
Southern Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Kosovo

French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws - France 24 (France 24, 2023)
An estimated 60,000 gay men were convicted by French courts between 1942 and 1982 under homophobic laws that were repealed just four decades ago. On Wednesday, French senators will discuss a bill acknowledging France’s role in the persecution of homosexuals and offering compensation to those still alive, mirroring steps taken elsewhere in Europe.
France
Keywords: 2023-10 November

British Library: Employee data leaked in cyber attack - Rufo, Yasmin (BBC News, 2023)
A group of cyber criminals have claimed they are behind the ransomware attack and are auctioning off the data.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-10 November

On #International_Children_Day: #Justice_for_Yemen_Children Must Be Included in Peace Talks - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
November 20th marks International Children's Day. This day serves as a poignant reminder that we must take a resolute stand to defend, promote, and celebrate the rights of Yemeni children. We, the undersigned, call on the parties to the conflict in Yemen and the international community to work towards securing justice for Yemeni children and enabling them to lead dignified lives, in accordance with the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Yemen is a signatory.
Yemen
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The doomsday vaults storing seeds, data and DNA to protect our future - Braidwood, Ella (The Observer, 2023)
Around the world, highly secure chambers are being built to preserve everything we need to withstand any number of worst-case scenarios.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November; DNA database; Environment; Plants; Science; World news

Urge Laos to Address Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
In the context of the upcoming Australia-Laos 8th bilateral human rights dialogue, the Australian government should press Lao government leaders to end their systemic human rights violations when the two governments meet for a bilateral rights dialogue.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Labour abuses, including slavery, found on European fishing vessels - O'Donoghue, Saskia (euronews, 2023)
Research by a Washington DC-based organisation which tracks illicit money flows has found that tens of thousands of workers every year on these boats are estimated to be trapped in unsafe conditions.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Damaged cultural sites in Ukraine verified by UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2023)
As of 15 November 2023, UNESCO has verified damage to 329 sites since 24 February 2022 – 125 religious sites, 143 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, 28 museums, 19 monuments, 13 libraries, 1 Archive.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan KC, on the Situation in the State of Palestine: receipt of a referral from five States Parties - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court, 2023)
The Office of the International Criminal Court Prosecutor received a referral of the Situation in the State of Palestine, from the following five States Parties: South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Comoros, and Djibouti.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Palestinian Statehood

Five Anti-War Price Tags, Seven Years in Russian Prison | Human Rights Watch - Lokhmutov, Aleks (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Russian court sentenced artist Aleksandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for replacing supermarket price tags with information about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-10 November

UN Rights Review Amid Violent Crackdown - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Bangladesh government should seriously respond to concerns regarding grave abuses and the crackdown on civil society raised by member states on November 13, 2023, during Bangladesh’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Bangladesh
Keywords: 2023-10 November

World Court Rules Against Syria in Torture Case - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) order on November 16, 2023, directing Syria to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture and other abuses is a milestone toward protecting civilians in the country
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November; The Netherlands

World Report 2024 - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Annual Review Of Human Rights Around The Globe
Worldwide
Keywords: 2024-01 January

UN Syria Commission welcomes landmark ICJ order to Syria to prevent torture and destruction of evidence - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry welcomesd a landmark order by the International Court of Justice in The Hague binding the Syrian Arab Republic to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and ensure that its officials - as well as any organizations or persons under its control, direction or influence - do not commit any such acts.
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November

France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - France 24 (France 24, 2023)
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Syrian Arab Republic

Ethiopia Partnership Eases Vulnerable Returnee Access to Legal Identity Documents - International Organization for Migration (International Organization for Migration, 2023)
IOM has signed a cooperation agreement with the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia’s National Identification Program (NIDP) to facilitate access to identification documents for vulnerable migrant returnees, displaced persons and affected communities as a prerequisite for global mobility and development.
Ethiopia
Keywords: 2023-10 November

A Desperate Call from the Cold Crematorium - Meerwald, Johannes (2023)
This podcast talk about a letter dated 23 April 1945, from a man called Hans Frölicher to the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs. Hans Frölicher was the Swiss ambassador to Germany during World War II. The official letter starts: ”I have the honour to enclose a copy of a communication that was secretly delivered to the Consulate General in Munich/Rottach-Egern."
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 November; World War II

Why Buffy Sainte-Marie's 'pretendian' case strikes a nerve - Yousif, Nadine (BBC News, 2023)
Prominent figures in North America have faced allegations of lying about being indigenous. But none have touched a nerve quite like the recent allegations about Buffy Sainte-Marie - an Oscar-winning folk singer long celebrated as an indigenous icon and biggest name caught up in questions around indigenous identity.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Cambodia: Mass evictions at UNESCO World Heritage site Angkor violate international law - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Cambodian authorities cruelly uprooted families who have lived in Angkor for several generations.
Cambodia
Keywords: 2023-10 November

US Army clears historical convictions of 110 black soldiers - Comerford, Ruth (BBC News, 2023)
The soldiers were court martialled after a 1917 riot in a process with "numerous irregularities".
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

WHO paid compensation money to sexual abuse victims in Congo - Euro News (euronews, 2023)
Internal documents show the World Health Organisation paid $250 to victims in Congo who were sexually abused by their employees during the Ebola outbreak and made them take a training course to receive the money.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-10 November

YouTube creators: Disclose AI use or face suspension - Euro News (euronews, 2023)
YouTube said creators that don't disclose their use of AI tools to make “altered or synthetic” videos face penalties - including content removal or suspension.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Rights Concerns Over License Plate Tracking - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Uganda’s new surveillance system, which allows the government to track the real time location of all vehicles in the country, undermines privacy rights, and creates serious risks to the rights to freedom of association and expression.
Uganda
Keywords: 2023-10 November

“They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings” - Kasai, Teppei (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
“‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan.
Japan
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age - Keats Citron, Danielle (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023)
Privacy is disappearing. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up, the author reveals how our current system leaves victims—particularly women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups—shamed and powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around the world.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Digital apartheid and the use of social media algorithms in humanitarian crises - Seerat Khan (Global Voices, 2023)
Big tech platforms extensively censor Palestinian voices, shadow banning them and their supporters, violating their rights to free speech, assembly, information access, political participation, and protection from discrimination.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

'The artwork is not guilty': Swiss museum unveils Nazi era collection - Farrant, Theo (euronews, 2023)
A prestigious Swiss institution is attempting to navigate the troubled waters of displaying an art collection with questionable origins dating back to World War II and Nazi looted art.
Switzerland
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Academia and Education

'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone - Mosley, Tonya (NPR, 2023)
Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was in Mariupol when Russia invaded. "I just understood that we need to record everything," he says. His new documentary is 20 Days in Mariupol.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Kazakhstan Opens Secret KGB Archives Amid Moves Toward Decolonization In Central Asia - Chynybaeva, Baktygul (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2023)
Central Asian states are trying to rehabilitate the victims of Stalin’s repression by opening up KGB archives and clearing the names of executed politicians, rebels, and other victims. But the Kremlin is not happy.
Kazakhstan
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Features; Kazakhstan; Russia

Amnesty petition demanding ceasefire in Gaza, Israel backed by over million signatures - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The world is watching in horror as more and more civilians lose their lives each day amid Israel’s relentless bombardment and ground operations.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Amnesty petition demanding ceasefire in Gaza, Israel backed by over million signatures - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The world is watching in horror as more and more civilians lose their lives each day amid Israel’s relentless bombardment and ground operations.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Redacted and out of reach: Canada’s access laws keep the country’s history locked away - Cardoso, Tom; Doolittle, Robyn (The Globe and Mail, 2023)
Researchers are often denied decades-old documents because there’s no process for declassifying them and poor records of what’s piled up in government warehouses
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Politics; Social Issues

Gaza: Hostage Videos an 'Outrage on Personal Dignity' - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The practice by Hamas and Islamic Jihad of publicly releasing videos of Israeli hostages is a form of inhumane treatment that amounts to a war crime.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Gaza: Hostage Videos an 'Outrage on Personal Dignity' - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The practice by Hamas and Islamic Jihad of publicly releasing videos of Israeli hostages is a form of inhumane treatment that amounts to a war crime.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-10 November

We are witnessing a pandemic of inhumanity: to halt the spread, we must cling to the law - Khan, Karim (The Guardian, 2023)
There is no blank cheque in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is working to ensure justice is on the frontlines, says Karim Khan Chief Prosecutor of the ICC
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Gaza; Hamas; International criminal court; International criminal justice; Israel; Israel-Hamas war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; War crimes; World news

Canada’s broken information laws keep history in the dark - The Globe and Mail (2023)
It can be incredibly frustrating trying to get access to historical records in Canada. There are often lengthy delays and confusing inconsistency. That’s in large part because Canada’s historical records are tied up in our access to information system, which has a lot of problems.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Tanks on the Playground - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
“Tanks on the Playground,” documents the damage and destruction of schools and kindergartens in four Ukrainian regions during the first months of the fighting, causing significant damages. Russian forces also frequently looted and pillaged schools they occupied, a war crime.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Russia

What Really Happened to JFK? - Sayare, Scott (Intelligencer, 2023)
One thing’s for sure: The CIA doesn’t want you to know.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Mary Robinson: ‘everyone has core human rights’ - Foulkes, Imogen (SWI swissinfo.ch, 2023)
In 1997, Robinson’s friends warned her – in vain – not to take the job of UN Human Rights Commissioner. She talks about the challenges of the role.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Exhibition - ‘Women in Revolt!’ at Tate Britain is a deliciously angry tour de force of feminist art - Silver, Hannah (wallpaper.com, 2023)
‘Women in Revolt!’ puts feminist art from 1970 – 1990 under the spotlight at Tate Britain - Until 2024-04-07 at Tate Britain, London
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-10 November

TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
TikTok’s content recommender system and its invasive data collection practices pose a danger to young users of the platform by amplifying depressive and suicidal content that risk worsening existing mental health challenges.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

In Turkey, the state is targeting scores of journalists - Geybullayeva, Arzu (Global Voices, 2023)
Content about corruption or irregularities in due process is frequently blocked in Turkey. By some estimates, close to half of the blocked news is directly related to Erdoğan, his family, or other government officials.
Türkiye
Keywords: 2023-10 November

85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds - Henley, Jon (The Guardian, 2023)
UN announces plan to tackle phenomenon as survey finds people worry particularly about impact on elections.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Digital media; Europe; Internet; Media; Politics; Social media; UK news; United Nations; World news

Senate Committee provides little pushback on Catholic representatives over residential school documents - Narine, Shari (Windspeaker.com, 2023)
A Canadian Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples may have been shocked two weeks ago when witnesses told them about the difficulties they were having in accessing Catholic Church records for children who attended Indian residential schools.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Canada; Europe; Indigenous Matters; Privacy laws; Residential Schools; Rome; Vatican

Hungary sacks museum chief for not enforcing under-18s ban at LGBTQ+ exhibition - Oltermann, Philip (The Guardian, 2023)
László Simon dismissed after National Museum allowed children to visit a World Press Photo show.
Hungary
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Art and design; Culture; Europe; Exhibitions; Hungary; LGBTQ+ rights; Museums; Photography; The far right; World news

Inuit leader warns of Labrador group's 'illegitimate claims' to Inuit identity - Forester, Brett (CBC News, 2023)
The head of the national organization for Inuit in Canada is warning the public about what he calls “illegitimate claims to Inuit rights” being advanced by a self-identified Indigenous group in south and central Labrador.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November

What To Expect from The International Criminal Court's Investigation in Israel and Palestine - Goldberg, Mark Leon (UN Dispatch, 2023)
The International Criminal Court is opening an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Palestine following the October 7 attacks and Israeli military action in Gaza. This may set into motion a process that leads to ICC indictments of Israelis and Palestinians.
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The role of data and statistics in advancing the population and sustainable development agenda - Napaphat Satchanawakul; Jessica Gardner; Christophe Lefranc (UNFPA Asiapacific, 2023)
In a world increasingly driven by information, the role of ‘data’ and ‘statistics’ is guiding decisions, including on population and sustainable development. In Asia and the Pacific, home to 60 per cent of the global population, data are an important foundation of informed policymaking. But does data drive policy development by shedding light on where disparities exist or where progress is slow? Or does a focus on data drive us to prioritize only those issues that can be measured and quantified?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

This activist built himself a website to track global LGBTQ+ laws. Now the UN uses it too. - Owen, Greg (LGBTQ Nation, 2023)
Equaldex maps where it's safe to travel so you don't have to.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Naomi Klein on “Selective” Information About Israel and Gaza (2023)
Host Brian Stelter joins Naomi Klein to discuss how right-wing podcasters helped create “a parallel reality,” and the challenges of understanding what’s happening on the ground in Israel and Gaza as an information war plays out alongside the carnage.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Privacy Preservation of Genomic and Medical Data - Amit Kumar Tyagi (Wiley, 2023)
Privacy Preservation of Genomic and Medical Data focuses on genomic data sources, analytical tools, and the importance of privacy preservation.
Worldwide

data.org Partners With the World Health Organization on Global Health Response - The Rockefeller Foundation (The Rockefeller Foundation, 2023)
This partnership will drive the development and deployment of digital public goods for pandemic and epidemic intelligence.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The Privacy Fallacy | Harm and Power in the Information Economy - Cofone, Ignacio (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators, and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-12 December

Exhibition - "Out Down South: Voices & Portraits of LGBTQ+ Atlanta" - National Center for Civil and Human Rights (National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 2023)
Out Down South: Voices & Portraits of LGBTQ+ Atlanta presents stories of change-making LGBTQ+ Atlantans. The exhibit features the photographs and recorded stories of Atlantans, told in their own words. In Atlanta (Georgia), Exhibition launched in October 2023, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Stored in the Bones - Pawlowska-Mainville, Agniszka (University of Manitoba Press, 2023)
Stored in the Bones, details intangible cultural heritage (ICH) community-based practices, knowledges, and customs with Anishinaabeg and Inninuwag harvesters, showcasing their cultural heritage and providing a new discourse for the promotion and transmission of Indigenous knowledge.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Propaganda and Persecution. The French Resistance and the “Jewish Question” - Poznanski, Renée (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023)
Jews in France suffered a double persecution: one led by the Vichy government, the other imposed by the Nazis. Meanwhile, a propaganda war developed between the Resistance and the official voice of Vichy. The author draws on a array of sources to show how the Resistance both fought and accommodated the deeply entrenched antisemitism within French society.
France
Keywords: 2023-10 November

The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought - Thakkar, Sonali (Stanford University Press, 2023)
World War II produced a fundamental shift in modern racial discourse putting racism at the center of international political life, and race's status as conceptual common sense and a justification for colonial rule was challenged with new intensity. In response to this crisis of race, the UN and UNESCO initiated a project of racial reeducation. Drawing on UNESCO's rich archival resources and shifting between the scientific, social scientific, literary, and cultural, Thakkar offers new readings of a varied collection of texts from the postcolonial, Jewish, and Black diasporic traditions.
Worldwide

Belonging, Identity, and Conflict in the Central African Republic - Vlavonou, Gino (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023)
Political conflict in many parts of the world has been shaped by notions of who rightfully belongs to a place. The concept of autochthony—that a true, original people are born of a land and belong to it above all others—has animated struggles across postcolonial Africa.
Central African Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Meet the Archivist Whose Obsession for Detail Matches Martin Scorsese’s - Hemphill, Jim (IndieWire, 2023)
"Killers of the Flower Moon" executive producer Marianne Bower talks about her decades-long role as Martin Scorsese's researcher and archivist and what it meant for the director's newest film.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence - The White House (The White House, 2023)
US President Biden issued an Executive Order establishing new standards for AI safety and security, protecting Americans’ privacy, advancing equity and civil rights, standing up for consumers and workers, promoting innovation and competition.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Acting Piapot chief, other Sask. Indigenous people react to CBC investigation into Buffy Sainte-Marie - Quon, Alexander (CBC News, 2023)
Indigenous idendity - Investigation by CBC revealed details that contradict the songwriter's claims to Indigenous ancestry but Acting chief of Piapot First Nation says "When it comes to Buffy specifically we can't pick and choose which part of our culture we decide to adhere to.… We do have one of our families in our community that did adopt her. Regardless of her ancestry, that adoption in our culture to us is legitimate."
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Cultural appropriation; Identity Usurpation; Indigenous Identity

Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International said as the conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories escalates further
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Palestine

Spanish probe estimates more than 200,000 children abused by Roman Catholic clergy - France 24 (France 24, 2023)
Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission.
Spain
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? - Leo, Geoff; Woloshyn, Roxanna; Guerrero, Linda (CBC News, 2023)
Indigenous idendity - Late 2022, CBC received a tip that Sainte-Marie is not of Cree ancestry but, in fact, has European roots. She is the latest high-profile public figure whose ancestry story has been contradicted by genealogical documentation - the latest chapter in the complex and growing debate around Indigenous identity in Canada.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Cultural Appropriation; Identity Usurpation; Indigenous Identity

A Wartime Case for Information Integrity - Melissa Fleming (LinkedIn, 2023)
The fog of war is driving the spread of hate and lies online — resulting in dangerous errors with real-time, real-world consequences. The case for information integrity has rarely been more compelling, or more urgent.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Mapping with deep meaning: Preserving memory in El Salvador - Stacey, Megan (Western News, 2023)
Western University Libraries (London, Ontario, Canada) is contributing to Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador by capturing the history of Salvadoran Civil War
El Salvador
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry - The Fifth Estate (CBC News / The Fifth Estate, 2023)
Music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and a Fifth Estate investigation that includes genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts. The Fifth Estate examines the harms of “pretendians” — those faking Indigenous heritage.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Resisting the Colonial Imagination: The Role of Exhibition Design in the Decolonial Project - Lalli Hills, Adrienne; Middleton, Margaret (American Alliance of Museums, 2023)
The staff of First Americans Museum are among many museum professionals seeking to disrupt the methods of presentation still endemic among collections of Indigenous cultural materials. These models may feel nostalgic or elevated to some, but can make an thoughtful and compelling exhibition feel hostile for the descendants of people brutalized by European and American empires.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Brazil slave trafficker’s links to top bank spark debate over reparations - Mallaret, Constance (The Guardian, 2023)
Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Israel-Hamas: How an AI photo of a baby duped social media users - Khatsenkova, Sophia (euronews, 2023)
The war between Israel and Hamas has generated so much false or misleading information online that even fact-checkers and analysts are having a tough time keeping up. Social media is flooded with misleading posts and artificial intelligence is making things worse.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Palestine

Conference - 2023 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums - Textile society of America (TextileSocietyofAmerica, 2023)
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.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

'The police were feeding information to the press': The Australian mother wrongly convicted of murder - Burke, Myles (BBC News, 2023)
After being convicted of murder in 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was exonerated six years later. In these exclusive BBC Archive clips, she describes what it was like to be wrongly accused.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Misinformation

The Panama Papers proved encryption is a massive asset for democracy - Obermaya, Bastian (euronews, 2023)
We should celebrate the transformative power of encryption and spotlight the incredible things it has done in the fight to expose injustice and give a voice to the voiceless.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

The long road to reconciliation in Burundi - Schwikowski, Martrina (DW, 2023)
Thirty years after the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi began in Burundi, nobody has forgotten the atrocities. But the country's current conflict is more political than ethnic.
Burundi
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Amnesty International has documented damning evidence of war crimes.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Palestine

Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine - Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (UN News, 2023)
A new UN report has found continued evidence of war crimes and human rights violations committed by Russian authorities in Ukraine, including torture, rape and the deportation of children.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Measures taken following the unprecedented cyber-attack on the ICC - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court, 2023)
Five weeks ago, the International Criminal Court detected a serious cyber security incident, thanks to the alert mechanism provided by its monitoring system. The ICC has made various and serious efforts to address this attack. The Court deems it is its responsibility to continue to inform about these efforts and to provide the relevant additional information on the attack itself.
Netherlands
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Planned EU laws on child sexual abuse have sparked a privacy row. Why? - Jones, Mared Gywn (euronews, 2023)
Some have argued the proposed EU law could usher in mass surveillance in the bloc through the scanning of all communications, including encrypted messages.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Explainer: What is international humanitarian law? - UN News (UN News, 2023)
While aid workers serving conflict-affected civilian populations depend on a set of laws to protect them, some warring parties violate these global agreements, from targeting hospitals and schools to blocking aid workers from reaching civilians with lifesaving goods and services.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism - Goodfellow, Maya (The Guardian, 2023)
Author speaks candidly about a ‘mirror world’ that feeds our anxieties, distorts reality and fuels the polarisation of society
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Books; Climate crisis; Culture; Environment; Naomi Klein; Naomi Wolf; Steve Bannon; The far right; US news; World news

Speakers Spotlight Key Role of Department of Global Communications as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Information Matters - United Nations (United Nations, 2023)
Delegates of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee of the UN General Assembly welcomed the development of a global code of conduct for information integrity on digital platforms.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Birth Registration in the Developing World: Bridging the gap between policy and practice - Abu S. Shonchoy; Zaki Wahhaj (LSE International Development, 2023)
Birth registration is a fundamental human right, yet millions of children worldwide still lack this crucial documentation. Even though the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes immediate registration after birth, the reality on the ground is quite different.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

UN Cybercrime Treaty: A Menace in the Making - Brown, Deborah (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Governments are meeting in Vienna this week to negotiate a global treaty on cybercrime. But instead of fostering cooperation in cybercrime, the treaty may end up facilitating cross-border repression and make it more difficult to investigate actual cybercrimes.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

What the Tokyo Trial Reveals About Empire, Memory, and Judgment - Buruma, Ian (The New Yorker, 2023)
The Allied tribunal in postwar Tokyo was modelled on the one in Nuremberg. If the Nuremberg trial was questionable in some respects, the trial of Japanese wartime leaders in Tokyo was far more dubious. John Dower, the finest American historian of modern Japan, called the Tokyo trial “a murky reflection of its German counterpart.”
Japan
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government - Fodder, Torivio (The Conversation, 2023)
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans. Much of this theft was guided and sanctioned by federal law.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Why companies should care about recent attacks on human rights - Gossage, Bobbie (Fast Company, 2023)
We’re seeing ‘an assault’ on civil rights, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ rights, say human rights advocates. Companies need to know they have skin in the game.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

‘Take flowers to our mass grave’: letters from Spain’s Franco victims collected in new book - Jones, Sam (The Guardian, 2023)
Thousands of people were imprisoned and shot by the Franco dictatorship between 1939 and 1944. Their letters home form a moving memorial to their bravery
Spain
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Books; Europe; Francisco Franco; History books; Spain; World news

An American Puzzle: Fitting Race in a Box - Lai, Rebecca K. K.; Medina, Jennifer (The New York Times, 2023)
Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Black People; Census; Census Bureau; Race and Ethnicity; United States; United States Politics and Government

‘A knife in your heart’: Indigenous Australians grapple with grief after voice defeat - Collard, Sarah (The Guardian, 2023)
Australia overwhelmingly voted against enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament to advise policy and lawmakers on issues affecting First Nations people. Just 40% of Australians voted in favour while indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes
Australia
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Australia news; Australian politics; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous voice to parliament

TikTok says it has acted to curb disinformation amid Israel-Hamas war - Jolly, Jasper (The Guardian, 2023)
Moves comes after EU wrote to social media platform calling on it to step up its efforts over illegal content
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Digital media; European Union; Gaza; Israel; Israel-Hamas war; Palestine; Regulators; Social media; TikTok

A New York Museum's House of Bones - Thompson, Erin L. (Hyperallergic, 2023)
The American Museum of Natural History holds 12,000 bodies — but they don’t want you to know whose.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October

The Voice: Australians vote No in historic referendum - Ritchie, Hannah (BBC News, 2023)
The country has overwhelmingly voted No to a proposal aimed at elevating First Nations voices.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

The failed referendum is a political disaster, but opportunity exists for those brave and willing to embrace it - Williamson, Bhiamie (The Conversation, 2023)
The Voice to Parliament has failed. What does this mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
Australia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

The dangers of digital colonisation - Yates, Siena (E-Tangata, 2023)
The dangers of digital colonisation may not be obvious yet because, on the surface, technology seems to be advancing our reo and our connections instead of suppressing them.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Digitalisation has the power to revolutionise human rights tracking for the best - Zipoli, Dominico; Kirchmeier, Feklix (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
Digitalisation affects the realisation and enjoyment of human rights, creating new openings for violations. As offline and online settings have started blurring, we see offline reprisals against online action, and online tracing and intrusion to our privacy affecting our actions offline. But digital tools can also offer new ways of protecting human rights.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war - O'Brien, Peter (France 24, 2023)
The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 October

The Canadian museum filled with stolen art - Selkirk, Diane (BBC News, 2023)
The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole has been returned to Canada after being stolen by the British in 1928. Here, it will live out its days alongside hundreds of other appropriated items.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Hamas Attacks, Israel Bombs Gaza and Misinformation Surges Online - Bellingcat Investigation Team (bellingcat, 2023)
Videos supposedly from the latest escalation of the conflict are actually years old, from the wrong country or don’t depict a warzone at all.
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict - France 24 (France 24, 2023)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave.
Israel
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Top Russian Human Rights Defender Convicted for “Discrediting” the Armed Forces - Lokshina, Tanya (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
A Moscow court found Oleg Orlov, a leading Russian human rights defender, guilty on on charges of “discrediting” the military by speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to a 150-ruble (approx. 1,500 USD) fine.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published - Maurizi, Sterfania (ComputerWeekly.com, 2023)
Speaking to Computer Weekly after we published new revelations from the Snowden archive, the Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Ewen MacAskill, explains why more of the Snowden trove is unlikely to see the light of day.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

How an ID card shapes a refugee’s life - Adior Ibrahim (The New Humanitarian, 2023)
The struggle to obtain basic documents, such as birth certificates and ID cards, shapes how much control refugees have over their futures.
Kenya
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Californians can scrub personal info sold to advertisers with first-in-US law - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2023)
Delete Act signed by Gavin Newsom will enable residents to request all data brokers in the state remove their information
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October; California; Data protection; Gavin Newsom; Privacy; Technology; US news

Global Playbook of Abuse to Silence Critics - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world.
Rwanda
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Rwanda’s Repression Across Borders - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
A new Human Rights Watch report outlines how the government of Rwanda keeps tabs on dissidents, both real and perceived, and how threats and acts of intimidation also happen across borders.
Rwanda
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories - OHCHR (UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2023)
There is already clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed in the latest explosion of violence in Israel and Gaza, and all those who have violated international law and targeted civilians must be held accountable for their crimes.
Western Asia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Responsible Management and Use of Data in UN Peace Operations - Oksamytna, Kseniya (International Peace Institute, 2023)
In recent years, the UN has embarked on an ambitious project to use data more extensively and effectively to improve the safety of peacekeepers and the implementation of peace operations’ mandates.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

‘Predator Files’ spyware scandal reveals brazen targeting of civil society, politicians and officials - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Shocking spyware attacks have been attempted against civil society, journalists, politicians and academics in the European Union (EU), USA and Asia, according to a major new investigation by Amnesty International.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Trial of ex-Rwandan officials involved in 1994 genocide kicks off - Euronews (euronews, 2023)
This is the sixth trial in Belgium's capital linked to the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Rwanda
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Rwanda

World Court Begins Watershed Torture Case - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on October 10 and 11, 2023 on state-sponsored torture in Syria since 2011 are critically important for advancing justice.
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-10 October

WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR); World Health Organization (WHO) (World Health Organization (WHO), 2023)
Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights are launching a new guidance, entitled “Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice”, to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

UNISFA debunks targeted fake news - United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) (ReliefWeb, 2023)
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (South Sudan, UNISFA) is concerned by disinformation circulating online and on social media
South Sudan
Keywords: 2023-10 October

‘I don’t want my mother’s story to die’: Holocaust account brought to life in virtual reality film - Nadia Khomami (The Guardian, 2023)
Documentary Letters From Drancy is named for the letters Alice Deichmann sent from an internment camp
France
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Culture; Europe; Film; France; Holocaust; London; London film festival; London film festival 2023; Second world war

Dutch Royal Prince Bernhard's Nazi membership revealed - Euronews (euronews, 2023)
The Dutch Royal household has confirmed that Prince Bernhard - prince consort for decades after World War II and husband of former Queen Juliana - was a member of the Nazi party.
Netherlands
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Genocide in California - Wills, Matthew (JSTOR Daily, 2023)
The extermination campaigns against the Yuki people, sparked by the California Gold Rush and statehood, weren’t termed genocide until the mid 1970s.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October

ICMP Works with Ukraine’s National Police To Enhance Data Management Relevant to Missing Persons Investigations - International Commission on Missing Persons (International Commission on Missing Persons, 2023)
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has delivered a week-long data management training program at its Headquarters in The Hague to representatives of the Main Investigation Department (MID) of the National Police of Ukraine (NPU)
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-10 October

A Brief History of Banned Books in America | History| Smithsonian Magazine (2023)
Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the United States.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Settler colonialism is not distinctly Western or European - McNamee, Lacklan (Aeon, 2023)
Displacing and destroying peoples by colonisation is not just a historical Western evil but a global and contemporary one
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Kazakh Senate Ratifies Deal With China To Exchange Citizens' Personal Data - RFE/RL's Kazakh Service (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 2023)
Amid concerns of rights watchdogs, the Kazakh Senate ratified on October 5 an agreement with China on the exchange of personal data of their citizens.
Kazakhstan
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Exhibition - Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia - Alyokhina, Masha; Kjartansson, Ragnar; Sigurjónsdóttir, Ingibjörg; Pussy Riot's (MAC Montréal, 2023)
The performances, music, and videos created by the feminist punk art collective Pussy Riot, formed in Moscow in 2011, are characterized by provocative and politically charged lyrics and actions. Pussy Riot has shone a light on the brutal injustices that the Russian state inflicts on its citizens through political imprisonment, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial executions, mysterious poisonings, aggressive surveillance, and other means of suppressing critical voices. The exhibition runs at the Montreal Museum of Contempory Art until March 10, 2024.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Ahead of presidential elections, Russia rewrites history and promotes nationalism at schools - Daria Dergacheva (Global Voices, 2023)
New history books and classes called "Important Conversation" are prompting the new nationalist propaganda discourse across schools in Russia.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Canada Should Declassify Nazi War Criminal Report - Kirshner, Sheldon (Times of Israel - The Blogs, 2023)
The Trudeau government has a lot to do in explaining why numerous immigrants of questionable and troubling backgrounds were allowed into Canada after World War II.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 October

GDPR harmonisation could be key to unleashing health data's potential - Peseckyte, Giedre (Euractiv, 2023)
While EU legislators debate between opt-in and opt-out options for the secondary use of health data under the European Health Data Space (EHDS) proposal, harmonising GDPR across the bloc could provide a solution.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 October

How police use location and search data to find suspects – and not always the right ones - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2023)
‘Geofence warrants’ tied a man in the wrong place at the wrong time to a crime he didn’t commit – is he the only one?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Technology

Gilleleje: Denmark's seaside town that saved Danish Jews - Hall, Laura (BBC News, 2023)
This October, a fishing town on the Danish Riviera remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War Two: its role in the flight and escape of the Danish Jews.
Denmark
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Global Demand for Universal Social Security - Stroehlein, Andrew (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
Governments and international financial institutions should make a commitment to create social security systems that enable everyone to realize their rights.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Government; Social Security

MEPs vote in favour of stronger press freedom rules - Zsiros, Sandor (euronews, 2023)
Concerns have been growing in the EU over a backsliding of standards protecting journalists.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control - Cooney, Christie (BBC News, 2023)
Some 4,500 women were fitted with coils as part of attempts to limit the territory's population.
Denmark
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Greenland; Sterilization; Women's Rights

Humanitarian Organizations must ensure protection of data during Emergencies - Daniel O’Malley (ReliefWeb, 2023)
Humanitarian organizations bear the responsibility of ensuring that their systems and procedures for data collection, processing, and utilization align with the best international standards and which data it needs to protect.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Risk Data Library Standard: making it easier to work with disaster and climate risk data - Data Blog of the World Bank (Risk Data Library, 2023)
GFDRR releases an open data standard to make it easier to publish, access, share, and use quality disaster and climate risk data.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Harassment and attacks on human rights activists in Palestine are rarely punished. - Stein, Sam (The Progressive Magazine, 2023)
A recent trial of an attack by an Israeli settler on a U.S. citizen shows how difficult it is to obtain justice when harassment and attacks on human rights activists are committed.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Israel

Killing for Country: A Family Story - Marr, David (Black Inc., 2023)
The author was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result – a soul-searching Australian history.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Unarchived - Gray, Hayley; Tzadok, Elad (National Film Board of Canada, 2023)
In community archives across British Columbia, local knowledge keepers are hand-fashioning a more inclusive history.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices - Jamison, Andrea (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023)
The book serves as a "how to" guide for evaluating and crafting collection development policies that will help create equity and diversity in library collections.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Prequel: An American Fight Against Facism - Maddow, Rachel (PenguinRandomHouse, 2023)
Rachel Maddow traces, with the help of archival and published material, the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October; Facism

Inclusiveness Index - Othering and Belonging Institute (Othering and Belonging Institute, 2023)
The Othering and Belonging Institute’s “Inclusiveness Index” is a holistic gauge of the degree of inclusivity experienced by marginalized groups across the globe. The 2022 index ranks states and countries in absolute and relative terms using a variety of indicators.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Conference - Is AI the End of Creativity—Or a New Beginning? - On Line 2023-11-28 - Zócalo Public Square (Zócalo Public Square, 2023)
Upcoming events - Is AI the End of Creativity—Or a New Beginning? | Friday, October 27, 2023 | Los Angeles In-Person | Streaming Online | Alan Turing, the father of computer science, predicted that “at some stage… we should have to expect the machines to take control.” As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT promise to revolutionize the way we think and work—and futurists talk of the technology as a next step in human evolution—“some stage” appears to be now.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Punished for speaking up at the UN - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
Collaborating with the United Nations can have consequences, some more serious than others. Activists who have dared to denounce human rights abuses in their countries before the UN have faced smear campaigns. They have also been prevented from travelling, jailed or even killed in an attempt to stifle criticism.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Right to information still an ‘empty promise’ for billions - UN News (UN News, 2023)
The UN-appointed expert on freedom of opinion and expression has called for governments to strengthen efforts to close the “digital divide” and remove all barriers to the right to information.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November; Freedom of the Press

'White Torture' documents Iran's notorious prison methods - Mohammadi, Nargers (dw.com, 2023)
Narges Mohammadi's book and documentary about the plight of imprisoned activists in Iran sheds light on human rights abuses suffered by those behind bars in the Islamic Republic.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Privacy: Algorithms and Society - Filimowicz, Michael (Routledge, 2023)
Privacy: Algorithms and Society focuses on encryption technologies and privacy debates in journalistic crypto-cultures, countersurveillance technologies, digital advertising, and cellular location data. Important questions are raised such as: How much information will we be allowed to keep private through the use of encryption on our computational devices? What rights do we have to secure and personalized channels of communication, and how should those be balanced by the state’s interests in maintaining order and degrading the capacity of criminals and rival state actors to organize through data channels?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

An annual survey from the Census Bureau aims for better data on the LGBTQ+ population - Rascoe, Ayesha; Wang, Hansi Lo (NPR, 2023)
The Census Bureau wants to use an annual survey to ask people over the age of 15 about their sexual orientation and gender identity. This data could help enforce civil rights laws.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Census; Civil Rights; Population Survey

Freedom Fighter Maria Ressa on How Disinformation Degrades Democracy (MSNBA, 2023)
Nobel Laureate and legendary Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa has been on the frontlines of the fight for democracy for decades. Ressa knows very well what happens when democracy is eroded and disinformation is rampant. And she knows how not to let it become routine and numbing. And just last week she was acquitted of a contrived tax evasion charge by a court in the Philippines. It's the latest victory, not just for Maria Ressa herself, but for her country's fight for press freedom.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Philippines

Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu's lock of hair returned after 140 years in UK - Temuari, Hannah (BBC News, 2023)
Prince Alemayehu, who was taken to the UK aged seven, died at 18 after an unhappy upbringing.
Ethiopia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

The Power of Documenting War Crimes — and How to Do It - Villa, Santiago (Global Investigative Journalism Network, 2023)
Reporting on war crimes is essential in building the proof that opens the door to accountability, but it also goes further, by preserving and protecting a society’s memory and dignity.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Met Returns Two Antiquities To Yemen, Retains Possession For Now | Barron's - Agence France-Presse (Barron's, 2023)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced it had transferred ownership of two antiquities to Yemen, but that the war-torn country had agreed to leave them in New York for safe-keeping.
Yemen
Keywords: 2023-09 September; New Tork - Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts

The Kids on the Night Shift - Dreier, Hannah; Kohut, Meridith (The New York Times, 2023)
For Marcos Cux — and thousands of other migrant children — working dangerous jobs that violate child-labor laws is the only American dream there is.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Accomack County (Va); Child Labor; Factory Farming; Guatemala; Illegal Immigration; Immigration and Emigration; Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses; Perdue Farms Inc; Poultry; Tyson Foods Inc; Virginia; Workplace Hazards and Violations; internal-great-read; internal-sub-only

A flood of misinformation about migrants in Lampedusa - Galle-Tessonneau, Elise (The Observers - France 24, 2023)
Thousands of individuals, predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa, have recently arrived on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, reigniting the discussion on the EU and European states' approach to handling…
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Misinformation

Canada’s Startling Claim Punctuates Tension With India Over Separatists - Mashal, Mujib; Kumar, Hari; Raj, Suhasini (The New York Times, 2023)
The allegation that India was involved in the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada came after New Delhi had accused Western countries of inaction on secessionist groups.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Bharatiya Janata Party; Canada; Espionage and Intelligence Services; India; International Relations; Secession and Independence Movements; Sikhs and Sikhism; Targeted Killings; Trudeau; Justin

Germany tried to make amends for Namibian genocide. It didn’t work. - Miller Llana, Sara; Chu, Lenora; Stetson Freeman, Melanie (CSMonitor.com, 2023)
The genocide, carried out by Germans between 1904 and 1908 when they controlled the colony of South West Africa, was directed at the Herero and Nama people of modern-day Namibia. Germans have grappled with issues around reparations for the Holocaust for decades, too few Germans even know what happened during colonial rule in Africa – a space overshadowed by the violent historic acts of France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
Namibia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2023)
This property is located within the complex of the Former Navy School of Mechanics in Buenos Aires, in the former Officers’ Quarters. This was the Argentine Navy’s principal secret detention centre during the civil-military dictatorship of 1976-1983. As part of a national strategy to destroy armed and nonviolent opposition to the military regime, the Officers' Quarters building at ESMA (Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada) was used for holding captive opponents who had been abducted in Buenos Aires and interrogating, torturing and eventually killing them.
Argentina
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Harmful ‘Prostitution’ Resolution Passes - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The European Parliament passed a resolution against “prostitution” on September 14, 2023, but removed some of its most harmful parts, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament adopted a non-binding report. Regulation of Prostitution in the EU: Its Cross-Border Implications and Impact on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights, but rejected “calls for an EU-wide approach based on the Nordic/Equality model.”
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

How auto executives misread the UAW and ignited a historic strike - Welch, David (The Japan Times, 2023)
UAW president Shawn Fain’s aggressiveness reflects the mood of the American worker: anxious about job security and angry about a ballooning wealth gap.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September

A Russian anti-LGBTQ+ group is spreading dangerous misinformation across the globe - Russell, John (LGBTQ Nation, 2023)
The group has managed to broaden its global reach by translating its anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda into more than 18 major languages.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew of mass gassings of Jews and Poles in 1942 - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2023)
Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge
Holly See
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Catholicism; Christianity; Holocaust; Second world war; Vatican

What happened to Mahsa/Zhina Amini? - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
In September 2022 Mahsa/Zhina Amini, a young woman from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, visited Tehran with her brother. She was stopped and arrested by Iran’s “morality” police (gasht-e ershad), who routinely arbitrarily detain women who do not comply with the country’s abusive and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Schiele artworks believed stolen during Holocaust seized from US museums - Associated Press (The Guardian, 2023)
Three artworks believed stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal - Machirori, Fungai (African Arguments, 2023)
Building the South-South Feminist Archive: An Interview with Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal
Africa
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Fashion’s unseen stories: the homeworkers of Tirupur – in pictures - The Guardian (The Guardian, 2023)
Homeworkers in an all-female cooperative in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu – known as India’s knitwear capital – took part in a photography project where they were given cameras to document their work. All the women belong to the Anukatham union, which is fighting for recognition by the Tamil Nadu government, as well as better wages and conditions
India
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Art and design; Fashion; Garment workers; Global development; India; Photography; Society; South and central Asia; Women; World news

Rights expert appeals for action to tackle elder abuse - UN Human Rights Council (UN News, 2023)
A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday called for urgent action and better data to stamp out the widespread problem of elder abuse.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

New equipment enhances health data management in war-affected regions of Ukraine - World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2023)
WHO has donated essential information technology equipment to Ukraine in a bid to bolster health data management in the country’s most conflict-affected regions.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years - Al Jazeera; News Agency (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of Odhikar group documented extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
Bangladesh
Keywords: 2023-09 September

International Criminal Court Opens Field Office in Kyiv To Track Russian War Crimes - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2023)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) had opened a field office in Kyiv as part of efforts to hold Russian forces accountable for potential war crimes committed during it's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows - Salam, Erum (The Guardian, 2023)
Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Books; LGBTQ+ rights; Race; Republicans; Texas; US education; US news

Mexico is criminalizing land, territory and environmental defenders - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The disproportionate use of criminal law is one of the main threats facing the right to protest peacefully in defense of land, territory and environment in Mexico, Amnesty International said today upon publishing a new report. Mexico: Land and Freedom? Criminalizing defenders of land, territory and environment documents the disproportionate use of the justice system to deter, punish and prevent defenders from protesting in demand of their rights.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Chilón; Colonia Maya; Land Defenders; Sitilpech; Zacatepec

United Nations Targeted by Allegations of Complicity with the Assad Regime - Insecurity Insight (ReliefWeb, 2023)
The brief highlights viral allegations claiming that the UN is part of an operation to hand over Syrian dissidents and refugees to the regime in Damascus.
Syrian Arab Republic
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Exhibition - Photographs that shaped the urban landscape - BBC News (BBC News, 2023)
Images of the often brutal urban landscapes of late 1960s Britain - captured by photographers working for the Architectural Review - can now be seen at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London until 24 February 2024, at RIBA Architecture Gallery in Portland Place, London.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Architecture; Urban Planning

Unmasked: Soldiers who 'enabled' mass torture at Ukrainian school - Krasteva, Gergana (Metro, 2023)
Dozens of men from military units under Russia’s command were unmasked as ‘enablers’ of unspeakable war crimes in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Russian Federation; War Crimes

An emblematic documentary salvaged during Chile's dictatorship has been restored - Nájera, Jacobo (Global Voices, 2023)
How a group of people took coordinated action to safeguard the tapes of the Chilean documentary "The Battle of Chile, the Struggle of an Unarmed People."
Chile
Keywords: 2023-09 September

The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying incriminating intelligence - Adler, David; Rebik, Misty (The Guardian, 2023)
But the United States can only secure cooperation if it builds from a foundation of trust – and that trust can only be won through transparency about the past actions of the US government that continue to haunt our neighbors.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Americas; Augusto Pinochet; CIA; Chile; Foreign policy; Richard Nixon; US foreign policy; US news

‘Illicit 6’ a threat to information sharing with foreign intelligence bodies - Edmond Campbell (Jamaica Gleaner, 2023)
The non-disclosure of the names of the six parliamentarians who are being investigated by the Integrity Commission (IC) for illicit enrichment could have a chilling effect on information sharing.
Jamaica
Keywords: 2023-09 September

The Sámi people’s struggles to preserve their tradition - Euro News (euronews, 2023)
Europe's only indigenous people are demanding their rights in Brussels, which are threatened by the ecological transition and the lack of EU policies.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-09 September

‘Shut it all down’: UK legacy bill threatens Troubles-era atrocity inquests - Greene, Tommy (Al Jazeera, 2023)
Al Jazeera speaks to families who may not get justice after the UK adopts bill shutting down the Troubles inquests.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Civil War; Ireland

“If We Raise Our Voice They Arrest Us” - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The 39-page report, “‘If We Raise Our Voice They Arrest Us’: Sri Lanka’s Proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” documents abusive security force surveillance and intimidation of activists and campaigners from minority Tamil families of those who “disappeared” during Sri Lanka’s civil war. The authorities are using draconian counterterrorism laws to silence dissenting voices, including those calling for truth and accountability, while government-backed land grabs target Tamil and Muslim communities and their places of worship.
Sri Lanka
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s brutal coup - McGowan, Charis (Al Jazeera, 2023)
A half-century on, the country struggles with revisionism and denial as survivors continue their quest for justice.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-09 September; anniversary; dictatorship; forced disappearance

Republican senator says top federal officials should disclose medical records - Yang, Maya (The Guardian, 2023)
Suggestion comes after the competence of several legislators – both Democrat and Republican – has come into question
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Ageing; Democrats; Dianne Feinstein; Joe Biden; Nancy Pelosi; Republicans; US Congress; US news; US politics

The story of Qatari women’s rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed - Ibrahim, Khalid (Global Voices, 2023)
Human rights defender Noof Al-Madeed disappeared after releasing a series of videos in March providing evidence of violations of her civil and human rights by the Qatari State security apparatus.
Qatar
Keywords: 2023-09 September

Malaysian government told to stop playing ‘Big Brother’ to media - Palatino, Mong (Global Voices, 2023)
What is more worrying is the fact that much of the so-called 'offending' content is mere reports and opinion pieces deemed critical of the government.
Malaysia
Keywords: 2023-09 September

MPs express anger after arrest of parliamentary researcher over alleged spying for China - Walker, Peter; Stacey, Kiran; Sabbagh, Dan (The Guardian, 2023)
Man is known to have had unescorted access to large parts of the Westminster estate.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-09 September; China; UK news; World news

Coco Chanel exhibition reveals fashion designer was part of French resistance - Cartner-Morley, Jess (The Guardian, 2023)
A major retrospective of Coco Chanel has unearthed evidence that the fashion designer was a documented member of the French resistance. The previously unseen documents will go on display, along with contradictory evidence that she operated as a Nazi agent.
France
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Chanel; Europe; Fashion; France; Life and style; Nazism; Second world war; World news

‘Those kids belong to somebody’: elders demand truth about unmarked Aboriginal graves - Collard, Sarah; Allam, Lorena; Sharp-Wiggins, Blake (The Guardian, 2023)
Terrible conditions at Western Australia’s missions led to devastating loss and trauma. Calls are growing to investigate hundreds of graves and burial sites
Australia
Keywords: 2023-09 September; Australia news; Indigenous Australians; Stolen generations; Western Australia