ICA SAHR: Mapeo del Cambio Climático para Proteger los Archivos - Claudio Ogass Bilbao - ICA International Council on Archives (2022)
Oradores: Claudio Ogass Bilbao, Estudiante de Doctorado en Archivos y Gestión Documental de la Universidad de Liverpool , y Francisco González Villanueva, Geólogo de la Universidad de Chile Mapeo del Cambio Climático para Proteger los Archivos El objetivo de esta presentación es compartir una metodología en construcción para identificar los potenciales riesgos provocados por el cambio climático que amenazan la sostenibilidad y el contenido de los archivos en diferentes partes del mundo, basándonos en las experiencias y aprendizajes de nuestro trabajo de mapeo y georreferenciación en dos ciudades latinoamericanas: Río de Janeiro de Brasil y Santiago de Chile. Si bien los resultados preliminares muestran que menos de un 2% están ubicados en zonas geográficas peligrosas, pretendemos compartir el proceso de nuestra investigación con la finalidad de que más archiveros tomen conciencia de la importancia de este tema en la planificación de las tareas internas de sus instituciones y, a su vez, elaboren planes de emergencia para mitigar posibles efectos negativos. Finalmente, nos interesa estimular más estudios de este tipo para configurar una respuesta multinacional a este problema. —- Speakers: Claudio Ogass Bilbao, PhD student in Archives and Records Management at the University of Liverpool, and Francisco González Villanueva, geologist from the University of Chile Mapping Climate Change to Protect Archives The objective of this presentation is to share a methodology under construction to identify the potential risks caused by climate change that threaten the sustainability and content of archives in different parts of the world, based on the experiences and learning from our mapping and georeferencing work in two Latin American cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Santiago in Chile. Although the preliminary results show that less than 2% are located in dangerous geographical areas, we intend to share the process of our research with the aim that more archivists become aware of the importance of this issue in the planning of the internal tasks of their archivists, institutions and, in turn, develop emergency plans to mitigate possible negative effects. Finally, we are interested in stimulating more studies of this type to configure a multinational response to this problem. —- Intervenants: Claudio Ogass Bilbao, doctorant en Archives and Records Management à l’Université de Liverpool, et Francisco González Villanueva, géologue de l’Université du Chili Cartographie du Changement Climatique pour Protéger les Archives L’objectif de cette présentation consiste à partager une méthodologie en construction afin d’identifier les risques potentiels qui sont provoqués par le changement climatique et qui menacent la pérennité et le contenu des archives dans différentes parties du monde. Cette étude se fonde sur les expériences et les apprentissages du travail de cartographie et de géoréférencement que nous avons mené sur deux ville latino-américaines, Rio de Janeiro et Santiago du Chili. Même si les résultats montrent que moins de 2% des terres se situent dans des zones dangereuses, nous aspirons à partager les avancées de notre enquête dans le but de voir davantage d’archivistes prendre conscience de l’importance de cette question dans l’organisation des tâches propres à leurs institutions et de faire en sorte que, à leur tour, ils élaborent des plans d’urgence pour atténuer les éventuels effets négatifs d’un tel phénomène. Finalement, nous souhaitons favoriser d’autres études de ce genre pour construire une réponse multinationale à ce problème.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-06 (June) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

Implication des jeunes autochtones et ateliers régionaux d'histoire orale - DOCIP - docip.org (docip.org, 2022)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Information on the 11th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights - docip.org (docip.org, 2022)
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

Figures at a Glance - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR, 2022)
At least 89.3 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-07 (July) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-08 (August) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

ICA SAHR: The Rwanda Gacaca Archive - Peter Horsman - ICA International Council on Archives (2022)
Peter Horsman, Professor Emeriti – University of Amsterdam presents Documenting Genocide Justice: The Rwanda Gacaca Archive Peter Horseman previously worked with the Netherlands Archives School, Municipal Archives of Dordrecht, and the National Archives of the Netherlands. Currently, he is active as a consultant, mostly in the field of (electronic) records and archives management, and digital preservation (both for public and private organizations). He is currently involved in a data transformation project, providing access to the archives of the genocide courts in Rwanda, for the Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD). Between 2002 and 2012, over 12,000 of Rwanda state-supervised community courts judged the alleged perpetrators of the 1994 genocide against an estimated 800,000 Tutsis by government forces, militia and Hutu civilians. The so called Gacaca Archive contains the files created before, during and after the reported 1,958,634 cases tried through these courts. Altogether, the Gacaca Archive comprises one of the world’s largest repositories on transitional justice. Gacaca refers to ‘a bed of soft green grass’ on which local Rwandan communities traditionally gathered to settle disputes between families or community members. This Gacaca juridical system, abandoned in the 1950s was reintroduced but replaced by the modernized, professionalized and centralized Inkiko Gacaca (Gacaca jurisdictions) in the early 2000s, specifically designed to deal with genocide related cases. The Gacaca Archive, about 6 linear kilometers of shelves, has been digitized, and is currently being indexed to make it accessible for both lawyers, general public, and scholars.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-09 (September) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

OHCHR | International Financial Obligations, Digital Systems and Human Rights - OHCHR Special Procedures (OHCHR, 2022)
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.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-10 (October) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

Rohingya emergency - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2022)
This is the fastest-growing refugee emergency in the world today. UNHCR is working to respond to the massive humanitarian needs.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-11 (November) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

ICA SAHR: El Uso de los Archivos por la Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación de Perú - Ruth Elena Borja Santa Cruz - ICA International Council on Archives (2022)
Ruth Elena Borja Santa Cruz, Profesora Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Perú - El Uso de los Archivos por la Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación de Perú La utilización de los archivos en la tarea de reconstrucción de nuestra historia reciente de violaciones de derechos humanos ha sido puesta de relevancia a través del trabajo realizado por la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR). Su Unidad de Documentación localizó y recopiló información bibliográfica y documental en instituciones públicas y privadas con el fin de que fueran utilizadas por diferentes áreas de la CVR en su investigación sobre las causas y consecuencias del conflicto armado interno en el Perú entre 1980 y 2000. El trabajo realizado por la UD ha sido extremadamente relevante y de la mayor importancia y se ha centrado, desde el principio, en la organización y descripción de los fondos documentales recogidos a lo largo del tiempo por las diferentes áreas de la CVR. Estos fondos fueron posteriormente transferidos a la Oficina de la Defensoría del Pueblo de Perú, que asumió la responsabilidad de preservarlos y ponerlos a disposición de las instituciones encargadas de implementar las recomendaciones contenidas en el Informe Final de la CVR, informe que ha sido esencial para la administración de justicia, las reparaciones y el fortalecimiento de la memoria histórica y social del Perú. Ruth Elena Borja Santa Cruz es una historiadora peruana egresada de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), donde actualmente es profesora del Departamento de Historia de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. De 1998 a 2002 trabajó en el Archivo General de la Nación. Fue miembro de la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación del Perú de 2002 a 2003 y trabajó en la Defensoría del Pueblo de 2004 a 2012. Ha sido consultora del Lugar de Memoria, Tolerancia e Inclusión Social (LUM), ha asistido a seminarios, talleres y coloquios en varios países de Europa y América y participado en diversos intercambios colaborativos sobre preservación de la memoria y archivos.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2022-12 (December) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2022)

Democracy in Darkness Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions - Carter, Katlyn Marie (Yale University Press, 2023)
Does democracy die in darkness, as the saying suggests? This book reveals that modern democracy was born in secrecy, despite the widespread conviction that transparency was its very essence. But as revolutionaries sought to fashion representative government, they faced a dilemma. In a context where gaining public trust seemed to demand transparency, was secrecy ever legitimate?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing - Hornuf, Lars; Mangold, Sonja; Yang, Yayun (Springer, 2023)
This is an open access book which describes the most important legal principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the US.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-09 September

ICA SAHR : Des archives de la terreur aux archives de la douleur - une expérience africaine - ICA International Council on Archives (2023)
Dr. Adama Aly Pam, Chief archivist of UNESCO présente "Des archives de la terreur aux archives de la douleur : une expérience africaine". En 2012, Adama Aly Pam a été chargé par le Programme des Nations unies pour le Développement (PNUD) d’accompagner la Commission Vérité, Justice et Réconciliation du Togo dans la gestion du volet archivage des dépositions des témoins et victimes du régime totalitaire du Togo de 1958 à 2005. Il s’agit des victimes de viols, meurtres, disparitions et assassinats de Togolais. A la Commission Vérité, il était demandé d’établir la vérité sur les violations graves des droits de l’Homme, d’expliquer le contexte historique des violences et de préserver la mémoire afin de garantir les quatre piliers que sont : le droit de savoir, le droit à la justice, le droit à la réparation et la garantie de non-répétition. A partir de l’exemple togolais, la réflexion portera sur les archives de la terreur et elle interrogera la pratique de l’archiviste, la façon dont les sociétés tentent d’oublier et de se souvenir des violences politiques, et celle dont les archives sont utilisées pour guérir les sociétés des traumatismes du passé. Biographie Adama Aly PAM est archiviste paléographe, diplômé de l’Ecole nationale des chartes et titulaire d’un doctorat d’histoire sur l’histoire de la médecine. Chef archiviste de l’UNESCO depuis 2018, il a été Conservateur aux Archives nationales du Sénégal avant de rejoindre les Archives de la Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Très engagé sur le plan professionnel, il a été élu Président de l’Association Sénégalaise des Bibliothécaires, et Archivistes. Il a assuré plusieurs missions de conseil et d’organisation des Archives en Afrique.

Decolonial Archival Futures - McCracken, Krista; Hogan-Stacey, Skylee-Storm (ALA Neal-Schuman, 2023)
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.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-08 August; Australia; Canada; Colonisation; Community Based Archival Description; New Zealand; Protocols; Provenance; UNDRIP; United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People; United States of America

Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives - Raja, Rubina (Brepols, 2023)
Most of the book's case studies explore archaeological sites in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Some contributions showcase the depth of research on archaeological archives as a representation of past excavations and surveys and the colonial context.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-10 November

Disney says in lawsuit that DeSantis-appointed government is failing to release public records - Schneider, Mike (AP News, 2023)
Disney has filed a lawsuit claiming that the oversight government for Walt Disney World, which was taken over by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year, has failed to release documents and properly preserve records in violation of Florida public records law.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-12 December

As comissões da verdade e os arquivos da ditadura militar brasileira - Tenaglia, Mônica (SciELO - Editora UnB, 2023)
Esta obra explora o contexto histórico-legal das comissões da verdade no Brasil e no mundo e reconstrói as estratégias e ações das comissões brasileiras para o acesso aos arquivos da ditadura militar (1964-1985). A partir da análise da emergência do reconhecimento dos arquivos para as investigações sobre violações dos direitos humanos e a efetivação do direito à informação, à verdade e à memória, o livro discute o fenômeno da criação de comissões da verdade em todo o território nacional brasileiro e as relações das comissões com os arquivos. Nesse sentido, evidenciam-se a insuficiência das políticas de gestão documental e um quadro de negação, ocultamento e destruição dos arquivos do período da ditadura militar. Todavia, identifica-se que, apesar dos problemas e limitações, as comissões da verdade conseguiram criar estratégias e implementar ações para superar essas dificuldades, dentre elas, parcerias com as universidades, especialmente com os cursos de Arquivologia. Como lacuna na atuação das comissões da verdade no Brasil, o livro constata que foram poucas as ações educativas realizadas fora dos círculos acadêmicos e voltadas a uma parcela mais ampla da população brasileira.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Dictatorship; Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Brazil

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-01 (January) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2023)

Excesos del archivo: Aproximaciones contemporáneas al archivo y la politica en México - Guillermo Pereyra (Secretaría de Cultura, 2023)
El presente libro reúne trabajos de investigadores en humanidades y ciencias sociales atravesados por la cuestión del archivo. Los textos realizan una aproximación contemporánea al problema del archivo y la política, y reflexionan sobre los límites, los alcances y los excesos del archivo como categoría de análisis.
Mexico
Keywords: 2023-10 October

Brazil: Protect democracy and carry out a thorough investigation now - Article19 (ARTICLE 19, 2023)
ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination.
Keywords: References - Comma (2020 1-2); Archives and Human Rights

OHCHR | Call for inputs for a report on cultural rights and migration - OHCHR Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (OHCHR, 2023)
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.

OHCHR | Call for inputs on rights of the child and inclusive social protection - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
Background Inclusive social protection is an important and timely issue affecting the respect, protection, and fulfilment of the rights of the child around the world.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-02 (February) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2023)

OHCHR | Call for inputs for a thematic study by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on “new technologies and enforced disappearances” - OHCHR Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (OHCHR, 2023)
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 | Call for comments on the draft general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change - OHCHR Committee on the Rights of the Child (OHCHR, 2023)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child is currently drafting a general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change.

ICA SAHR: A Legacy of the DDR: The Stasi Records Archive - Dagmar Hovestädt - ICA International Council on Archives (2023)
Dagmar Hovestädt, head of outreach and research at the Stasi Records Archive at the Federal Archives in Germany presents A Legacy of the DDR: The Stasi Records Archive. Dagmar Hovestädt was the spokeswoman of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records (BStU) from 2011 to 2021. Currently she heads the department outreach and research at the Stasi Records Archive at the Federal Archives in Germany. As part of her duties, she implements strategy on continued research into the Stasi records as well as on public education, exhibitions, events and the development of the historic site of the Ministry for State Security into a "Campus for Democracy". She is part of an initiative to form an international human rights archive network and is speaking and writing on the role of archives in transitional justice. She received a master’s degree in communication and political science from the Berlin Free University in 1991, after which she worked as a journalist in Berlin from 1989 to 1999 and for German media from the USA from 2000 to 2011. As a direct result of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 the records of the Ministry for State Security, the secret police in the service of the East German communist party SED, were made available to the public, to address the injustices of the communist past in the united Germany. Unlike many other Eastern European countries, the unique post-conflict situation of the unification of the two Germanys allowed for immediate access to these records in support of many transitional justice mechanisms in dealing with the past. This talk will present the special conditions of the German process, the effects upon the role of the archive, and its future potential. After 30 years of active participation in shaping the dialogue about the past, the Stasi Records Archive now part of the Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) seems poised for a continuing role in the safeguarding of democracy and human rights for the coming generations.

ICA SAHR : Les Lieux de Sépulture Non-Marqués des Pensionnats Indiens du Canada - Raymond Frogner - ICA International Council on Archives (2023)
Raymond Frogner, responsable des archives au Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation de l’Université du Manitoba présente Les Lieux de Sépulture Non-Marqués des Pensionnats Indiens du Canada. Cette intervention présentera certaines des sources archivistiques référencées lors de l'enquête sur les lieux de sépulture non marqués situés à proximité des pensionnats autochtones au Canada. Cette recherche est confrontée à de nombreux défis, notamment le caractère fragmentaire des sources documentaires, le flou des compétences juridiques et les difficultés rencontrées par les communautés autochtones pour obtenir la vérité. Raymond Frogner est responsable des archives au Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation de l’Université du Manitoba et membre du Comité consultatif national sur les enfants disparus des pensionnats et les sépultures non marquées. Il est également coprésident du groupe d’experts du Conseil international des archives sur les affaires autochtones et l'auteur principal de la Déclaration de l'ICA en 2019 de Tandanya/Adélaïde concernant l'autodétermination et les archives autochtones. Il a été auparavant responsable des archives privées à l'Université d'Alberta où il a enseigné sur les archives autochtones, et responsable des archives privées, principalement autochtones, au musée royal de la Colombie-Britannique. En 2020, il a été nommé Fellow de l'Association des archivistes canadiens.

Frédéric Mégret : « Le sort de la justice en Ukraine dépend de l’issue des combats » - Petit, Franck (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Grand entretien avec Frédéric Mégret. Un an après le début de l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, quel bilan peut-on faire des différentes initiatives de justice mises en place ?
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-12 December

OHCHR | Call for input: Comprehensive report on “Importance of casualty recording for the promotion and protection of human rights.” - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2023)
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

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-03 (March) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2023)

Exposition - Ce que la Palestine apporte au monde | Jusqu'au 2023-11-19 - Institut du monde arabe (Institut du monde arabe, 2023)
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, ateliers jeune public, spectacles, cinéma, rencontres & débats, rencontres littéraires… : six mois durant, c'est tout l’IMA qui se met à l’heure palestinienne ! Découvrez notre riche programmation et réservez vos billets.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-06 June

OHCHR | Call for input 53rd session of the Human Rights Council - Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (OHCHR, 2023)
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.

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-04 (April) - Peterson, Trudy Huskamp (ICA, 2023)

OHCHR | Call for input on The use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery - OHCHR Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences (OHCHR, 2023)
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”.

Patrimoine partagé : universalité, restitutions et circulation des œuvres d’art - Martinez, Jean-Luc (Présidence de la République Française, 2023)
Catherine Colonna, ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères et Rima Abdul Malak, ministre de la Culture, ont reçu ce mardi 25 avril 2023 Jean-Luc Martinez, ambassadeur pour la coopération internationale dans le domaine du patrimoine et Président-directeur honoraire du Louvre, qui leur a remis le rapport commandé par le Président de la République afin de préparer les contours d’une loi-cadre sur la restitution à leur pays d’origine de biens culturels appartenant aux collections publiques françaises , qui, en l’état actuel du droit, sont inaliénables et ne peuvent être restitués que sur la base d’une loi spéciale.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-05 (May) - SAHR Newsletter Woking Group (ICA, 2023)

1,200 Jamaicans received expungement of criminal records last year - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2023)
The Ministry of Justice received 2,322 applications for the expungement of criminal records last year. Making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday Portfolio Minister, Delroy Chuck, said of that amount, the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Board approved 1,200 applications.
Jamaica
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Los nicaragüenses desterrados: esperanza, miedo e incertidumbre - Sanz, José Luis (Elfaro 25, 2023)
Los 220 presos políticos excarcelados el jueves pasado por el régimen de Daniel Ortega celebran la libertad después de años o meses de encierro y tortura, pero muchos dudan de su futuro y tienen miedo a opinar porque temen represalias contra sus familias en Nicaragua. La mitad no tienen parientes o amigos en Estados Unidos y se preguntan cómo reconstruir la vida lejos del lugar y la gente que les importa.
Nicaragua
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Prisoners Expelled from Nicaragua Land in US Limbo - Sanz, José Luis (Elfaro 25, 2023)
The 222 political prisoners banished by the regime of Daniel Ortega last Thursday are celebrating their freedom after years or months of lockdown and torture, but many doubt their future and stifle their opinions out of fear for their family in Nicaragua. Half of them have no family in the U.S. and are wondering how to rebuild a life far from their country and loved ones.
Nicaragua
Keywords: 2023-07 July

Mechanism Information Programme launches Guide for History Teachers - UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; EuroClio (UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, 2023)
Today, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) was pleased to launch its latest informational product, entitled: Guide for History Teachers: How to Use Archival Material of the ICTY and Mechanism in Teaching the History of the 1990s conflicts (Guide).
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Restitution des œuvres d'art : le cas spécifique des archives - Texier, Bruno (Archimag, 2023)
Un rapport commandé par le président de la République estime que la numérisation des archives patrimoniales conservées en France et à l’étranger doit constituer la base d’une politique de restitution.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC announces launch of advanced evidence submission platform: OTPLink - ICC Office of the Prosecutor (International Criminal Court, 2023)
I am pleased to announce the launch of OTPLink, a new application for online and email-based evidence submissions by all external stakeholders and witnesses to my Office. OTPLink will provide a clear, single-access point, replacing various systems and processes that were previously in use for the receipt of information, including submissions pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Experiences of Return in Central Australia - Gibson, Jason (Routledge, 2023)
Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage examines how returned materials - objects, photographs, audio and manuscripts - are being received and reintegrated into the ongoing social and cultural lives of Aboriginal Australians. Combining a critical examination of the making of these collections with an assessment of their contemporary significance, the book exposes the opportunities and challenges involved in returning cultural heritage for the purposes of maintaining, preserving or reviving
Australia
Keywords: 2023-07 July; Central Australia; Repatriation

Una década de estancamiento: el PNUD presenta nuevos datos que muestran la persistencia de los sesgos de género - Programa De Las Naciones Unidas Para El Desarrollo (PNUD) (UN News, 2023)
El nuevo informe del PNUD alerta de que 9 de cada 10 hombres y mujeres en el mundo siguen manteniendo en la actualidad un sesgo contra las mujeres.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Une décennie de stagnation : les préjugés sexistes sont toujours bien enracinés - Programme De Développement Des Nations Unies (UN News, 2023)
Le dernier rapport de l'indice des normes sociales de genre (GSNI) n'a révélé aucune amélioration des préjugés contre les femmes en une décennie, avec près de 9 hommes et femmes sur 10 dans le monde qui ont encore de tels préjugés aujourd'hui. La moitié des personnes dans le monde pensent toujours que les hommes font de meilleurs dirigeants politiques que les femmes et plus de 40 % pensent que les hommes font de meilleurs dirigeants d'entreprise que les femmes. Selon le nouveau rapport GSNI publié par le PNUD, 25 % des personnes pensent qu'il est justifié qu'un homme batte sa femme.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

News from the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights - 2023-06 (June) - SAHR Newsletter Woking Group (ICA, 2023)

Secret Canada - A freedom of information project from The Globe and Mail - Secret Canada (Secret Canada, 2023)
Secret Canada helps Canadians understand and use the access system through a database of completed FOI request summaries, guides on how to navigate the filing process and the latest news.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Does the U.S. Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?: A Philosophical Investigation - Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi (Routledge, 2023)
Written from the perspective of a philosopher and African immigrant, this book makes a forceful moral argument for the need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the United States to address the long history of injustice to African-Americans. It shows that a TRC—similar to those established in South Africa and Chile—would rescue the ideals embodied in the U.S. Constitution while expanding their promise. Rejecting more recent views of the country’s founding as an embodiment of incorrigible racial oppression, Olúfẹmi Táíwò sees in the U.S. Constitution, and the original utopia that was at its foundation, the best available means for achieving liberty and justice. But he simultaneously shows how only a TRC can successfully open the path to moving the U.S. past its long legacy of anti-black racism in particular and racial oppression, generally, towards a more perfect union. Written with an immigrant’s love of his new homeland but a clear-eyed view of its major shortcomings, the book rejects the idea of American exceptionalism in prescribing a solution that has worked elsewhere.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Information Integrity on Digital Platforms - United Nations (United Nations, 2023)
Digital platforms are crucial tools that have trans- formed social, cultural and political interactions everywhere. Across the world, they connect concerned global citizens on issues that matter. Platforms help the United Nations to inform and engage people directly as we strive for peace, dig- nity and equality on a healthy planet. They have given people hope in times of crisis and struggle, amplified voices that were previously unheard and breathed life into global movements.
Worlwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Artificial Intelligence; Information integrity

A Decade of Stagnation: New UNDP data shows gender biases remain entrenched - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (UN News, 2023)
The latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report has revealed no improvement in biases against women in a decade, with almost 9 out of 10 men and women worldwide still holding such biases today. Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 percent believe men make better business executives than women. A staggering 25 percent of people believe it is justified for a man to beat his wife, according to the new GSNI report launched by UNDP.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Droits. Au Brésil, la “démonstration de force” de l’agrobusiness contre les peuples autochtones - Jezequel, Morgann (Courrier international, 2023)
Dominée par les représentants du lobby agricole, la Chambre des députés a approuvé, mardi 30 mai, un “cadre temporel” qui limite la démarcation des territoires autochtones. Un revers pour le gouvernement du président de gauche Lula, qui attend désormais les décisions du Sénat et de la Cour suprême.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The authorities of Senegal must immediately halt the police violence and restore social media - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Reacting to the violence that broke out yesterday in Dakar and other towns following the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Italia: Una nueva investigación revela datos contundentes sobre ahogamientos que podrían haberse evitado - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
n respuesta a una reciente investigación de Lighthouse Reports que revela nuevos datos sobre el naufragio de Steccato di Cutro (Italia) en febrero, en el que perdieron la vida al menos 94 personas a pesar de que la Agencia Europea de Fronteras (Frontex) y las autoridades italianas eran conscientes de la situación de peligro, Eve Geddie, directora de la Oficina de Amnistía Internacional ante las Instituciones Europeas, ha manifestado: En lugar de eludir sus responsabilidades y pasarse la pelota entre sí, Frontex y las autoridades italianas deberían hablar con claridad sobre los posibles errores cometidos. Cuando no toman medidas para salvar vidas, como sucedió de forma drástica en Cutro, deben asegurarse de que se aprende la lección y se rinden cuentas por las conductas incorrectas. Se lo deben a las mujeres, hombres, niñas y niños que perdieron la vida aquel día, y a sus seres queridos.
Italy
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Vietnam: outcry after leading climate activist arrested, accused of tax evasion - Humphrey, Chris (The Guardian, 2023)
Critics say allegations against Hoang Thi Minh Hong are politically motivated, coming amid similar prosecutions against other environmental activists.
Vietnam
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Asia Pacific; Environment; Vietnam

Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spyware and disinformation is on the rise, and regulation of the space has become urgent, according to UN-appointed independent rights experts.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Matilda Joslyn Gage: The suffragist who defied the US government - Paquet, Laura Byrne (BBC News, 2023)
She propelled women's rights, admired Indigenous societies and sought to impeach the US government. So why has history all but forgotten her name?
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-07 July

MMIWG Inquiry Report - Carreiro, Donna (CBC News, 2023)
Read CBC’s analysis of the progress to date on the 231 calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Pandemic treaty talks: Is there room for Indigenous knowledge? - Geneva Solutions - Dupraz-Dobias, Paula (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
Even as global temperatures rose at increasingly alarming rates, it took years before anyone began to listen to their message. Yet year after year, representatives of Indigenous communities attended global climate and biodiversity summits, striving to share their experience with climate change and their traditional knowledge as guardians of vast natural areas. Three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it could seem like a case of déjà-vu. In spite of being the most affected by the hea
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Pandemic

Where it's a crime to be gay: A visual guide to where LGBTQ+ rights are repressed - Hjelmgaard, Kim; Zarracina, Javier (USA TODAY, 2023)
Uganda enacted one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world. See where sexual and gender minority rights are criminalized.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Saudi Arabia warns Snapchat users that ‘insulting’ regime is a criminal offense - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2023)
Users of the social media app have faced legal consequences for posts – some private – that are critical of Saudi authorities.
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Human rights; Middle East and north Africa; Privacy; Saudi Arabia; Snapchat; Social media; US news

Presidente Petro desmiente haber recibido dinero del narcotráfico - teleSUR (teleSUR, 2023)
Al respecto, Petro asegura que llegó a la Presidencia "solo para lograr más justicia social en mi país. Es eso lo que me mueve y obsesiona". El contenido de las grabaciones causó inmediato repudio en sectores políticos mientras el diplomático involucrado en el escándalo aseguró que los audios fueron manipulados.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

First Person: ‘Born fighting’ for rights of Black Brazilians | UN News - UN News (UN News, 2023)
For Valdecir Nascimento, 63, the Black movement in Brazil was a “turning point” for her as a young woman, leading her from the revolutionary stilt houses in Alagados, to joining more than 1,000 participants last week at UN Headquarters for the second session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Oxford University appoints UK’s first professor of LGBTQ+ history - Weale, Sally (The Guardian, 2023)
Matt Cook, who has written on queer urban life and the Aids crisis, takes up the new post at Mansfield College.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Education; Higher education; LGBTQ+ rights; UK news; Universities; University of Oxford

Lettre. “Pour une société véritablement démocratique” : trois intellectuels sénégalais interpellent Macky Sall - Diop, Boubacar Boris; Saar, Felwine; Saar, Mohamed Mbougar (Courrier international, 2023)
Après des jours de heurts et la répression qui a suivi, l’essayiste Boubacar Boris Diop, le philosophe Felwine Sarr et l’écrivain lauréat du prix Goncourt Mohamed Mbougar Sarr dénoncent un climat politique empoisonné par une hubris présidentielle et une brutale fermeture de l’espace politique.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Russie : ouverture du procès de l’activiste Oleg Orlov, figure de l’ONG Memorial, accusé d’avoir «discrédité» l’armée - Kourdouli, Salome (Libération, 2023)
Le dissident de 70 ans, militant au sein de l’organisation qui documente les crimes de l’URSS, encourt trois ans de prison pour avoir dénoncé la guerre en Ukraine dans un texte publié en novembre.
Russian Federation
Keywords: 2023-06 June

RAF veteran wrongly believed to be gay loses employment tribunal over 1975 discharge - Morris, Steven (The Guardian, 2023)
Cpl Sean Walsh claimed he was discriminated against at time when gay people were barred from armed forces
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Discrimination at work; Employment law; Employment tribunals; LGBTQ+ rights; Military; Ministry of Defence; UK news

Comisión del Congreso peruano archiva denuncia contra Boluarte - teleSUR (teleSUR, 2023)
La decisión de la Comisión Permanente se tomó un día después de que Boluarte fuera interrogada por la fiscal general, Patricia Benavides. La Comisión rechazó un pedido de reconsideración que presentó la legisladora Sigrid Bazán.
Peru
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Supremo de Brasil aplaza juicio sobre demarcación de tierras indígenas - teleSUR (teleSUR, 2023)
La medida se tomó luego de que el magistrado André Mendonça pidiera más tiempo para analizar el caso. El proceso se pospuso por 90 días. El STF juzga el caso del territorio Ibirama-Laklanõ, de los pueblos Xokleng, Kaingang y Guaraní, en el estado de Santa Catarina, en el sur del país.
Brazil
Keywords: 2023-06 June

South Sudan Ratifies Crucial African Women’s Rights Treaty - Tut Pur, Nyagoah (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
This week, South Sudan finalized ratification of the Maputo Protocol, ending years of delay. While this ratification signals a commitment to gender equality, South Sudanese authorities need to adopt effective policies and strategies to ensure the protocol makes a difference in people’s lives.
South Sudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

After yet another murder, Italy moves to boost laws protecting women - Carbonaro, Guilia (euronews, 2023)
After the latest murder of a woman by her partner, Italy is revisiting its laws protecting women from gender-based violence. But experts say new legislative measures are not what the country needs.
Italy
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Aid group provides drinking water after Kakhovska dam blast - Churm, Philip Andrew (euronews, 2023)
Volunteers from a humanitarian group in Ukraine provide thousands of litres of clean drinking water to people affected by the Kakhovska dam blast.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Donald Trump 37-count felony indictment unsealed in documents case - Churm, Philip Andrew (euronews, 2023)
Former US president Donald Trump has become the first US ex-president to face federal indictment following the seizure of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

How The Globe created the first national database of FOI requests - Cordoso, Tom; Doolittle, Robyn (The Globe and Mail, 2023)
For the Secret Canada project, The Globe sent hundreds of FOI requests across the country, in order to create a database that can be used by everyone.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Social Issues

Millions of women are working during menopause, but US law isn't clear on employees' rights or employers' obligations - Crawford, Bridget J.; Waldman, Emily Gold; Cahn, Naomi (The Conversation, 2023)
Three scholars who are writing a book about menopause and the law suggest ways to protect women experiencing it.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind - Saunders, Beth (The Conversation, 2023)
While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The Herald has a proud history of telling Australia’s story. But on Myall Creek, we failed dismally - The Herald's View (The Sydney Morning Herald, 2023)
We agree truth is an essential force for reconciliation, and on the 185th anniversary of the massacre offer an apology for our unacceptable historical coverage.
Australia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Senegal: Invaluable archives destroyed during unrest at Dakar's main university - AfricaNews (Africanews, 2023)
Students from Dakar's Cheikh Anta Diop University are attempting to rescue some 200,000 university documents that were burnt during the deadly protests following the two-year prison sentence handed down to opponent Ousmane Sonko.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-06 June

La caja de Pandora: Empresas de IA Generativa, ChatGPT y Derechos Humanos - Bacchiarelli, Anna; Aufiero, Paul (Humans Right Watch, 2023)
ChatGPT y la inteligencia artificial generativa (IA) dominan los titulares y las conversaciones. Pero, ¿qué hay detrás de esta tecnología? ¿Quién la alimenta de datos y decide de dónde proceden? ¿Qué tiene que ver con los derechos humanos?
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Trump stored and refused to return documents, felony indictment says - Euronews; Associated Press (euronews, 2023)
Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map, according to a felony indictment.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

VIDÉO. Sénégal : un incendie détruit les archives de l'université Cheick Anta Diop | TV5MONDE - Informations - Diallo, Oumy (TV5 Monde, 2023)
À Dakar, les étudiants de l'université Cheick Anta Diop sont en colère. La semaine dernière, des bâtiments ont été incendiés et des milliers de documents administratifs sont partis en fumée après des manifestations en faveur de l'opposant Ousmane Sonko. Pour certains étudiants, impossible désormais de faire certifier leurs diplômes.
Senegal
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Six propositions pour une véritable transparence administrative au fédéral - Association des archivistes francophones de Belgique (AAFB, 2023)
L'AAFB fait partie des dix organisations qui interpellent ce lundi 12 juin dans un communiqué sur les risques et les déficiences du projet de loi sur la transparence des autorités fédérales. Dans le communiqué conjoint ci-dessous, nous proposons six points pour une véritable transparence administrative au niveau fédéral, à l'avant-veille de la reprise des travaux en commission de l’Intérieur de la Chambre sur le projet de la ministre Verlinden.
Belgium
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Old criminal records in New York would be automatically sealed under bill passed by lawmakers - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2023)
New Yorkers who commit crimes could have their records automatically sealed if they stay out of trouble for a certain number of years after they have finished serving their sentences under a bill passed by state lawmakers Friday.
United States
Keywords: 2023-06 June

No progress on biases against women during past decade, UN reports - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite rights campaigns such as MeToo, a UN report said Monday.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Le chef de l'ONU appelle à une nouvelle ère d'intégrité des médias sociaux pour endiguer la désinformation - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Les pays doivent s'attaquer au « grave préjudice mondial » causé par la prolifération de la haine et des mensonges en ligne, a déclaré lundi le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, António Guterres, lors du lancement d'un rapport clé conçu pour renforcer l'intégrité de l'information sur les plateformes numériques.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UN chief calls for new era of social media integrity in bid to stem misinformation - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Countries must address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies online, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, launching a key report designed to shore up information integrity on digital platforms.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Cambodia Fails to Meet “Minimum Standards” for Combating Human Trafficking, US Gov’t Reports - Brook, Jack (CambojaNews, 2023)
For the second year in a row, Cambodia failed to meet the “minimum standards” for combating human trafficking and was “not making significant efforts to do so,” the US government reported on Thursday.
Cambodia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Māori ancestral remains and mummified heads returned to New Zealand from Germany - McClure, Tess (The Guardian, 2023)
Remains of 95 ancestors, including six toi moko or tattooed heads, brought home in a move Māori leaders described as ‘healing’.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-06 June; New Zealand

France says uncovers major disinformation campaign waged by Russia - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
France on Tuesday said it had uncovered a major Russian disinformation campaign, with false news items hostile to Ukraine made to look like they were published by prominent French news media.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The 272 - Swarns, Rachel L. (PenguinRandomHouse, 2023)
In 1838, a group of America’s most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, professor Rachel L. Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-08 August

La recherche en bibliothèque à l’ère de la décolonisation - Tanguay, Sébastien (Le Devoir, 2023)
L’Université Laval met à jour le lexique de son catalogue pour être plus respectueuse des peuples autochtones.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II - Tasevski, Olivia (The Conversation, 2023)
When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the mainland and Hawaii
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new high of 110 million | UN News - United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (UN News, 2023)
The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside other conflict and climate-driven upheaval, meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the global crisis, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Argentina must investigate crimes against humanity committed by Venezuelan authorities - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The Clooney Foundation for Justice has filed a lawsuit in Argentina's federal courts.
Argentina
Keywords: 2023-06 June

EU: European Parliament adopts ban on facial recognition but leaves migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at risk - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
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 States ensure that development, sale, use and export of facial recognition and other mass surveillance technologies are banned in the final AI Act during upcoming negotiations.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UE. Le Parlement européen interdit la reconnaissance faciale, sans protéger les personnes migrantes, réfugiées et demandeuses d’asile - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
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.
Europe
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Argentina debe investigar los crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos por autoridades venezolanas - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
La Clooney Foundation for Justice ha presentada una demanda penal hoy.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UE: El Parlamento Europeo aprueba la prohibición del reconocimiento facial, pero deja en peligro a las personas migrantes, refugiadas y solicitantes de asilo - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
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 garanticen que durante las próximas negociaciones de la Ley de IA definitiva se prohíben el desarrollo, la venta, el uso y la exportación de sistemas de reconocimiento facial y otras tecnologías de vigilancia masiva.”
Europe
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Guerres, persécutions, dérèglement climatique : le monde compte 110 millions de personnes déplacées ou réfugiées, un record - Libération; Agence France-Presse (Libération, 2023)
Jamais le nombre total de réfugiés fuyant leur pays ou de personnes déplacées à l’intérieur du leur pays n’avait atteint un tel niveau, a souligné le Haut-Commissariat pour les réfugiés de l’ONU, dans son rapport annuel.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Dérèglement climatique; Guerres; Persécutions

Anahera Morehu appointed as permanent Chief Archivist - Perry, James (Te Ao Māori News, 2023)
Anahera Morehu has been appointed chief archivist at Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand. Morehu is the country’s first Māori and wāhine Māori to hold this statutory role in a permanent capacity. She is currently the acting chief archivist, seconded into the role in November 2022. Her substantive position was kaihautū for Archives NZ.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-06 June

RD Congo : près d’un million de nouveaux déplacés en 2023 en raison d’une flambée de violence ( OIM) | ONU Info - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Une recrudescence des attaques contre les civils par des groupes armés non étatiques a entraîné le déplacement de près d’un million de personnes en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) depuis janvier, a annoncé jeudi l’Agence de l’ONU pour les migrations. |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Saudi Arabia: Imminent execution of seven young men would violate kingdom’s promise to abolish death penalty for juveniles - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Despite the Saudi authorities’ commitment to end their use of the death penalty against children under 18 at the time of the crime, seven young men are at risk of imminent execution after an appeals court confirmed their punishment, Amnesty International said today. Their execution would mark a chilling escalation of the already record-breaking use of the death penalty with the number of executions in the country having increased seven-fold in the past three years alone. “Saudi authorities have promised to limit the use of the death penalty and adopted legal reforms that prohibit the execution of people who were children at the time of the crime. If the authorities wish any of those promises to be taken seriously, they should order an immediate halt to the planned execution of the seven, who were all children at the time of their arrest,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Director.
Saudi Arabia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Ukraine: ‘Callous disregard for human life’ of Russian forces’ response to Kakhovka dam destruction compounded by its disastrous effects upstream - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
As the consequences of the Kakhovka dam destruction continue to unfold, the occupying Russian forces have been endangering lives in flood-afflicted areas following the destruction of the dam, while upstream water shortages and an upheaval of livelihoods point to an impending ecological and economic disaster, Amnesty International said today.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Qatar: Se niega la justicia por los abusos sufridos a cientos de trabajadores migrantes empleados como guardias de seguridad en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
A cientos de trabajadores migrantes contratados como guardias de seguridad para la Copa Mundial del año pasado se les sigue negando la justicia por los abusos que sufrieron, a pesar de que se advirtió tanto a la FIFA como al país anfitrión, Qatar, de que se trataba de personas especialmente vulnerables a la explotación, y a pesar de que los trabajadores denunciaron el trato que sufrían y protestaron al respecto.
Quatar
Keywords: 2023-06 June

La violence sexiste ne disparaît pas avec l'âge : elle passe inaperçue (Experts de l'ONU) - UN News (UN News, 2023)
Le manque de données et d'informations fiables sur l'ampleur de la violence sexiste à l'égard des personnes âgées est un obstacle majeur à la lutte efficace contre cette violation flagrante des droits de l'homme dans toutes les sociétés, a déclaré un groupe d'experts des droits de l'homme de l'ONU.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

DR Congo: Armed group attacks displace nearly 1 million since January - United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) (UN News, 2023)
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.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Did Slavery in the U.S. End on Juneteenth? - Waxman, Olivia B. (Time, 2023)
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Texas found out they were free. But liberation didn't arrive in one day.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Inuit pride becomes an annual tradition - Wright, Trevor (APTN News, 2023)
Inuit pride parades became a new tradition since 2021 and LGBTQ+ people say it's made a huge improvement in feeling accepted.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June; LGBTQ+

Vidéo. Le mystère “Snow Forest” : pourquoi ce roman sur la Russie ne sortira pas de sitôt - Chenouard, Mélanie (2023)
La romancière américaine à succès Elizabeth Gilbert a fait une annonce inattendue : elle suspend jusqu’à nouvel ordre la publication de son prochain roman, “The Snow Forest”. Elle évoque un torrent de réactions indignées de “ses lecteurs ukrainiens”, qui critiquent son choix d’avoir écrit un livre dont l’intrigue se déroule en Russie.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Société. Au Japon, une loi pour la “compréhension” des LGBTQI hautement controversée - Courrier international (Courrier international, 2023)
Fruit d’un compromis fait pour ménager les conservateurs, la loi ne convainc pas les minorités sexuelles du pays, qui dénoncent l’incompréhension des responsables politiques du pays.
Japan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Pourquoi ceux qui vivent « l’enfer climatique » saisissent la Cour de l’Onu - Giraudeau, Géraldine (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Des nations qui ont déjà les pieds dans l’eau s'engagent pour la justice climatique devant la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ). Pourquoi ?
Vanuatu
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Le renforcement de la transparence « n’est pas une priorité pour le gouvernement » - ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada.ca, 2023)
La commissaire fédérale à l'information du Canada dit qu'elle continuera de faire pression sur les libéraux.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Miles de archivos de la dictadura fueron liberados en una página web - La Diaria (La Diaria, 2023)
No se sabe quién está detrás de “Archivos del Terror en Uruguay” ni cómo consiguió los documentos del archivo Berrutti.
Uruguay
Keywords: 2023-06 June

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S. - McIntyre, Gavin, Jennifer Berry Hawes (ProPublica, 2023)
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Slavery

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower who exposed Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92 - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified "Pentagon Papers," revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Muere Daniel Ellsberg, "el hombre más peligroso de Estados Unidos" que filtró los Papeles del Pentágono - Redacción BBC News Mundo (BBC News Mundo, 2023)
Su filtración de documentos del Pentágono en 1971 reveló mentiras sobre la guerra de Vietnam y llevó a que se le considerara "el hombre más peligroso de EE.UU.".
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Espionaje; Estados Unidos; Historia

Pensionnats pour enfants autochtones: Le négationnisme des tombes anonymes doit cesser, dit Kimberly Murray - Taylor, Stephanie (La Presse, 2023)
L’interlocutrice spéciale indépendante sur les tombes anonymes estime qu’il est « urgent » d’envisager des mécanismes juridiques pour permettre au Canada de lutter contre le négationnisme entourant l’existence des pensionnats fédéraux pour enfants autochtones.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Indigenous searchers turned to sacred ritual - The Associated Press (ICT News (Indian Country Today), 2023)
Indigenous men who were among search teams hoping to find four children aboard a plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle in Colombia say one of their most sacred rituals played a role in rescue efforts.
Columbia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Venezuela accused of crimes against humanity in Argentine court - Timerman, Jordana (Latin America Daily Briefing, 2023)
A legal complaint filed in Argentina accuses Venezuelan security forces of crimes against humanity against government opponents since 2014.
Argentina
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, UN report finds - Woodyatt, Amy (CNN, 2023)
Almost nine out of 10 people hold “fundamental biases” against women, a new UN report has found, decrying a “decade of stagnation” that has led to a dismantling of women’s rights in many parts of the world.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

African delegation tells Putin 'war must' end, Russia says 'open to dialogue' - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
A delegation of African leaders including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg on Saturday as part of its mission to try to broker peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. The meeting comes a day after the delegation met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and as Putin confirmed that he has deployed tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
Africa
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Germany will pay Holocaust survivors across the world over $1 billion in 2024 - Perez, Kate (USA TODAY, 2023)
Germany will pay Holocaust survivors $1.4 billion in 2024, with the payment coming in the forms of direct compensation and welfare programs.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-06 June

French-Armenian Resistance hero Missak Manouchian to enter France’s Panthéon - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
Missak Manouchian, an Armenian genocide survivor who went on to become a French Resistance hero, will enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum of revered historical figures next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced in a statement Sunday.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Activists say the human rights movement is failing - Toosi, Nahal (POLITICO, 2023)
At the Oslo Freedom Forum, dissidents and rights defenders seek solidarity as their movements struggle.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Pourquoi le Japon redéfinit-il le viol ? - Wong, Tessa; Shiraishi, Sakiko (BBC News Afrique, 2023)
Le Japon s'apprête à réformer sa législation sur les agressions sexuelles et reconnaît enfin le consentement.
Japan
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Droits des femmes; Femmes; Japon; Justice; Sexe; Société; Violence sexuelle

Amériques. Les membres de l’Organisation des États américains doivent combattre la réduction de l'espace civique dans la région - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
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).
Americas
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Eswatini: Authorities must stop using the courts to intimidate and harass union leaders - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Ahead of the court appearance of Sticks Nkambule, Secretary General of Swaziland Transport Communication and Allied Workers Union, on trumped-up charges of contempt of court stemming from his involvement in organizing a stay away action in December 2022, Vongai Chikwanda, Amnesty International’s Interim Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: The harassment and intimidation of Sticks Nkambule shows that Eswatini authorities are effectively criminalizing peaceful dissent.
Eswatini
Keywords: 2023-06 June

La OEA debe abordar el cierre del espacio cívico en las Américas - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2023)
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).
Americas
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The future of conservation in Canada depends on Indigenous protected areas. So what are they? - Cyca, Michell (The Narwhal, 2023)
Canada’s climate commitments rest in Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas — often called IPCAs. While the concept isn’t new, it’s gaining better recognition and funding from, at least, some governments
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

The Observers - In Sudan, a citizen initiative monitors ceasefire violations - Observers Team (The Observers - France 24, 2023)
Several ceasefires have been announced between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since the start of the conflict in Sudan. However, numerous breaches of these agreements have been reported by a network of activists who monitor the violations perpetrated by both sides in the conflict, endangering the lives of civilians.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Centrafrique : la cour spéciale rend sa première décision sur les réparations - Petit, Franck; Koena, Jean-Fernand (JusticeInfo.net, 2023)
Après plusieurs mois d’hésitation, la Cour pénale spéciale (CPS) a rendu sa première décision sur les intérêts civils dans son premier et unique procès.
Central African Republic
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Correos de la Pandemia I, "Ya no podemos seguir ajustándonos al conteo de fallecidos que realiza el ministro" - Sepúlveda, Nicolás; Segovia, Macarena; Olate, Catalina (CIPER Chile, 2023)
Al menos 21 correos electrónicos que circularon entre altos funcionarios del Ministerio de Salud en los momentos más críticos de la pandemia muestran errores e inconsistencias en el conteo de fallecidos, lo que provocaba que se informara al país un número menor de decesos.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Washington impose pour la première fois des sanctions pour violences sexuelles - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2023)
Les États-Unis ont imposé mardi, pour la première fois, des sanctions pour des violences sexuelles perpétrées lors de conflits, à l’encontre de deux responsables du Soudan du Sud, ainsi que de deux dirigeants du groupe État islamique (ÉI).
South Soudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Biden and Modi must address grave human rights concerns - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The United States and Indian governments must address the grave human rights issues in both countries during Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with President Biden in Washington DC, said Amnesty International ahead of the state visit this week.
India
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Pakistan. Le gouvernement doit cesser de harceler et d’arrêter arbitrairement les Afghan·e·s en quête de refuge - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
Il est très préoccupant de constater que la situation des réfugié·e·s afghans au Pakistan ne reçoit pas l'attention nécessaire au niveau international.
Pakistan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Stop harassing and arbitrarily arresting Afghans seeking refuge - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2023)
The situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is not receiving due international attention.
Pakistan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Archives and the fight against impunity - Boel, Jens (OpenGlobalRights, 2023)
Archives can be—and often are—instrumental in the fight against impunity.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Los archivos y la lucha contra la impunidad - Boel, Jens (OpenGlobalRights, 2023)
Los archivos pueden ser, y a menudo son, fundamentales en la lucha contra la impunidad.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Norway: Europe's largest onshore wind farm continues operations despite Supreme Court ruling that found permits violate indigenous Sámi rights; incl. company responses - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 2023)
In October 11 2021, the Supreme Court of Norway ruled that Norway violated the rights of the Sámi people by permitting the construction of wind farms in Fovsen Njaarke, the Storheia wind farm and the Roan wind farm.
Norway
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Myanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Cyclone Aid - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
The Myanmar junta’s increasing obstruction of humanitarian aid in the month since Cyclone Mocha has put thousands of lives at immediate risk and endangered millions of people.
Myanmar
Keywords: 2023-06 June

France to shut down activist climate group after clashes with police - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
The French government said Tuesday that it would soon shut down an activist climate group over a series of recent demonstrations including one that led to fierce clashes with police over a controversial irrigation project.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Key figures: Number of refugees, displaced people hits record high worldwide - News Wires (France 24, 2023)
On World Refugee Day 2023, the numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide are higher than ever before. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the key figures.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Displaced people

Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking - Williamson, Lucy; Wright, George (BBC News, 2023)
Andrew Tate and his brother charged in Romania over human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Romania
Keywords: 2023-06 June

La notion de génocide : entre l’histoire, le droit et la politique - Zielinska, Anna C. (The Conversation, 2023)
L’Assemblée nationale a reconnu le Holodomor, la grande famine qui a décimé l’Ukraine au début des années 1930, comme un génocide. Retour sur cette notion et les débats qui l’entourent.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-07 July; French National Assembly; Holodomor

Executed Women Haunt, Inspire Iranian Baha'is 40 Years Later. - Agence France-Presse (VOA News, 2023)
One by one, the 10 women, mostly aged under 30, went defiantly to their deaths by hanging in a city square in Shiraz in southern Iran. The youngest was only 17 years old.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Officials crack down on fake Alaska Native art - Brooks, James (ICT News (Indian Country Today), 2023)
It’s a federal crime to sell art that is falsely marketed as created by an Alaska Native or tribal citizen
United States
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Commission colombienne de la vérité: la Suisse conserve une copie des archives - Conseil Fédéral (Confédération Suisse - Conseil fédéral, 2023)
Lors de sa séance du 21 juin, le Conseil fédéral a approuvé l’accord portant sur la conservation d’une copie de sauvegarde numérique des archives de la Commission colombienne de la vérité. Le travail de mémoire constitue un élément essentiel des activités de politique de paix que la Suisse mène en Colombie depuis de longues années. En sécurisant des données aussi sensibles, elle soutient durablement le processus de paix en Colombie.
Switzerland
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Vancouver’s development destroyed Burrard Inlet. Tsleil-Waututh Nation is determined to save it - Cruickshank, Ainslie (The Narwhal, 2023)
The inlet has slowly suffocated under the weight of the cities and industries built up around it. But it is resilient, and the nation sees what this once bountiful waterway could be again.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Nouvelle-Zélande: L’Ara Wātea* de la signalisation routière - Laurence, Jean-Christophe (La Presse, 2023)
En Nouvelle-Zélande, un projet de traduction des panneaux de circulation en maori suscite de vifs débats politiques autour de la question autochtone.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-06 June

In Montana, 16 young Americans are fighting for their environmental rights - LeParmentier, Arnaud (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
In a landmark trial, the plaintiffs testified to the deterioration of their daily lives while advocating for their constitutional right to a 'clean and healthful environment.'
Unites States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Réchauffement climatique : pourquoi seize jeunes Américains ont attaqué l’Etat du Montana - LeParmentier, Arnaud (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
Chaleur accablante, air irrespirable, fonte des glaciers… Les plaignants ont témoigné de la dégradation de leur quotidien au cours du procès pour le droit à « un environnement propre et sain », dont l’audience s’est achevée mardi. La Constitution de cet Etat impose une obligation de résultat en la matière.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village after Hamas shooting - Rubin, Shira; Taha, Sufian (The Washington Post, 2023)
Armed Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least one Palestinian dead and 12 injured a day after four Israelis were killed by Hamas gunmen near an Israeli settlement.
Palestine (permanent observer to the UN)
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Dissolution des Soulèvements de la terre : le collectif annonce un recours devant le Conseil d’État - SudOuest.fr; Agence France-Presse (SudOuest.fr, 2023)
Dissous en Conseil des ministres ce mercredi, le groupement écologiste annonce déposer un recours devant le Conseil d’État.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Ottawa releases action plan to implement UNDRIP, despite calls for more consultation | CBC News - Taylor, Stephanie (CBC News, 2023)
The federal government has released its action plan on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June; United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Colombian Truth Commission: Switzerland retains archive copy - The Federal Council (Confédération Suisse - Conseil fédéral, 2023)
At its meeting on 21 June, the Federal Council approved an agreement to retain a digital backup copy of the archives of the Colombian Truth Commission. Dealing with the past is a key focus area of Switzerland's long-standing peace policy work in Colombia. In safeguarding such sensitive data, Switzerland is supporting the peace process in the long term.
Colombia
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Trinidad and Tobago's femicide crisis - Timerman, Jordana (Just Caribbean Updates, 2023)
Trinidad and Tobago’s femicide rates are at an all time high, reports the Guardian. “As of May, this year’s death toll was at 280, already overtaking the same period of 2022 – a year which saw 614 violent deaths.” The trend is part of a broader increase in homicides and crime — the Caribbean nation, with a population of about 1.5 million, now has the sixth-highest crime rate in the world.
Trinidad and Tobago
Keywords: 2023-06 June

This time it’s different? The rush to mine Indigenous lands - Trahant, Mark (ICT News (Indian Country Today), 2023)
The Aspen Institute: The mining industry has a long history of failing to respect community interests, breaking agreements, destroying sacred sites, and forcing displacements. Indigenous communities have been ‘disproportionately impacted’.
United States
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Ottawa présente sa feuille de route pour donner plus de droits aux Autochtones - Zone Politique- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada.ca, 2023)
Ottawa dévoile 181 mesures, portant notamment sur l'autonomie gouvernementale et les traités, qui devraient donner plus de droits aux Autochtones.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Déclaration des Nationa Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones

NRM in York to record history of LGBTQ+ railway workers - BBC News (BBC News, 2023)
The National Railway Museum is interviewing LGBTQ+ railway workers for an oral history project.
United Kingdom
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim - KickingWoman, Kolby (ICT News (Indian Country Today), 2023)
Arizona v. Navajo Nation is the final federal Indian law case to be ruled on by the high court this term
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Amid Guatemala’s faltering democracy, a battle to remember its painful past - Geneva Solutions - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
As Guatemalans head to the polls on Sunday, decades of struggle for justice for atrocities committed during the civil war hang in the balance. Paulo Estrada Velásquez was one year and 20 days old when his father went missing on 19 May 1984 in Guatemala. No more than a month later, his uncle would also vanish. They were both members of Guatemala’s communist party, Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, and two of around 40,000 people who were forcibly disappeared during Guatemala’s civil war.
Guatemala
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Sierra Leone has been at peace for 20 years after a brutal civil war - what went right - Mammone, Christina (The Conversation, 2023)
Transitional justice contributed greatly to the peace which Sierra Leone has experienced in the last two decades.
Sierra Leone
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised - McCurry, Justin (The Guardian, 2023)
Between 1948 and 1996, about 16,500 people were operated on without their consent under a eugenics law, triggering long campaign for redress.
Japan
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Asia Pacific; Japan; World news

Réunir les bibliothécaires à Dubaï : “Le changement découle du dialogue” - Oury, Antoine (Actualitte, 2023)
La Fédération internationale des associations et institutions de bibliothèques (IFLA) organise chaque année son World Library and Information Congress, événement international tourné vers les professions de l'information et de la documentation. Ce 19 juin, le choix de Dubaï pour l'édition 2024 n'a pas convaincu les foules, au vu de la réputation des Émirats arabes unis en matière de droits humains.
United Arab Emirates
Keywords: 2023-06 June

A hundred years of striving for equality at global bodies - Dubraz-Dobias, Paule (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
Since the establishment of international organisations, women have struggled to get the deserved recognition, pay and respect for their work as civil servants amid historical, cultural and political constraints. A Genevan historian tells us more.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Diversidad sexual: de la intolerancia a los derechos en Latinoamérica - García-Sayán, Diego (El Pais, 2023)
Cada país de la región ha avanzado en su propia ruta para concretar estos derechos, algunos como Perú quedan aún rezagados.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Indigenous Justice and a New Path for Canada’s Prisons - Rolston, Simon (The Tyee, 2023)
A report offers a blueprint for fixing Indigenous overrepresentation in jails.
Canada
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Reducir burocracia, menor nivel de idioma y nuevos visados: así corteja Alemania a los trabajadores cualificados - Sevillano, Elena G. (El País, 2023)
El Parlamento alemán aprueba la nueva ley de inmigración con la que quiere paliar su preocupante escasez de mano de obra
Germany
Keywords: 2023-06 June

"Il s'agit de guérir le traumatisme" : en Nouvelle-Zélande, des restes humains de peuples autochtones lentement restitués - Agence France-Presse (La Libre.be, 2023)
Cette restitution a permis de récupérer les dépouilles de près de 900 autochtones.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Māori most at risk of declining civil and political human rights - Finlay Dunseath, Stuff (Māori Television, 2023)
The Human Rights Commission's Claire Charters (pictured in 2021) said the data painted a dire picture of the upholding of Māori civil rights.
New Zealand
Keywords: 2023-06 June

¿Contagio natural o accidente de laboratorio? Estados Unidos desclasifica su informe sobre el origen de la covid en Wuhan - Jiménez, Miguel (El País, 2023)
Los servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses se dividen entre las dos hipótesis de forma no concluyente, pero descartan que el virus se crease como arma biológica
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

El fiscal pide retrasar el juicio a Trump por los papeles de Mar-A-Lago hasta diciembre - Jiménez, Miguel (El País, 2023)
Jack Smith avanza en paralelo en la investigación por intentar aferrarse al poder mediante listas de falsos electores
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Critique de Désir noir: Autopsie d’un féminicide - Maalouf, Laila (La Presse, 2023)
Il y a 20 ans, lorsque l’actrice Marie Trintignant a succombé aux coups infligés par son amant, le chanteur du groupe Noir désir Bertrand Cantat, personne n’utilisait encore le mot féminicide. La journaliste musicale au magazine français Le Point qui signe cet essai, Anne-Sophie Jahn, était adolescente à l’époque et n’avait pas suivi l’affaire avec attention.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June

La OEA condena “sin objeciones” al régimen de Ortega y Murillo pese a los intentos de Brasil por “suavizar” la resolución - Miranda, Wilfredo (El País, 2023)
Los países miembros aprueban de forma unánime una resolución, a la que finalmente se sumó la delegación brasileña, que rechaza “la represión y la opresión persistente” en Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Doubts with headig

EE UU, un año después de la sentencia del Supremo que derogó la protección federal del aborto: mapa de un país fracturado. - Seisdedos, Iker (El País, 2023)
Más de 25 millones de mujeres de entre 15 y 44 años, en torno a dos de cada cinco, viven en Estados en los que las condiciones para interrumpir el embarazo se han endurecido
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Justicia chilena condena a exrepresores en proceso histórico - teleSUR (teleSUR, 2023)
En un fallo considerado como histórico, la Segunda Sala Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia condenó a los exjefes de la DINA Juan Hernán Morales y Pedro Octavio Espinoza y otros 35 acusados.
Chile
Keywords: 2023-06 June

L’Allemagne reconnaît avoir placé sur écoute des militants écologistes - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2023)
Le parquet allemand a admis dimanche avoir placé sur écoute des militants écologistes appartenant au groupe Letzte Generation (« La dernière génération »), une information qui a provoqué un tollé dans le pays.
Germany
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Can the tech industry hit the human rights refresh button? - Geneva Solutions - Arseni, Maurizio (Geneva Solutions, 2023)
On 4 July, the Human Rights Council will hear a report providing recommendations for protocol and standard settings in new technologies. We speak to the head of the team engaging with business and pushing for greater awareness of human rights implications from the fast-evolving sector.
Ireland
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Les archives à l'épreuve du terrorisme en Afrique de l'Ouest - Pahima, Freddy (LeFaso.net, 2023)
L’archiviste Freddy Pahima met à la disposition de la bibliothèque burkinabè une nouvelle œuvre. Il s’agit de « Les archives à l’épreuve du terrorisme en Afrique de l’Ouest ».
Western Africa
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Investigative Outlet Sets Key Test For Media Freedom In S.Africa | Barron's - Rambourd, Gerdense (Barron's, 2023)
The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism draws its name from the Zulu word for dung beetle – a diligent species that fulfils a crucial role. The tiny South African non-profit specialises in delving into political corruption – "digging dung and fertilizing democracy," its editor-in-chief, Sam Sole, said with a chuckle in a recent interview with AFP.
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-06 June

RDC : les droits de l'Homme mis à mal dans le Mai-Ndombe - Bashi, Wendy (dw.com, 2023)
Entre juin 2022 et mars 2023, dans le territoire de Kwamouth, un conflit intercommunautaire a occasionné la mort d’au moins 300 personnes, selon Human Rights Watch.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Keywords: 2023-06 June

UN experts say treatment of Guantanamo detainees is 'inhuman and degrading' - News Wire (France 24, 2023)
With nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is "cruel, inhuman and degrading," UN rights experts said Monday as they reported on their first visit to the US military prison.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Q&A: The civil servant documenting sexual violence in Sudan’s conflict - The New Humanitarian (The New Humanitarian, 2023)
Support for survivors is limited and the majority of cases aren’t reported.
Sudan
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Art and heritage groups must ‘take action now’ to protect culture against climate change, report says - Voon, Claire (The Art Newspaper - International art news and events, 2023)
Authors of a new report from the the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities say climate change is the most significant threat in conservation.
Worldwide
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Rapport de l’ONU: La Russie a commis un crime de guerre en exécutant sommairement 77 détenus civils - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2023)
Depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine, l’ONU a recensé 77 exécutions sommaires de civils détenus arbitrairement par la Russie dans les territoires qu’elle occupe, ce qui relève du crime de guerre, selon le Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l’homme.
Ukraine
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Argentina's junta used a plane to hurl dissident mothers and nuns to their deaths from the sky. Decades later, it returned home from Florida. - CBS News (CBS News, 2023)
Argentina's junta used a plane to hurl dissident mothers and nuns to their deaths from the sky. Decades later, it returned home from Florida.
Argentina
Keywords: 2023-06 June

El golpe militar de Uruguay, en imágenes - El País (El País, 2023)
La noche del 26 de junio de 1973, Aurelio González fue el único fotógrafo testigo de la última sesión del Senado uruguayo antes del golpe de Estado. Pasó la madrugada en vela y a la mañana siguiente captó con su cámara la llegada de los tanques al centro de Montevideo. Esta fotogalería recoge algunas de las imágenes que captó del golpe militar y de las protestas en los meses siguientes.
Uruguay
Keywords: 2023-06 June; Doubts with headig

How Edie Windsor helped LGBTQ+ Americans gain civil rights – The Forward - Fox, Peter (Forward, 2023)
Remembering Edie Windsor, who paved the way for out and proud Americans like me.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

South Africa: Older People Lack Basic Care, Support - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2023)
South Africa is failing to provide hundreds of thousands of older people access to basic care and support services, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Many face risks to their physical well-being and safety and experience profound distress and fear at the prospect of being forced to live, and die, in an institution.
South Africa
Keywords: 2023-06 June

“Estos son los papeles”: la CNN difunde una grabación de Trump clave para el caso de Mar-a-Lago - Jiménez, Miguel (El País, 2023)
El expresidente estadounidense reconoce en la conversación que un documento sobre Irán en su poder seguía siendo “altamente confidencial”
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

« Traitement inhumain » des détenus de Guantanamo, selon un rapport de l’ONU - Le Monde; Agence France-Presse (Le Monde.fr, 2023)
La rapporteuse spéciale sur les droits de l’homme et la lutte antiterroriste, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, décrit le traitement des trente derniers détenus de Guantanamo comme étant « cruel, inhumain et dégradant ».
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Trump heard on tape discussing 'highly confidential, secret' documents - Matza, Max (BBC News, 2023)
It appears to be the same recording cited by prosecutors in their indictment of the former president.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

California, a Slave State - Pfaelzer, Jean (Yale University Press, 2023)
California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives—the first slaves transported into California—and launched a Pacific slave triangle to China. Plantation slaves were marched across the plains for the Gold Rush. San Quentin Prison incubated California’s carceral state. Kidnapped Chinese girls were sold in caged brothels in early San Francisco. Indian boarding schools supplied new farms and hotels with unfree child workers. By looking west to California, Jean Pfaelzer upends our understanding of slavery as a North-South struggle and reveals how the enslaved in California fought, fled, and resisted human bondage. In unyielding research and vivid interviews, Pfaelzer exposes how California gorged on slavery, an appetite that persists today in a global trade in human beings lured by promises of jobs but who instead are imprisoned in sweatshops and remote marijuana grows, or sold as nannies and sex workers. Slavery shreds California’s utopian brand, rewrites our understanding of the West, and redefines America’s uneasy paths to freedom.
United States of America
Keywords: 2023-06 June

Anger in Paris after police kill teen in traffic stop - Radford, Antoinette (BBC News, 2023)
Unrest follows the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old who apparently failed to obey traffic police.
France
Keywords: 2023-06 June