Dawn Landes's new album reimagines feminist folk songs from 1800 to 1970 (CBC Art, 2024)
The singer-songwriter Dawn Landes album, The Liberated Woman's Songbook, inspired by a 1971 book of the same name that chronicles the women's liberation movement through a collection of songs from the 1800s to early 1970. Landes talks about the power of music as a tool for activism, finding solace and inspiration through the voices of women throughout American history, and why these songs still serve as a map for survival today.

Valuable documents about Dien Bien Phu Campaign unveiled - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
A number of original documents and records about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the 1954 Geneva Conference were made public for the first time and recently introduced to the public.
Keywords: Dien Bien Phu

Génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda: «Une centaine de génocidaires sont installés en France» - Cantener, Anne (RFI, 2024)
Trente ans après le début du génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, les autorités françaises avancent à petit pas vers une reconnaissance du rôle de Paris à l'époque et promettent des procès. Des dizaines et des dizaines de bourreaux ont trouvé refuge en France, dont Agathe Habyarimana, la veuve de l'ancien président rwandais, soupçonnée d'être impliquée dans le génocide de 1994.

Bangladesh Film Archive, Getty Images sign MoU to preserve footage on Liberation War, Bangabandhu - Dhaka UNB (The Daily Star, 2024)
The Bangladesh Film Archive, under the information ministry, and Getty Images, a visual media company of the US, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collect and preserve footage on the Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Keywords: Bangladesh; Getty; Liberation war; audiovisual

NGO seeks a probe into the deaths of two French officers slain in Rwanda genocide - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
A non-governmental organisation on Monday sought answers over the deaths of two French officers killed in the early days of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a legal complaint seen by AFP showed.

Le passé des Roms et le travail de mémoire : « nous existons, respectez notre humanité » - HCDH (HCDH, 2024)
Coordonnée par le HCDH, la Carte de la mémoire des Roms dans les Amériques est une initiative participative qui a pour but de reconnaître et mettre à l’honneur les sites de mémoire de la communauté rom dans les Amériques, des États-Unis à l’Argentine. Ce projet s’appuie sur des efforts visant à renforcer les droits et l’intégration des Roms, à faire progresser la mémoire publique du peuple et de l’histoire roms et à lutter contre l’antitsiganisme, la forme spécifique de racisme à laquelle sont confrontés les Roms.

Memorializing the Romani past: “We exist, respect our humanity" - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2024)
Coordinated by UN Human Rights, the Romani Memory Map for the Americas is a crowd-sourced initiative to recognize and honour sites of memory of the Romani community in the Americas, from the United States to Argentina. The project builds on efforts to strengthen Roma rights and inclusion, advance public memory of Roma people and history, and combat anti-gypsyism, the specific form of racism facing Roma.

The Queer Museum | Radical Inclusion and Western Museology - Robenalt, Erica (Routledge, 2024)
The Queer Museum examines how relationships between institutions and LGBTQ+communities function and how they help to define queer museum practice.

Beyond profit: Enforcing human rights in business - Sanchez Amor, Nacho; Wolters, Lara (ET Observer, 2024)
In an increasingly globalised world, where multinational corporations wield unprecedented influence, the need for robust mechanisms to hold businesses accountable for human rights abuses has never been more pressing. The ethical responsibilities of businesses extend far beyond profit margins and shareholder interests

Rwanda marks 30 years since genocide that horrified the world - Cheman, Melissa (RFI, 2024)
Rwanda has begun 100 days of commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militias.

Charles Michel admite la "responsabilidad" de la comunidad internacional en el genocidio de Ruanda - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
En el 30º aniversario del genocidio de Ruanda, un intento de exterminio de la minoría étnica tutsi, el presidente del Consejo Europeo, Charles Michel, "admitió" la responsabilidad y complicidad por parte de la comunidad internacional, que permaneció inmóvil y cerró los ojos durante este momento oscuro de la historia de la humanidad.

Génocide au Rwanda : Charles Michel évoque "une forme de complicité" de la communauté internationale - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
Lors des commémoration du 30e anniversaire du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda, Charles Michel, le président du Conseil européen, a évoqué "une forme de complicité" de la communauté internationale. Le président français estime que Paris "aurait pu arrêter le génocide avec ses alliés".

Rwanda remembers genocide 30 years on in ceremony - Euronews (Euronews, 2024)
World leaders around the world have marked the anniversary of the genocide of the Tutsi ethnic minority. Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, admitted responsibility, a kind of complicity on the part of the international community - which remained motionless, closed its eyes - in this dark moment in human history.

Breakthrough for transparency: Court ruling exposes misconduct - IOL Reporter (IOL, 2024)
In a landmark legal battle, Independent Media's successful appeal against the State Security Minister's interim interdict reveals a victory not only for press freedom but also for transparency and accountability in governance.

RIM month to focus on records management, climate change - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Gleaner, 2024)
The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) is observing Records and Information Management (RIM) month in April, with a focus on increasing awareness about the importance of accurate records management in providing holistic solutions to the impact of climate-change.

Guatemala ex-general on trial accused of genocide - Rocha, Leonardo; Vock, Ido (BBC News, 2024)
A former general accused of ordering the murder of more than 1,200 indigenous Ixil Maya people during Guatemala's civil war has gone on trial.

Victoria de Dien Bien Phu, símbolo del movimiento de liberación nacional en el mundo - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
La victoria del pueblo vietnamita en Dien Bien Phu es un símbolo del movimiento de la liberación de los pueblos coloniales y oprimidos del mundo, afirmó el profesor argentino Ezequiel Ramoneda.

Amnesty International launches book ‘Images of Rebellion’, a testament to civil resistance - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International has published the book Images of Rebellion, an extraordinary visual compilation that chronicles and celebrates the defiant spirit of civil resistance in Cuba. The book contains a poignant selection of the more than 21,000 letters and drawings sent to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Cuban artist and prisoner of conscience, in a global outpouring of support.

Amnesty International présente le livre Imágenes de Rebeldía (Images de rébellion), qui porte témoignage de la résistance civique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International lance le livre Imágenes de Rebeldía, un remarquable recueil visuel qui non seulement raconte, mais aussi célèbre l’esprit rebelle de la résistance civique à Cuba. Ce livre rassemble une sélection des plus de 21 000 lettres et dessins de soutien international envoyés à Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artiste et prisonnier d’opinion cubain.

Resettlement as a Human Rights Issue: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and on the Right to Non-discrimination in this Context, to inform his report to the General Assembly in October 2024, and for developing international guiding principles for resettlement.

Amnistía Internacional presenta el libro "Imágenes de Rebeldía", un testimonio de resistencia cívica - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Amnistía Internacional lanza libro “Imágenes de Rebeldía”, un extraordinario compendio visual que no solo narra, sino que también celebra el espíritu rebelde de la resistencia cívica en Cuba. Este libro recopila una emotiva selección de las más de 21,000 cartas y dibujos de apoyo global enviados a Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artista y preso de conciencia cubano.

Denuncia internacional contra Luis Petri por obstaculizar las investigaciones sobre los crímenes de la dictadura | Desmanteló los equipos que analizaban archivos en las FFAA - Bertoia, Luciana (PAGINA12, 2024)
La presentación fue hecha por la legisladora Victoria Montenegro ante el relator de Naciones Unidas Fabián Salvioli.

Le Conseil de l’Europe veut lutter contre les poursuites-bâillons - Euractiv France; AFP (Euractiv France, 2024)
Le Conseil de l’Europe a exhorté vendredi ses 46 États membres à « lutter contre les poursuites abusives visant à réduire au silence les journalistes et autres observateurs critiques de la vie publique », dans un communiqué du Comité des ministres.

La réconciliation made in Rwanda - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Au moins 800 000 personnes massacrées en cent jours, entre avril et juillet 1994. Depuis, la justice nationale a jugé plus d’un million de personnes. Le temps du châtiment a passé. Et les Rwandais ont dû réapprendre le « vivre ensemble ». Notre correspondant en a interrogé certains sur le sens et la réalité de cette « réconciliation ».

Reconciliation made in Rwanda - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
At least 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days, between April and July 1994. Since then, the national justice system has tried over a million people. The time for retribution has passed. And Rwandans have had to relearn how to “live together”. Our correspondent asked some of them what this “reconciliation” means for them.

De nombreux documents d'archives originaux sur la campagne de Dien Bien Phu dévoilés - VietnamPlus (VietnamPlus, 2024)
Un certain nombre de documents d'archives originaux sur la campagne de Dien Bien Phu et la Conférence de Genève de 1954 ont été rendus publics pour la première fois.
Keywords: Dien Bien Phu

UN body calls for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes - Wintour, Patrick (The Guardian, 2024)
Human rights council adopts resolution as Israel opens new routes into Gaza after Biden-Netanyahu phone call
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Joe Biden; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; US foreign policy; US news; United Nations; World news

Génocide au Rwanda : comment relever le défi de la mémoire ? - Le débat (France24, 2024)
Trente ans après le génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, comment relever le défi de la mémoire ? Les invités du débat sont: Laurent Larcher, Journaliste à La Croix, chargé de l’Afrique; Christophe Boisbouvier, Directeur adjoint de RFI, chargé de l'Afrique; Jeanne Allaire Kayigirwa, Vice-présidente de l'association Ibuka France

Tories planned to make millions from members’ data with ‘True Blue’ app - Burgis, Tom; Dyer, Henry (The Guardian, 2024)
Exclusive: senior party officials worked on commercial venture that would allow brands to sell products to supporters
Keywords: Apps; Conservatives; Data protection; Politics; Technology; UK news

La liberté académique en déclin dans le monde, selon un groupe d'experts - Kisbenebek, Attila (Science et Avenir, 2024)
Seule une personne sur trois vit dans un pays garantissant l'indépendance de la recherche et des universités, selon un indice annuel qui s'alarme d'un déclin de la liberté académique dans le monde, particulièrement marqué en Russie, en Chine et en Inde.

Documentary captures journalist’s gender transition while embedded with Taliban (PBS News Hour, 2024)
A new documentary now available on Amazon Prime and AppleTV offers an in-depth look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "Transition" follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes a gender transition while embedded with a Taliban unit. Bryon and co-director Monica Villamizar spoke with Amna Nawaz about this turning point in Afghanistan.

En Haïti, des gangs armés vandalisent des bâtiments culturels et éducatifs - AFP (Challenges, 2024)
Des gangs armés ont pris d'assaut mercredi la Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti, située dans la capitale Port-au-Prince, a fait savoir à l'AFP son directeur, une nouvelle illustration de la spirale de violences dans ce pays des Caraïbes.

New short film highlights devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Amnesty International is launching a powerful film showing the devastating impact less-lethal weapons are having on protesters globally, with many suffering life-long injuries and permanent disabilities. The new film, which features Leidy Cadena who was blinded by police in 2021 during a protest which was part of the National Strikes in Colombia, shows the devastating impact such weapons can have.

Un nouveau court-métrage met en lumière l’impact dévastateur des armes à létalité réduite sur les manifestant·e·s à travers le monde - Amnesty international (Amnesty International, 2024)
Les armes à létalité réduite sont à l’origine de milliers de blessures à travers le monde, ainsi que des dizaines de décès. Amnesty International sort un court-métrage percutant qui montre l’impact dévastateur qu’ont les armes à létalité réduite sur les manifestant·e·s à travers le monde, beaucoup souffrant de lésions à vie et de handicaps permanents. Ce nouveau film présente l’histoire de Leidy Cadena, qui a perdu un œil à cause de la police en 2021 au cours d’une manifestation s’inscrivant dans le cadre des Grèves nationales en Colombie. Il montre l’impact dévastateur de ce type d’armes.

Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures - Bakare, Lanre (The Guardian, 2024)
Poet who is curating country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion says ‘part of the heart’ of the country was looted and is being held in museums.
Keywords: Africa; Art and design; Books; British Museum; Colonialism; Culture; Ethiopia; Lemn Sissay; Music; Poetry; The Weeknd; UK news; Venice Biennale; World news

Enfants nés du viol : l'héritage dévastateur de la violence sexuelle dans le Rwanda de l'après-génocide - Denov, Myriam (The Conversation, 2024)
Le génocide rwandais de 1994 a laissé des traces indélébiles. Les enfants nés de violences sexuelles et les mères ont fait preuve d'une immense force pour surmonter leur histoire de violence.

Exhibition | Lost Liberties: The War Measures Act - Diefenbaker Canada Centre | University of Saskatchewan (Diefenbaker Canada Centre | University of Saskatchewan, 2024)
"Lost Liberties: The War Measures Act" is exploring the suspension of civil liberties in Canada during the First World War, the Second World War, and the 1970 October Crisis, Lost Liberties — The War Measures Act sheds new light on the enduring impact of the Act on Canada and its people. | On display until June 22, 2024 | Diefenbaker Canada Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets - McKernan, Bethan; Davies, Harry (The Guardian, 2024)
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Technology; World news

A ProPublica Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Moves Forward - Megan Rose (ProPublica, 2024)
A federal judge ruled in March that ProPublica’s lawsuit against the secretary of defense should move forward, as the news organization seeks to increase public access to the military’s court proceedings and records. ProPublica sued in 2022, claiming the Pentagon has failed to issue rules ensuring that the services comply with a law that was supposed to make the military justice system more transparent.

Racism, harassment and discrimination takes a terrible toll on ethnic minority NHS staff - Rhead, Rebecca (The Conversation, 2024)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities.

‘I wanted to end my life’: ‘Bookseller of Kabul’ rebuilds destroyed business - Taylor, Diane (The Guardian, 2024)
Shah Muhammad Rais was devastated when Taliban destroyed his shop, but now he is sending books to Afghanistan via the internet.
Keywords: Afghanistan; Books; Culture; South and central Asia; World news

Piloting Reparative Description and Metadata in SNAC via the Indigenous Description Group (Descriptive Notes, 2024)
Archivists have recognized the need to rethink how indigenous knowledge can be better represented, not only to heal previous harms but also to make information more accessible and usable for communities. The Indigenous Description Group, founded in Spring 2023 within the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) cooperative, represents one effort to do this work in a pan-institutional and collaborative way.

Archivos comunitarios: estrategia brasileña para salvaguardar la memoria contra las desigualdades - G20 Brazil 2024 (G20 Brazil 2024, 2024)
Un acuerdo de cooperación entre el Archivo Nacional y el PNUD reforzará la política archivística del país e impulsará el trabajo de los archivos comunitarios para los grupos socioeconómicamente vulnerables del país. La política pretende garantizar que las comunidades negras, indígenas, rurales, de favelas y LGBTQI+ tengan acceso al derecho a la memoria y a las condiciones para registrar sus experiencias individuales y colectivas.

Explore the focus on community archives: Discover Brasil's strategy to preserve historical memory while addressing inequalities - G20 Brazil 2024 (G20 Brazil 2024, 2024)
A cooperation agreement between the National Archives of Brasil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will enhance the country's archival policy and support the efforts of community archives serving socioeconomically vulnerable groups. This policy aims to guarantee access to memory rights and the tools necessary for documenting the diverse experiences of black, indigenous, rural, favela-dwelling, and LGBTQIAP+ communities.
Keywords: community archives

Genocide Archives Released - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Human Rights Watch announced that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in Rwanda and abroad, to warn about the planned 1994 genocide and attempt to stop the killings.

Publication d’archives sur le génocide - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
Human Rights Watch a annoncé la publication d’une série d’archives témoignant des efforts extraordinaires déployés par des défenseurs des droits humains au Rwanda et à l’étranger pour lancer l’alerte au sujet du génocide planifié de 1994, et tenter d’arrêter les massacres.

‘Fake news’ legislation risks doing more harm than good amid a record number of elections in 2024 - Jens, Samuel (The Conversation, 2024)
Vague definitions and heavy penalties mean that legislation could be used to stifle a free press.

2,200 “génocidaires” being released in 2024, who are they? - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Thirty years after the 1994 genocide, thousands of convicted men and women have already been released from prison. Others, like Emmanuel Ruzigana, are on the point of being released after serving their sentences. The government estimates that, putting completed sentences and pardons together, 2,200 “génocidaires” - as they are known in Rwanda - could be released in 2024. Who are they and how are they preparing?

2 200 « génocidaires » libérés en 2024, qui sont-ils ? - Sehene Ruvugiro, Emmanuel (JustiveInfo.net, 2024)
Trente ans après le génocide de 1994, des milliers de femmes et d’hommes condamnés sont déjà sortis de prison. D’autres, en attente comme Emmanuel Ruzigana, sont sur le point d’être libérés, après avoir purgé leurs peines. Le gouvernement estime qu’entre les fins de peine et les remises de peine, 2 200 « génocidaires » – selon le terme consacré au Rwanda –, pourraient être remis en liberté en 2024. Qui sont-ils et comment se préparent-ils ?

Protests Over Gaza Intensify at American Art Museums - Small, Zachary; Tracy, Marc (The New York Times, 2024)
A protest at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco led to the resignation of its leader and to a monthlong closure of its galleries. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts event was among the most dramatic in a series of demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war that have rocked the cultural sector in recent months with protests, withdrawals and other calls for boycotts.
Keywords: Appointments and Executive Changes; Art; Boycotts; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Israel-Gaza War (2023- ); Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museums; Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel; San Francisco (Calif); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit - Stempel, Jonathan (Zawya.com, 2024)
Users alleged that Google's analytics, cookies and apps let the Alphabet unit improperly track people who set Google's Chrome browser to "Incognito" mode and other browsers to "private" browsing mode. They said this turned Google into an "unaccountable trove of information" by letting it learn about their friends, favorite foods, hobbies, shopping habits, and the "most intimate and potentially embarrassing things" they hunt for online.

A New Chapter for Irish Historians’ ‘Saddest Book’ - O’Loughlin, Ed (The New York Times, 2024)
A globe-spanning research project has turned the catalog of a public archive destroyed in Ireland’s civil war into a model for reconstruction.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Ireland; Libraries and Librarians; National Archives (Great Britain); Politics and Government; Restoration and Renovation; Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland); Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland; Yale University

Milei ajusta, Petri despide y los genocidas festejan - Canal Abierto (YouTube, 2024)
Un exjefe del Ejército y un ex empleado de la Embajada de EEUU liquidaron el área de Defensa que analizaba archivos para los juicios de lesa humanidad. En esta entrevista, los documentos en peligro, la sombra de Villaruel y el festejo por los despidos: “Lo ven como una oportunidad”.

Postmemory and the Partition of India: Learning to Remember | SpringerLink - Kapila, Shichi (Springer, 2024)
The book, examines the memories of the Partition of India in 1947; uses ethnographic and oral history methods to make meaning of the impact of partition events; argues for particular consideration of women, who were especially vulnerable to suffering during and after partition

Fais un homme de toi : thérapies de conversion - Lebeau, Jocelyn (Radio-Canada OhDio, 2024)
Une thérapie de conversion vise à modifier l’orientation sexuelle ou l’identité de genre d’une personne. Ces pratiques souvent cruelles sont interdites au Canada depuis 2022. Près de 100 000 personnes au pays en auraient subi, mais leur réalité demeure méconnue. Jocelyn Lebeau recueille des témoignages de gens qui ont survécu à ces "traitements". Il se tourne aussi vers des spécialistes pour comprendre comment l’intolérance et les croyances peuvent amener des personnes LGBTQ+ à se détester au point de vouloir correspondre aux stéréotypes du "vrai homme" et de la "vraie femme". Podcast de 7 épisodes totalisant 4h 38 m

Memory and Identity of Afro-Brazilian Archives - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
A project to preserve Afro-Brazilian memory through archives containing documents of Afro-Brazilian activism (1964 - 1990s)

Projet Archives des Femmes, Mali - Modern Endangered Archives Program (UCLA Library, 2024)
Amongst the recent and historical socio-political turmoil in Mali, women have worked to create a more just and equitable society. The personal collections of movement leaders document the work of women across Mali from the 1950’s onward.

Why Indigenous people are fighting for data sovereignty - Beaulne-Stuebing, Laura (CBC News, 2024)
Indigenous data sovereignty means that communities have control over their own information, researcher says.That's why it's important that Indigenous communities gather their own data, in their own way, says Echo-Hawk, who is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. This is Indigenous data sovereignty. "As individual nations … we have the ability to govern our own data. That means how it is gathered, how it is analyzed and how it is shared," Echo-Hawk told Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild.
Keywords: Indigenous Data Sovereignty

“Access under review”: Freedom of Information, Data Protection, and the Disappearing Archive - McLean, Alioson (History and Policy, 2024)
While many historians will be familiar with the limitations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when trying to obtain access to closed records at the National Archives (TNA), few will be aware that since 2012 thousands of previously open documents have been removed from public access under TNA’s Reclosure Policy.

Polish war graves in Germany documented - S.A, Telewizja Polska (TVP World, 2024)
The Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation has information on 1,200 cemeteries or memorial sites where the remains of Polish citizens rest.
Keywords: Germany; Poland; World War II

Meta and Google accused of restricting reproductive health information - Strzyżyńska, Weronika (The Guardian, 2024)
Report claims posts on abortion and contraception have been deleted while misinformation on the feeds of social media users in Africa, Latin America and Asia has not been tackled
Keywords: Global development; Global health; Google; Meta; Reproductive rights; Society; Technology

Al-Yamamah arms deal report comes to light ending anti-corruption campaigners’ battle - Pegg, David; Evans, Rob (The Guardian, 2024)
Inquiry by National Audit Office into British-Saudi arms contract reveals evidence of MoD deception over bribery allegations. A suppressed official report on alleged corruption in a giant British-Saudi arms contract has been discovered in a public archive.
Keywords: Arms trade; BAE Systems; Defence policy; Foreign policy; Military; Ministry of Defence; Saudi Arabia; UK news; World news

English Nazi collaborators may have aided recapture of ‘great escape’ PoWs - Addley, Esther (The Guardian, 2024)
Document discovered by National Archives shows claim made after the war by recaptured RAF officer, but historians are sceptical
Keywords: National Archives; Nazism; Second world war; UK news; World news

U.N. AI Resolution Passes Vote - Rishi Iyengar (Foreign Policy, 2024)
The resolution, which followed more than three months of negotiations among dozens of countries, calls on U.N. member states to ensure "safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems" that are developed responsibly and respect human rights and international law.

Le poids des photos, le choc des mots : regard sur les dix missions de détention du CICR en Algérie (1955-1962) - Parrinello, Lucie (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2024)
Le CICR dispose d’un fonds d’archives photographiques se rapportant à ses missions de détention durant la guerre d'Algérie. Elles témoignent du fait que le Comité International de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) a déployé dix missions de visite en détention entre 1955 et 1962, suivies d’une dernière mission spéciale en 1963 consacrée à la visite aux supplétifs de l’armée française emprisonnés et à la recherche d’Européens disparus

Une histoire du conflit politique - Cagé, Julia; Piketty, Thomas (Editions du Seuil, 2023)
Qui vote pour qui et pour quoi ? Comment se répartissent les votes et les richesses en France depuis deux siècles ? Les auteurs rendent disponibles toutes leurs données à https://www.unehistoireduconflitpolitique.fr/telecharger.html

Palestinians’ Right of Return Is a Basic Question of Justice - Burgis, Ben (Jacobin, 2024)
Denying Palestinian refugees the right to come back to the areas from which they were ethnically cleansed during the Nakba is deeply unjust.
Keywords: Nakba

Belgium still struggling with its colonial ghosts - Jochecová, Ketrin (POLITICO, 2024)
By failing to publish a report on the nation’s colonial history, Belgium signals it is not yet ready to shake off its past.

Una multitud para decir nunca más a la dictadura y a la miseria planificada del gobierno libertario | Masiva movilización a Plaza de Mayo a 48 años del golpe genocida - Bertoia, Luciana (Logo Página 12, 2024)

‘Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo’ reclaman ley contra negacionismo - dw.com (dw.com, 2024)
La defensora de derechos humanos Estela de Carlotto cuestionó al presidente y a la vicepresidenta de Argentina por sus “provocaciones”.

Consejo de Seguridad, Gaza, Haití... Las noticias del lunes - Noticias ONU (Noticias ONU, 2024)
El Consejo de Seguridad adopta, por primera vez, una resolución que pide un alto el fuego inmediato en Gaza. Es “totalmente inaceptable” que Israel impida a UNRWA trabajar en el norte de Gaza, dice Guterres. El Programa Mundial de Alimentos amplía el reparto de comida en Haití pese a la violencia.

Le Conseil de sécurité adopte une résolution exigeant un cessez-le-feu immédiat à Gaza | - ONU Info (ONU Info, 2024)
Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a adopté lundi une résolution dans laquelle il exige un cessez-le-feu immédiat à Gaza pendant le mois de Ramadan, la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de tous les otages et souligne la nécessité urgente « d'élargir le flux » d'aide vers l'enclave palestinienne

Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan - UN News (United Nations News, 2024)
The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza. There were 14 votes in favour with the United States abstaining.

Mass grave of at least 65 migrants found in Libya desert, UN agency says - France 24 (France 24, 2024)
At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on social media platform X on Friday.

Dutch project tells wartime stories of intrepid ‘England voyagers’ - Boztas, Senay (The Guardian, 2024)
Hundreds of Engelandvaarders took various routes from occupied Netherlands to Britain to fight in second world war
Keywords: Europe; Netherlands; Second world war; World news

La organización de hijos de desaparecidos en Argentina denuncia que una de sus integrantes fue asaltada y abusada por militantes de Milei - Criales, José Pablo (El País Argentina, 2024)
La agrupación de derechos humanos H.I.J.O.S. responsabiliza al Gobierno de un ataque que sale a la luz a días de un tenso aniversario del golpe militar de 1976

Public Prosecution finalises classification of crimes, digitisation of criminal legislation - Rola AlGhoul (Zawya.com, 2024)
Under the project, legal texts have been transformed into a digital format that is comprehensible and executable by information systems, employing advanced artificial intelligence techniques

‘Man-made famine’ charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence - Beaumont, Peter (The Guardian, 2024)
Prospect of Israel facing war crimes charges has moved closer after UN condemnation of Gaza aid restrictions
Keywords: Famine; Gaza; Human rights; International court of justice; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Law; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; Society; War crimes; World news

"We hope to offer renewed hope of discovering ancestors and even new connections to families across the globe." - Campsie, Alison (The Scotsman, 2024)
Around 15,000 young, vulnerable Scots were shipped to Canada alone in a forced emigration scheme designed to improve their life chances, but some were never heard from again.

How Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native Americans - Craig, Ashley R.; Smithers, Gregory (TIME, 2024)
Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act belongs to a settler colonial tradition extending back to the early 1600s. Some white Virginians, though, weren’t satisfied. They worried about a loophole in the law that would dilute the purity of white “blood.” Leading white supremacists had wanted the Racial Integrity Act to solidify Virginia’s black-white racial binary. To do so, they called for the Act to erase the presence of Native people. Some used the Act to do just this, engaging in a form of “bureaucratic genocide” to re-cast Native people as Black, rendering them less visible in the historical record.

New UN Exhibit Highlights Post-Genocide Reconciliation in Rwanda, on Display at Headquarters, 27 March-Late April - Paulina Greer (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, 2024)
Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (7 April), the United Nations Headquarters in New York opens a new exhibit about the power of post-genocide reconciliation, the potentially deadly impact of hate speech and what visitors can do to say #NoToHate.

Une nouvelle exposition au Siège de l’ONU met en lumière la réconciliation postgénocide au Rwanda - Paulina Greer (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, 2024)
À l’occasion du trentième anniversaire du génocide perpétré contre les Tutsis au Rwanda en 1994, le Siège des Nations Unies à New York accueille une nouvelle exposition sur le pouvoir de la réconciliation postgénocide, l’impact potentiellement mortel des discours de haine et ce qui peut être fait pour dire #NonÀLaHaine.

Open sources and the future of spying - Sam Roggeveen (Lowy Institute, 2024)
Countries spy to overcome an information deficit. But we now live in a world of information super-abundance.

When fame and medical privacy clash: Kate and other crises of confidentiality - Stewart, Heather (The Guardian, 2024)
The Princess of Wales is the latest person in the public eye to find there are questions about the security of their health history
Keywords: Catherine; Gordon Brown; Health; Monarchy; Princess of Wales; Privacy; Society; Tony Blair; UK news; Winston Churchill

Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives - Ashifa Kassam; Leah Pattem (The Guardian, 2024)
Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked to NGO in Spain
Keywords: Europe; Migration; Refugees; Spain; UK news; World news

Cryptic Conundrums: The Tug of War Between Privacy and Security - Brennan, Joseph (International Policy Digest, 2024)
U.S. tech companies pride themselves on protecting the data of their users. Increasingly, this commitment is being challenged by the government.

Documents reveal alleged pattern of Israeli harassment of Unrwa workers on West Bank - Burke, Jason (The Guardian, 2024)
Exclusive: UN documents seen by the Guardian list hundreds of incidents, including claims workers were blindfolded and beaten.
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; United Nations; World news

ICC Reporting Key to Catalyze National Justice - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a court of last resort, stepping in only when national authorities are unwilling or unable to do so. This is a key legal pillar known as the principle of complementarity. But because the ICC can only take on a few cases in a particular situation, comprehensive justice will invariably mean that the ICC and national authorities will need to work closely together.

Les rapports de la CPI, des outils essentiels pour soutenir la justice nationale - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La Cour pénale internationale (CPI) est une juridiction de dernier recours, qui n’intervient que lorsque les autorités judiciaires nationales ne veulent ou ne peuvent pas se saisir d’une affaire. Il s’agit d’un pilier juridique connu sous le nom de principe de complémentarité. Mais comme la CPI ne peut traiter que quelques affaires dans une situation particulière, la quête d’une justice exhaustive signifie invariablement que la CPI et les autorités nationales doivent travailler en étroite collaboration.

Los informes de la CPI son claves para catalizar la justicia nacional - Vignoli, Maria Elena (Human Rights Watch, 2024)
La Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) es un tribunal de última instancia, que interviene únicamente cuando las autoridades nacionales no tienen la disposición o la capacidad para hacerlo. Este es un pilar jurídico fundamental que se conoce como principio de complementariedad. Sin embargo, la CPI solo puede tomar unos pocos casos en una situación determinada, por lo tanto, para que haya justicia integral será siempre necesario que la CPI y las autoridades nacionales trabajen en colaboración estrecha.

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes - Diptée, Audra (The Conversation, 2024)
The World learned in 2011 of the secret British policy called Operation Legacy that was implemented in the 1950s. Its goal was to remove or destroy incriminating documents from former colonies in the months before each one became politically independent. This policy had an impact far and wide, and was implemented in British colonies throughout the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

Togoland: Germany's first and smallest African colony - Nebe, Cai (DW, 2024)
Germany's 30-year rule in Togoland (actual Ghana and Togo) seemed relatively peaceful compared to other German colonies, and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." But it was a self-serving myth for German colonial administrators.

Togoland: Germany's first and smallest African colony - Nebe, Cai (DW, 2024)
Germany's 30-year rule in Togoland (actual Ghana and Togo) seemed relatively peaceful compared to other German colonies, and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." But it was a self-serving myth for German colonial administrators.

New NAGPRA rules: A sea change in federal regulations - Pember, Mary Annette (ICT News, 2024)
Museums, universities begin shuttering exhibits as federal requirements change for handling human remains, cultural items.
Keywords: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; United States; repatriation

Joe Biden has just dealt a big defeat to big tech - Stiglitz, Joseph (The Guardian, 2024)
US president’s new executive order is an important step towards protecting sensitive personal data
Keywords: Business; Data protection; Digital media; Joe Biden; Privacy; Social media; Technology sector; US news; World news

Pablo Llonto: "Al gobierno de Milei no le interesan los derechos humanos" - Llonto, Pablo (PAGINA12, 2024)
Para el abogado, el oficialismo tiene una "particular provocación y perversidad" y cree que este domingo próximo "son capaces de hacer cualquier barbaridad".

CIDH finaliza 189 Período de Sesiones con 29 audiencias públicas sobre derechos humanos. - Loebenstein, Elke von (Diario Constitucional, 2024)
En las audiencias de país de la CIDH, se discutieron diversas temáticas. Sobre Chile, se trataron los derechos de las personas sordas; respecto a Colombia, el reclutamiento forzado de niñas, niños y adolescentes indígenas y reparación de víctimas del conflicto; acerca de Cuba, derechos de quienes participan en misiones médicas y libertad de asociación; relativo a Ecuador, justicia indígena; con relación a Estados Unidos, impactos de la explotación del uranio en pueblos indígenas; en cuanto a Honduras, desalojos de comunidades indígenas, negras y campesinas.

Rights advocates denounce 'systemic abuse' in Israeli prisons - AFP (France24, 2024)
In the shadow of the war raging in Gaza, record numbers of Palestinian detainees are filling Israeli prisons, where they face "systemic abuse" and torture, rights advocates warn, calling for international action.

Don’t forget Leonard Peltier - Nicholls, Will (Nation, 2024)
Leonard Peltier is the longest imprisoned Indigenous person in the United States. Even after almost 47 years behind bars he is considered a political prisoner by Amnesty International, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Congress of American Indians, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev. Jesse Jackson, among many others who believe he should be immediately released.

DRC: Reinstating executions shows a callous disregard for human rights - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Congo’s government wants to resume executions, after a hiatus of two decades, in a bid to combat armed groups and gang violence, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said:

RDC. La reprise des exécutions témoigne d’un mépris total pour les droits humains - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Compte tenu de l’inefficacité du système de justice la décision consternante du gouvernement signifie que de nombreux innocents risquent d’être exécutés.

República Democrática del Congo: La reinstauración de las ejecuciones muestra un cruel desprecio por los derechos humanos - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
En respuesta a la noticia de que, después de una pausa de dos decenios, el gobierno de República Democrática del Congo quiere reanudar las ejecuciones en un intento por combatir a los grupos armados y la violencia de las bandas, Tigere Chagutah, director regional de Amnistía Internacional para África Oriental y Austral, ha declarado: “La […]

En Indonésie, une vague de désinformation met en danger les réfugiés rohingyas - Chaigne, Thais (France24, 2024)
Sur les réseaux sociaux indonésiens, des dizaines d’images manipulées ou sorties de leur contexte ciblent les réfugiés rohingyas. La désinformation est telle que, même dans la province d’Aceh, réputée très accueillante, l’ONU s’inquiète pour leur sécurité. Notre Observateur, un journaliste indonésien spécialiste de la vérification pour "Mafindo", décrypte cette campagne de haine en ligne.

Germany's Bundesbank confronts dark Nazi origins - Connor, Richard (DW, 2024)
Germany's central financial institution, the Bundesbank, commissioned a study to examine its roots. Research showed that the bank, set up after World War II, was founded on a past tightly interwoven with the Nazi Party.

Data protection in the EU: Children, migrants, and EU Commission - Julia Tar (The Tech Brief, 2024)
We look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontex’s handling of migrants’ data, and the recent news regarding the European Commission's violation of data protection rules in its use of Microsoft.

Digital health data compromise hailed as 'most important health legislation' in this mandate - Mersh, Amalie Holmgaard (Euractiv, 2024)
EU institutions struck a deal on the European Health Data Space, having finally landed an agreement on the thorny issue of opt-out for secondary use of health data.

Law, Migration, and the Construction of Whiteness: Mobility Within the - Myslinska, Dagmar Rita (Routledge, 2024)
Brexit supporters’ frequent targeting of European Union (EU) movers, especially those from Central and Eastern Europe, has been popularly assumed as at odds with the EU project’s foundations based on equality and inclusion. This book dispels that notion. By interrogating the history, wording, omissions, assumptions and applications of laws, policies and discourses pertinent to mobility and equality

How a wave of disinformation is endangering Rohingya refugees in Indonesia - Observers team (The Observers - France 24, 2024)
Dozens of photos and videos that have been either "doctored" or taken out of context so as to negatively portray Rohingya refugees have been circulating on Indonesian social media. This wave of disinformation…

UN Commission concerned by continuing patterns of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law - OHCHR (OHCHR, 2024)
Two years after the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilian suffering is mounting as a result of Russia’s disregard for basic principles of humanitarian law and its human rights obligations.

The devastating persecution of trans people by the Nazis still echoes down the ages - Baska, Maggie (PinkNews, 2024)
Before WWII, Germany saw movements supporting transgender and gender non-conforming folks. It all changed when the Nazis took power.
Keywords: LGBTQ+ rights

Secret Iraq War cabinet documents released publicly - Brown, Andrew (The Canberra Times, 2024)
The National Archives of Australia released 14 declassified cabinet records relating to Australia’s involvement in the US-led invasion of Iraq.

India blocks access to documentary about death of Sikh activist in Canada - Cecco, Leyland (The Guardian, 2024)
CBC aired an investigation into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing the Canadian government suspects India was behind.
Keywords: Americas; Canada; India; South and central Asia; World news

Strength Basing, Empowering and Regenerating Indigenous Knowledge Education: Riteway Flows - Davis, John (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
Strength Basing, Empowering and Regenerating Indigenous Knowledge Education demonstrates how to bring Indigenous Knowledges to the forefront of education practice and provides educators with the tools to enact culturally responsive curricula and pedagogies, ensuring positive educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students

La censure a continué de s’accentuer dans les bibliothèques américaines en 2023 - ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts-; Associated Press (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Les interdictions et les tentatives d'interdiction de livres ont augmenté aux États-Unis l'année dernière, continuant d'établir des niveaux records.

Rare, Wrongfully Obtained Manuscript Returned to Peruvian Government - Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of (United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2024)
A rare sixteenth-century manuscript was repatriated to the Peruvian government at a ceremony today presided over by U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
Keywords: Peru; Press release; Repatriation; United States of America

Exhibition | Entangled Pasts, 1768–now - Royal Academy of Arts (Royal Academy of Arts, 2024)
The Royal Academy of Arts brings together over 100 major contemporary and historical works as part of a conversation about art and its role in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement, resistance, abolition and colonialism – and how it may help set a course for the future. Exhibition running until 28 April 2024 at the London Royal Academy of Arts

Au Tchad, le paysage médiatique ne protège pas les journalistes - Sovon, Jean (Global Voices, 2024)
Le pays connaît aussi des assassinants de journalistes

En Chad, entorno mediático no protege a los periodistas - Sovon, Jean (Global Voices, 2024)
También se asesina a periodistas en el país

Germany's colonial era: Battling oblivion with art - Harjes, Christine (dw.com, 2024)
Street names, monuments and graves of colonial rulers: The colonial era has left its mark on Germany and relates to Burundi, Cameroon, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo and parts of present day Ghana. In the German city of Bonn, artist Cheryl McIntosh explores colonial history and its impact on the present. Includes links to three video recordings.

Transitional and Restorative Justice in Post Conflict Countries, Liberia - Let’s Talk Human Rights (Let’s Talk Human Rights, 2024)
This episode discusses the Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process, and ransitional justice and peacebuilding in Liberia, a nation marked by a tumultuous history of civil wars from 1989-1997 and 1999-2003. Discussion includes the critical role of memorialisation and the involvement of regional bodies in supporting Liberia's reconciliation journey. We confront the pressing issue of disconnect between youth and historical memory, emphasising the urgency of preserving Liberia's past to safeguard its future.

Elihu Yale: The cruel and greedy Yale benefactor who traded in Indian slaves - Pandy, Geeta (BBC News India, 2024)
The truth of how Elihu Yale made his fortune had been largely forgotten - until now.

Elihu Yale: The cruel and greedy Yale benefactor who traded in Indian slaves - Pandy, Geeta (BBC News India, 2024)
The truth of how Elihu Yale made his fortune had been largely forgotten - until now.

EU Parliament passes European Media Freedom Act, concerns over spyware remain - Taylor, Alice (Euractiv, 2024)
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), a landmark legislation to protect journalists and media freedom, though concerns remain over the use of spyware to monitor media.

What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs. - Topher Sanders,Dan Schwartz,Danelle Morton,Gabriel Sandoval (ProPublica, 2024)
Thanks to government loopholes, rail companies haven’t been scrutinized by the Federal Railroad Administration for scores of alleged worker injuries and at least two deaths.

National Cyber Directorate warns State Archive: Israel's digital history could be erased - Aderet, Ofer (Haaretz, 2024)
The search function on the website of the Israel State Archives has been disabled since the site was attacked by pro-Palestinian hackers in November. The National Cyber Directorate has warned that critical material in the archives is highly vulnerable to irreversible damage
Keywords: 2023 Israel-Gaza War; Cyber Warfare; Israel

Growing secrecy limits government accountability - Cuillier, David (The Conversation, 2024)
After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.

Morocco-Algeria Tensions: Royal Archivist Recalls Morocco’s Historical Claims to Eastern Sahara - Faouzi, Adil (Morocco World News, 2024)
Bahija Simou, the director of Morocco’s Royal Archives, has brought the long-running border dispute between Morocco and Algeria back to the forefront after asserting on that Morocco has documents proving its sovereignty over the so-called mineral-rich “Eastern Sahara” region. By raising this issue now, Morocco may be attempting to pressure France, whose relations with Algeria have deteriorated, into explicitly recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Keywords: Algeria; Morocco; Western Sahara

Holocaust History, Holocaust Memory: Jewish Poland and Polish Jews, During and After the Holocaust - Ganor, Lea; Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects.

Leaked Document Details How The Kremlin Manages Russia's Elections - Grigoryev, Andrei (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2024)
A purported Kremlin election-strategy document leaked last month seems to show in detail how the authorities in Russia intend to produce 85 percent support for President Vladimir Putin in the March 15-17 vote.
Keywords: Features; Russia

Colonialismo: 17.000 restos humanos en museos de Alemania - Oelze, Saboine (DW, 2024)
Se estima que 17.000 restos humanos se encuentran en las colecciones de museos y universidades alemanas. En muchos casos, no queda claro cómo llegaron a Alemania.

How Sudanese rights monitors are risking their lives to document the war - Yokes, Ela (The New Humanitarian, 2024)
How Sudanese rights defenders are risking their lives to document the war - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world

Thousands could be owed Windrush compensation - Zeldin-O'Neill, Sophie; Jessett, Elliot (BBC, 2024)
The Windrush Compensation Scheme (WCS) was established to provide compensation to people who suffered loss as a result of government policy and failings, which included the revelation that the UK's Home Office had kept no historic records of those granted permission to stay in Britain.

'Chilling effect' on culture: Class action puts spotlight on prosecution of Aboriginal fishers - Milton, Vanessa (ABC News, 2024)
More than 10,000 people could be eligible for a compensation payout from the NSW government for the criminalisation of traditional fishing practices that are protected under Commonwealth native title law.
Keywords: NSW government; Racial Discrimination Act; abalone; class action; cultural fishing; fisheries; native title; prosecution

#Keepiton Sudan's internet shutdown threatens delivery of humanitarian and emergency services. - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to the coordination of emergency assistance and humanitarian services to millions of people caught up in the conflict.

La population pauvre est majoritairement féminine - Asen, Elizabeth (dw.com, 2024)
À l'occasion du 8 mars, Nadine Machikou, vice-rectrice de l’Université de Yaoundé II, appelle à l'engagement de tous pour les droits des femmes.

Periodismo feminista: noticias contra el patriarcado - Drazer, Maricel (dw.com, 2024)
En América Latina, y en un contexto que consideran adverso, se abren paso las propuestas de periodismo feminista: "contra el 'statu quo', que es el patriarcado", explican.

Martin Dibobe : de l'exposition à l'activisme anticolonial – DW – 08/03/2024 - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (dw.com, 2024)
Envoyé en Allemagne pour faire la promotion du colonialisme, Quane Martin Dibobe devient un opposant acharné du système d'exploitation mis en place par les colons.

UN rights expert David Boyd: ‘Businesses are treating the environment like a free dumping ground’ - Langrand, Michelle (Geneva Solutions, 2024)
Over half of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions from 1988 to 2015 can be traced back to some 25 fossil fuel companies, while the richest one per cent spew as much emissions as the poorest 66 per cent. These are some of the findings from the UN’s top expert on human rights and the environment’s latest report to the Human Rights Council.

Your personal data all over the web - is there a better way? - Mcmanus, Sean (BBC News, 2024)
Would it be better to keep your personal data in one place, rather than entering it into hundreds of websites?

Totem pole in Ottawa needs to be returned says First Nations chief - Slack, Kerry (APTN News, 2024)
A totem pole gifted to Scouts Canada in the 1960s needs to be returned says the carver's family from Kwakiutl First Nation.
Keywords: Kwakiutl First Nation; Repatriation

Activistas: quedarse en Rusia es "cuestión de dignidad" - Strelnikov, Aleksei (dw.com, 2024)
Algunos activistas de derechos humanos permanecen en Rusia a pesar de la represión del Kremlin y el trato arbitrario de las autoridades y no quieren rendirse.

Empowering women and promoting gender equality in Asia and Africa through Memory of the World - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2024)
Throughout history, women have played pivotal roles in shaping the political, economic, scientific and cultural landscapes of societies worldwide despite tremendous obstacles. However, they remain largely underrepresented in the archives. This month of International Women's Day, UNESCO highlights their achievements in the documentary heritage inscriptions of Asia and Africa.
Keywords: women

Comisión de Trabajo de la Corte Suprema aborda el rescate del Archivo Histórico de Tribunales - Corte Suprema (Corte Suprema, 2024)
Durante el encuentro, se hizo hincapie en la importancia de preservar el patrimonio documental del Poder Judicial, especialmente los documentos de mayor antigüedad, enfocandose en la implementacion de medidas que garanticen su integridad y acceso publico.

Training | DPLA Metadata Working Group launches new reparative description workshop series - Digital Public Library of America (Digital Public Library of America, 2024)
DPLA’s Metadata Working Group is proud to announce Practical Approaches for Reparative Description, a workshop series designed for people working with cultural heritage data looking to deepen their understanding and practice of reparative description. Reparative description focuses on remediating or contextualizing potentially outdated or harmful language used in descriptive practices, ensuring accuracy and inclusivity (definition derived from Yale’s Reparative Archival Description). Register to the workshops held from 13 April to 10 May
Keywords: Event

Your Body, but Not Your Data - Fischer, Shira H. (Rand, 2024)
The public needs rigorous and thorough health research, but individual patients should have rights over their medical information. Today they have very little.
Keywords: Data Analysis; Health Information Privacy; Health Information Technology; Medical Ethics

For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought - Hollingsworth, Mark (The Guardian, 2024)
A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win.
Keywords: MI5; Politics; Politics past; The miners' strike 1984-85; UK news

Deepfakes and the possible risks for the EU elections - Julia Tar (Euractive, 2024)
Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, social media, and misinformation have become integral parts of our daily lives, and their influence on political elections, possibly including the upcoming EU elections in June, is significant.

Exhibition | Becoming Visible, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches First Digital Exhibition - Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Institution, 2024)
Women's stories have been in a constant state of becoming visible, never quite coming into focus in American history. Even though historians have long documented the lives and work of women, their contributions have vanished from most popular narratives of U.S. history. Explore how five women’s stories have been recorded and remembered, and join our effort to expand the story of America.

From Africa to Alabama: Stories of survivors of the last slave ship - Spinel, Barbara (Christian Science Monitor, 2024)
The horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade are often expressed in numerical terms whose enormity can be difficult to grasp. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, 12.5 million people in Africa were forced onto slave ships bound for the Americas; 10.7 million survived the crossing and entered a life of bondage. The story of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive on U.S. shores, gives human dimension to those staggering statistics.

Russian jailed for seven years for articles about Ukraine war - Papachristou, Lucy (Reuters, 2024)
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Le Liberia fait un pas vers un tribunal pour les crimes de la guerre civile - Agence France-Presse (La Presse, 2024)
La chambre basse du parlement libérien a adopté mardi une motion en vue de créer un tribunal qui jugerait les crimes de la guerre civile, ce que les victimes réclament depuis plus de vingt ans.

Con votos de derecha: Cámara aprueba por unanimidad declaración que apoya “búsqueda de verdad y justicia” durante la “dictadura militar” de Pinochet - Basulto, Alejandro (ADN Radio, 2024)
En un hecho inédito, el sector de Chile Vamos, el Partido Republicano y el Partido Conservador Cristiano, dieron sus votos para que este proyecto de resolución, que se refiere en estos términos al régimen que duró entre los años 1973 y 1990, viera la luz.

Situation en Ukraine : les juges de la CPI délivrent des mandats d'arrêt contre Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash et Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court (ICC), 2024)
Le 5 mars 2024, la Chambre préliminaire II de la Cour pénale internationale a émis des mandats d'arrêt à l’encontre de deux personnes, M. Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash et M. Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, dans le contexte de la situation en Ukraine pour des crimes présumés qui auraient été commis entre le 10 octobre 2022 au moins et le 9 mars 2023 au moins.

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov - International Criminal Court (ICC) (International Criminal Court (ICC), 2024)
Today, 5 March 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court judges issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Mr Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, in the context of the situation in Ukraine for alleged crimes committed from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.

Australia urges Israel to provide evidence for allegations UNRWA staff were involved in 7 October attacks - Josh Butler (The Guardian, 2024)
UN ambassador says Australia also wants details of UNRWA reform before humanitarian funding is restored
Keywords: Australia news; Australian foreign policy; Australian politics; Israel-Gaza war; United Nations

Church of England told to invest billion pounds over slavery - DW (DW.com, 2024)
An advisory group has urged the Church of England to raise its fund for redressing slavery to ten times of its current worth. The church set up the fund after it admitted it had invested in the African slave trade.

Togo, la soi-disant colonie modèle - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (DW, 2024)
En juillet 1884, le drapeau impérial allemand est hissé pour la première fois sur le continent africain. Pendant 30 ans, le Togoland (Ghana ewt Togo d'aujourd'hui) est présenté comme une "colonie modèle". Mais la réalité est différente.

Togo, la soi-disant colonie modèle - dw.com - La rédaction francophone (DW, 2024)
En juillet 1884, le drapeau impérial allemand est hissé pour la première fois sur le continent africain. Pendant 30 ans, le Togoland (Ghana et Togo d'aujourd'hui) est présenté comme une "colonie modèle". Mais la réalité est différente.

France enshrines abortion rights in Constitution with historic vote - euronews (euronews, 2024)
France will change its Constitution after lawmakers voted in a joint session of parliament.

Francia blinda el derecho al aborto en la Constitución - euronews (euronews, 2024)
En una reunión conjunta de Asamblea y Senado el parlamento francés ha aprobado la modificación constitucional este lunes. La votación se ha celebrado en el hemiciclo de Versalles, donde se han aprobado todas las modificaciones constitucionales de la historia.

Le Parlement français a approuvé l'inscription de l'avortement dans la Constitution - euronews (euronews, 2024)
Réunis en Congrès à Versailles, députés et sénateurs français ont approuvé l'inscription du droit à l'avortement dans la Constitution.

Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet - Wild, Sarah (Nature, 2024)
An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.
Keywords: Information technology; Publishing; Scientific community

«Une guerre juridique homophobe»: en Afrique, de nombreux pays durcissent encore leur législation anti-LGBT+ - RFI (RFI, 2024)
Le Ghana, qui vient d'adopter un projet de loi répressif contre l'homosexualité, rejoint le banc des pays africains décidés à renforcer leur arsenal juridique à l’encontre des personnes LGBT+. Sur le continent, 31 pays criminalisent les relations sexuelles entre personnes de même sexe.

Pensionnats pour autochtones : l’accès à l’information doit être plus aisé, dit le Sénat - Zone Politique- ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (Radio-Canada, 2024)
Le comité sénatorial permanent des peuples autochtones examine en ce moment les obstacles à la divulgation des archives sur les pensionnats pour Autochtones.

UK and US accused of obstructing inquiry into 1961 death of UN chief - Julian Borger (The Guardian, 2024)
Governments said to be ‘dragging their feet’ in handing over evidence relating to death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Keywords: Dag Hammarskjöld; UK news; US news; United Nations; World news

Spyware ruling a welcome step towards accountability for those targeted with NSO spyware - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
A US district court has ordered Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to disclose documents and code related to its notorious Pegasus spyware, to WhatsApp.

Spyware ruling a welcome step towards accountability for those targeted with NSO spyware - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
The Amnesty International Security Lab has documented the massive scale and breadth of the use of Pegasus against human rights defenders and journalists across the world. It is vital that targets of Pegasus find out who has purchased and deployed the spyware against them so that they can seek meaningful redress.

Une décision de justice fait avancer l’obligation de rendre des comptes pour les victimes d’un logiciel espion de NSO Group - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2024)
Il est essentiel que les cibles de Pegasus sachent qui a acheté et utilisé ce logiciel espion contre elles afin de pouvoir demander réparation.

Sentencia sobre software espía, paso positivo hacia la rendición de cuentas para personas afectadas por el software espía de NSO - Amnistía Internacional (Amnistía Internacional, 2024)
Una corte federal de primera instancia ha ordenado a la empresa israelí de software espía NSO Group que revele a WhatsApp documentos y código relacionado con su célebre software espía Pegasus.

Leaked Communist Party document warns of 'hostile forces' - Head, Jonanthan (BBC, 2024)
A leaked internal document, known as Directive 24, issued by the Politburo of the Central Committee, flags a threat to national security brought on by Vietnam's growing international ties.

Using Open Source Internet Routing Tools to Monitor a Sanctioned Russian Bank - Logan Williams (bellingcat, 2024)
An open internet is a cornerstone of civil society, underpinning access to information in peacetime but even more so in times of conflict and under repressive regimes.

China’s New State Security Rules Spark Fears Among Foreign Businesses - Tom Nagorski (The Cipher Brief, 2024)
China’s top legislative body adopted amendments to the country’s Law on Guarding State Secrets to include a new category of “work secrets,” broadening the scope of data and information sharing that will be considered a national security risk.

The Quipu Project (Quipu Project / Chaka Studio, 2024)
272,000 women and 21,000 men were sterilised in the 90’s in Peru. Thousands have claimed this happened without their consent, but until now they have been repeatedly silenced and denied justice. After almost 20 years their voices can finally be heard through this interactive documentary, which connects a free telephone line in Peru to this website. In Spanish with English written translation

Training | PRÓXIMOS TALLERE – Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network, 2024)
Viernes 26 de abril, de 11.00 a 14.30 h EST | Este taller sobre planificación de catástrofes para repositorios digitales profundiza en los aspectos esenciales de la evaluación de riesgos y la planificación de catástrofes para colecciones digitales. Fecha límite de inscripción: 22 de abril

Training | UPCOMING WORKSHOPS - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network, 2024)
Friday, April 26th, 11am-2:30pm EST. This workshop on Disaster Planning for Digital Repositories delves deeply into the essentials of risk assessment and disaster planning for digital collections. Registration Deadline April 22nd
Keywords: Event

Manchester University Press - The seven veils of privacy - O'Hara, Kieron (Manchester University Press, 2024)
With the rise of big data and surveillance capitalism, our privacy is increasingly under threat. But discussions of how to protect privacy are often derailed by disagreements over what exactly it is. In this book, Kieron O'Hara sets out to demystify privacy. He reveals that much of the conflict around it results from taking different perspectives that veil key assumptions and disguise points of agreement.

Training | Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures - University of Alberta (Cousera, 2024)
This online micro-course explores some of the major histories, migrations, artists and activists that have contributed to the presence and survival of Black people in Canada. The course tracks Canada’s evolving relationship to Blackness and Black people, while inviting learners to reflect upon the ways Canadian views of race and multiculturalism have influenced Black communities throughout the country. Four modules for a total of eight hours. Free registration available.

Rome: Jesuit archives on the Holocaust to be digitalized - Rytel-Andrianik, Pawet (Vatican News, 2024)
The Archive of the House of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus signs an agreement with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to digitize archival material related to the Holocaust.
Keywords: Holocaust; Transparency

Ten Years of Occupation by the Russian Federation: Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (UN News, 2024)
The report cites human rights and humanitarian law violations since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Vérité et réconciliation : la genèse - Champeaux, Nicolas (Radio France, 2024)
La commission vérité et réconciliation a incarné la détermination de la population noire d'Afrique du Sud, à la fois victime et victorieuse, à tourner la page de l’apartheid pour bâtir une nouvelle nation. L’élaboration de la commission ne s’est pas faite en un jour.

Two-year update. Protection of civilians: impact of hostilities on civilians since 24 February 2022 - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights; The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, 2024)
On 24 February 2022, Russian armed forces launched a full-scale armed attack on Ukraine. In the two years since, the civilian population in Ukraine has endured immense suffering and harm.

Against Erasure - El-Kurd, Mohammed (Haymarket Books, 2024)
A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation. This book tells the story, in both English and Arabic, of a land full of people—people with families, hopes, dreams, and a deep connection to their home—before Israel’s establishment in 1948, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or “catastrophe.”

Irreparable Evil: An Essay in Moral and Reparatory History - Scott, David (Columbia University Press, 2024)
Irreparable Evil explores the legacy of slavery and its moral and political implications, offering a nuanced intervention into debates over reparations
Keywords: Reparation

Nordic Histories of Human Rights - Hagtvedt Vik, Hanne; Jensen, Steven L.B.; Lindkvist, Linde; Strang, Johan (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
This book explores the history of Nordic human rights politics and practices from the 1930s to present day. The authors use previously unexplored archival materials to bring to light how a broad range of Nordic actors have engaged with international human rights globally and at a European level and how these norms have been taken up and interpreted in the region

Human Rights Monitoring and Implementation: How To Make Rights ‘Real - Gadda, Andressa; Harris, Juliet; Tisdall, E. Kay M. (Routledge & CRC Press, 2024)
The collection aims to inspire readers with new approaches to implementing and monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to make rights ‘real’ in children’s lives.

Archiving “sensitive” social media data: ‘In Her Shoes’, a case study - Grimes, Lorraine; Cassidy, Kathryn; Dias, Murilo; Lanigan, Clare; O'Carroll, Aileen; Singhvi, Preetam (Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2023)
Social media play an increasingly significant role in activist and social movements around the globe. Archiving social media is a relatively new phenomenon and an area which needs greater clarity, understanding and uniformity. When it comes to archiving and cataloguing sensitive social media collections, such as personal abortion stories, the process is even more ambiguous.

Stolen Pieces of Palestine: Archival Responsibility in the Case of Displaced Archives - White, Connor (The IJournal: Student Journal of the Faculty of Information, 2023)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from their homes, leaving behind furniture, books, documents, and other items relating to their cultural heritage. These items were captured by the invading Israeli forces and sealed away in their archives and libraries, where they remain to this day. Since this first phase of pillaging in 1948, Israel has continued to sequester away pieces of Palestinian cultural heritage which they collected during the Six-Day War and its repeated invasions into the Gaza Strip. This article examines the ways in which these items, particularly records and books, were seized by Israel and integrated into its archival infrastructure. Through acquisition, arrangement, description, and access, Israel and its archivists hold the power to create, transform, or destroy what remains of Palestine’s documentary heritage.
Keywords: Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Palestinian cultural heritage; appraisal and description; displaced archives

Improving Access and Discovery of LGBTQIA Materials Across Collection Services Workflows - Alexandra deGraffenreid; Gideon Goodrich (Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2023)
Archival descriptive practices have traditionally obfuscated the existence of or excluded entirely the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people. The development of reparative archival description practices compels archivists to reassess how best to elevate the voices of queer creators and subjects within their collections.

Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion - Josh C. Cromwel (ACRL, 2023)
Librarians have grown accustomed to making the case for why their institution needs an IR, and based on the data, it appears that they have largely been successful in making these arguments to administrators. But if the question of “why” has been answered, the more fundamental question of “how” remains: How should libraries use their IRs most effectively to benefit their universities and their community?

Global Voices from the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition: Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive - Dalbello, Marija; Wadsworth, Sarah (Springer International Publishing, 2023)
The book examines women's movements of the nineteenth century through women’s writing from around the world, analyzes the international women’s library at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and illuminates women's organizing and activism through interdisciplinary feminist and decolonial lenses
Keywords: 1893 Chicago World's Fair; Woman’s Building Library; international women’s writing; modernism; women's movements

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

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

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

Laïd Rebiga salue les résultats de la commission d’historiens algériens et français : «La récupération des archives est un devoir national» - Makedhi, Madjid (El watan.dz, 2023)
Les demandes algériennes concernent quatre dossiers liés à la mémoire, dont les archives, les crânes des résistants, les déportés et les essais nucléaires. «La spoliation et le vol des archives étaient systématiques et se sont poursuivis depuis le début de la colonisation jusqu’à l’indépendance», a ndiqué le ministre des Moudjahidine et des Ayants droit, Laïd Rebiga.

Festival du film des droits humains : au palmarès, un zoom sur Gaza et la Russie - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
Depuis 22 ans, Genève accueille le Festival du film des droits humain (FIFDH) en mars, en collaboration avec le Conseil des droits de l'Homme de l'ONU.

Gaza, Chile y Chechenia se dan cita en el Festival de cine y derechos humanos de Ginebra - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
Desde hace 22 años, Ginebra acoge el Festival de Cine y Foro Internacional de Derechos Humanos combinando películas y debates sobre activismo político

Human Rights Film Festival: Winners hone in on Russia and Gaza - Euronews (Euronews, 2023)
For the past 22 years, Geneva has hosted the Human Rights Film Festival (FIFDH) in March, in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Council

Archivo de la Memoria Trans (Archivo de la Memoria Trans y Futurock, 2021)
Este podcast significa una ampliación significativa de nuestro Archivo. Un documento sonoro que recupera más de veinte testimonios y reconstruye a través de ellos una historia muy poco contada, en donde la Dictadura no termina en 1983, ni los 90s representan pizza y champagne. Siete episodios que recopilan nuestras vivencias, nuestras estrategias, nuestras fiestas, nuestros velorios, nuestras conquistas y nuestras exigencias.

Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia - Anthony, Spires; Akihiro, Ogawa (Routledge, 2024)
This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyze Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalization. The approach is organized in four main themes: actions under political repression, transitions to democracy, uncivil society, political capture and legal control.

Fake news campaign targets protesting Indian farmers - Elise Gallé-Tessonneau (The Observers - France 24, 2024)
Farmers in India have been organising large protests since early February calling for changes that would help them protect their livelihoods. These protests, however, have been the target of an online disinformation campaign.