by Noémi Manco | 30 January 2023 | News
Disinformation and violence online have become an unfortunate reality across the globe. A growing body of research shows that women, Indigenous peoples, religious and ethnic minorities, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+* community are targets of vicious online attacks and...
by jakeloeffenames | 25 June 2021 | News
#RightsCity 2021 started on June 15 and engaged several hundred speakers and participants in four days of lectures and panel sessions examining how technological advancements affect the future of human rights. As noted in the United Nations Secretary-General’s Roadmap...
by jakeloeffenames | 12 July 2018 | News
The United States (U.S.) House of Representatives and the Senate are considering bills (H.R.3030 and S.1158 respectively) which would bolster U.S. efforts to prevent, mitigate and respond to atrocities around the world. Known as the Elie Wiesel Act, named after...
by jakeloeffenames | 6 March 2017 | News
The new executive order also suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days. While ostensibly focused on national security, today’s executive order remains intrinsically linked to President Trump’s December 2015 campaign promise for “a total and complete...
by jakeloeffenames | 29 January 2017 | News
The ban is grievously discriminatory, effectively targeting and blocking lawful entry into the United States to people on the basis of religion, a practice that is explicitly outlawed in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. It is also a direct violation of the...
